Pitts, Hren take 2nd at state qualifier
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BUFFALO -- Frewsburg's Anelia Pitts had a banner day at the Section VI girls swimming state qualifier Thursday afternoon at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Athletic Center.
The junior, who had already qualified for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships, finished second in the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 484.35 to break the Frewsburg record of 475.3 previously held by her sister, Elayna.
Southwestern/Jamestown senior Clarissa Hren took second place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:15.37. Fredonia/Dunkirk/Forestville/Pine Valley/Cassadaga Valley freshman Olivia Burlingame was 18th (2:29.31) and Panama/Maple Grove/Clymer/Sherman senior Addi Bryant was 19th (2:29.65).
Panama/Maple Grove/Clymer/Sherman senior Emery Watkins finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.09. Frewsburg/Falconer sophomore Sydney Frederes was 13th (57.35) and Southwestern/Jamestown freshman Gabriella Bango tied for 15th (58.59).
Watkins also tied for fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:58.65. Bango was 16th (2:07.10).
Hren placed sixth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.47 while Burlingame was ninth (1:04.98).
Southwestern/Jamestown junior Annalisa Krug was seventh in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:03.28.
Southwestern/Jamestown's Johnna Farrell, Hren, Krug and Bango took eighth in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:02.35.
Panama/Maple Grove/Clymer/Sherman's Watkins, Bryant, Jessica Lyon and Paiten Harvey took ninth in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:48.74. Frewsburg/Falconer's Genevieve Bussman, Kaylee Melquist, Avierylynn Gifford and Frederes were 14th (1:50.16) and Southwestern/Jamestown's Farrell, Lucy Messina, Krug and Bango were 18th (1:51.45).
Frewsburg/Falconer's Melquist, Bussman, Sydney Canfield and Frederes were 12th in the 400-yard freestyle relay (4:00.82), Panama/Maple Grove/Clymer/Sherman's Watkins, Bryant, Lyon and Harvey were 15th (4:02.54), and Fredonia/Dunkirk/Forestville/Pine Valley/Cassadaga Valley's Kendyl Dietzen, Burlingame, Kaylen Leary and Valentina Bown were 16th (1:00.61).
Fredonia senior Brooklyn Smith finished 13th in diving (286.65).
Krug was also 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.81).
The state swim meet will take place Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Webster Aquatic Center.