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Pittsford Panthers Boys Swimming and Diving Team
Welcome to the Pittsford Boys Swimming and Diving team web site.
2011 SECTION V CLASS A CHAMPIONS!
Head Coach - Mark Morris
Assistant Coach - Rick Schmitt
Diving Coach - Duane Green
Captains for the 2011-12 season are Chris Dawson, Morgan Marin and Josh Kapilivsky.
Monroe County Division 1 Champions: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 - 8 Consecutive Years!
Section 5 Class A Champions: 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-2011 - 9 Consecutive Years!
New York State NISCA Power Points/Dual Meet Ranking
#1: 1998-99, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2010-11
#2: 2007-08, 2008-09 (Tie), 2009-10 (Tie)
National NISCA Power Point Ranking (Class 3 Boys Public 1401-1900):
1996 - 5, 1997 - 4, 1998 - 1, 1999 - 3, 2000 - 5, 2001 - 5, 2002 - 2, 2003 - ?, 2004 - 3, 2005 - 6, 2006 - 8, 2007 - 3, 2008 - 4, 2009 - 4, 2010 - 8, 2011 - 16 (Class 4 over 1900)
73 Varsity dual meet winning streak (1/16/03 through 12/19/09) ended with 101.5 to 84.5 loss to NYS #1 ranked Shenendehowa. 84 meet Varsity Monroe County dual meet winning streak end with 94-92 loss to Fairport on 01/14/2012.
Current varsity dual meet winning streak: 2 (1/17/2012 -
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| Pittsford swimmer Brett Eslinger in the freestyle relay
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Monday, February 6
Pittsford win Eastern States Championship
Pittsford travelled down to Long Island to swim against the best teams in the Northeast. They came away with a big victory, improving on their performance in 2010 where they were second. This year there was no doubt about their dominance with Pittsford recording 554 points with Shenendehowa in second at 361 and Sachem North at 285. There were 26 total teams in the Invitational.
Pittsford started with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay with Shea Ransford, Brett Eslinger, Matt Tanchick and Timo Krapf in 1:40.73. The B team came in 8th with 1:46.53 (Charlie Harrington, Morgan Marin, Vince Criscuolo and Chris Dawson). In the 200 Free the top 3 were seperated by less than a second. Ryan Gordon of Shen (1:44.49) outtouched PJ Ransford (1:44.79) who was just ahead of a swimmer from Lindenhurst. Morgan Marin (1:52.39), Trevor McCrobie (1:52.43) and Josh Kapilivsky (1:55.61) came in 7th, 8th and 14th. In the gruelling 200 IM Pittsford claimed 1st and 3rd with Matt Tanchick (1:58.10) and Shea Ransford (2:02.25). Jack Thiemel (2:08.45), Vince Criscuolo (2:14.63), Koby Waterstram (2:17.78) and Grey Ankenman helped build the points lead.
In the 50 Free the top sprinters demonstrated their power, with Bellmore-Merrick winning, Massepequa second, and Sachem North third. Pittsford was 10th, 11th and 12th with Will Dawson (23.24), Timo Krapf (23.28) and Austin Ling (23.32). In the Diving Pittsford faced tough competition. Two divers from Pine Bush and Half Hollow Hills West battled for supremacy with Matt Salle (Pine - 484.10) just beating out Ryan Savit (HHHW - 480.70). Dylan Marin and Sam Randall performed well and finished in 5th and 6th at 383.35 and 377.40 points respectively. Ben Goodfriend (286.15) and Sean Riley (267.05) performed well and continued to extend their repertoire of dives. Diving coach Duane Green remarked, "It was great to come back home to Long Island and have the divers perform. My friends from the last 30 years were impressed that we got 4 divers in the finals."
In the 100 Fly Brett Eslinger earned 3rd in 55.75 supported by his teammates of Timo Krapf (59.68), Charlie Harrington (1:00.13), Chris Rudmann (1:04.01), Grey Ankenman (1:09.11), and Michael Locke (1:13.64). In the 100 Free Morgan Marin earned 4th in 49.92, with Will Dawson (7th, 50.37), Austin Ling (11th, 51.52), Chris Dawson (20th, 53.07), Scott Mayall (55.90), Alex Abrams (56.47), Ryan Alaimo (57.38), Spencer Byrd (58.48) and Spencer Byrd (1:03.45). In the 500 Free PJ Ransford started strong and dominated the field. He won by 11 seconds, finishing in 4:39.63, Trevor McCrobie was 6th in 5:01.21, Josh Kapilivsky 12th in 5:13.92, Roddy Hughes (19th, 5:22.74), and Jesse Bennett (21st, 5:23.98).
