KELSEY JOHNSTONE
SPRINGFIELD – For the first time in recent memory, the Western Massachusetts Division 1 swimming and diving championships produced very little fanfare in terms of overall team standings.
That isn’t to say that several individuals didn’t put in hard work all season though, and emerge from the depths of the waters at Springfield College Saturday with a solid finish.
Kelsey Johnstone scored the highest finish of the day for Westfield, twice.
Johnstone completed the 200 individual medley in 2:09.48 for second place. Longmeadow’s Jerrica Li won the race in 2:02.48.
Johnstone (1:07.82) also finished runner-up to Li in the 100 breaststroke. The Longmeadow swimmer won the race in 1:04.08.
LAUREN LONGLEY
Westfield’s Lauren Longley finished fifth in the 200 freestyle (2:00.09) and sixth in the 100 butterfly (1:01.49), an event that Samantha Dolan completed in eighth (1:04.63).
Other top 10 finishes for Westfield included: Kate McCabe (100 backstroke/1:03.81/9th), Sarah Russell (50 free/26.30/tied 10th), and the 200 freestyle relay team (1:44.20/4th) and 400 free relay team (4:03.03/9th).
Bombers’ Clarisse Jones placed 12th overall in the diving portion of the competition with 310.65 points Friday night.
Northampton (303.5 points), Longmeadow (302), and Monument Mountain (211) finished 1-2-3. Westfield took eighth (156.5).
NICK ROSSO
BOYS’ RESULTS: Nick Rosso scored a pair of top four finishes – winning the 200 individual medley in 2:05.92 and the 100 butterfly in 54.71 for Westfield.
The Bombers’ 200 freestyle relay team placed seventh. Diver James Wagner was 10th (310.80).
Longmeadow (310 points), Minnechaug (234), and Belchertown (213) placed first, second, and third, respectively, in the final team standings. Westfield was 13th (79.5).
