Sports
Girls Swim Team Wins 13th Straight Championship for Garden City
Coach Anne Sullivan's girls once again delivered at the county championship meet with an outstanding effort.
Swimming is one of those sports where depth is critical to winning championships and Garden City proved that again at the championship meet.
Although they only had one race victory, the girls captured an unprecedented 13th straight title. The Lady Trojans claimed first place overall while outdistancing Bellmore-Merrick and Manhasset.
In winning the 200 medley relay, the quartet of Marie Clarkson, Natasha Senken, Kelly Quinn and Julia Hall not only broke Garden City's school record with a time of 1:52.69, they also qualified for the New York State championships.
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Overall, Garden City took second place in three events to help put them in title contention. Junior Lindsey Schlichte finished second and qualified for the NYS championships in both the 200- and 100-yard freestyle races. Schlichte also now owns the fifth best time in the state this year in the 200-yard freestyle.
Also taking second place and qualifying for the state meet was junior Clarkson in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.79. The foursome of Caroline Bonvissuto, Clarkson, Quinn and Schlichte finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:44.29.
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Other strong finishers with top 20 scores were Bonvissuto (6th), Veronica Trzeciak (11th), Shannon Quinn (12th) in the 200-yard freestyle; Kelly Quinn (4th), Natasha Senken (6th), Jacqueline Vani (10th) and Deidre McGrath (15th) in the 200-yard individual medley; Julia Hall (5th) and Gaby Barcklow (16th) in the 50-yard freestyle; Bettina Hughes (9th), Erin Wysocki (14th) and Emily Mercandetti (20th) in the 1 meter dive; Kelly Quinn (7th), Meghan Reddington (9th) and Julia Hall (11th) in the 100-yard butterfly; Marie Clarkson (7th), Trzeciak (9th) and Barcklow (19th) in the 100-yard freestyle; Bonvissuto (3rd), Finola Heaney (7th), Shannon Quinn (11th) and Chloe Savino (17th) in the 500-yard freestyle, third in the 200-yard freestyle relay (Hall, Barcklow, Bonvissuto and Schlichte), Kristen Noonan (7th), Heaney (9th) and Reddington (18th) in the 100-yard backstroke; and Senken (6th), McGrath (7th) and Vani (9th) in the 100-yard breaststroke.
The state championships will take place Nov. 18 and 19 at Erie Community College in Buffalo with Garden City represented by the 200 medley relay, Marie Clarkson in the 100-yard backstroke and Lindsey Schlichte in the 200- and 100-yard freestyle.