In the 200 Free Relay Pittsford again showed their team strength winning in 1:30.98 with Matt Tanchick, Will Dawson, Timo Krapf, and RJ Ransford. In the 100 Back Pittsford entered 8 swimmers led by Shea Ransford (5th, 56.99), Jack Thiemel, Charlie Harrington, Albert Xiao, Roddy Hughes, Max Johnson, Sam Roberts, and Holten Hughes all performed well. The 100 Breast was the last individual event and Matt Tanchick collected his second individual win of the meet at 1:00.15, followed by Brett Eslinger (1:05.80), Vince Criscuolo (1:06.29), Koby Waterstram (1:09.20), Langdon Kessner (1:15.25) and Parker Neale (1:17.53).
In the 400 Free Relay Pittsford completed their sweep of all of the relays with Morgan Marin, Shea Ransford, Will Dawson, and PJ Ransford in 3:18.51.
Thursday, January 26
Raiders win final relay, down Panthers
Fairport beat Pittsford in an enthralling meet. From the first relay where Fairport took first in 1:38.60 and third in 1:42.69 the packed house knew that this was going to be a great meet. The only time that the pool was quiet was diving; for the majority of the meet the crowd was on its feet cheering on their respective teams. There were also some neutrals in the crowd from Penfield, Victor, Canadaigua, and Irondequoit wanting to see the competition. The Pittsford team came in second in the first relay at 1:40.65. The first two teams both qualified for States. These were just the first two of fifteen state qualifying times. After the first event Fairport led 10-4 and this proved to biggest lead of the entire meet. PJ Ransford jumped in the pool and won the 200 Free with a state cut of 1:46.57, with Trevor McCrobie (1:51.24) and Morgan Marin (1:51.83) the meet was tied 15-15. Next up was 200IM, Matt Tanchick won in 1:59.58 beating Alex LaPoint, both swimmers made the state cut. Pittsford was in the lead 25-21. But it did not last long. Fairport went 1-2-5 in the 50 Free and suddenly were back up 32-30. Timo Krapf and Austin Ling swam well in 22.91 and 23.10 to earn third and fourth, but Fairport was too strong.
Next up was diving and the noise abated. You could hear a pin drop as the boys twisted and turned. Dylan Marin and Sam Randall came in 1-2, but Fairport filled out the 3-4-5. This was Pittsford's final home meet of the season so Senior Recognition was held following the diving. Pittsford recognized their 6 seniors: Chris Dawson, Charlie Harrington, Josh Kapilivsky, Morgan Marin, Scott Mayall, and David Wideman.
Now Pittsford was back in the lead, but their lead was a slender two points and it was soon gone. Faiport went 1-2 in the 100 Fly with Pittsford in 3-4-5 with Brett Eslinger, Timo Krapf and Charlie Harrington. The 100 yard Free was the only event without a state cut time. The points were split with Morgan Marin (49.31), Will Dawson (49.83) and Austin Ling (51.00) taking 2-3-5. The points were split again in the 500 Free. PJ Ransford dominated the event winning by thirteen seconds in a time of 4:45.42. Fairport escaped with second and third and were still up by 2. The 200 Free Relay seemed to be the turning point. Pittsford were anchored by PJ Ransford and he stormed back on the last leg to outtouch Faiport. PJ swam a 21.71 on the final leg to win the race by 0.26. His team of Matt Tanchick, Timo Krapf, and Will Dawson celebrated with him. Pittsford up 72-68. Fairport stormed back in the 100 Back with 1-3-4 and jumped up 72-68, Shea Ransford took second in 56.73 to keep the meet close. The final individual event was a nail biter. Matt Tanchick dominated the early stage, but Adam Clouthier was not finished and stormed back. Tanchick held him off to grab the points (1:01.95), followed by Will Dawson (1:03.69) and Vincent Criscuolo (1:05.59). Suddenly the meet was tied up 86-86 with one relay remaining. It was winner take all in the final event. In a tremendous race the first two teams both made states, but it was not about times and Fairport won in 3:17.13, with Pittsford close behind in 3:18.23.
An incredible meet. Pittsford had lost, but the competition made everyone stronger. Sectionals should be interesting this year to see these two teams go head to head again.
