FULTON— The Norwich YMCA Dolphins swim team traveled to Fulton on Saturday, November 8 to compete in a Tri-meet against the Fulton Speed Demons and the Oneonta Orcas. The team collected over 1 minute and two seconds of time drops, along with 22 personal best times. Some of these times are reflected below for each age group. Great job to everyone.

Girls:

For the eight and under girls, Emma Harmyk swam the 100 freestyle in 1:35.62 and swam the 25 backstroke in 22.31 seconds. Nora Natoli also swam in the 25 backstroke with a time of 32.08 seconds.

For the age 9-10 girls, Reigan Aikins swam the 100 individual medley in 1:26.92. Nora Diefenbacher swam in three events. She swam the 50 yard freestyle in 30.50 seconds, the 50 backstroke in 35.80 seconds, and the 50 breaststroke in 40.37 seconds. Adeline Vazquez swam both the 50 and 100 freestyles, where she finished the 50 in 34.95 seconds and the 100 in 1:20.15.

Alice Boland led the 13-14 age group for the girls as she swam the 200 freestyle in 2:47.39. Maria Funk represented the 15 and over girls and swam the 100 free in 1:29.46. She also swam the 100 backstroke in a time of 1:48.56.

Boys:

Kevin Walsh led the Dolphins in the eight and under boys as he swam the 50 free in 1:00.60 and swam the 25 backstroke in 29.02 seconds.

Lawton Ferris and Sebastian Beiu both swam in the 50 freestyle for the 9-10 boys with Ferris finishing in 36.86 seconds and Beiu in 43.88 seconds.

Stefen Straight and Owen Adams both swam the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle for the 11-12 boys. In the 50 freestyle, Straight finished in a time of 41.88 seconds while Adams came in at 49.49 seconds. In the 100, Ferris swam a time of 1:46.37 and Adams in 1:59.98.

Dezmond Beltz led the 15 and over boys as he swam the 50 freestyle in 27.13 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:33.61.

The tri-meet concluded a three-meet-in-a-row season opener for the Dolphins.

“We are swimming at a very good level right now. Times continue to drop and our technique is getting better across all age groups. Many swimmers are focusing on achieving their goals and understanding that even the smallest time drops count in racing,” The Dolphins coaches expressed.”

Practices will continue through the holiday season for the Dolphins, where the coaches will implement more sophisticated drills and employ the use of underwater videos to help athletes fine tune their stroke technique. The next meet for the Dolphins will be the Turkey Turn Invitational on November 22 where the team will swim against all six teams within the Central NY YMCA League.

-Information from the Norwich YMCA Dolphins Swim Team.