Pine Bush swimmers top Washingtonville

By Mike Zummo

Posted 12/20/23

By Mike Zummo

The Pine Bush boys’ swimming team won eight out of 12 events in Wednesday’s 103-82 win over the Washingtonville Wizards at Washingtonville High School.

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Pine Bush swimmers top Washingtonville

Pine Bush’s Bryce Sloley swims the 100-yard butterfly during Wednesday’s OCIAA boys’ swimming and diving meet at Washingtonville High School.

Pine Bush’s Kaeden Fisher dives during Wednesday’s OCIAA boys’ swimming and diving meet at Washingtonville High School.

Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Pine Bush 103, Washingtonville 82

200-yard medley relay: 1. Pine Bush (Liam Blackwell, Dominic Licardi, Bryce Sloley) - 1:43.35; 3. Pine Bush (Josh Gallagher, A.J. Giannini, Blaze Devlin, Chase Dodson) - 1:50.14; 5. Pine Bush (Alejandro Fernandez, Daniel Hufcut, James Barry, Nathan Echevarria) - 2:04.97.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Cooper Wright (W) - 2:00.31; 3. Jayden McCord (PB) - 2:02.27; 5. Matthew Webster (PB) - 2:08.19; 6. Jack Vero (PB) - 2:12.21.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Tomek Oakes (PB) - 2:02.29; 4. Josh Gallagher (PB) - 2:17.56; 6. A.J. Giannini (PB) - 2:36.80.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Bryce Sloley (PB) - 22.48; 2. Jack Vuksanovich (PB) - 23.93; 4. Dominic Licardi (PB) - 24.47.

Diving: 1. Thomas Bertocci (W) - 219.95; 2. Kaeden Fisher (PB) - 210.60; 3. Matthew Martir (PB) - 116.650; 4. Alex O’Dell (PB) - 102.50.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Bryce Sloley (PB) - 52.57; 3. Josh Gallagher (PB) - 59.40; 4. Blaze Devlin (PB) - 59.98.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Tomek Oakes (PB) - 48.70; 2. Jack Vuksanovich (PB) - 51.50; 4. Liam Blackwell (PB) - 53.37.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Luke Sanchez (W) - 5:17.68; 4. Jack Vero (PB) - 5:46.12; 5. Riley McCord (PB) - 6:37.67.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Pine Bush (Bryce Sloley, Blaze Devlin, Chase Dodson, Tomek Oakes) - 1:34.37; 5. Pine Bush (Nathan Echevarria, Riley McCord, Logan Babcock, Alejandro Fernandez) - 1:54.85; 6. Pine Bush (James Barry, Michael Thompson, Kaeden Fisher, Max Cedeno) - 1:56.13.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Liam Blackwell (PB) - 57.76; 3. Matthew Webster (PB) - 1:04.76; 4. Jayden McCord (PB) - 1:04.98.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Brian Hitnariansingh (W) - 1:05.28; 2. A.J. Giannini (PB) - 1:08.30; 3. Dominic Licardi (PB) - 1:11.08.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Bush (Jack Vuksanovich, Josh Gallagher, Blaze Devlin, Tomek Oakes) - 3:32.01; 5. Pine Bush (Nathan Echevarria, Max Cedeno, Daniel Healy, Michael Thompson) - 4:36.10.

By Mike Zummo

The Pine Bush boys’ swimming team won eight out of 12 events in Wednesday’s 103-82 win over the Washingtonville Wizards at Washingtonville High School.

Bryce Sloley and Tomek Oakes were each part of four winning events – two individual and two relays – for the Bushmen.

Sloley won the 100-yard butterfly with a state-qualifying time of 52.57 and won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.48, both personal bests. Oakes won the 100-yard freestyle with a state-qualifying time of 48.70 seconds and won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:02.29.

They were both part of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay Blaze Devlin and Chase Dodson. Sloley helped lead off the meet as he teamed with Liam Blackwell, Dominic Licardi and Jack Vuksanovich to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:43.35. Oakes anchored 400-meter freestyle relay with Vuksanovich, Josh Gallagher and Devlin to close the meet with a victory.

Liam Blackwell won the 100-yard backstroke with a season-best 57.76 seconds.

Pine Bush’s Jayden McCord and Matthew Webster each placed personal bests in the 200-yard freestyle. McCord was third and Webster took fifth. Gallagher posted a season best in the 200-yard individual medley and A.J. Giannini posted a personal best.

Licardi was fourth in the 50-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 24.47.

Gallagher posted a season-best in the 100-yard butterfly in 59.40 seconds and Devlin had a personal best in 59.98, finishing fourth.

Vuksanovich’s second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.50 was a personal best.

Jack Vero finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 5:46.12.
Giannini posted a personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing second with a time of 1:08.30 and Licardi had a season-best 1:11.08.

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