Leah Walsh finished third in the 500-yard freestyle, leading the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a fifth-place finish at the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I championships on Saturday at the Newburgh Free Academy Natatorium.

The Goldbacks scored 165 points. The Pine Bush Bushmen won their ninth straight championship with 562 points.

Walsh swam the butterfly leg of the 200-yard medley relay, leading the team of Lily Lawrence, Lena Piscitella and Karli Smith to a fifth-place finish in 2:07.24. She also teamed with Piscitella Emma Smith and Karli Smith to take fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:52.83.

Walsh also took 11th in the 200-yard freestyle.

Karli Smith was fifth in the 50-yard freestyle in 26.71 seconds and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle in 59.87 seconds.

Lawrence was ninth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:10.73 and 12th in the 200-yard freestyle. She teamed with Olivia Marino, Siobhan Moody and Emma Smith to finish ninth in the 400-yard freestyle.

Piscitella was 10th in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke with respective times of 27.75 seconds and 1:17.95. Her breaststroke time qualified her for the Section 9 championship meet on Nov. 4-7 at Valley Central High School in Montgomery.

Moody was seventh in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:12.78. Emma Smith was 14th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:19.53.

Marino was 16th in the 500-yrd freestyle with a time of 6:44.19.