By Mike Zummo
The Valley Central girls’ swimming team won nine events, and Emily White won two individual events as the Vikings defeated the Middletown Middies, 115-68, on September 26 at Valley Central High School in Montgomery.
White won both the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke and was a member of two winning relay teams, the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. White’s winning time of 1:20.31 in the 100-yard breaststroke was a season best.
Samantha Messing (200-yard freestyle), Molly Hoover (50-yard freestyle), Rilee Kinsley (diving), Olivia Messing (100-yard butterfly), Samantha Thompson (500-yard freestyle) all picked up individual wins for the Vikings.
Olivia Messing’s winning time of 1:10.66 in the 100-yard butterfly was her best finish of the season, while Mia Ponzo, who finished fifth, scored a personal best in 1:28.82.
Vivian Lam (200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke) picked up two wins for Middletown. The Middies also won the 400-yard freestyle relay as the Vikings swam exhibition in the event with a big lead.
Ireland Fogarty and Abigail Hoover each posted personal best times of 2:30.09 and 2:49.18 respectively in the 200-yard freestyle. Ariana Rischmoller Motta placed a personal best in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 3:11.76.
Lucia Daubel posted a personal best of 1:15.72 when she took fifth in the 100-yard freestyle.
The Vikings had three meets in three days, and they finished third on Wednesday in a meet with the Spackenkill Spartans, Newburgh and Beacon. Spackenkill won the meet.
They finished the week with a 126-60 loss to the Pine Bush Bushmen. Katie Webster and Mackenzie Gular won two individual events each and were on two winning relays.
Valley Central 115, Middletown 68
200-yard medley relay: 1. Valley Central (Peyton Messing, Emmy White, Molly Hoover, Olivia Messing) 2:09.43; 2. Valley Central (Samantha Messing, Kaidyn Thompson, Kaylee Benson, Samantha Thompson) - 2:10.07; 4. Valley Central (Ariana Rischmoller Motta, Madison Carpenter, Mia Ponzo, Madeline Cheney) - 2:34.64.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Samantha Messing (VC) - 2:14.64; 2. Ireland Fogarty (VC) - 2:30.09; 4. Abigail Hoover (VC) - 2:49.18.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Vivan Lam (M) - 2:33.45; 2. Kaidyn Thompson (VC) - 2:46.50; 5. Ariana Rischmoller Motta (VC) - 3:11.76.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Molly Hoover (VC) - 27.60; 2. Peyton Messing (VC) - 28.79; 4. Madison Roszkowski (VC) - 32.34.
Diving: 1. Rilee Kinsley (VC) - 184.90; 3. Eleanor O’Neill (VC) - 161.95; 5. Bailey Badendyck (VC) - 149.30.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Olivia Messing (VC) - 1:10.66; 4. Nylah Reynoso (VC) - 1:27.60; 5. Mia Ponzo (VC) - 1:28.82.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Emmy White (VC) - 1:00.57; 3. Madison Carpenter (VC) - 1:12.62; 5. Lucia Daubel (VC) - 1:15.72.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Samantha Thompson (VC) - 6:04.45; 2. Molly Hoover (VC) - 6:22.12; 3. Chelsea Degon (VC) - 6:37.50.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Valley Central (Peyton Messing, Emmy White, Olivia Messing, Chelsea Degon) - 1:54.74; 2. Valley Central (Samantha Messing, Ireland Fogarty, Samantha Thompson, Madison Roszkowski) - 1:57.97; 5. Valley Central (Gabrielle Pena, Leilany Marte Guerrero, Isabella Giannico, Hailey Rubiano) - 2:38.98.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Vivian Lam (M) - 1:13.56; 2. Kaylee Benson (VC) - 1:18.62; 4. Madison Roszkowski (VC) - 1:27.54; 5. Mia Ponzo (VC) - 1:32.29.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Emmy White (VC) - 1:20.31; 2. Ireland Fogarty (VC) - 1:25.40; 4. Madison Carpenter (VC) - 1:33.70.
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Middletown (Amiya Ramkissoon, Camryn Sherman, Selena Ortiz, Vivian Lam) - 4:50.30