Torpedoes Continue Postseason In League Championships

The Newtown Torpedoes swim team continued action in the Yankee League Championships this past weekend (the youngest swimmers competed the previous weekend), and finished in fourth place. Watertown, with 1,970.5 points, won the meet. West Haven scored 1,641, Bristol had 1,182, and Newtown 799.5.

The Torpedoes had five individual first-place finishes (Gianna Terracino, 9-10 year olds 50 Freestyle, Caroline Beal, 11-12 year olds 50 Backstroke, Peter Fagerholm, 11-12 year olds 200 Individual Medley, Matthew Kretz, 11-12 year olds 50 Breaststroke, and Annika Fagerholm, 13-14 year olds 100 Breaststroke), along with a pair of first-place relay teams (Boys 11-12 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle).

The Boys 11-12 group (Peter Fagerholm, Layton Harrell, Matthew Kretz, Ben Marini, Jacob Steinebrey, Nikhil Trivedi) won the league top point total award for their age group.

In addition, 15 swimmers in the 9 and older category qualified for the League All-Star competition next week: Caroline Beal, Christopher Beal, Julia DiMartino, Bridget Duero, Peter Fagerholm, Kristina Goeree, Owen Gray, Layton Harrell, Grace Ann Herrick, Casey Klein, Matthew Kretz, Emily Papp, Jacob Steinebrey, Benjamin Talbot, and Gianna Terracino.

Results from the Yankee League Championships are as follows:

Girls

 

9-10

50 Butterfly: Fourth, Kristina Goeree, 37.59. 10th, Catherine Herrick, 42.21. 12th, Lianna Perazzo, 43.25.

50 Back: Sixth, Emma Riebe, 41.31.

100 IM: Sixth, Gianna Terracino, 1:26.93. ninth, Kristina Goeree, 1:28.38.

50 Free: First, Gianna Terracino, 32.29.

200 Free: Sixth, (Perazzo, Herrick, Goeree, Terracino), 2:25.92.

11-12

200 Medley Relay: Fifth, (Caroline Beal, Hana Rosenthal, Julia DiMartino, Grace Ann Herrick), 2:24.80.

50 Fly: Third, Herrick, 34.87. Fourth, DiMartino, 35.61.

50 Back: First, Beal, 32.81. 11th, Amanda Berry, 40.97.

50 Breaststroke: Eighth, Rosenthal, 42.30.

50 Free: Fourth, Beal, 28.74.

200 Free Relay: Fifth, (Herrick, Berry, DiMartino, Beal), 2:11.06.

13-14

100 Free: Second, Bridget Duero, 1:04.20.

100 Fly: Third, Casey Klein, 1:19.14. Eighth, Emma Brantl, 1:30.13.

200 Free: Second, Annika Fagerholm, 2:09.56.

100 Back: Ninth, Morgan Cebry, 1:26.25. 11th, Amanda Tramposch, 1:30.03.

200 IM: Fourth, Bridget Duero, 2:46.32. Sixth, Casey Klein, 2:51.47.

100 Breast: First, Annika Fagerholm, 1:14.76. Ninth, Emma Brantl, 1:30.65.

Boys

 

9-10

100 Free: Sixth, Richard Irving, 1:19.37.

50 Fly: Second, Benjamin Talbot, 41.00.

50 Back: Third, Christopher Beal, 40.64.

100 IM: Seventh, Irving, 1:33.32.

50 Free: Third, Talbot, 33.65.

11-12

200 Medley Relay: First, (Peter Fagerholm, Jacob Steinebrey, Matthew Kretz, Layton Harrell), 2:17.09.

100 Free: Seventh, Nikhil Trivedi, 1:13.05. Eighth, Ben Marini, 1:13.55.

50 Fly: Third, Kretz, 33.40. Fourth, Harrell, 34.79.

200 Free: Second, Fagerholm, 2:17.10. 11th, Trivedi, 2:45.49.

50 Back: Seventh, Marini, 38.25.

200 IM: First, Fagerholm, 2:37.56. Third, Harrell, 2:49.58. Ninth, Steinebrey, 3:14.36.

50 Breast: First, Kretz, 39.54. Second, Steinebrey, 40.48.

200 Free Relay: First, (Harrell, Trivedi, Kretz, Fagerholm), 2:04.36.

13 & Over

100 Free: 11th, Conrad Reilly, 1:18.69. 12th, Tucker Arend, 1:29.65.

100 Back: Second, Owen Gray, 1:08.78.

100 Breast: Sixth, Reilly, 1:37.72.

50 Free: Second, Gray, 26.40.

15 & Over

100 Free: Eighth, Emily Papp, 1:04.66.

50 Free: Fourth, Papp, 29.86.