SECTION IV GIRLS SWIMMING: WAVERLY'S KITTLE LOGS THREE SECOND-PLACE FINISHES AT CLASS B MEET (24 PHOTOS) (2021-11-06)

Valley Sports Report
ENDWELL - Eighth-grader Mira Kittle finished in the top four in four events, including three second-place finishes, and junior Sophia DeSisti had four top-five finishes to lead Waverly to a fourth-place finish here Saturday afternoon at the Section IV, Class B swimming championships.

Maine-Endwell claimed the team title with 502.5 points, edging runner-up Chenango Valley, which tallied 489.5 points. Oneonta was third with 253 points, while Waverly had 241 points, and Norwich finished fifth with 236 points.

Kittle had Waverly's only two runner-up finishes in individual events. She finished second in the 50-yard freestyle in a personal-best time of 25.94 seconds, and also finished second in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:05.57

Kittle teamed with DeSisti, and seniors Lourden Benjamin, and Willow Sharpsteen to finish second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:48.62. The time placed the foursome ninth in program history.

Kittle, DeSisti, and Benjamin teamed with senior Delaney Vascoe to finish third in the 200-yard medley relay in a season-best time of 2:03.63.

DeSisti finished third in the 200-yard freestyle in a personal-best time of 2:11.23, and 8th-grader Liz Robinson was 12th in a personal-best of 2:19.68.

DeSisti finished fifth in the 100-yard freestyle in a personal-best time of 58.55 seconds, which puts her 10th in program history.

Benjamin finished fourth in the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:31.78, and Sharpsteen was eighth in 2:45.42.

Sharpsteen, Vascoe, Robinson and junior Josie VanDyke teamed to finish fifth in the 400-yard freestyle in a  time of 4:29.95.

Benjamin finished seventh in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 6:10.51, and Vascoe was 8th in 6:16.09.

Sharpsteen finished eighth in the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:13.91, and Robinson was 12th in 1:16.29.

Vascoe finished 11th in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:23.48.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF LORI VASCOE.