Pittsford returned to the pool on Tuesday at Webster and started a new dual meet win streak.
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Thursday, January 19
Pittsford dominate again
Pittsford (7-0) returned to school and the pool. They earned victories against Victor on Tuesday and returned on Thursday to beat Rush Henrietta.
Pittsford demonstrated its depth on Tuesday. Victor has some strong individual swimmers, in particular Jeffery Williamson, but Pittsford dominated with its depth. The Medley Relay team (Shea Ransford, Will Dawson, Matt Tanchick and Brett Eslinger) won the first event in tremendous style. The next two events followed a similar path. In the 200 Free it was Austin Ling (1:56.89) followed by Josh Kapilivsky (1:59.65) and Roddy Hughes (2:01.80). Next up was PJ Ransford in the 200IM he electrified the crowd in finishing in 1:59.59. He was followed by Jack Thiemel (2:11.85) and Vincent Criscuolo (2:13.65). In the 50 Free Timo Krapf came in second (23.50), followed by Trevor McCrobie (23.97) and Morgan Marin (25.97).
In the Diving it was nip and tuck between the top 3 divers. Victor won the event with Sam Randall in second (229.75), followed closely by Dylan Marin (222.60) and Sean Riley in sixth (166.30).
PJ Ransford returned to the pool in the 100 Fly coming in second in 54.99 followed by Tim Hart (1:04.21) and Koby Waterstram (1:05.43) fourth and fifth respectively. Matt Tanchick out swam the competition in the 100 Free (50.01) with Chris Dawson and Scott Mayall following in his wake. Next up was the endurance event - 500 Free- Pittsford finished 1-2-3. Brett Eslinger (5:17.49) was followed closely by Austin Ling (5:25.29) and Jack Thiemel (5:26.70). After the 200 Free Relay it was the two final individual events with Trevor McCrobie (59.78) and Roddy Hughes (1:03.85) in the 100 Back. 100 Breast was Will Dawson (1:03.10), followed by Vincent Criscuolo (1:07.26) and Charlie Harrington (1:11.73).
Pittsford returned to the pool on Thursday and again dominated. Coach Morris changed the line up to provide some opportunities for different events, following the long holiday practices. The JV Medley Relay teams led off the meet finishing 1-2-4 and the Varsity team also finished 1-2-4. Junior Varsity is very strong again this year and went 1-2-3 in the 200 Free with Max Johnson (2:07.95), followed by Connor Byington (2:15.29) and Robert Moon (2:21.32). Varsity led off with Brett Eslinger (1:53.19) and Tim Hart (1:59.92). Rush Henrietta had a great 1-2 finish in the 200 IM and showed they were ready for the competition. In the 100 Free JV went 1-2-3, with all of them breaking the 1 minute barrier. Alex Abrams (57.04) led the pack with Sam Roberts (58.89) and Spencer Byrd (59.18). In the 100 Free Shea Ransford won in 50.64, followed by Jack Thiemel and Koby Waterstram in third and fourth.
In the 500 Free Roddy Hughes proved that he had the stamina to outlast the field in 5:22.38.Next up was the diving. Diving has been a strength of Pittsford all season and Dylan Marin and Sam Randall are performing exceptionally well. This time it was Marin claiming the top spot. Marin and Randall were supported well by the other divers: Michael Thiemel, Sean Riley, Chris Lillis, Ben Goodfriend, and Charlie Mack. Coach Green and McMann commented at the end of the meet "our divers are excellent, every day they come to the pool to learn and their hard efforts are paying off."
The race of the meet was the 100 Back and it was all Pittsford, Morgan Marin (1:01.42), narrowly outtouched Charlie Harrington (1:01.62) and Josh Kapilivsky (1:01.75). With the crowd still on their feet it was the turn of the breast stroke. This time it was just as close with Will Dawson (1:03.23) barely outtouching Tom Kirch (1:03.43) from Rush Henrietta.
Pittsford's next meet is Thursday at Penfield, then it is their toughest test of the season with Fairport visiting Mendon on Saturday.
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Wednesday, January 4
Pittsford get two decisive victories
PITTSFORD GET TWO DECISIVE VICTORIES
Pittsford (5-0) returned from Owego and recorded two more wins against local schools, Churchville-Chili (106-64) and Canandaigua (109-69).
