200 FREE RELAY SETS NEW NORWICH POOL RECORD
Valley Sports Report
NORWICH — Sophomore Brynna Twedt was a four-time winner and four of her teammates were triple-winners as Waverly finished off its third consecutive unbeaten dual-meet season, and ran its win streak to 24 with a 110-40 win over Norwich here Tuesday in STAC girls swimming action.
Sophomore Megan Atanasoff, Audrey Kellogg, and Natalie Steck, and 7th-grader Arielle Allison were triple-winner, and sophomore Ayla Wheeler was a double-winner for the Wolverines, who complete the regular-season at 8-0.
Twedt, Atanasoff, Kellogg, and Steck won the 200-yard freestyle relay in a new pool-record time of 1:44.47, eclipsing the mark of 1:45.05 set in 1997.
The same foursome also teamed to win he 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:55.64, while the quartet of 7th-graders Kenna Twedt, Liv Morgan, Arielle Allison and Jolie Fravel was second in 2:18.53.
Atanasoff, Kellogg, Allison, and Wheeler teamed to win the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 4:20.29.
Brynna Twedt led a sweep in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 26.42 seconds, while sophomore Ayla Wheeler was second in 28.95 seconds, and Fravel was third in 29.92 seconds. Seventh-grader Sofia Tomesh clocked in with a personal-best time of 33.66 seconds.
Brynna Twedt also won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:10.92, and Kenna Twedt was third in a personal-best time of 1:16.9.
Allison won the 200-yard IM in a personal-best time of 2:37.36, and 8th-grader Harper Varano was third in 3:21.23.
Allison also won the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 1:02.11, and Kenna Twedt was second in a personal-best time 1:07.03.
Steck won the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:17.46, and McGee was third in 1:28.59.
Wheeler won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:16.41, and Varano was third in 1:49.68.
Eighth-graders Izzy Miner (lifetime-best time of 2:22.34) and Madalyn Draper (3:16.72) finished second and third, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle.
Miner also finished second in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 6:53.31.
Waverly returns to action next week at the Class B prelims at Maine-Endwell.
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IN PHOTO: Record-setting 200 free relay (from left): Natalie Steck, Megan Atansoff, Audrey Kellogg, and Brynna Twedt. ... PHOTO PROVIDED.
