Pine Bush swimmers top Warwick

By Mike Zummo
Posted 12/27/23

The Pine Bush boys’ swimming and diving event won 10 events in a 122-64 win over the Warwick Wildcats on Wednesday at Pine Bush High School.

The Bushmen’s Tomek Oakes won two …

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The Pine Bush boys’ swimming and diving event won 10 events in a 122-64 win over the Warwick Wildcats on Wednesday at Pine Bush High School.

The Bushmen’s Tomek Oakes won two individual events and was on the Bushmen’s 200-yard medley relay team. He won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.86 and the 100-yard butterfly with a personal best time of 55.10.

He teamed up with Jayden McCord, Jack Vero and Liam Blackwell to win the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:52.09.

Josh Gallagher won two individual events, winning the 100-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 53.99 seconds. He also won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:01.88.

McCord won the 500-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 5:50.85. He also scored a personal best in the 50-yard freestyle when he finished second in 25.38 seconds.

He teamed with Matthew Webster, Vero and Blaze Devlin to win the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:52.85.

Blackwell won the 50-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 24.58 seconds.
Kaeden Fisher won the diving event with a six-dive score of 275.50.

Bryce Sloley, Jack Vuksanovich, Chase Dodson and Daniel Healy won the 200-yard freestyle relay for the Bushmen with a time of 1:41.33.

Devlin and Daniel Hufcut each posted personal bests in the 200-yard freestyle with respective times of 2:04.63 and 2:20.04, respectively. Devlin was second and Hufcut was fourth.
Vero swam a personal best in the 200-yard individual medley, as he finished fifth in 2:25.66.

McCord’s second-place time of 25.38 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle was a personal best.
A.J. Giannini finished third in the 100-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 58.55 seconds.

Riley McCord swam a personal best time of 6:35.39 to finish third in the 500-yard freestyle.

Alejandro Fernandez finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke with a personal best time of 1:09.76.

Pine Bush 122, Warwick 64
200-yard medley relay: 1. Pine Bush (Jayden McCord, Tomek Oakes, Jack Vero, Liam Blackwell) - 1:52.09.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Josh Gallagher (PB) - 2:01.88; 2. Blaze Devlin (PB) - 2:04.63; 4. Daniel Hufcut (PB) - 2:20.04.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Connor Holland (W) - 2:05.01; 3. Dominic Licardi (PB) - 2:25.16; 4. Matthew Webster (PB) - 2:25.24; 5. Jack Vero (PB) - 2:25.66.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Liam Blackwell (PB) - 24.58; 2. Jayden McCord (PB) - 25.38; 3. Logan Babcock (PB) - 27.07.
Diving: 1. Kaeden Fisher (PB) - 275.50; 5. Logan Pierpoint (PB) - 139.85; 6. Matthew Martir (PB) - 106.85.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Tomek Oakes (PB) - 55.10; 2. Jack Vero (PB) - 1:08.27.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Josh Gallagher (PB) - 53.99; 2. Dominic Licardi (PB) - 56.54; 3. A.J. Giannini (PB) - 58.55.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Jayden McCord (PB) - 5:50.85; 3. Riley McCord (PB) - 6:35.39; 4. Daniel Hufcut (PB) - 6:35.56.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Bush (Bryce Sloley, Jack Vuksanovich, Chase Dodson, Daniel Healy) - 1:41.33; 2. Pine Bush (Blaze Devlin, Dominic Licardi, Logan Babcock, Josh Gallagher) - 1:41.60; 5. Pine Bush (Kaeden Fisher, Alex O’Dell, Matthew Martir, Logan Pierpoint) - 2:25.52.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Connor Holland (W) 55.24; 2. Liam Blackwell (PB) - 57.78; 4. Matthew Webster (PB) - 1:05.06.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Tomek Oakes (PB) - 1:03.86; 2. A.J. Giannini (PB) - 1:09.72; 3. James Barry (PB) - 1:24.10
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Bush (Jayden McCord, Matthew Webster, Jack Vero, Blaze Devlin) - 3:52.85; 3. Pine Bush (Max Cedeno, Nathan Echevarria, Michael Thompson, Riley McCord) - 4:37.63.