Southern Tier Sports ReportELMIRA — Area teams found success at the annual Smash for a Cure — Elmira Invitational on Saturday.
Corning was second in Class A at 213 points with Horseheads fourth at 173 and Elmira sixth at 120. Ithaca won at 334. Johnson City won Class B at 284 followed closely by Waverly (274) and Owego (271) and Lansing won Class C at 386.
Corning took second in the 200 medley relay with a team of Alexys Nale, Sharon De Pedro, Alyssa Reimsnyder and Ellie Ballard in 1:54.81. Elmira was seventh at 2:07.08 with a team of Payton Dotts, Leah Church, Aubrey Newkirk and Brooke Cross and Horseheads was next in 2:07.30 with a team of Caroline Wilcox, Lillian Spicher, Maeve Manwaring and Hailey Stanton.
Corning’s Ellie Ballard was second in the 200 free in 2:03.85 and Reese Collier of Horseheaeds finished seventh in 2:16.20 and Wilcox was ninth in 2:16.49. Lia Kunigonis of Corning was 15th in 2:25.70 while Elmira’s Scarlett Hollenbeck was 19th in 2:28.27 followed by Horseheads’ Rori Munley in 2:28.27.
Newkirk was ninth in the 200 IM in 2:34.99 followed by Horseheads’ Lizzy Brown (2:35.75). Horseheads’ Ellie Padgett was 17th in 2:45.64 followed by teammate Clara Wilson (2:46.26) and Elmira’s Eleanor Hagan (2:48.80).
Nale hit the state time and won the 50 free in 24.47. Manwaring was eighth in 26.78 and Elmira’s Cross was 10th in 27.08. Stanton was 14th in 28.27 followed by Church in 28.28. Leah Muckey of Corning was 17th in 28.43 followed by Spicher in 28.47.
In the diving Horseheads’ Makenzie Blauvelt qualified for states at 494.30. Ayla Young of Owego won at 524.85. Rylynn Augustine of Horseheads was eighth at 308.85 with Corning’s Sharon De Pedro at 302.50.
Alyssa Reimsnyder was fourth in the 100 fly in 1:07.08 followed by Manwaring in 1:07.24. Newkirk was eighth in 1:09.71. Wilson was 11th in 1:13.55 followed by Marlo Fuchs of Corning in 1:16.45. Hagan was 14th in 1:22.36 and Adilynn Kerbein of Horseheads was 18th in 1:27.
Nale won the 100 in 54.37, just .01 off the state standard. Cross was ninth in 1:00.09 and Muckey was 12th in 1:02.22 and Stanton was 20th in 1:03.79.
Ballard won the 500 in 5:19.83. Collier was eighth at 6:10.97 and Kunigonis was 10th in 6:29.45. Munley was 15th in 6:48.05.
Nale, Muckey, Reimsnyder and Ballard took second in the 200 free relay in 1:45.94 and Horseheads was fourth at 1:15.85 with a team of Manwaring, Wilcox, Stanton and Spicher. Elmira was 12th with a team of Hagan, Hollenbeck, Jane Hagan and Harper Andzulis in 2:02.47.
Reimsnyder was seventh in the 100 back in 1:08.73 and Wilcox was 10th in 1:10.36 followed by Padgett in 1:10.57. Dotts was 14th in 1:13.91 and Hollenbeck was 17th in 1:17.32 followed by Jane Hagan in 1:17.62.
De Pedro was sixth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:18.35 followed by Corning’s Sharon Hwang (1:18.48) and Brown (1:18.49). Church was 11th in 1:19.23 while Spicher was 13th in 1:22.11. Emma Coeffic of Corning was 16th in 1:25.62.
Elmira was sixth in the 400 free relay in 4:18.37 with a team of Cross, Church, Dotts and Newkirk. Kunigonis, Muckey, De Pedro and Fuchs of Corning was next in 4:26.56.
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