Diving into Excellence: The 2024 Westchester/Putnam All-Star Girls Swimming Team

This season, the 2024 Journal News/lohud girls swimming all-stars achieved remarkable distinctions in the pool. Here is the Westchester/Putnam team.

Annabel Smith

School: Fox Lane

Year: Senior

Highlights: At the previous month’s NYSPHSAA championships, she secured second place in the 100 breaststroke with an All-American consideration time of 1:03.79. She finished ninth in the 100 freestyle. Smith contributed to the third-place finishes of both the 200-medley relay and the 400-free relay. During the Section 1 championships, she aided the Foxes to a third-place overall finish. She clinched the Section 1 title in the 100 breaststroke and claimed second in the 100 free. Additionally, she led the 200-medley relay to the Section 1 title and the 400 free relay to a third-place finish. Smith is the Conference 3 champion in the 100 free and 100 breaststroke. She was instrumental in the Foxes capturing a Conference 3 title in the 200 medley relay and was second in the 400 free relay. Smith obtained All-Section accolades.

And the rest of the first team

200-yard medley relay: Fox Lane (Natalie Lovig, So.; Annabel Smith, Sr.; Kelsey Grayson, Fr.; Maddie Nurenberg, So.)

200 freestyle: Luci Gutierrez, Sr., Eastchester

200 individual medley: Jane Chevalier, Fr., Ursuline

50 free: Saskia Aikman, Sr., White Plains

Diving: Iris Wang, Jr., Scarsdale

100 butterfly: Serene Jourdy, So., Horace Greeley

100 free: Lori Jiang, So., Scarsdale

500 free: Gutierrez, Eastchester

200 free relay: Eastchester (Lauren Maierle, Sr.; Sofia Torres, So.; Claudia Rapisarda, Jr.; Gutierrez)

100 backstroke: Jourdy, Greeley

100 breaststroke: Annabel Smith, Sr., Fox Lane

400 free relay: Eastchester (Maierle, Torres, Rapisarda, Gutierrez)

Coach of the year: Barney Foltman, Scarsdale

Second team

200-yard medley relay: Horace Greeley (Zoe Chung, Sr.; Finley White, So.; Serene Jourdy, So.; Nicole Conway, Jr.)

200 free: Jane Chevalier, Fr., Ursuline

200 individual medley: Sofia Torres, So., Eastchester

50 free: Lori Jiang, So., Scarsdale

Diving: Ryleigh Baumann, Jr., White Plains

100 butterfly: Davina Richardson, Jr., Ursuline

100 free: Annabel Smith, Sr., Fox Lane

500 free: Chevalier, Ursuline

200 free relay: Ursuline (Richardson, Sheena Terri, 8th grade; Taylor D’Auria, Sr.; Chevalier)

100 backstroke: Alexis Jung, Sr., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla

100 breaststroke: Finley White, So., Horace Greeley

400 free relay: Scarsdale (Sophie Reis, Fr.; Sunny Kang, So.; Joy Kang, Sr.; Lori Jiang, So.)

Honorable mention

Neve Aikman, Fr., White Plains

Fiona Barr, Sr., Bronxville/Tuckahoe

Abby Bartolacci, Sr., Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington

Sophia Bondikov, Sr., Harrison

Sophie Boyle, Jr., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Catherine Buzaid, Fr., Ursuline

Fabi Campusano, Fr., Eastchester

Clara Cattanach, So., Fox Lane

Viven Chen, Fr., Croton-Harmon/Hen Hud

Kate Chesley, So., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Fiamma Cioffi, So., Ardsley/Dobbs Ferry

Connie Coulthard, 8th grade, Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington

Tamsin Coulthard, Jr., Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington

Sophia Dugan, Sr., Scarsdale

Grayson Findlay, Jr., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Gianna Fountain, So., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla

Maeve Galimi, 8th grade, Ursuline

Grace Gerosa, Sr., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla

Gavina Gottlebe, So., Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington

Abbey Hehman, Fr., John Jay-CR/North Salem

Riley Hendrickson, Sr., White Plains

Maddie Horner, Sr., Pelham

Alex Horney, Fr., Scarsdale

Ayanna Ite, Sr., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Audrey Li, Scarsdale

Kayla Lombardo, Sr., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Molly McGourty, Sr., Mahopac/Putnam Valley/Carmel

Eva Morin, So., Byram Hills/Briarcliff/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla

Emilia Plawiak, So., Ursuline

Madeline Oh, So., Fox Lane

Eva Orscher, 8th grade, Fox Lane

Fernanda Portillo, Jr., Eastchester

Claire Reed, So., Pelham

Charlize Tavitian, Sr., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Megan Tiedemann, Sr., Rye/Blind Brook/Rye Neck

Sophia Troja, Fr., Eastchester

Hayden Turnbull, 8th grade, Ursuline

Zoey Wiese, Jr., Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington

Daniela Winters, Fr., Mamaroneck

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