Strong Andover team challenges State Champ Westford Academy

The Big Blue welcomed Westford Academy tonight (Friday, January 24) for its second meeting in two years. This meet was amazing and a source of great pride for the Swimmin Women! A loss 100.5-85.5 belies the strength and improvement of this Andover team this season.

200 Medley Relay

2. Amy Jiang ’21, Emma Cheung ’23, Graeleigh Jones ’21, Mary Kate Turk ’22 / 1:54.22

4. Hailey Wadell ’21, Alexa DiCenso ’21, Grace Hitchcock ’20, Abby Ryan ’21 / 1:58.43
6. Hannah Ono ’22, Katie Swan ’23, Gwen Empie ’21, Jackie Rossi ’20 / 2:03.35

200 Free

1. Veronika Kisova ’23 / 1:56.83

3. Ashley Vensel ’22 / 2:02.95

5. Sofia Smirnov ’22 / 2:04.17

200 IM

1. Jones / 2:13.00

3. Swan / 2:16.08

5. Grace Hwang ’22 / 2:20.77

50 Free

2. Ryan / 26.17

3. Turk / 26.19

4. Daphne Edwards ’23 / 26.53

Diving

3. Sophia Blaine 225.60

4. Claire Davis 211.25

6. Presley Kmeta-Suarez 189.15

100 Fly

3. Hwang / 1:01.74

4. Swan / 1:02.02

5. Hitchcock / 1:02.05

100 Free

3. Turk / 57.31

5. Edwards / 57.53

6. Smirnov / 57.76

500 Free

1. Kisova / 5:08.15

3. Vensel / 5:21.86

4. Cheung / 5:31.29

200 Free Relay

1. Ryan, DiCenso, Vensel, Kisova / 1:44.12

3. Hwang, Smirnov, Hitchcock, Edwards / 1:45.62

5. Wadell, Ono, Empie, Rossi / 1:50.39

100 Back

2. Jiang / 1:02.10

4. Wadell / 1:05.36

6. Ono / 1:06.88

100 Breast

2. Jones / 1:09.27

4. Cheung / 1:10.84

5. DiCenso / 1:14.64

400 Free Relay

2. Vensel, Turk, Jones, Kisova / 3:44.13

4. Ryan, Hitchcock, Smirnov, Swan / 3:52.13

5. Rossi, Jiang, Ono, Wadell / 4:05.19

The team record is 1-2-0. Our next meet is at Loomis with Hopkins on Saturday at 1:00. On Saturday, Feb 1, we will be at Deerfield.

Complete results may be viewed on the league website (www.nepssa.org) or on Andover Aquatics (www.andoveraquatics.net).

School page: https://athletics.andover.edu/teams/gsdv

Many results of our meets will be on Meet Mobile in real time – available on the app stores. Check them out!

Roster

Sophia Blaine ‘22(d) Old Greenwich, CT

Emma Cheung ’23 New Canaan, CT

Claire Davis ‘20 (d)(c) New York, NY

Alexa DiCenso ‘21 Methuen, MA

Daphne Edwards ’23 Vernon, CT

Gwen Empie ’21 Bloomsburg, PA

Grace Hitchcock ’20 (c) Pasadena, CA

Grace Hwang ’22 Windham, NH

Amy Jiang ’21 Andover, MA

Graeleigh Jones ‘21 North Andover, MA

Presley Kmeta-Suarez ‘22(d) Briarcliff Manor, NY

Veronika Kisova ’23 North Andover, MA

Hanna Ono ’22 Boston, MA

Jackie Rossi ’20 (c) Brussels, Belgium

Abby Ryan ‘21 Rumson, NJ

Sofia Smirnov ’22 Andover, MA

Katie Swan ’23 Pelham, NH

Mary Kate Turk ’22 North Andover, MA

Ashley Vensel ’22 Naples, FL

Hailey Wadell ‘21 Reading, MA

Andover Girls Swimming and Diving! Since 1973