Norwich swimmers place 4th in team standings at Section IV Championships
The Norwich Purple Tornado Swim team gathered for a photo with Oxford’s Regan Finnegan in between the Class B and Class C Section IV Championship meets Saturday at Watkins Glen High School. Finnegan swam with the Norwich team in meet for exhibition but earned seeding times for the Class C Championships. Norwich finished fourth overall while Finnegan earned an 8th and 13 placed finish in her two events. (Submitted Photo)
Winter earns Class B title in 100 butterfly
WATKINS GLEN – Not only were the Norwich Purple Tornado swimmers battling the championship field Saturday afternoon. Dealing with a shallow pool, which can cause a competitor to swim a slower time, Norwich handled the challenge well as they came away with a fourth place finish in the Section IV Championship meet at Watkins Glen High School.
The Norwich team totaled 295.5 points with their top 16 finishes in each of the finals heats, capturing the place they did behind Chenango Valley, Maine-Endwell, and Owego – three of the toughest programs in the section.
The Tornado’s Margie Winter was crowned a Section IV Champion in the 100 yard butterfly event, swimming to a time of 1:01.66. Just .13 seconds off from breaking the long-standing school record, Winter defeated the top-seeded Jennifer Scott of Owego.
Scott won the top seed a few days earlier as she edged out the Norwich senior by .01 seconds in the preliminary meet. With one of the few times that were faster than her preliminary seeding time, Winter captured the first place medal by beating the Owego swimmer in a an exciting final dash for the wall.
Winter also earned a third place medal in the 50 yard freestyle event and helped the two Norwich relay teams to second place finishes – a success that a Purple Tornado relay team has not accomplished since 2012 in the 400 yard freestyle relay and 2014 for the 200 yard medley relay.
Swimming the other legs in the relay events were teammates Kaitlyn Blaisure, Abby Hansen and Angela Carlson.
In the 200 yard medley relay, an event the Norwich team set a new record in during the prelims earlier in the week, the four swimmers finished second with a time of 1:55.43
Finishing the 400 yard freestyle relay race in 3:57.10, Blaisure, Hansen, Winter and Carlson improved their time from the seeding events a few days prior for second place.
Blaisure captured a second place finish in the 50 yard freestyle, swimming a fast 25.95 seconds in the two-pool lengths for the top two finish before placing sixth in the 100 yard backstroke event.
Hansen, in her first Section IV Championship meet of her career, took home a fifth place finish in the 200 yard individual medley and brought home fourth in the 500 yard freestyle, swimming a time of 5:53.10.
Carlson was the third Norwich swimmer to swim in the championship final for the 50 yard freestyle race and she came away with a fifth place finish in the event. She later swam in the 100 yard freestyle, racing to a time of 58.6 seconds, placing her sixth.
Norwich’s Emerson Burton swam in the her last championship meet Saturday and earned a fifth and ninth place win in the two events she swam as an individual competitor while swimming one split of the 200 yard freestyle team that placed seventh overall.
Burton’s 2:14.39 placed her in the top five for the 200 yard freestyle event while a 6:07.43 was her time in the longest event of the meet – the 500 yard freestyle – was enough to give her a first place finish in her heat and a ninth place win overall.
She was joined by Julia Llewelyn, Aurora Strauch and Haley Shattuck in the 200 free relay and the four combined to swim a time of 1:57.89, another Norwich time that was faster than the preliminary seeding time.
Llewelyn and Strauch, two eighth-graders on the Purple Tornado team, earned points for their team in the 100 yard free, the 200 individual medley and the 100 yard butterfly also.
Llewelyn, who also made her Section IV Championship meet debut, placed 16th in the 100 yard freestyle. Swimming in her second championship event, Strauch finished 15th overall in the 200 individual medley and 14th in the 100 yard butterfly.
Shattuck, a senior on the Norwich team, placed eighth in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:20.55 while earning 12th place in the 500 yard freestyle event.
Another senior on the team who swam their for the last time as a Tornado was Riley Revoir. Earning a second place medal in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:15.84, Revoir also took home an eighth place finish in the 500 yard freestyle.
Also earning points for the Norwich team were Tanner Olds and Addyson Whaley. Whaley placed 14th in the 100 yard breaststroke, topping her seeding time from earlier in the week while Olds had two finishes as the 14th best swimmer overall. Olds captured points for the Tornado in the 200 yard freestyle race and the 100 yard backstroke.
