Scenes from the Shenendehowa Holiday Invitational boys swim meet

CLIFTON PARK – Pittsford (Section 5) repeated as team champion at this year’s Shenendehowa Holiday Invitational Boys Swimming and Diving Meet Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Shen Aquatic Center.

Pittsford finished with 398.5 points to cruise to the team title. Shen was second with 368 points, and Niskayuna placed third with 291 points.

Shen’s Kaleb Hotaling and Niskayuna’s Bryan Liu each won two individual events. Hotaling won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:56.00 and took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.82 seconds. Liu finished first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.97 seconds and won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.42 seconds.

Liu was also part of two winning relays for Niskayuna. He joined Cameron Goodspeed, Mark Lipkin and Scott Ward on the 200-yard medley relay team that won with a time of 1:39.07. Later, Liu, Lipkin, Ward and Victor Schingo took first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:27.95.

Niskayuna’s Matthew Chao added a victory in the 1-meter diving, and the Shen 400-meter freestyle relay team of Hotaling, James Jordan, Shrujay Rompicherla and Jackson Homan took first place in its event.

Results
Team scores: Pittsford 398.5, Shenendehowa 368, Niskayuna 291, Monroe-Woodbury 249, Ithaca 203, Bethlehem 177, Queensbury 173, Saratoga Springs 135.5, Hilton 71, Mohonasen-Schalmont 52, CBA/Troy 38, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 36, Shaker 33, Guilderland-Voorheesville 27, Schenectady 24, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 16, LaSalle 15, New Hartford 12, Albany 4

200-yard medley relay
1. Niskayuna 1:39.07
2. Shenendehowa 1:39.16
3. Queensbury 1:39.39

200-yard freestyle
1. Liam Murphy (Pittsford) 1:44.03
2. Scott Ward (Niskayuna) 1:45.20
3. TJ Bearor (Queensbury) 1:45.70

200-yard individual medley
1. Kaleb Hotaling (Shen) 1:56.00
2. David Walton (Queensbury) 1:56.36
3. Jackson Homan (Shen) 1:58.59

50-yard freestyle
1. Bryan Liu (Niskayuna) 21.97
2. Evan Stevens (Ithaca) 22.07
3. Liam Allen (Monroe-Woodbury) 22.18

1-meter diving
1. Matthew Chao (Niskayuna) 623.05
2. Erik Herrero (Shen) 523.75
3. Jared Lamson (RCS) 496.65

100-yard butterfly
1. Anthony Bruno (Monroe-Woodbury) 52.94
2. Joey Chiarella (Bethlehem) 53.24
3. Jackson Homan (Shen) 53.30

100-yard freestyle
1. Bryan Liu (Niskayuna) 47.42
2. James Jordan (Shen) 48.74
3. Ian Ackerman (Monroe-Woodbury) 49.70

500-yard freestyle
1. Liam Murphy (Pittsford) 4:40.84
2. Carter Anderson (Ithaca) 4:46.65
3. Scott Ward (Niskayuna) 4:51.87

200-yard freestyle relay
1. Niskayuna 1:27.95
2. Monroe-Woodbury 1:28.98
3. Pittsford 1:30.25

100-yard backstroke
1. Liam Allen (Monroe-Woodbury) 53.15
2. John Janeski (Bethlehem) 54.32
3. Zack Lassetter (Shen) 54,42

100-yard breaststroke
1. Kaleb Hotaling (Shen) 58.82
2. Eric Fan (Pittsford) 1:00.48
3. Victor Teng (Ithaca) 1:01.06

400-yard freestyle
1. Shenendehowa 3:16.75
2. Monroe-Woodbury 3:16.82
3. Pittsford 3:18.75