Printer Friendly Version - Girls’ Swimming Wins First Dual Meet of the Fall

The Shoreline Co-op girls’ swimming and diving team won its season opener against Ledyard 93-76. Pictured from the team are (back) Olivia Campo, Elsa Shatraw, Sasha Dziebel, Liv Macaluso, Maggie Miller, Sofia Campo, Claire Johnson, Phoebe Spallone, Lauren Thebeau, Sophia Langer, Veronica “VV” Pypa; (front) Emma Wakelee, Kinsley Grenier, Bethany Erkkilam, Olive Forristall, Zi Abbott, Aria Cummings, and Maddie Cummins. Photo courtesy of Alison Karam

The newly formed Shoreline Co-Op girls’ swimming and diving team, with high school swimmers from Haddam-Killingworth, Valley Regional, Lyme-Old Lyme, and Old Saybrook, won its first dual meet of the 2024 season on Sept. 17, defeating Ledyard 93-76.

Haddam-Killingworth senior Olivia “Liv” Macaluso qualified for the state championships, swimming the 100-yard backstroke in 1:11.39 and the 100 freestyle in 1:01.23. Valley Regional freshman Claire Johnson also qualified for states in the 200 Individual Medley (2:38.46) and the 100 butterfly (1:14.10).

Swimmers who competed for Shoreline Co-Op included Aria Cummings (freshman, H-K), Bethany Erkkila (junior, Valley), Johnson, Elsa Shatraw (sophomore, H-K), Emma Wakelee (junior, Old Saybrook), Kinsley Grenier (freshman, Lyme-Old Lyme), Lauren Thebeau (freshman, H-K), Maddie Cummins (freshman, Lyme-Old Lyme), Maggie Miller (junior, H-K), Olive Forristall (sophomore, H-K), Olivia Campo (senior, H-K), Macaluso, Rose Dimmock (junior, Lyme-Old Lyme), Sasha Dziebel (junior, Old Saybrook), Sofia Campo (senior, H-K), Sophia Langer (sophomore, H-K), Veronica Pypa (senior, H-K), and Zi Abbott (sophomore, H-K).

Top 3 finishes for Shoreline Co-Op came from the 200-yard Medley Relay team. Johnson, Sofia Campo, Macaluso, and Miller placed first, and in second place was Shatraw, Pypa, Dimmock, and Olivia Campo. In the 200 freestyle, Miller placed second and Forristall took third. In the 200 Individual Medley (IM), Johnson placed second and qualified for states. Sofia Campo placed second in the 50 freestyle, and Erkkila placed third in that event.

In the 100 butterfly, Johnson placed second and qualified for states, and Macaluso won the 100 freestyle, qualifying for states. Erkkila placed third in that event. In the 500 freestyle, Miller came in second and Shatraw came in third. The 200 freestyle relay team of Olivia Campo, Forristall, Sofia Campo, and Johnson came in second place. In the 100 backstroke, Macaluso won and qualified for states. Dimmock placed second. Forristall took second in the 100 breaststroke, and Sofia Campo placed third. In the 400 freestyle relay, Erkkila, Thebeau, Forristall, and Miller came in first. In third place was Langer, Dziebel, Wakelee, and Grenier.