On Tuesday Pittsford swam against Churchville-Chili. They started in dominating fashion with a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 yard Medley Relay. Matt Tanchick then flew across the top of the water in the 200 Free (1:48.09). JV swimmers were impressive with Max Johnson, Ryan Alaimo and Robert Moon. In the 200IM Trevor McCrobie (2:10.32) just beat out Austin Ling (2:11.41). Koby Waterstram, Albert Xiao and Fisher Curran swam well for JV in this tough event. Chris Dawson won the 50 Free outouching Kyle Podalski from Churchville. In the JV it was the turn of Alex Abrams (25.14), Holten Hughes and Alex Woodard. In the 100 Fly PJ Ransford (54.77) impressed and Timo Krapf broke a minute (59.61). In JV it was Chris Rudmann followed by Michael Locke and Timothy Lee. Morgan Marin dueled with Tim Hart in the 100 Free with Morgan winning 53.72 versus 54.60. JV was Max Johnson (58.56), Alex Ruffino and Elliot Ding. The 500 Free demonstrated the strength and depth of the team with an exciting race between Jack Thiemel (5:23.33), Vincent Criscuolo (5:23.36) and Roddy Hughes (5:24.82). The JV swimmers were Jesse Bennett (5:33.81), Connor Byington, and Curran Fisher. In the 200 Free Relay Erik Gross led off one of the JV teams with Gabe Cerullo, Matthew Wan and Matt Lavoie. Trevor McCrobie broke the one minute barrier in the 100 Back (59.13). JV was Albert Xiao (1:02.23), Sam Roberts and Max Colak. In the final individual event, 100 Breast, it was Will Dawson in 1:03.61. The JV race was led by Koby Waterstram (1:10.27), Parker Neale and Leighton Kessner.
Pittsford finished the event swimming exhibition in the 400 Free Relay with an impressive showing. In Varsity the teams recorded 3:30.05, 3:32.76 and 4:04.13. whilst in JV the winning team was Ryan Alaimo, Connor Byington, Jesse Bennett and Chris Rudmann (3:58.62), followed closely by Michael Locke, Alex Abrams, Ben Johnson and his brother Max Johnson (4:04.09). Rounding out the race was Alex Woodard, Matthew Wan, Gabe Cerullo and Dustin Zhu (4:40.61).
In Diving Dylan Marin (252.30) and Sam Randall (233.30) dazzled the crowd with Michael Thiemel and Sean Lynch continuing to impress. In JV the team has some promising divers with Benjamin Goodfriend, Sean Riley, and Charlie Mack.
On Wednesday Pittsford travelled to Canandaigua. The 8 lane pool provided more opportunities to get in some races. The JV team led off the event with 4 teams. The team of Max Johnson, Chris Rudmann, Fisher Curran, and Alex Abrams was followed closely by Max Colak, Spencer Byrd, Parker Neale and Ryan Alaimo. The next two teams were Alex Ruffino, Chris McPherson, Leighton Kessner and Erik Gross. Swimming exhibition was Holten Hughes, Timothy Yee, Elliot Ding and Alex Woodard. In the 200 Free JV Grey Ankenman (2:06.70), Michael Locke, Robert Moon were impressive and in Varsity PJ Ransford blew away the field with 1:47.82 and his brother Shea Ransford was equally impressive in the 200 IM (2:05.12). The 50 Free was a great race with 5 swimmers under 24 seconds. Will Dawson won the race (23.04) followed by 3 Canandaigua swimmers, Timo Krapf (23.74) and Chris Dawson (24.52).
Dylan Marin (244.45) excelled in Diving beating out 2 strong Canandaigua divers. Ben Goodfriend ( 172.25) and Sean Riley (159.85) were close behind and continue to extend their repertoire of dives.
100 Butterfly was the event of the meet Brett Eslinger and Nicholas Ringhoff swam next to each other and it was hard to seperate them. Eslinger narrowly out touched Ringhoff - 56.10 vs 56.11. Matt Tanchick followed in 100 Free breaking 50 seconds (49.88) and Trevor McCrobie won the 500 Free (5:10.16). Shea Ransford swam quickly in reverse in the 100 Back touching in 57.36, followed closely by Roddy Hughes, Albert Xiao and Josh Kapilivsky. In the 100 Breast Matt Tanchick touched first in 1:02.18. Pittsford rounded out the meet with the 400 Free Relay. The race within the race was for second place with Canandaigua (3:40.84) narrowly beating out Pittsford (3:41.02).
Varsity won the meet 109-69 and JV won 94-49.
