Southern Tier Sports ReportELMIRA — The Horseheads Blue Raiders took second and Corning took third at the Section IV, Class A Swimming and Diving Championships over the weekend.
Horseheads was second at 315, Corning was next at 292 and Elmira was sixth at 220. Ithaca won at 459.
Ellie Ballard of Corning earned a trip to states by winning the overall sectional title, between all the classes, in the 500 free.
Makenzie Blauvelt of Horseheads won the Class A diving with a state-qualifying score of 479.50. Isadora Cyr was third at 360.25. Rylynn Augustine of Horseheads was sixth at 286.10 and Sharon DePedro of Corning was seventh at 285.20.
In the 200 medley relay Corning was second at 1:54.15 followed by Horseheads in 2:03.64.
In the 200 free Ellie Ballard of Corning was second in 1:59.60 and Horseheads’ Caroline Wilcox was eighth in 2:18.48. Reese Collier of Horseheads was ninth in 2:15.65.
Elmira’s Aubrey Newkirk was third in the 200 IM in 2:30.70 and Horseheads’ Lizzy Brown was sixth in 2:35.50. Lydia Rockwell of Horseheads was ninth in 2:42.82 followed by Eleanor Hagan of Elmira in 2:49.74.
Alexys Nale of Corning was second in the 50 free in 25.26 and Maeve Manwaring of Horseheads was fourth in 26.39. Hailey Stanton of Horseheads was seventh in 27.42 followed by Lillian Spicher of Horseheads in 27.71 and Corning’s Leah Muckey in 27.12.
Manwaring was third in the 100 fly in 1:04.50 with Alyssa Reimsnyder of Corning fifth in 1:07.16 followed by Elmira’s Leah Churchy (1:07.16) and Newkirk (1:08.73) and Rockwell (1:15.12).
Nale was second in the 100 free in 56.23 and Muckey was fourth in 59.18 followed by Stanton (59.44). Brooke Cross of Elmira was seventh in 1:01.60.
Ballard won the 500 free in 5:21.43 and Collier was seventh in 6:09.48 with Lia Kunigonis of Corning ninth in 6:21.82. Ballard made states with the fastest time among all the classes on the day.
Corning won the 200 free relay in 1:42.96 and Horseheads was third in 1:48.23 with Elmira seventh in 2:00.54.
Ellie Padgett of Horseheads was third in the 100 back in 1:06.09 followed by Reimsnyder (1:08.10) and Wilcox was sixth in 1:09.44. Payton Dotts of Elmira was eighth in 1:14.96 with teammate Scarlett Hollenbeck 10th in 1:15.63.
Brown was fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:16.62 with Sharon Hwang of Corning eighth in 1:17.75 followed by Sharon De Pedro of Corning (1:18.59) and Church (1:18.69).
Elmira was third in the 400 free relay in 4:11.03 followed by Corning in 4:12.67 and Horseheads in 4:19.07.
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PHOTOS BY SHEILA SUTTON.
