Conard Ladies Swimming and Diving Kicks Off New Season with a Win – We-Ha

West Hartford’s Conard High School ladies swimming and diving group began the 2025 marketing campaign with a continuation of their profitable methods from final 12 months.

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The 2025 fall season of highschool sports activities kicked off this week and the Conard ladies swim and dive group picked up proper the place they left off final season – after they went undefeated and untied for the primary time at school historical past – with a formidable win Friday over a perennial CCC powerhouse, the Wethersfield Lady Eagles.

The meet opened with the Conard relay group of Gracie Lowney, Ella Hall, Celia Filotto, and Claire Haverly holding on for the win giving Conard the early 8-6 lead. The subsequent occasion noticed the mixture of Lucy Pincince (first), Kayla Lowney (second) and freshman Ciara Frewen (third) race to a 1-2-3 end, opening the result in 21-9.

The Lady Eagles received their first win of the day as Milena Brodowicz touched the wall earlier than Conard’s Rosie Alonzo (second) and Lyla Harhay (third). Filotto was out-touched by Wethersfield swimmer Sophia Klementon by 1/one hundredth of a second. Conard maintained its 12-point lead because the occasion factors have been cut up 8-8.

The 50 free went in favor of Wethersfield as Kristina Klementon and Morgan Tracy raced to a 1-2 end forward of freshman Laura Haverly (third), Cecelia Peck (fourth) and Claire Haverly (fifth).  Wethersfield closed the hole to eight factors heading into the diving.

Ellie Harhay completes an inward dive at Wethersfield. Courtesy picture

The diving occasion was received by Lexi Estrella from Wethersfield with Conard’s Sanai Belabe (second) and Ellie Harhay (third) scoring key factors for the Red Wolves. Belabe’s rating was her private finest and Harhay was diving for the primary time.  When the diving factors have been added in, Wethersfield had reduce the result in 6 factors, 42-36.

After the diving break the meet turned closely in Conard’s favor. The trio of Alonzo (first), Filotto (second) and E Harhay (third, contemporary off the diving board) raced to Conard’s second sweep of the day, pushing the lead again to 16 factors at 55-39.  The 100 free and 500 free additionally noticed huge finishes for the Red Wolves. In the 100 free, L Haverly was first, L Harhay  was third, and Pincince completed fifth. In the five hundred free, G Lowney took first and Okay Lowney was third.  The Red Wolves had now opened a lead of twenty-two factors, 74-52.

Conard put up a pleasant time within the 200 free relay (L Haverly, Alonzo, L Harhay, and Pincince), however have been overwhelmed by underneath 1 second.

The backstroke sealed the meet for the Red Wolves because the group of G Lowney (first), two freshman – Emilie O’Sullivan (second) and Lucy Archambault (third) – added one other occasion sweep to the rating sheet.

Conard’s Hall (first) took the honors within the breaststroke, adopted by teammates, C Haverly (fourth) and Frewen (fifth).  Conard closed out the meet with a 1-2 within the 400 free relay with the groups of L Haverly, Pincince, L Harhay, and G Lowney putting first, forward of their teammates Okay Lowney, Alonzo, Filotto, and C Haverly in second.

The Red Wolves racked up 18 state event autocuts out of their 24 races:

• Pincince (200 free, 100 free)
• Okay Lowney (200 free, 500 free)
• Alonzo (200 IM, butterfly)
• L Harhay (200 IM, 100 free)
• Filotto (200 IM,  butterfly)
• L Haverly (50 free, 100 free)
• E Harhay (butterfly)
• G Lowney (500 free, backstroke)
• Hall (breaststroke)
• C Haverly (breaststroke)
• Frewen (breaststroke).

Conard is now 1-0 with two meets coming this week at house in opposition to the Meriden Coop and Berlin on Tuesday and Thursday.

Coach Smachetti reveals the ultimate rating along with his group. Courtesy picture

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