By Mike Zummo
The Newburgh Free Academy girls’ swim team won two meets last week, opening the week with a 101-67 win over the Marlboro Dukes and finishing the week with an 85-63 win over the Rhinebeck Hawks on Thursday at Newburgh Free Academy.
Elle Gerbes (200-yard breaststroke), AnnMarie Martin (200-yard individual medley), Allison VanDalinda (50-yard freestyle), Arabella Tantono (diving) and Leah Walsh (100-yard butterfly) all picked up victories for the Goldbacks.
Newburgh also won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:07.72 and took home the victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
With a large lead, the Goldbacks didn’t compete for points in the final three events.
Martin’s time of 2:35.58 in the 100-yard individual medley was a personal best, as was Penelope Batelic’s fourth-place time of 34.25 in the 50-yard freestyle.
Walsh also scored a season best when she won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:18.11.
Even though she didn’t compete for points, Gerbes qualified for the Section 9 championship meet with her time of 1:05.93. Vivian Best also qualified for sectionals with a season best 1:18.10 in the 10-yard breaststroke.
Newburgh 85, Rhinebeck 63
200-yard medley relay: 1. Newburgh (Jordyn Bryant, Eva Sheldon, Vivian Piscitella, AnnMarie Martin) - 2:07.72; 3. Newburgh (Chloe Walker, Lena Piscitella, Lara Ozkovalak, Daylena Vera) - 2:26.34; 4. Newburgh (Autumn Ramaglia, Juliana Hicks, Annabelle Mejia, Julie LY) - 3:00.22.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 2:04.2; 3. Karli Smith (NFA) - 2:29.72; 4. Eva Sheldon (NFA) - 2:33.68.
200-yard individual medley: 1. AnnMarie Martin (NFA) - 2:35.58; 2. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 2:38.97; 4. Chloe Walker (NFA) - 3:09.28.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Allison VanDalinda (NFA) - 30.50; 3. Daylena Vera (NFA) - 33.00; 4. Penelope Batelic (NFA) - 34.25.
Diving: 1. Arabella Tantono (NFA) - 160.70.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 1:18.11; 3. Chloe Walker (NFA) - 1:36.26.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Bluebell Quested (R) - 58.56; 2. Jordyn Bryant (NFA) - 59.13; 3. Allison VanDalinda (NFA) - 1:06.13; 4. Eva Sheldon (NFA) - 1:08.59.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Emily Seldin (R) - 5:40.01; 3. Karli Smith (NFA) - 6:48.09; 4. Lena Piscitella (NFA) - 6:59.16.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Newburgh (Vivian Piscitella, Karli Smith, Elle Gerbes, Jordyn Bryant) - 1:52.70; 2. Newburgh (Leah Walsh, Eva Sheldon, Lena Piscitella, Allison VanDalinda) - 1:54.91; 4. Newburgh (Penelope Batelic, Annabelle Mejia, July LY, Sofia Arias) - 2:27.5.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Emily Baker (R) - 1:24.47.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Bianca Spinelli (R) - 1:38.53
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Rhinebeck (Bluebell Quested, Emily Baker, Allison Hewitt, Emily Seldin) - 4:26.10