Pittsford's next meets are January 3 at Victor and January 5 at Rush Henrietta.
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Wednesday, January 4
Pittsford Boys Swimming & Diving Reigns at Owego Invitational
Pittsford Boys Swimming & Diving Reigns at Owego Invitational One of the largest and most talented teams in recent Pittsford history shined at the recent Owego Invitational Swimming & Diving meet, garnering 746 points to win, with Ithaca second 510 points. Pittsford dominated the meet, which included 5 high school teams in an early season invitational. “I am proud of the hard work every diver and swimmer put into preparing for this important meet,” said Coach Mark Morris, veteran head coach of the Pittsford Boys Swimming & Diving Team and recent inductee to the Section 5 Athletics Hall of Fame. Pittsford dominated the meet early during the diving competition. Their 6 Pittsford divers, novice to veteran, performed a repertoire of 11 dives. For the younger divers on the team, this was the first time for this range of dives and many hours of hard work preceded the meet. Strong performances by veteran divers Sam Randall and Dylan Marin led in team scoring, finishing in the top 2 spots. Second year divers Ben Goodfriend and Michael Thiemel showcased a number of new dives with higher degrees of difficulty. First year divers Sean Riley and Charlie Mack both put forth a great effort to learn new dives in order to qualify to compete. “The results speak for themselves,” stated Pittsford Assistant Coach for Diving, Duane Green. “Every one of our divers showed improvements and expanded their dive sheets as a result of participating and placing 2 divers in the top 5 was icing on the cake. This is a great team of divers, and it’s a pleasure working with these young men.” A number of exciting races took place in the swimming, beginning with the 200 Medley Relay. In a hard fought matchup, Pittsford’s medley relay team of Shea Ransford (back), Matt Tanchick (breast), Morgan Marin (fly) and Will Dawson (free), achieved a second place photo finish with a time of 1:42.59, Dawson touched the wall a fraction of a second behind the winning team from Maine-Endicott. Pittsford excelled in a number of races with first place in five individual events and the 200 Free Relay, plus two swimmers making multiple state cut times. Pittsford won the first three individual events of the meet, with PJ Ransford winning the 200 Free with a state cut time (1:46.82), Tanchick won the 200 IM with a state time (1:58.58) and Austin Ling out touching rivals in the 50 free (23:09). Pittsford’s win in the 200 Free Relay event showcased the team’s speed, with Dawson, Ling, Tanchick and PJ Ransford finishing in 1.31.25, just missing the state time. A second Pittsford relay team of Timo Krapf, Vince Criscuolo, Tim Hart and Chris Dawson was not far behind, with a time of 1:36.49, earning a top 5 spot among the 24 relay teams. In the 100 Fly, Pittsford garnered two of the top ten spots in a very competitive field, with Eslinger taking fourth (57.70) and Marin sixth (59.95). In a very close 100 Free Will Dawson finished second with a time of 50.92, and Austin Ling finished in third (51.33). Later in the meet, PJ Ransford dominated the pack in the 500 free, while achieving a state time (4:42.25). Pittsford’s win in the 200 Free Relay (Dawson, Ling, Tanchick and PJ Ransford) finished in 1.31.25, with thundering applause from a large contingent of Pittsford parents and fans. Pittsford wrapped up the individual events with a sweep of the top 3 spots in the 100 breaststroke, with Tanchick, Dawson and Vincent Criscuolo, Jack Thiemel finished in ninth and Koby Waterstram in eleventh against a competitive field. Tanchick won in a NY State time (1:00.26). Additional notable performances were racked up in the 200 Free (Trevor McCrobie, Roddy Hughes), 200 IM (Shea Ransford, Jack Thiemel, Brett Eslinger), and 50 Free (Tim Hart, Timo Krapf). In the 100 Back Shea Ransford came in second (57.88), while Trevor McCrobie finished in fourth, Josh Kapilivsky in eigth, and Albert Xiao in ninth. Pittsford wrapped up the meet with a strong finish in the 400 Free Relay, garnering second place in 3:21.16 (Marin, Ransford, Ling and Ransford), and fourth (Hughes, McCrobie, Kapilivsky, Eslinger) among a field of 23 relay teams. Pittsford returned home and entertained Churchville Chili on Thursday winning the meet (106-64) with JV winning (99-41).
