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Magic in the Water for Girls’ Team at Founders
The Westminster girls kicked off the championship season Feb. 23 at Hotchkiss, dialing up a host of incredible swims in the Founders League Championships. The Martlets came alive early in the meet, with a fifth place finish from Campbell Swift '21, Dorka Nagy '19, Katherine Ashe '21 and co-captain Alex Wolf '19 in the 200 medley relay with their best time this year. Co-captain Alex Lin '19 led the way in the 200 freestyle with a fast swim to place 11th followed by lifetime best times from Ashe (14th), Sydney Schuster '21 and Simonne Ponce '21. Nagy placed 10th in the 200 IM with her best time and Annie Brewer '21 dropped seven seconds in her IM, with Angelesia Ma '20 adding a best time of her own. Ellie Thorson '21 tied for sixth in the 50 free, with Wolf in 10th, both with lifetime bests, and Swift, India Lalor '21, Michelle Wu '21 and Isabel O'Connell '20 all broke personal records as well. The diving contest, held Feb. 20 at Westminster, saw Cecilia Raymond '20 and Jane Ogden '19 placing fifth and sixth, with Ola Szopa '20 in 10th in a competitive field. In the 100 fly, Ashe swam her best ever time to place 13th, and Sophia Coumantaros '21, Wu and Lalor all swam personal bests of their own. Wolf and Lin placed sixth and seventh in the 100 freestyle, with Thorson in 10th, all with best times. Ponce, Shannon Keefe '19, O'Connell and Rachel Ha '21 also all swam best times in the 100 free. Brewer shaved 25 seconds off her best 500 freestyle to finish 13th with a PR, and Schuster also set a new personal best to sneak into 16th place. The 200 free relay team of Thorson, Ma, Wolf and Lin placed fifth with a season-best time, and Ponce swam a best time in the 50 free leading off the B relay. Swift dropped a second off her time in the 100 backstroke while Coumantaros shaved off four seconds in the same race and Keefe added a best time of her own. Nagy swam a season-best time in the 100 breast to finish sixth, and Ma lowered her personal best by two seconds to break 1:20 for the first time. In the 400 freestyle relay, Ashe, Thorson, Nagy and Lin dropped more than 10 seconds off their previous best time to place fifth with super-speedy splits from every swimmer. On the B relay, Brewer led off with a best time, as did Coumantaros on the C relay. Overall, it was a fantastic day of fast swimming that seemed to get better with every race. There was magic in the water every time the Martlets took the blocks. In the end, Westminster finished all alone in the middle of the field, well ahead of Ethel Walker, Kent and Kingswood, but a good distance from Loomis, Choate and Hotchkiss. This was an outstanding team performance by any measure, and one Westminster hopes to repeat next weekend at the New England Championships at Wesleyan. Great job, girls!
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