Neuqua Valley ladies swimming glides previous Metea in DVC opener

The ladies’ swimming lanes are open because the Neuqua Valley Wildcats welcome Metea Valley to get the convention slate off the blocks, with each groups desirous to get off to a robust begin. This spotlight is sponsored by BMO.

Olivia Linduska places Metea on the board

We kick the season off with the 200-yard Medley. In lane 5, Wildcat swimmers Sofia Piater, Rosie Wond, Sophie Diorio, and Carolina Piater soar by the lanes, securing the primary occasion win of the night time, coming in with a time of 1:49. The Metea group of Ellen Chua, Rachel Carter, Aly Rivero, and Olivia Linduska finishes 4 seconds behind in second place.

Up subsequent is the 200-yard freestyle, and the Mustangs look so as to add a first-place end to their scoring column. Wildcat Taylor Tuch pulls forward all through the race; nonetheless, down the ultimate stretch, Mustang Aly Rivero does her greatest to realize floor. Tuch is ready to maintain off the pack to take the win. Fellow Wildcat Charlotte Lee takes third.

The Wildcats search to maintain the successful streak alive within the 200-yard IM. Rosie Wong glides by the competitors, securing one other first-place end for Neuqua because the Wildcats proceed to dominate the lanes. Ellen Chua from Metea in lane 4 takes second.

Metea appears for a solution in tonight’s quickest occasion, the 50-yard freestyle. In Lane 4, Olivia Linduska secures the Mustangs’ first occasion win of the night time, racing to the wall with a time of 24.63 seconds, beating Carolina Piater by only one hundredth of a second! Neuqua junior Bree Pepping finishes third with Rylee Rhoads from Metea in fourth.

The Wildcats swim away with the win

Neuqua seeks to regain kind within the 100-yard butterfly. The Wildcats pull forward as Sophie Diorio takes first, together with her teammate Bree Pepping taking second, as Neuqua continues to swim properly with the highest two spots. Jelenna Gamilla from Metea finishes in third.

The Cats choose up two extra wins within the 100 and 500 freestyle races due to Sofia Piater and Rachel Yim, respectively, and search to do the identical within the 200-yard freestyle relay. But it’s Metea Valley who takes the win behind the group of Aly Rivero, Ellen Chua, Olivia Linduska, and Jelenna Gamilla, regaining some power for the Mustangs

Up subsequent is the 100-yard backstroke; Rosie Wong makes it look straightforward as she secures her second occasion win of the night time, ending first for the house group forward of Taylor Tuch in second and Gamilla in third.  

In the ultimate particular person race of the night time, the Wildcats proceed their robust exhibiting with Sophie Diorio attending to the wall first forward of teammate Sofia Piater and Mustang Rachel Carter to win the 100-yard breaststroke.

Neuqua begins the season in type, defeating Metea Valley within the residence opener, 126-54. 

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