While most high school students were enjoying the last weeks of summer, the 2004 Pittsford Girls’ Swim and Diving Team began their preseason training. 3 weeks, 36 miles of running, 180,000 yards of swimming and countless hours of “dry land” exercises later, the Pittsford S’Women began their season on September 9^th with a 101-69 victory over the Eastridge Lancers.

Jenny Lewis, Jessie Ward, captain Libby Brush, and captain Stephanie House finished first in the 200 yard medley relay with teammates Lindsay Wahl, Em Wells, captain Courtney Brayman and Kelley Groves in 2^nd, and Amanda Lang, Becca Hazen, Aly Criscuolo, and Alexa Ashworth in 3^rd. Jenna Arington won the 200 yard freestyle with Meghan Green and Claire Geiser right behind her in 2^nd and 3^rd.

Wahl won the 200 yard individual medley with Hazen finishing 5^th. Lisa Prezzano, Ashworth and Allie Pink finished 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th in the 50 yard freestyle.

Eliza Massie, Hilary Dubeshter, and Ashley Slaughter swept the diving. House won the 100 yard butterfly with Lewis touching in 2^nd just behind her. Pink was 5^th. Hailey Weniger won the 100 yard freestyle with Brayman and Ward finishing just behind her in 2^nd and 4^th. Criscuolo, Wells and Ashworth swam to a 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th finish in the 500 yard freestyle.

In the 200 yard freestyle relay, the team of House, Arington, Groves and Weninger finished ahead of the field with teammates Prezzano, Lewis, Wahl and Brush in 2^nd. With the score 101-34, the S’Women swam the remainder of the meet as exhibition.

The Junior Varsity Swimmers and Divers were also successful in their season opener, besting the Lancers 96-59. The 200 yard medley relay team of Rachel House, Maggie Craig, Katie Vaughn, and Alex Trobe just touched out the teams of Olivia Tylukti, Jordyn Snyder, Lindsay Matthews and Sophia Salvia, and Emily DiPaulo, Bonita Sur, Jen Lang and Karin Lee with a 1-2-3 finish. Kelly Geary, Hannah Bigeleisen, and Kelly Beamish swept the 200 yard freestyle. House, Matthews and Chelsea McNamara finished 1-2-3 in the 200 yard individual medley. Trobe, Emma Miller and Katherine Ross the sweep streak in the 50 yard freestyle. Morgan Neal won the JV diving.

Elise Morris, Vaughn and Jen Lang also had a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 yard butterfly. Tylukti, Craig and Maddie Burns also swept the 100 yard freestyle. Lee, Salvia and DiPaulo continued the 1-2-3 streak with their performances in the 500 yard freestyle.

The 200 yard freestyle relay teams of Tylukti, House, Geary and Trobe, Beamish, Burns, Jen Lang and Miller, and Morris, Catherine Tuttle, Vaughn and Sur swam as exhibition. Also finishing the meet as exhibition were House, McNamara and Caitlin O’Leary in the 100 yard backstroke, Snyder, Stephanie Ross and Mandy Ellis in the 100 yard breaststroke. The 400 yard freestyle relay teams also swam as exhibition.

The Varsity S’Women are led by senior captains Courtney Brayman, Libby Brush and Stephanie House. The S’Women hope to repeat their performance of last year, when they swam to an undefeated record in dual meets, a Section V Class A championship and a number 1 ranking in NY State. Their next meet is on September 21^st when they travel to Spencerport.