Monday, December 19
PITTSFORD POSTS TWO IMPRESSIVE WINS
Pittsford is off to a
fast start in defense of its Section 5 and Monroe County Champion titles. They
kicked off the season with two home wins against Irondequoit (111-60) and
Hilton (99-78).
On Tuesday, against Irondequoit, they started with a 1-2-3 finish in the 200
yard Medley Relay to sweep the points. Their good form continued throughout the
meet. Matt Tanchick and Will Dawson were both double winners. Tanchick in the
200 yard Free (1:47:46) and the 100 Back (56:70). Dawson triumphed in the 50
Free (23:70) and 100 Breast (1:02:70), just missing the state cut. In event 6
PJ Ransford demonstrated his versatility in the 200 Individual Medley, by
achieving the first state cut of the season at 2:00:07. Other individual
winners were Brett Eslinger in 100 Fly (57:24), Austin Ling in 100 Free (50:98)
and Shea Ransford in 500 Free (5:02:85). Pittsford Divers were impressive with
Sam Randall and Dylan Marin twisting and turning through the air and entering
the water gracefully. The result was a narrow victory for Marin (217.05) just
outscoring Randall (213.25). The team is again coached by Mark Morris, assisted
by Rick Schmitt and Duane Green (diving). Recently elected captains are seniors
Josh Kapilivsky, Morgan Marin and Chris Dawson.
On Thursday Pittsford
hosted Hilton, coach Morris mixed up the swimmers into different events and the
result was another convincing win. Coach Morris said after the meet "We
are experimenting with our line-up as we move in to our league schedule in
January. We are looking forward to our primary work cycle during the winter
break."
The Junior Varsity team
was also in impressive early season form showing a deep bench that on other
teams would be Varsity. Many of them have already swam sectional qualifying
times and are continuing the rich heritage of Pittsford swimming.
Against Hilton Pittsford started with a 1-2-3 in the 200 Medley Relay. Will
Dawson won the 200 Free (1:51:47), followed by Trevor McCrobie and Jack Thiemel.
In the 200 IM it was the turn of Brett Eslinger (2:13:03), Tim Hart and Roddy
Hughes. Next up was the 50 Free Timo Krapf (24:24) touched first, followed by
Josh Kapilivsky and Scott Mayall came in fourth. In the 100 Butterfly Matt
Tanchick flew through the water and collected his first state time in 53.88,
swimming in his wake were Charlie Harrington and Vincent Criscuolo. In the 100
Free PJ Ransford returned to the pool in 50.14, followed closely by Trevor
McCrobie (51.86) and Chris Dawson (54.20).
In the 500 Free Pittsford switched to exhibition. Josh Kapilivsky touched first
(5:25:77), followed by Roddy Hughes and Chris McPherson fifth. Pittsford swam
exhibition for the remainder of the meet with impressive showings in the 200
Free and 400 Free Relays. Between the two relays PJ Ransford won the 100 Back
in 57:65 with his elder brother, Shea Ransford, winning the 100 Breast
(1:05:21).
In Diving it was another nip and tuck battle between Dylan Marin and Sam
Randall. Marin came out on top with some fantastic dives. It is going to be a
fun season watching these two divers battle for supremacy. Pittsford has a
strong team of divers, with good performances from Chris Lillis, Ben
Goodfriend, Michael Thiemel, Sean Riley, and Charlie Mack.
This week Pittsford went to the Owego Invitational and return to their home
pool on Thursday versus Churchville-Chili
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Thursday, December 1
BP Post Article: Bryan's Backyard; Pittsford, Brighton aim for hardware
Pittsford, N.Y. —
Can anyone beat Pittsford?
That is the question on the minds of the top teams in Class A as the Section 5 boys swimming season began last month. Over the next two months, it will be answered before they all come together for sectionals in February.
One look at what the Panthers have coming back and another sectional title could be heading to the trophy case at Mendon.
Matt Tanchick leads the way. The versatile junior is the defending Section 5 champion in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke.
The Panthers have plenty of strong freestyle swimmers including Patrick Ransford and Morgan Marin. Pittsford boasts the top two divers in Class A in Sam Randall and Dylan Marin.
Fairport appears most likely to push Pittsford at sectionals.
The Red Raiders are led by talented junior Charlie Morales. Morales is defending Class A champion in the 100 backstroke and was part of the 200 medley and 400 free relays that placed third at the state meet last season.
Senior Evan Zheng teamed with Morales to win the 400 free relay at the Section 5 meet and was the runner-up in the 100 free. The Red Raiders also have talented relay swimmers in Sam Rice and David Howard.
