Girls Swimming & Diving drops to Southington

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

SOUTHINGTON — It was a local matchup as the Blue Knights took on Newington in girls swimming.

In the end it was Southington that came out on top of the Indians 92-83, moving the Knights to 6-2 on the year.

The score could have been much worse had, Southington not been kept from scoring in the final three events of the meet.

A number of Blue Knights came away with strong finishes.

Olivia Fournier continued her strong season with a win in the 200 IM, an event that she does not often swim. Teammate Kerry Buchanan took first place in both the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle.

Ally Schroeder took first place in two events as fell, earning top marks in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

That was just a few of the top performers on the day for the Blue Knights.

In total, the Southington swim team took 11 events Tuesday afternoon.

It was a different story for Newington.

Overall, it was a tough day for the team. Aniela Zawisza and the best first for any event the Indians took part in when she took first place in the 1 meter diving. Her diving mate, Aliana Ayusa took second place for the event.

Other than those two, Newington’s Lindsey Mangiafco had the best finish for any event the Indians swam when she took second place in the 200 freestyle

Courtesy of the NB Herald 

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