- By Mark Hopson
- Sports
A total of 13 teams from all over central NY competed this year; the LCATS led the way with 47 swimmers, aged 8 to 22. The athletes swam various distances ranging from 0.5 to 5K. Swim times for these events ranged from about 10 minutes for the 0.5K swim to over 1 hour for the 5K distance events.
The LCAT swimmers competed in 26 different age event categories. The LCATS won 19 of these events and broke 7 Whitney Point Open Water records in the process. Dewey and Terry acknowledged all the swimmers’ accomplishments at Whitney Point and noted that “this event is a blast for our kids. They look forward to swimming here each year.” Dewey also stated “this meet provides them a chance to swim in open water which is much different than their typical schedule throughout the year which consists of short (25 yards) and long course (50 meters) indoor events.”
Everyone enjoyed the opportunity to be outside on a beautiful sunny day at Dorchester Park. Several family members helped officiate and monitor the swimmers from canoes and kayaks. They also found time between races to have a team barbeque and play games.
Event results listed below include race event, swimmer, time, order of finish, and meet record where noted.
0.5 K race results:
- 8 & U Girls- Valencia Gell 12:01 -2nd.
- 9-10 Girls- Libby Weaver 10:03 -1st, Madi McMillan 11:43 -5th, Katie Barr 12:39 -7th.
- 11-12 Girls- Ingebjorg Toresen 10:04 -2nd, Olympia Canales 10:25 -3rd.
- 8 & U Boys- Cyrus Browning 10:36 -1st -WP record; Theo Angelopoulos 12:03- 2nd.
- 11-12 Boys- Edward Kiefer 9:26 -1st-WP record.
1 K race results:
- 9-10 Girls- Miryam Ginsparg 20:53 -2nd, Aurora Kiefer 24:11 -3rd, Laura Ferris 24:24 -4th.
- 11-12 Girls- Katie Weaver 17:41 -1st, Grace Ferris 21:25 -5th.
- 13-14 Girls- Tacia Angelopoulos 15:17 -1st-WP record; Katie Kidder 18:55 -4th.
- 9-10 Boys- Sergio Gomez 22:25 -2nd, Wil Dewey 24:10 -3rd.
- 11-12 Boys- Adam Hopson 17:41 -2nd.
- 11-12 Girls- Marina Angelopoulos 35:53- 2nd, Annika Browning 38:54 -3rd.
- 13-14 Girls- Kenna Hartmann 33:22 -1st.
- 15-16 Women- Kayla Sherwyn 33:18 -1st- WP record.
- 17 & Over Women- Erin O’Brien 32:35 -1st, Erin Trowbridge 33:21-2nd.
- 11-12 Boys- John Koch 34:17 -1st, Xavier Gell 36:34 -2nd.
- 17 & Over Men- Lucas Zelehowsky 29:25 -1st.
3 K race results:
- 12 YO Girls- Adelaide Smallidge 54:25 -1st -WP record.
- 13-14 Girls- Adele Ferris 45:45 -1st, Nathalie Smallidge 54:40 -3rd.
- 15-16 Women- Karinna Browning 45:33 -1st, Erin McElfresh 45:38 -2nd.
- 17 & Over Women- Emily O’Brien 45:36- 1st, Ella Graffin 50:15 -2nd.
- 12 YO Boys- Mikey Koch 53:42 -1st -WP record, Jed Dewey 54:15 -2nd, Ryan McElfresh 57:34 -3rd.
- 15-16 Men- Ronan Corgel 45:20 -1st -WP record.
- 13-14 Girls- Cecile Browning 1:15:40 -1st.
- 15-16 Women- Natalie O’Brien 1:15:42 -1st, Emma Otto-Moudry 1:19:21 -2nd.
- 13-14 Boys- Joe Koch 1:17:38 -2nd, Faadhil Moheed 1:21:30 -3rd.
- 17 & Over Men- Adam Zelehowsky 1:09:35 -1st, Clement Towner 1:11:15 -2nd, Hans Roser 1:25:20 -4th.
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