Several best times by Herkimer at Tribune three-day meet
(The Generals women had Top 5 finishes in each of their relays over the weekend at Monroe).
ROCHESTER, NY – The Herkimer Generals swimming & diving team competed in a three-day meet at Monroe Community College this past weekend. After 40 events, the Generals posted 27 best times with the men coming in seventh overall and the women coming in fifth.
The men had Top 10 finishes in seven events with Dean Schrider (Holland Patent, NY) and Brandon Paul (Gloversville, NY) performing well individually. Schrider had a 3rd, 8th and 9th place finish in the 200 yd. Breaststroke, 100 yd. Butterfly and 100 yd. Backstroke. His third-place finish in the breaststroke was .41 hundreths of a second faster than Paul, posting a 2:46.51. As for Paul, his 2:46.92 in the 200 yd. Breaststroke gave him fourth place, five sports better than his finish in the 100 yd. Breaststroke where he swam a 1:18.49.
Other Top 10 finishes came in the 200 yd. Freestyle Relay, 400 yd. Medley Relay and 200 yd. Medley Relay. The combinations of Paul, Schrider, Anthony Donis (Manhattan, NY) and Gregory Ashe (Watertow, NY) got fifth place in the freestyle relay (1:47.22), sixth in the 400. Medley Relay (4:38.66) and seventh in the 200 yd. Medley Relay (2:03.07).
The women, as mentioned previously came in fifth place overall. Helping them to that distinction was 13 Top 10 finishes. Corinne Richer (Clinton, NY), Victoria Bemiss (Canaan, NY) and Erin Hutchison (Macedon, NY) captured nine of the 13 Top 10 finishes individually. Richer got third in the 200 yd. Butterfly (2:48.26), sixth in the 500 yd. Freestyle (6.16.70) and seventh in the 200 yd. Freestyle (2:19.14). Bemiss got sixth in the 100 yd. Freestyle (1:13.70) and seventh in the 100 yd. Backstroke (1:25.64). Hutchison got third in the 1650 yd. Combined Freestyle (22:06.93), fourth in the 200 yd. Breaststroke (2:58.17) and 10th in the 100 yd. Breaststroke (1:26.02).
The other four top spots came from relays. The groups of Hutchison, Richer, Bemiss and Hannah Watts (Norwich, NY) got fifth place finishes in the 400 yd. Medley Relay (5:18.48), 200 yd. Medley Relay (2:28.80), 200 yd. Freestyle Relay (2:07.79) and 400 yd. Freestyle Relay (4:41.76).
The Generals swimming & diving team will continue their season at the beginning of the spring semester when they travel to Monroe Community College again on Saturday, January 17th. Competition will being at 1 p.m.
Men (7th place 88 points):
50 yd. Freestyle (25th 29:26) Ashe
400 yd. Medley Relay (6th 4:38.66) Paul, Donis, Schrider, Ashe
200 yd. Medley Relay (7th 2:03.07) Paul, Donis, Schrider, Ashe
100 yd. Butterfly (8th 1:04.36) Schrider
100 yd. Breaststroke (9th 1:18.49) Paul
100 yd. Backstroke (9th 1:10.19) Schrider
200 yd. Freestyle Relay (5th 1:47.22) Paul, Schrider, Ashe, Donis
200 yd. Breaststroke (3rd 2:46.51, 4th 2:46.92) Schrider, Paul
Women (5th place 166 points):
50 yd. Freestyle (23rd 43.00, 24th 52.53) Steele, Koster
500 yd. Freestyle (6th 6:16.70) Richer
400 yd. Medley Relay (5th 5:18.48) Watts, Hutchison, Richer, Bemiss
200 yd. Medley Relay (5th 2:28.80) Watts, Hutchison, Richer, Bemiss
200 yd. Freestyle (7th 2:19.14, 12th 2:41.79) Richer, Watts
100 yd. Breaststroke (10th 1:26.02) Hutchison
100 yd. Backstroke (7th 1:25.64) Bemiss
200 yd. Freestyle Relay (5th place 2:07.79) Bemiss, Watts, Richer, Hutchison
200 yd. Backstroke (9th 2:54.80, 11th 3:31.35) Watts, Christian
100 yd. Freestyle (6th 1:13.70, 12th 1:37.01) Bemiss, Steele
200 yd. Breaststroke (4th 2:58.17) Hutchison
200 yd. Butterfly (3rd 2:48.26) Richer
400 yd. Freestyle Relay (5th 4:41.76) Bemiss, Watts, Richer, Hutchison
1650 yd. Freestyle Combined (3rd 22:06.93) Hutchison
-Giorgio Varlaro