Newark swimmers set school record

NHS freshman Jacob Kline was voted 'Outstanding Swimmer' at the Finger Lakes Invitational meet last week at Canandaigua.

Colin Johnson placed fourth in the diving competition with 376.90 points.

This swim team has been the talk of the Finger Lakes East this season. They posted an 11-2 record.

At the League Invitational in Canandaigua, the Reds posted a school record best 464 points - 60 behind League-leading Canandaigua.

Newark defeated third place and long-time swimming power Victor by 80 points, and impressively closed the gap on champions Canandaigua to 60 points (from 210 points in last years championship meet).

A total team effort led to Newark's success, with 67 lifetime best performances. This brings their season total to 489, eclipsing last year's season total of 484.

The team qualified one more athlete for sectionals, Geoff Nassimos, bringing the number of swimmers qualifying for sectionals to 23. This is the most number of swimmers ever qualifying for sectionals in Newark's history.

Kline, seeded second in the 200 IM and third in the 100 free, captured both events in impressive victories, swimming 2:07.04 in the IM and 51.48 in the free.

Newark's other league champion was Phil Fagner, who took the 100 backstroke with a personal best time of 58.13. Fagner was also honorable mention all-league with a third place finish in the 100 fly.

Winning all-league honors for the second time was Jim DeWitt, who repeated last year's performance of second in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.90.

The 200 medley relay team of Phil Fagner, Jim DeWitt, Jacob Kline and Mike Chase took all-league honors, finishing second.

The meet results:

200 Medley Relay: 2nd Place * (Phil Fagner, Jim DeWitt, Jacob Kline and Mike Chase)

200 Freestyle: Jacob DeVolder (6th); Brett Thoms (8th); Sean Valvano (12th); Joel DeVolder (16th); Sid Pruitt (17th); Anderson Miller (19th); Geoff Nassimos (22nd)

200 IM: * Jacob Kline (1st); Mason Griepsma (9th); Thomas VanDuyne (10th); Kyle Bree (11th)

50 Free: Mike Chase (8th); Jim DeWitt (13th); Nate Johnson (14th); Nick Hann (16th); Steve Johnson (30th); Colin Johnson (34th)

Diving: Colin Johnson (pictured) (4th); Jon Diamond (7th); Scott Diamond (8th); Grant Oosterling (9th)

100 Fly: Phil Fagner (3rd); Ryan Hughes (4th); Kevin Morrissey (5th); Nate Johnson (11th)

100 Free: * Jacob Kline (1st); Mike Chase (6th); Brett Thoms (8th); Nick Hann (17th); Steve Johnson (22nd)

500 Free: Jacob DeVolder (4th); Kyle Bree (7th); Sid Pruitt (11th); Joel DeVolder (13th); Anderson Miller (14th); Geoff Nassimos (18th); Ryan Ford (26th)

200 Free Relay: 4th Place (Mike Chase; Jim DeWitt, Nick Hann, Brett Thoms)

100 Back: * Phil Fagner (1st); Mason Griepsma (7th); Grant Oosterling (8th); Ryan Hughes (10th)

100 Breast: * Jim DeWitt (2nd); Thomas Van Duyne (4th); Kevin Morrissey (8th); Sean Valvano (10th); Ryan Ford (29th)

400 Free Relay: 4th Place (Brett Thoms, Nick Hann, Phil Fagner, Jacob Kline)

(* All-League Honors)

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