Photos: Guilderville Finishes in 3rd, States Up Next
On Friday, Feb. 18, the Guilderville boys swim team, made up of Guilderland and Voorheesville athletes, took to the pool at Shenendehowa Aquatic Center for the Section 2, Division 1 sectional championship. Then on Saturday, Guilderville won three sectional championships and finished third overall with 293 points.
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Above water: Guilderville’s Isak Brkanovic swims in his heat in the 100-yard butterfly on Friday afternoon. Brkanovic finished 3rd in his heat w/ a time of 56.29 then on Saturday finished 8th overall with a time of 57.87.
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Ready to leap: Guilderville’s Eric Ryan looks to get into the pool quickly at the start of the 100-yard butterfly in the final heat on Friday. Ryan won the heat with a time of 52.72.
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Making quick work: Guilderville’s Eric Ryan swats the water away on Friday afternoon in the 100-yard butterfly. Ryan won the heat then won the sectional championship on Saturday.
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Water pillow: Guilderville’s Jayden Lombardi catches up to his competition in the 100-yard freestyle heat on Friday. Lombardi finished third on Friday then finished fourth overall with a time of 49.62 on Saturday.
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Deep breath: Guilderville’s Alexander Zhang gets a breath of air while swimming in the 500-yard freestyle. Zhang finished 24th overall with a time of 5:53.20.
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Reaching back: Guilderville’s Bao Nguyen swims in the 100-yard backstroke on Friday. Nguyen finished third in his heat then on Saturday finished 8th with a time of 59.27.
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Splash imminent: Guilderville’s An Nguyen gets ready to push off the starting block in the 100-yard breaststroke. Nguyen finished second on Friday and finished second overall on Saturday with a time of 58.52. Nguyen qualified for states in the event.
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State qualified: Guilderville’s An Nguyen comes up for air on Friday during his heat in the 100-yard breaststroke.
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States await: Guilderville’s Bao Nguyen swims the backstroke portion of the 200-yard medley relay on Friday. The relay team qualified for states earlier in the year and won the sectional title on Saturday with a time of 1:37.80.
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Quick feet: Guilderville’s Vincent Coppola swims fast in the 200-yard freestyle on Friday. Friday’s time of 1:46.87 qualified him for the state competition.
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Water everywhere: Guilderville’s Thomas Zeliph swims the butterfly portion in the 200-yard individual medley. Zeliph finished 20th overall with a time of 2:17.93.