SECTION IV GIRLS SWIMMING: WAVERLY WINS SIX EVENTS IN SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT CLASS B CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENDS FOUR TO STATES (4 PHOTOS) (November 7, 2026)


ATANASOFF WINS FOUR GOLD MEDALS; STECK BREAKS SCHOOL-RECORD IN BREASTSTROKE

Valley Sports Report
ENDWELL, N.Y. — Waverly recorded six first-place finishes and placed second in the team standings here Saturday at the Section IV, Class B girls swimming championships. The Wolverines will advance four swimmers in three events to the state meet on Nov. 20-21.

M-E won the Class B title with 460 points, while Waverly tallied 312 points, and third-place Oneonta had 304. Owego was fourth with 222, and Chenango Valley was fifth with 221.

Waverly sophomore Meg Atanasoff won four gold medals, while classmates Audrey Kellogg, Natalie Steck, and Brynna Twedt each four top-3 finishes to win four medals. Kellogg and Steck each won two gold medals. 

Atanasoff, Brynna Twedt, Steck ad sophomore Ayla Wheeler won the 200-yard medley relay after a first-place finish in a time of 1:52.98, which is good for fourth all-time in program history.

Atanasoff, Kellogg, Wheeler, and 7th-grader Arielle Allison teamed to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:43.43, which is good for seventh all-time in program history.

Atanasoff won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.49 seconds, while Brynna Twedt was second in a lifetime-best time of 25.76 seconds, which is 8th all-time in program history, Steck was third in 25.9 seconds, 10th all-time, and Wheeler was eighth in 27.57 seconds.

Atanasoff, who qualified for States in the 50 free, Kellogg, Steck, and Brynna Twedt will swim in the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays at States. Wheeler will serve as alternate for both relays.

Steck won the 100-yard breaststroke in a new school-record time of 1:09.96, and 7th-grader Liv McGee was 12th in 1:26.83.

Kellogg won the 200-yard freestyle in a lifetime-best time of 2:01.71, which is second all-time in program history. Junior Izzy Miner was 14th in a time of 2:23.92.

Atanasoff won the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 54.51 seconds, while Kellogg was second in a lifetime-best time of 54.51 seconds, which is 6th all-time in program history. Seventh-grader Kenna Twedt finished 16th in a time of 1:06.3.

Brynna Twedt placed third in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:05.41, and Kenna Twedt was 13th in a time of 1:15.77.

Brynna Twedt, Steck, Kellogg, and Allison teamed to finish third in the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 4:03.22.

Wheeler placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:13.92, and 8th-grader Harper Varano finished 12th in 1:39.91.

Allison was eighth in the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:40.78, and junior Harper Varano was 16th in 3:11.40.

Miner was 13th in the 500-yard freestyle in a lifetime-best time of 6:40.64.

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IN PHOTO 1: Waverly's Natalie Steck. IN TOP PHOTO: State qualifiers from left: Owego's Ayla Young, and Waverly's Natalie Steck, Audrey Kellogg, Meg Atanasoff, and Brynna Twedt. ... PHOTOS PROVIDED.

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