Norwich ends the season with a 5-3 record in dual meet action, aiding in their strong finish at the Section IV Championship meet.
WATKINS GLEN – Not only were the Norwich Purple Tornado swimmers battling the championship field Saturday afternoon. Dealing with a shallow pool, which can cause a competitor to swim a slower time, Norwich handled the challenge well as they came away with a fourth place finish in the Section IV Championship meet at Watkins Glen High School.
The Norwich team totaled 295.5 points with their top 16 finishes in each of the finals heats, capturing the place they did behind Chenango Valley, Maine-Endwell, and Owego – three of the toughest programs in the section.
The Tornado’s Margie Winter was crowned a Section IV Champion in the 100 yard butterfly event, swimming to a time of 1:01.66. Just .13 seconds off from breaking the long-standing school record, Winter defeated the top-seeded Jennifer Scott of Owego.
Scott won the top seed a few days earlier as she edged out the Norwich senior by .01 seconds in the preliminary meet. With one of the few times that were faster than her preliminary seeding time, Winter captured the first place medal by beating the Owego swimmer in a an exciting final dash for the wall.
Winter also earned a third place medal in the 50 yard freestyle event and helped the two Norwich relay teams to second place finishes – a success that a Purple Tornado relay team has not accomplished since 2012 in the 400 yard freestyle relay and 2014 for the 200 yard medley relay.
Swimming the other legs in the relay events were teammates Kaitlyn Blaisure, Abby Hansen and Angela Carlson.
In the 200 yard medley relay, an event the Norwich team set a new record in during the prelims earlier in the week, the four swimmers finished second with a time of 1:55.43
Finishing the 400 yard freestyle relay race in 3:57.10, Blaisure, Hansen, Winter and Carlson improved their time from the seeding events a few days prior for second place.
Blaisure captured a second place finish in the 50 yard freestyle, swimming a fast 25.95 seconds in the two-pool lengths for the top two finish before placing sixth in the 100 yard backstroke event.
Hansen, in her first Section IV Championship meet of her career, took home a fifth place finish in the 200 yard individual medley and brought home fourth in the 500 yard freestyle, swimming a time of 5:53.10.
Carlson was the third Norwich swimmer to swim in the championship final for the 50 yard freestyle race and she came away with a fifth place finish in the event. She later swam in the 100 yard freestyle, racing to a time of 58.6 seconds, placing her sixth.
Norwich’s Emerson Burton swam in the her last championship meet Saturday and earned a fifth and ninth place win in the two events she swam as an individual competitor while swimming one split of the 200 yard freestyle team that placed seventh overall.
Burton’s 2:14.39 placed her in the top five for the 200 yard freestyle event while a 6:07.43 was her time in the longest event of the meet – the 500 yard freestyle – was enough to give her a first place finish in her heat and a ninth place win overall.
She was joined by Julia Llewelyn, Aurora Strauch and Haley Shattuck in the 200 free relay and the four combined to swim a time of 1:57.89, another Norwich time that was faster than the preliminary seeding time.
Llewelyn and Strauch, two eighth-graders on the Purple Tornado team, earned points for their team in the 100 yard free, the 200 individual medley and the 100 yard butterfly also.
Llewelyn, who also made her Section IV Championship meet debut, placed 16th in the 100 yard freestyle. Swimming in her second championship event, Strauch finished 15th overall in the 200 individual medley and 14th in the 100 yard butterfly.
Shattuck, a senior on the Norwich team, placed eighth in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:20.55 while earning 12th place in the 500 yard freestyle event.
Another senior on the team who swam their for the last time as a Tornado was Riley Revoir. Earning a second place medal in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:15.84, Revoir also took home an eighth place finish in the 500 yard freestyle.
Also earning points for the Norwich team were Tanner Olds and Addyson Whaley. Whaley placed 14th in the 100 yard breaststroke, topping her seeding time from earlier in the week while Olds had two finishes as the 14th best swimmer overall. Olds captured points for the Tornado in the 200 yard freestyle race and the 100 yard backstroke.
Norwich ends the season with a 5-3 record in dual meet action, aiding in their strong finish at the Section IV Championship meet.
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