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Chloe Cassar from Guilford swims for Branford as part of the Co-op team.
The Branford girls swim team is off to a good start after their 96 – 86 win over Hamden last week at the John O’Connor Pool at Walsh Intermediate School.
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Coach Butler congratulates the team after their victory over Hamden.
Coach Scott Butler is happy with the quick start, but cautious about some upcoming meets.
“We’re off to a 3 – 0 start with some tough meets starting next week.” The Hornets will be at SCC Amity, one of the league’s top swim programs, on Monday.
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Co-captains L-R: Isabel Albinger, Sarah Bartlett, Quinn Franco-Camacho and Izzy Gillis.
Future high school meets include Hand, Lauralton Hall and the always powerful Cheshire Rams.
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Gabija Karosas dives in during the 200 Free Relay .
“Our team is young but we’ll be competitive in both the SCC Division and the Class M State Tournament,” Butler said.
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Freshman Cordelia Keberle was a member of the winning 200 Medley Relay.
The young Hornets have lots of talent and the coach is trying to determine who is ready to step up to be a regular in the lineup.
“We have been trying to work out the kinks to create a lineup that will give us our best shot to win.”
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Members of the 400 Free Relay included L-R Cordella Keberle, Isabel Albinger, Gabby Gillis and Jamie Beler.
In Monday’s meet against Hamden the Hornets started out strong with first place finishes in the first seven events, starting with the 200 Medley Relay. Swimmers in that event were Isabel Albinger, Sally Nardella, Gabija Karosas and Cordelia Keberle with a winning time of 2:08.51 over the Green Dragons who finished in 2:10.98.
Others first place winners included Gabby Gillis in the 200 Free, Adrienne Dillon in both the 200 IM and 50 Fly, Isabel Albinger 50 Free, and Cordelia Keberle 100 Free.
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Members of the winning 200 Free Relay are L‑R: Gabija Karosas, Sally Nardella, Gabby Gillis and Jamie Beler.
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Junior Kaitlyn Haynes came in first in the diving for the Hornets
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Junior Sally Nardella came in second in the 100 Breast Stroke
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Branford also took the top two spots in the diving with junior Kaitlyn Haynes taking first with a score of 178.95 and senior teammate Quinn Franco-Camacho coming in second at 166.60.
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Head coach Scott Butler with assistants Eric Golia and Steve Sawyer had a lot to smile about.
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