Goldbacks take 3rd in OCIAA swimming

By Mike Zummo
Posted 10/25/23

Elle Gerbes provided the only victory for the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a third-place finish at Saturday’s Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association championship girls’ …

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Goldbacks take 3rd in OCIAA swimming

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Elle Gerbes provided the only victory for the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a third-place finish at Saturday’s Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association championship girls’ swimming and diving meet on Saturday at Washingtonville High School.

The Goldbacks scored a total of 266 points. New Paltz won the event with 439 points.

She won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.31 and took second in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 24.97.

Jordyn Bryant was fifth in the 100-yard freestyle and took a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. Both times were a season best.

AnnMarie Martin was sixth in the 200-yard freestyle and Leah Walsh was eighth.

Vivian Piscitella took sixth in the 200-yard individual medley and ninth in the 100-yard freestyle in 1:00.87, a season best.

Leah Walsh was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle, and Karli Smith was 18th in the 50-yard freestyle.

The Goldbacks finished second in the 400-yard relay with a time of 3:59.11 behind Martin, Piscitella, Bryant and Gerbes. The Goldbacks were fifth in the 200-yard medley relay and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Chloe Walker (100-yard backstroke) and Lauren Cao (50-yard freestyle) also posted season-best times. The Goldbacks, as a team set 21 personal records.

OCIAA Division I Championships

Team results: 1. New Paltz 439; 2. Our Lady of Lourdes - 361; 3. Newburgh - 266; 4. Kingston - 193; 5. Cornwall - 181; 6. Onteora - 165; 7. Marlboro - 138; 8. Red Hook - 111; 9. Rhinebeck - 102; 10. FDR - 75; 11. Beacon - 67; 12. Rondout Valley - 53; 13. Spackenkill - 25; 14. Highland 2
200-yard medley relay: 1. Our Lady of Lorudes (Julia Napoli, Rosemary Hogan, Alaina Kozak, Katie Skerritt) - 1:53.65; 5. Newburgh (Jordyn Bryant, Vivian Piscitella, Elle Gerbes, AnnMarie Martin) - 2:00.23; 14. Newburgh (Lena Piscitella, Eva Sheldon, Lara Ozkovalak, Daylena Vera) - 2:17.12.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Clara Samko (RV) - 1:58.08; 6. AnnMarie Martin (NFA) - 2:10.14; 8. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 2:12.18; 17. Charlotte Perry (NFA) - 2:33.50.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Rosemary Horgan (OLL) - 2:19.19; 6. Vivian Piscitella (NFA) - 2:28.71; 10. Lara Ozkovalak (NFA) - 2:37.53; 16. Eva Sheldon (NFA) - 2:41.62; 23. Chloe Walker (NFA) - 3:05.06.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Clara Samko (RV) - 24.69; 2. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 24.97; 18. Karli Smith (NFA) - 27.96; 22. Isabella Goodwin (H) - 28.16; 28. Allison VanDalinda (NFA) - 28.95; 37. Daylena Vera (NFA) - 32.49; 39. Lauren Cao (NFA) - 33.35; 40. Sofia Arias (NFA) - 33.74; 43. Annabelle Mejia (NFA) - 34.10; 45. Penelope Batelic (NFA) - 34.94; 54. Alyssa Embler (NFA) - 37.19.
Diving: 1. Sadie Steiner (Cornwall) - 355.65; Bella Tantono (NFA) - 155.55.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 1:00.31.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Grace Young (O) - 52.46; 5. Jordyn Bryant (NFA) - 58.21; 9. Vivian Piscitella (NFA) - 1:00.87; 12. AnnMarie Martin (NFA) - 1:01.78; 16. Allison VanDalinda (NFA) - 1:02.29; 26. Karli Smith (NFA) - 1:05.22; 31. Lena Piscitella (NFA) - 1:08.16; 37. Juliana Hicks (NFA) - 1:11.56; 38. Daylena Vera (NFA) - 1:11.81; 41. Lauren Cao (NFA) - 1:13.27.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Maya Pizzarello (NP) - 5:26.58; 9. Charlotte Perry (NFA) - 6:57.55.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. New Paltz (Brooke Vos, Kate Suchowiecki, Alaura Sheeley, Maya Pizzarello) - 1:44.39; 8. Newburgh (Karli Smith, Eva Sheldon, Allison VanDalinda, Leah Walsh) - 1:54.88; 15. Newburgh (Lena Piscitella, Juliana Hicks, Daylena Vera, Charlotte Perry) - 2:08.77.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Grace Young (O) - 57.97; 8. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 1:09.45; 20. Chloe Walker (NFA) - 1:20.15; 24. Lena Piscitella (NFA) - 1:22.33; 25. Juliana Hicks (NFA) - 1:23.79; 26. Annabelle Mejia (NFA) - 1:28.20.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Rosemary Horgan (OLL) - 1:09.29; 6. Jordyn Bryant (NFA) - 1:15.07; 11. Lara Ozkovalak (NFA) - 1:19.04; 13. Eva Sheldon (NFA) - 1:20.50.
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Our Lady of Lourdes (Julia Napoli, Magdalena Regenauer, Alaina Kozak, Katie Skerritt) - 3:54.66; 2. Newburgh (AnnMarie Martin, Vivian Piscitella, Jordyn Bryant, Elle Gerbes) - 3:59.11; 9. Newburgh (Leah Walsh, Charlotte Perry, Karli Smith, Allison VanDalinda) - 4:28.26.