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East Sends 5 to Swimming State Quals

Zeffiro places seconds in 100 backstroke, Sachem's 200 and 400-free relay places third.

Sachem East placed fourth overall in the League II championships Thursday afternoon.

“It was a great season and ended with an exciting meet,” said East swim coach Kathleen Dugan. “I was very happy with how the girls swam and dove and we are certainly taking steps in the right direction.”

Some highlights for East at leagues:

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  • 200 individual medley: Kianna Papele 2:27.37 and qualified for state quals next Saturday
  • 100 backstroke: Valerie Zeffiro 1:03.10, placed second overall; Abigail Groffmann 1:07.98 and qualified for state quals next Saturday
  • 100 breast: Kianna Papele 117.15 and qualified for state quals next Saturday
  • 400 free relay: Brenna Dowd, Mary Ansman, Abigail Groffmann, Valerie Zeffiro 3:59.39, placed third overall
  • 200 free relay: East also won third place in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:49:96. It consisted of Kianna Papele, Carla Palma, Laura Young, Brenna Dowd.

The state qualifying meet will take place Saturday, November 12 at Suffolk Community College Brentwood.

Swimming individual events at state quals:

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  • Valerie Zeffiro, senior
  • Kianna Papele, eighth grade
  • Mary Ansman, senior
  • Abigail Groffmann, junior
  • Brenna Dowd, junior


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