By Kim J. Harmon

WESTON – Freshman diver Kim Mayers put together her best performance of the season with a 167.85-point performance and freshman diver Tierney Carey qualified for the South-West Conference championships with 128-point performance to help the Newtown High School swim team sweep the event on Tuesday afternoon at Weston.

But it wasn’t enough to help the Nighthawks defeat the Lady Trojans. The ‘Hawks fell to 5-7 on the dual meet season with a 98-88 loss. Freshman diver Britta Cedergren scored 120.55 points to take third.

The ‘Hawks captured five first-place finishes on Tuesday, but it was their inability to take a first in the three relay events – being outscored by 10 points in those events – which may have hurt them the most.

Freshman Amy Robinson also qualified for the SWCs with a 1:02.49, first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle – the first time she has performed in that event this year. Melissa Rushefski (200 freestyle and 500 freestyle) and Margaret Ashey (200 individual medley) were also individual winners.

Robinson was the only individual winner in the loss to Seymour, capturing first in the 100-yard backstroke. Robinson was also second in the 50-yard freestyle while Rushefski (200 freestyle), Caitlin Malloy (100 butterfly), Liz Portnoy (100 freestyle), Ashey (500 freestyle) and Jessica Remitz (100 breaststroke) all grabbed second-place finishes.

The results:

Newtown            77

Seymour                        87

 

200 medley relay – 1. Seymour 2:06.67, 2. Newtown (Robinson, Randall, Kotwicki, Portnoy) 2:14.88, 3. Seymour 2:20.02. 200 freestyle – 1. C. Navarro (S) 2:08.87, 2. Rushefski (N) 2:14.08, 3. Rickel (S) 2:24.87, 4. Tomlinson (S) 2:26.39, 5. Rebb (N) 2:28.34. 200 individual medley – 1. D. Navarro (S) 2:28.01, 2. Sponheimer (S) 2:29.90, 3. Malloy (N) 2:37.75, 4. Volkmer (S) 2:43.75, 5. Hemingway (N) 2:45.23*. 50 freestyle – 1. Hillman (S) 27.65, 2. Robinson (N) 27.81, 3. Jensen (S) 29.18, 4. Kotwicki (N) 30.72, 5. Cupero (N) 31.46. Diving – 1. Mayer (N) 149.2 points, 2. Carey (N) 118.4 points, 3. Cedergren (N) 117.8 points (diving was not scored as part of the meet). 100 butterfly – 1. D. Navarro (S) 1:10.17, 2. Malloy (N) 1:11.62, 3. Kotwicki (N) 1:19.62, 4. Healey (S) 1:20.11, 5. Baldwin (S) 1:21.82. 100 freestyle – 1. C. Navarro (S) 1:00.77, 2. Portnoy (N) 1:06.64, 3. Corte (S) 1:07.53, 4. Seymour 1:07.91, 5. Johnston (N) 1:08.02. 500 freestyle – 1. Krasenics (S) 5:26.77, 2. Ashey (N) 5:56.77, 3. Rushefski (N) 6:01.66, 4. Tomlinson (S) 6:34.96, 5. Hemingway (N) 6:52.70. 200 freestyle relay – 1. Seymour 1:57.63, 2. Newtown (Malloy, Hoolehan, Kotwicki, Rushefski) 1:58.94, 3. Seymour 2:07.24. 100 backstroke – 1. Robinson (N) 1:12.96, 2. Rickel (S) 1:13.72, 3. Healey (S) 1:19.90, 4. Yakush (N) 1:31.95. Seymour swam the following two events unofficially: 100 breaststroke – 1. Randall (N) 1:20.20, 2. Remitz (N) 1:25.81, 3. O’Day (N) 1:26.79. 400 freestyle relay – 1.  Newtown (Malloy, Ashey, Robinson, Rushefski) 4:19.53, 2. Newtown (Johnston, Cupero, Murphy, Rebb) 4:41.60.

* - personal best time

 

Newtown                        88

Weston              98

 

200 medley relay – 1. Weston 2:06.64, 2. Newtown (Ashey, Randall, Kotwicki, Robinson) 2:11.84, 3. Weston 2:24.92. 200 freestyle – 1. Rushefski (N) 2:12.08, 2. Hillman (W) 2:24.56, 3. Stutsmore (W) 2:24.92, 4. Davis (W) 2:25.62, 5. Rebb (N) 2:25.96*. 200 individual medley – 1. Ashey (N) 2:30.46, 2. Greenburg (W) 2:37.67, 3. Malloy (N) 2:42.31, 4. Russo (W) 2:50.46, 5. Feldstein (W) 2:58.27. 50 freestyle – 1. Kenan (W) 27.41, 2. S. Wilson (W) 27.95, 3. Kotwicki (N) 28.9, 4. Stevens (W) 29.64, 5. Portnoy (N) 30.23*. Diving – 1. Mayers (N) 167.85*, 2. Carey (N) 128.00*, 3. Cedergen (N) 120.55*, 4. Guarino (W), 5. Foster (W). 100 butterfly – 1. Greenburg (W) 1:10.33, 2. Malloy (N) 1:16.78, 3. Kotwicki (N) 1:17.80, 4. Foster (W) 1:23.39, 5. Feldstein (W) 1:24.61. 100 freestyle – 1. Robinson (N) 1:02.49*, 2. Wilson (W) 1:03.82, 3. Stevens (W) 1:05.55, 4. Davis (W) 1:06.61, 5. Portnoy (N) 1:06.77. 500 freestyle – 1. Rushefski (N) 5:54.09, 2. Ashey (N) 5:59.98, 3. Stutsmire (W) 6:23.75, 4. Hillman (W) 6:26.08, 5. Hemingway (N) 6:35.73. 200 freestyle relay – 1. Weston 1:55.74, 2.  Newtown (Robinson, Kotwicki, Malloy, Rushefski) 1:58.72, 3. Newtown (Tredennick, Hoolehan, Morlath, O’Connell) 2:08.97. 100 backstroke – 1. Kenan (W) 1:07.24, 2. Robinson (N) 1:13.03, 3. Glander (N) 1:20.33*, 4. DiForio (W) 1:23.63, 5. Buckle (W) 1:24.24. 100 breaststroke – 1. Stevens (W) 1:19.01, 2. Randall (N) 1:20.07, 3. Remitz (N) 1:23.72*, 4. Osborn (W) 1:25.32, 5. Russo (W) 1:25.40. 400 freestyle relay – 1. Weston 4:18.71, 2. Newtown (Malloy, Kotwicki, Ashey, Rushefski) 4:25.14, 3. Newtown (Morlath, Rebb, Murphy, Cupero) 4:28.82.

* - personal best times

 

With just one dual meet left in the regular season (versus Masuk on Thursday, after press time), 11 swimmers have qualified for the South-West Conference championship – which will be held Saturday, November 3, at Foran High School in Milford.

Margaret Ashey (200 freestyle, 200 individual medley, and 500 freestyle), Heather Rebb (50 freestyle), Jeanmarie Morlath (50 freestyle), Liz Portnoy (50 freestyle), Melissa Rushefski (200 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, and 500 freestyle), Kate Hoolehan (50 freestyle), Margaret Randall (50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke), Lauren Kotwicki (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 100 freestyle), Kim Mayers (diving), Caitlin Malloy (200 individual medley, 100 butterfly, and 100 breaststroke), Jessica Remitz (100 breaststroke) and Amy Robinson (50 freestyle and 100 backstroke) have all qualified individually for the SWCs.

Meanwhile, Ashey, Rushefski, Randall, Mayers, and Robinson have also secured themselves a spot in the CIAC state championships.