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Girls Swimming: Bridgewater-Raritan wins Skyland Conference Championships

Lauren Knego
@laurenknego

The Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls swim team won the Skyland Conference Championships on Saturday, besting last year's champion Montgomery, 264-203.

The Panthers had six swimmers place in the top six in their events, as Sarah Pacelli led the way with a win in the 100 free in 54.58. Alyssa Cahill took second in 54.89 and Jessica Goldfeder was third in 55.59.

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Bridgewater-Raritan was second in the 200 medley in 1:49.29, third in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.09 and third in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:39.39.

Grace Palfreyman was second in the 200 freestyle for the Panthers in 1:56.11 and took third in the 500 freestyle in 5:11.06. Meredith Riegler was second in the 200 individual medley in 2:10.81 and took third in the backstroke in 59.48.

Palfreyman was coming off a record-breaking performance against Immaculate Heart Academy on Friday. She set a new school record in the 500 free in 5:06.38, which broke the old record of 5:11.60 set in 1999 by Erica Fitzsimmons.

Montgomery's Brigid Di Blasio, Michelle D'Allegro, Hailey Roberti and Kara Lydzinski combined to win the 200 medley relay in 1:47.49, while Roberti also won the 200 freestyle in 1:54.80. The Cougars also won the 400 freestyle relay as Roberti, Lydzinski, D'Allegro and Di Blasio took first in 3:37.41.

Megan Bull of Hillsborough won the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.87, and teamed with Haley Tevnan, Jordan McChesney and Alexandra Temple to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:38.37.

Mount St. Mary's Shay Hollander won the 100 backstroke in 55.57 and the 50 freestyle in 23.63. Aziza Ganihanova of North Hunterdon took first in the 200 individual medley in 2:09.62 and the 500 free in 5:05.18.

Pingry's Darlene Fung won the 100 butterfly in 56.44.

TEAM SCORES: 1. Bridgewater-Raritan 264; 2. Montgomery 203; 3. Mount St. Mary 131; 4. Hillsborough 126; 5. Pingry 114.50; 6. Ridge 114; 7. Bernards 67; 8. Watchung Hills 65; 9. North Hunterdon 62; 10. Phillipsburg 58.50; 11. Hunterdon Central 55; 12. Warren Hills 16; 13. Belvidere 13; 14. Immaculata 6; 15. Gill St. Bernard's 5; 16. Somerville 2.

200 MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Montgomery (Brigid Di Blasio, Michelle D'Allegro, Hailey Roberti, Kara Lydzinski) 1:47.49; 2. Bridgewater-Raritan 1:49.29; 3. Ridge 1:50.38; 4. Mount St. Mary 1:51.27; 5. Hillsborough 1:52.60; 6. Bernards 1:52.98.

200 FREESTYLE: 1. Hailey Roberti (Montgomery) 1:54.80; 2. Grace Palfreyman (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:56.11; 3. Kinsey Rushevics (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:58.03; 4. Sarah Pacelli (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:58.09; 5. Megan Chiu (Ridge) 1:58.69; 6. Emma Reilly (Mount St. Mary) 2:01.61.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: 1. Aziza Ganihanova (North Hunterdon) 2:09.6; 2. Meredith Riegler (Bridgewater-Raritan) 2:10.81; 3. Brigid Di Blasio (Montgomery) 2:11.82; 4. Audrey Hsi (Ridge) 2:12.34; 5. Vivian Zhang (Watchung Hills) 2:15.86; 6. Gabby Sizemore (Warren Hills) 2:15.89.

50 FREESTYLE: 1. Shay Hollander (Mount St. Mary) 23.63; 2. Darlene Fung (Pingry) 23.92; 3. Kara Lydzinski (Montgomery) 24.95; 4. Lauren Davidson (Watchung Hills) 25.08; 5. Isabelle Rivera (Mount St. Mary) 25.27; 6. Michelle D'Allegro (Montgomery) 25.32.

100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Darlene Fung (Pingry) 56.44; 2. Hailey Roberti (Montgomery) 57.53; 3. Kara Lydzinski (Montgomery) 57.56; 4. Elise Devlin (Phillipsburg) 57.79; 5. Megan Chiu (Ridge) 57.80; 6-Corina Do (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:00.61.

100 FREESTYLE: 1. Sarah Pacelli (Bridgewater-Raritan) 54.58; 2. Alyssa Cahill (Bridgewater-Raritan) 54.89; 3. Jessica Goldfeder (Bridgewater-Raritan) 55.59; 4. Sally Burke (Mount St. Mary) 56.32; 5. Martha Lewand (Pingry) 56.42; 6. Grace O'Mara (Pingry) 57.19.

500 FREESTYLE: 1. Aziza Ganihanova (North Hunterdon) 5:05.18; 2. Brigid Di Blasio (Montgomery) 5:07.33; 3. Grace Palfreyman (Bridgewater-Raritan) 5:11.06; 4. Megan Wonjnar (Bridgewater-Raritan) 5:16.32; 5. Kinsey Rushevics (Bridgewater-Raritan) 5:18.21; 6. Krysta Garcia (Watchung Hills) 5:21.78.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Hillsborough (Haley Tevnan, Jordan McChesney, Alexandra Temple, Megan Bull) 1:38.37; 2. Pingry 1:40.48; 3. Bridgewater-Raritan 1:41.09; 4. Mount St. Mary 1:41.41; 5. Hunterdon Central 1:42.93; 6. Montgomery 1:43.15.

100 BACKSTROKE: 1. Shay Hollander (Mount St. Mary) 55.57; 2. Alexandra Temple (Hillsborough) 56.73; 3. Meredith Riegler (Bridgewater-Raritan) 59.48; 4. Elise Devlin (Phillipsburg) 59.67; 5. Audrey Hsi (Ridge) 1:00.69; 6. Juliana Ward (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:00.89.

100 BREASTSTROKE: 1. Megan Bull (Hillsborough) 1:04.87; 2. Michelle D'Allegro (Montgomery) 1:04.96; 3. Katie Cooper (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:08.17; 4. Lindsay Rispoli (Pingry) 1:08.31; 5. Chloe Markey (Mount St. Mary) 1:08.70; 6. Allison D'Allegro (Montgomery) 1:09.42.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Montgomery (Hailey Roberti, Kara Lydzinski, Allison D'Allegro, Brigid Di Blasio) 3:37.41; 2. Ridge 3:39.35; 3. Bridgewater-Raritan 3:39.39; 4. Hillsborough 3:39.58; 5. Hunterdon Central 3:41.78; 6. Pingry 3:43.50.