Westport Swim and Dive Team beats Fairfield Ludlowe
Highlights included a record breaking swim in the 50 meter freestyle by freshman Annam Olasewere. Olasewere broke the Staples HS record with a time of 26.48 as well as winning the 100 Meter freestyle in a time of 59.82.
Freshman twin sister Ayaan Olasewere won the 100 meter breaststroke (1:21:91) and placed second behind Ludlowe's Kathleen Murray in the 200 Meter IM (2:37.51).
Senior Captain Jessica QI won the 200 Meter freestyle in a time of 2:15.17 and took second in the 100 Meter freestyle with a time of 1:00.51
Staples took first, second and fourth in Diving behind the efforts of Kate Whitaker, Mia Guster and Ava DeDomenico
Staples senior captain Ella Alpert took first in the 100 meter backstroke (1:12.65) and finished second in the 100 meter butterfly (1:08.66)
Freshman Dani Schwartz took the 400 Meter freestyle with a state qualifying time of 5:01.20. Junior Ali Chodash (5:13.62) took second in that event behind Schwartz.
Staples dominated the freestyle relays winning the 200 free and 400 freestyle relays with times of 1:55.41 and 4:21.14 respectively.
Contributed by Susana De Pinho