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Owego NY- Class C Finals for Section IV were held at the Owego Free Academy on Saturday November 5ht,  and the LadyCats Swim & Dive team successfully defended their title for a 4 consecutive year.

This year’s championship was especially challenging for all teams as Oneonta (formerly in Class B) and Elmira Notre Dame (formerly in Class A) were new editions to the Class C competition level this year; bringing with them some formidable swimmers.

Coach Diane Hicks-Hughes understood the new challenge and said the girls were well aware of the need for each of them to do well individually.  When asked how she felt about the win coach stated “We decided we were going to go to the meet with an attitude of Pawsitivity,” a phrase the team had coined the last week of practice before finals, “and it paid off!”

What made this victory significant, other than it being the 4th time in a row, was how the team did it. With the influx of strong talent, not only from the new teams but also from all the other competitors, Lansing was not going to win many events outright as it had done previous years.  As such, Lansing needed all of its swimmers to push themselves and swim up from their seed positions; it was a Team Effort, and it was terrific.

Scoring and Placing for Lansing by event was as follows:

200 Medley Relay:
3rd  Place with a time of 1:59.21, the team of Marin Allen (Back, JR), Grace Ferris (Breast, SR Capt.),  Katie Weaver (Fly, SR Capt.), and Katy Barr(Free, FR) – for 32 Points.

200 Freestyle:
Championship Final –
3rd Place with a of 2:07.10, Caroline Dennis (JR) – 16 Points
8th Place with a time of 2:17.60, Katy Barr (FR) – 11 Points
Consolation Final –
9th Place with a time of 2:12.88, MacKenzie Stark (8) – 9 Points

200 Individual Medley:
Championship Final –     
4th Place with a time of 2:23.568, Katie Weaver (SR Capt.) – 15 Points
6th Place with a time of 2:29.08, Grace Ferris (SR Capt.) – 13 Points
Consolation Final -    
14th Place with a time of 2:44.30, Krista Taylor (SR Capt.) – 3 Points

50 Freestyle:
Championship Final –
1st Place with a winning time of 25.54, Grace Kadlecik (8) – 20 Points            
Consolation Final -    
10th Place with a time of 27.44, Megan Matheny (JR) - 7 Points

Diving:
Championship Final –     
2nd Place with a score of 385.90 for 11 Dives, Megan Matheny, - 17 Points

100 Butterfly:
Championship Final –     
2nd Place with a time of 1:05.41, Katie Weaver (SR Capt.) – 17 points
4th Place with a time of 1:07.11, Marin Allen (JR) – 15 Points
6th Place with a time of 1:10.40,     Jackie Brown (JR) – 13 Points
8th Place with a time of 1:12.06,     Laura Ferris (SO) – 11 Points

100 Freestyle:
Championship Final –     
2nd Place with a time of 55.47, Grace Kadlecik (8) – 17 Points
5th Place with a time of 57.20, Caroline Dennis (JR) – 14 Points
                        
 Consolation Final –
    10th Place with a time of 1:00.30, Katy Barr (FR) - 7 Points
    13th Place with a time of 1:02.52, Libby Weaver (SO) - 4 Points
    
500 Freestyle:
Championship Final –     
7th Place with a time of 5:57.97, Mackenzie Stark (8) – 12 Points
                                    
 Consolation Final -    
10th Place with a time of 6:14.43, Laura Ferris (SO) – 7 Points
12th Place with a time of 6:18.26, Lexi Ryan (SR Capt.) – 5 Points

200 Freestyle Relay:
Championship Final –
    2nd Place with a time of 1:45.68, the team of Caroline Dennis (JR), Marin Allen (JR), Meghan Matheny( 11) and Grace Kadlecik (8) – 34 Points

100 Backstroke:
Championship Final –     
5th Place with a time of 1:07.06, Marin Allen (JR) – 14 Points
8th Place with a time of 1:10.24,     Libby Weaver (SO) – 11 Points
            
 Consolation Final -    
12th Place with a time of 1:16.47, Krista Taylor (SR Capt.) – 5 Points
100 Breaststroke:
Championship Final –     
3rd Place with a time of 1:14.54, Grace Ferris (SR Capt.) – 16 Points
7th Place with a time of  1:20.86, Jackie Brown (JR) – 12 Points
                        
Consolation Final –
9th Place with a time of 1:23.82,     Valencia Gell  (8), 9 Points
400 Freestyle Relay:
Championship Final –     
3rd Place with a  time of 3:50.21, the team of Caroline Dennis (JR), Katie Weaver (SR Capt), Katy Barr (FR) and Grace Kadlecik (8) – 32 Points;

Overall Team Scores:

1 Lansing	398
2 Watkins Glen	366
3 Oneonta	343
4 Elmira-Notre Dame	222
5 Southern Cayuga	210
6 Odessa-Montour	140.5
7 Chenango Forks	137
8 Greene	120.5
9 Whitney Point	9

                   
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