By Mike Zummo
The number just keeps on increasing.
The Pine Bush Bushmen won their 76th straight girls’ swimming meet and won the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Assocation Division I championship on Wednesday with a 104-81 win over the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks on Wednesday at Pine Bush High School.
Sadie DeGeorge was involved in three winning events for the Bushmen. Individually, she won the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley. She also was part of the Bushmen’s winning 200-medley relay team with Ella Humphrey, Liana Williams and Maya Oakes. She also was on the second-place 400-meter freestyle relay team with Alanah Giannini, Jaedyn Newberns and Oakes.
Oakes won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 58.49 seconds and was second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:05.09.
Norah Germano won the 200-yard freestyle with a personal best time and Section 9 qualifying time of 2:06.30. She also was second in the 500-yard freestyle. She was part of the second-place 200-yard freestyle relay team with Humphrey, Della Hundley and Anna Hajek.
Humphrey (50-yard freestyle, 200-yard butterfly) had two second-place finishes.
The Bushmen were scheduled for one remaining meet, a road meet against the Minisink Valley Warriors on Tuesday. From there, it’s on to the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I meet on Oct. 26 at Newburgh Free Academy. The diving portion is scheduled for Oct. 24 at Washingtonville High School.
Pine Bush 104, Newburgh 81
200-yard medley relay: 1. Pine Bush (Maya Oakes), Ella Humphrey, Liana Williams, Sadie DeGeorge) - 1:58.72; 2. Pine Bush (Della Hundley, Lyla Humphrey, Sophia Gallagher, Anna Hajek) - 2:07.70l; 4. Pine Bush (Jaedyn Newburgns, Viola Thibodeau, Parker Scoville, Dakota Wilson) - 2:21.54.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Norah Germano (PB) - 2:06.30; 3. Alanah Giannini (PB) - 2:13.82; 4. Thea Valdez (PB) - 2:25.28.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Sadie DeGeorge (PB) - 2:17.96; 4. Liana Williams (PB) - 2:39.76; 5. Sophia Gallagher (PB) - 2:40.53.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Karli Smith (NFA) - 26.93; 2. Ella Humphrey (PB) - 26.94; 3. Della Hundley (PB) - 29.08; 4. Anna Hajek (PB) - 29.28.
Diving: 1. Arabella Tantono (NFA) - 198.40; 2. Paige Gandolfini (PB) - 184.10; 3. Kayleen Tique (PB) - 152.95; 4. Grace Gibson (PB) - 143.50.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 1:02.02; 2. Ella Humphrey (PB) - 1:10.44; 3. Liana Williams (PB) - 1:12.68; 4. Thea Valdez (PB) - 1:15.72.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Maya Oakes (PB) - 58.49; 4. Dakota Wilson (PB) - 1:03.52; 5. Della Hundley (PB) - 1:06.14.
500-yard freestyle: 1. AnnMarie Martin (NFA) - 5:38.37; 2. Norah Germano (PB) - 5:52.48; 4. Sophia Gallagher (PB) - 6:10.87; 5. Anna Hajek (PB) - 6:23.76.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Newburgh (Elle Gerbes, Karli Smith, Leah Walsh, AnnMarie Martin) - 1:50.55; 2. Pine Bush (Ella Humphrey, Della Hundley, Anna Hajek, Norah Germano) - 1:52.04; 3. Pine Bush (Liana Williams, Parker Scoville, Lila Hanson, Dakota Wilson) - 1:56.35; 4. Pine Bush (Leah Germano, Viola Thibodeau, Amelia Aponte, Gwen Loennecker) - 2:14.11.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Elle Gerbes (NFA) - 1:04.06; 2. Maya Oakes (PB) - 1:05.09; 3. Alanah Giannini (PB) - 1:05.47; 5. Jaedyn Newberns (PB) - 1:19.66.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Sadie DeGeorge (PB) - 1:13.12; 3. Lyla Humphrey (PB) - 1:16.11; 6. Viola Thibodeau (PB) - 1:38.01.
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Newburgh (Allison VanDalinda, AnnMarie Martin, Karli Smith, Elle Gerbes) - 4:02.61; 2. Pine Bush (Alanah Giannini, Jaedyn Newberns, Maya Oakes, Sadie DeGeorge) - 4:08.38; 3. Pine Bush (Parker Scoville, Leah Germano, Lila Hanson, Lyla Humphrey) - 4:31.37; 5. Pine Bush (Ciara Giannini, Gwen Loennecker, Viola Thibodeau, Amelia Aponte) - 5:03.28.