Pittsford’s up and coming swimmers turned in some of the best times in Division I at the Monroe County Coaches Invitational (MCCI) at Webster Aquatic Center on February 1. 

Among the swimmers making Sectional cut times:  Josh Kapilivsky (fastest time in the 200 free and second fastest in the100 back), Charlie Harrington (second in the 200 free and third fastest time in the100 back), Alan Chuang (third in the 200 free and first in the 100 back), Stephen Thomas (fifth in the 200 free and best time in the 500 free), Spencer Brown (second in the 100 fly) and Scott Colby (third best time in the 100 fly).Swimmers making Sectional cut times are issued “speeding tickets,” but their times don’t score points at MCCI.            

Also of note for Pittsford at the meet, the 200 medley relay team of Harrington, Chuang, Max Goodenow and Chris Wideman captured second place.  Colby was fourth in the 200 free.  Paul Swenson was fourth in the 200 IM.  Wideman was first, Kevin Maier second and Alex Branch fifth in the 50 free.  Wideman was second and Vincent Criscuolo third in the 100 fly.  Maier took first place and Alex Branch third in the 100 free.  Branch, Wideman, Swenson and Maier teamed up for a first place in the 200 free relay.  Harrison Brown was second and Matt Brown fifth in the 100 back.  Criscuolo took first place in the 100 breast, with Goodenow third and Swenson fifth.  Maier, Harrington, Kapilivsky and Chuang finished the meet with a second place in the 400 free relay.            

Head Coach Mark Morris said he was pleased with the performance of the team.  He called them “the best crop of young swimmers he’s seen in his last 14 years of coaching.”             

Pittsford’s next test comes at Sectionals this weekend at Webster, where the Panthers are the defending Section 5 champions.