CLIFTON PARK \u2014 During Saturday\u2019s Section 2 Division 1 championship meet at Shenendehowa High School the winning team made some history too, as Bethlehem earned its first sectional title since 2001. The Eagles won with a total of 388 points, followed by eight-time defending champion Shenendehowa in second with 289.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s awesome,\u201d Eagles head coach Thomas Kearney said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a memory they have the rest of their lives \u2026 such a great group of kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bethlehem\u2019s most prolific individual performer was senior Jacob Hershberg, who won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke in state-qualifying times of 51.90 and 51.39, respectively. Bringing home a team banner felt more than rewarding for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe worked our butt off this whole year,\u201d Hershberg said. \u201cEven club season, we were always in there every day, working hard, so it feels good to see all this hard work finally come together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Eagles will send seven athletes to states, including senior Ewan Izzard, who qualified in three races. Izzard earned a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke in 53.51, swam as the second leg of their 200 freestyle relay squad that won in 1:29.10, and was also the first leg of their 200 medley relay team that won in 1:37.91. He\u2019s excited to see what Bethlehem brings to the table at states in three weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re going for two top-five finishes, so we’ll see,\u201d he said. \u201cWe got to have a good time, and we’re going to keep the energy going from this \u2018til states.\u201d<\/p>\n
Winning the Division 2 team title was Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk\/Greenville, which trailed defending champion Glens Falls by just a point heading into the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay. The merged squad won the race in 3:31.79, beating the Black Bears by less than two seconds for a winning point total of 360, while Glens Falls finished with 355. Head coach Kyle Kearney was ecstatic for the team\u2019s first banner in his 20-year tenure.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlens Falls is the king of the 400-free relay every year, but I had a lot of confidence in our kids,\u201d he said. \u201cThat same group had swam at one of our invitations earlier this year and had a great swim, so I just was hoping and praying that they were going to be able to hold it out again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swimming the fourth and final leg of this race was junior Brett Hungerford, who knew what he\u2019d accomplished the second he exited the pool.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was one of the greatest moments in my life,\u201d he said. \u201cJust proving to everyone that I could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just one race earlier, Hungerford won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.47. Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk\/Greenville\u2019s other individual victor was another Hungerford, freshman Cole, who won the 500-yard freestyle in a personal-record 5:15.48.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem 388, Shenendehowa 289, Niskayuna 287, Saratoga Springs 279, CBA\/Troy\/Columbia 204, Guilderland\/Voorheesville 173, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake\/Scotia-Glenville 167, Schenectady\/Colonie 162, Shaker 116, Ballston Spa 111, Albany 44.<\/p>\n
200 medley relay \u2014 Bethlehem (Izzard, Janga, Hershberg, German), 1:37.91; Saratoga Springs, 1:39.92; Niskayuna, 1:40.68.<\/p>\n
200 free \u2014 Bette (CBA\/T\/C), 1:44.36; Greenleaf (Shen), 1:48.04; Anthony (Schen\/Col), 1:48.75.<\/p>\n
200 IM \u2014 Sanchez (Sara), 1:55.00; Rudd (Shen), 1:57.42; Barry (Shen), 1:57.94.<\/p>\n
50 free \u2014 Staudinger (Nisk), 21.72; Keating (Beth), 22.10; Pouliot (BSpa), 22.24.<\/p>\n
Diving (Thursday) \u2014 Barry (Shen), 561.25; Davey (Shen), 536.75; Hook (Shen), 480.45.<\/p>\n
100 butterfly \u2014 Hershberg (Beth), 51.90; Arnold (Sara), 53.15; German (Beth), 53.84.<\/p>\n
100 free \u2014 Staudinger (Nisk), 47.78; Pouliot (BSpa), 48.78; Keating (Beth), 49.00.<\/p>\n
500 free \u2014 Splonskowski (Schen\/Col), 4:51.66; Anthony (Schen\/Col), 4:52.76; Sumner (Nisk), 4:56.70.<\/p>\n
200 free relay \u2014 Bethlehem (Wloszczynski, Izzard, Savage, Keating), 1:29.10; CBA\/Troy\/Columbia, 1:30.30; Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake\/Scotia-Glenville, 1:32.45.<\/p>\n
100 back \u2014 Hershberg (Beth), 51.39; Izzard (Beth), 53.51; Lim (Shen), 54.35.<\/p>\n
100 breast \u2014 Baird (Sara), 55.49; Jabour (CBA\/T\/C), 58.77; Gilbert (BHBL\/SG), 59.40.<\/p>\n
400 free relay \u2014 Saratoga Springs (Arnold, Lohse, Goffioul, Baird), 3:18.85; Schenectady\/Colonie, 3:20.34; Bethlehem, 3:20.94.<\/p>\n
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk\/Greenville 360, Glens Falls 355, Queensbury 313, Fonda-Fultonville\/Johnstown 201, Gloversville\/Mayfield\/Fonda-Fultonville 171, Mohonasen\/Schalmont\/Duanesburg 171, Berlin\/New Lebanon 155, Canajoharie\/Fort Plain 150, Taconic Hills 45, Hoosic Valley 40, La Salle 5<\/p>\n
200 medley relay \u2014 Queensbury (Knill, Linehan, Murphy, Brodt), 1:47.11; Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk\/Greenville, 1:48.51; Gloversville\/Mayfield\/Fonda-Fultonville, 1:53.21.<\/p>\n
200 free \u2014 Jerome (HV), 1:41.95; B. Hungerford (RCS\/G), 1:52.07; Daniels (FF\/J), 1:56.83.<\/p>\n
200 IM \u2014 Schwenker (GF), 2:06.37; L. Hungerford (RCS\/G), 2:13.08; Muldner (Q), 2:13.39.<\/p>\n
50 free \u2014 Epperson (Moh\/Scha\/D), 21.72; Brodt (Q), 23.69; Murphy (Q), 24.00.<\/p>\n
Diving (Thursday) \u2014 Scofield (FF\/J), 444.80; Boehme (RCS\/G), 387.80; Warner (RCS\/G), 315.90.<\/p>\n
100 butterfly \u2014 Jerome (HV), 50:18; Guntert (RCS\/G), 58.74; L. Hungerford (RCS\/G), 58.99.<\/p>\n
100 free \u2014 Epperson (Moh\/Scha\/D), 47.59; Brodt (Q), 51.87; Daniels (FF\/J), 52.23.<\/p>\n
500 free \u2014 C. Hungerford (RCS\/G), 5:15.48; Barnoski (Moh\/Scha\/D), 5:23.99; Barlow (C\/FP), 5:24.10.<\/p>\n
200 free relay \u2014 Glens Falls (Fountain, Bowman, Straight, Schwenker), 1:37.15; Queensbury, 1:37.43; Fonda-Fultonville\/Johnstown, 1:37.99.<\/p>\n
100 back \u2014 Schwenker (GF), 57.66; Johnson (GF), 59.32; C. Hungerford (RCS\/G), 59.74.<\/p>\n
100 breast \u2014 B. Hungerford (RCS\/G), 1:03.47; Linehan (Q), 1:05.36; Lamphere-Webster (B\/NL), 1:08.66.<\/p>\n
400 free relay \u2014 Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk\/Greenville (Guntert, L. Hungerford, C. Hungerford, B. Hungerford), 3:31.79; Glens Falls, 3:33.48; Fonda-Fultonville\/Johnstown, 3:43.40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLIFTON PARK \u2014 During Saturday\u2019s Section 2 Division 1 championship meet at Shenendehowa High School the winning team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-114403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}