Sophomore Tom Kirch will lead a young Rush-Henrietta team this winter. Kirch qualified for the state meet in the 200 IM and 100 breast last season.
If McQuaid is going to keep their multi-year unbeaten streak in dual meets alive, Kevin Tobey is going to play a key role in the team’s success. Tobey is the defending Class A champion in the 100 fly and competed in four events at the state meet last winter.
Victor will try to unseat Brighton atop Class B this winter. The Barons have won sectionals two of the last three seasons.
Blue Devil junior Jeffrey Williamson, the defending Class B champion in the 200 and 500 free, was Section 5’s top swimmer last season. Senior teammate Ben Chappell will try to build off a season that featured three sectional titles.
The Barons meanwhile will rely on senior captains James Premo, Robbie Marvald and Owen Karl. Brighton also returns the top diver in Class B in Scott Lazeroff.
Monday, November 28
Pittsford wins Water Polo title in Thrilling Style
Pittsford wins Water Polo title in Thrilling Style
Pittsford, N.Y. —
In a thrilling final game Pittsford Boys Swimming and Diving Team won the water polo invitational tournament it hosted last weekend. More than 200 swimmers from 8 local teams competed in the tournament over two days. The teams and spectators raised money for the American Diabetes Association. The tournament was first held in 1973 by Pittsford’s first swim coach, Fred Rockow as a response to his own sons diabetic condition. Combining team donations and admission receipts, the benefit netted more than $2,600 to help send diabetic children to summer camp.
Mark Morris the Pittsford Panthers head coach commented that "the focus of the weekend was to raise money for diabetes. The skill level is continuing to improve in Monroe County and some clubs are now starting to spring up so that the players can continue to develop. It was an exciting final game." The competition has become the unofficial opener of the boys’ swimming and diving season, and is intended to promote fun and good sportsmanship in addition to raising money.
On Friday, Webster and Fairport advanced to the semifinals over Victor and Greece in morning competition, while Penfield and Pittsford eliminated Gates Chili and McQuaid in the afternoon session.
Play started on Saturday with an alumni game, where many players from the last 38 years came out for an exhibition game. This game was followed by Pittsford defeating Webster (17-1) and Fairport defeating Penfield (24-5). In the consolation match Penfield held off Webster in a close match eventually winning 9-3 to secure third place. Penfield had been a finalist for the previous three years.
The final match was highly anticipated. Both teams had high expectations and were looking to establish themselves. Pittsford came out strong in the first period and jumped out to a 3-1 lead, Fairport came storming back and built a 4-3 lead, but Pittsford was not going to be denied and tied it up at half time 4-4. The packed swimming pool was loud and the Fairport fans were in full voice. In the third period the Pittsford underclassmen again came out strong and scored 5 goals with no reply from Fairport (9-4). In the final period the upperclassmen battled for superiority and fought for every loose ball. The teams traded goals, but Fairport could not close the gap and Pittsford held on to win 13-7. The game ended with warm handshakes and tired swimmers ready for the upcoming swim season.
Following the game, one of the Pittsford swimmers remarked "When you have games like this, against Fairport, our athletes were able to uphold the tradition of Pittsford - it was a team effort. It was an admirable fight."
Coach Morris expressed appreciation for the participating teams and for the many volunteers who contributed their time and talents over the busy holiday weekend. Officials included Scott Shields, Ralph Simpson, Doug Garnam, Kurt Schwarz, Aram Salehi, Andrea Zucchiatti, and Dr. Stefan Lucas. Caroline McPherson and Linda Locke ran the concessions stand, and fundraising efforts were coordinated by Nomi Kapilivsky. Morris also thanked members of the Pittsford Girls & Boys Swimming & Diving Team for running the clock and keeping score.
The boys swim season is off to a great start with all of the teams practicing hard. Pittsford is seeking its 10th successive sectional title. Their first meet is on December 6 at Mendon High School vs Irondequoit.
Thursday, November 18
2010 - 2011 Season Highlights
Team Captains: Emmett Jacobi, Tyler McCrobie and Owen Drinkwater
2010-2011 Accomplishments:
Water Polo Tournament Champions
9-0 in Dual Meets
First Place at Bath Fab Four Invitational, 2nd Place Eastern States Invitational
Monroe County Division 1 Champions - 8th straight year
Section 5, Class A Champions - 9th straight year
#1 in NYS Rankings
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