Newburgh’s Gerbes qualifies for state swimming

By Mike Zummo
Posted 11/8/23

Elle Gerbes won the 50-yard freestyle and set state qualifying time in the 100-yard butterfly, leading the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a seventh-place finish at the Section 9 girls’ …

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Newburgh’s Gerbes qualifies for state swimming

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Elle Gerbes won the 50-yard freestyle and set state qualifying time in the 100-yard butterfly, leading the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a seventh-place finish at the Section 9 girls’ swimming and diving championships on Saturday at Valley Central High School in Montgomery.

Pine Bush won the event with 334 points.

Gerbes won the 50-yard freestyle with a state-qualifying time of 24.22 seconds and set a state-qualifying mark in Thursday’s 100-yard butterfly preliminaries with a fourth-place finish in 59.83. She finished seventh in the event with a finals time of 56.40.

Jordyn Bryant was eighth in the 100-yard freestyle and AnnMarie Martin was 11th in the 500-yard freestyle. Bryant also finished seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Martin was also 11th in the 200-yard freestyle, while Leah Walsh was 14th in the 500. Walsh also was 13th in the 200-yard freestyle.

Vivian Piscitella was 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke and 15th in the 200-yard individual medley.

The Goldbacks finished fourth in both the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays. They were 14th in the 200-yard medley relay.

Section 9 Championships
Team results: 1. Pine Bush - 334; 2. Our Lady of Lourdes 206; 3. Monroe-Woodbury - 202; 4. New Paltz - 184; 5. Washingtonville - 159; 6. Valley Central 149; 7. Newburgh - 145; 8. Onteora - 132; 9. Minisink Valley - 111; 10. Kingston - 108; 11. Warwick - 105; 12. FDR - 62; 13. Marlboro - 60; 14. Rhinebeck - 56; 15. Goshen - 53; 16. Red Hook - 48; 17. Wallkill - 44; 19. Cornwall - 34; 20. Middletown – 21; 21. Beacon – 14; 22. Spackenkill – 10; 23. Chester – 2; 24. Highland – 0.
200-yard medley relay: 1. Pine Bush (Maya Oakes, Ella Humphrey, Ashley Martin, Mackenzie Gula) - 1:50.05; 14. Newburgh (Leah Walsh, Eva Sheldon, Lara Ozkovalak, Karli Smith) - 2:07.12.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Clara Samko (RV) - 1:56.54; 11. AnnMarie Martin (NFA) - 2:07.92; 13. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 2:11.64.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Sadie DeGeorge (PB) - 2:11.07; 15. Vivian Piscitella (NFA) - 2:25.55.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 24.22.
Diving: 1. Molly Crowley (MW) - 536.20; 28. Arabella Tantono (NFA) - 116.85.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Mackenzie Gula (PB) - 58.63; 7. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 1:01.29.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Grace Young (O) - 52.46; 8. Jordyn Bryant (NFA) - 57.14.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Maya Pizzarello (NP) - 5:14.77; 11. AnnMarie Martin (NFA) - 5:40.67; 14. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 5:47.21.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Pine Bush (Sadie DeGeorge, Ella Humphrey, Ashley Martin, Katie Webster) - 1:41.26; 4. Newburgh (AnnMarie Martin, Vivian Piscitella, Jordyn Bryant, Elle Gerbes) - 1:43.54.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Grace Young (O) - 58.57.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Mackenzie Gula (PB) - 1:07.44; 7. Jordyn Bryant (NFA) - 1:13.12; 14. Vivian Piscitella (NFA) - 1:14.81.
400-freestyle relay: 1. Pine Bush (Katie Webster, Maya Oakes, Sadie DeGeorge, Mackenzie Gula) - 3:43.08; 4. Newburgh (AnnMarie Martin, Vivian Piscitella, Jordyn Bryant, Elle Gerbes) - 3:50.84.