Pony girls finish seventh in state meet at Bowdoin

BRUNSWICK — The Foxcroft Academy girls swam to a seventh-place finish at the Class B State Swimming and Diving Championship on Feb. 15 at Bowdoin College. The Ponies earned a score of 144 points to place seventh in a field of 22 teams.

Times Record photo/Christian Sandler

TAKE A DEEP BREATH — Foxcroft Academy’s Avery Carroll swims in the 200-yard IM during the Class B championship Feb. 15 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. Carroll came in fourth in the event with a time of 2:18.64 to help the Ponies finish in seventh place.

Leading the way for Foxcroft was a trio of third-place performances. Jenna Clukey was third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 2.57 seconds. Avery Carroll came in third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.93.

The other top three swim for the Ponies came in the 200 freestyle relay. Gabie Johnson, Alice Russo, Carroll and Clukey combined for a time of 1:46.71.

Carroll also came in fourth in the 200 IM at 2:18.64, while Clukey placed sixth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:02.36. Johnson had the sixth-best time of the meet in the 100 breaststroke at 1:12.72.

In the 200 medley relay competition, Carroll, Johnson, Clukey and Elena Russo had a time of 1:58.65 to finish in eighth place. Russo, Abby Henderson, Chloe Waugh and Alice Russo together placed 16th in the 400 freestyle relay at 4:27.14.

The rest of the Foxcroft swimmers were Alice Russo, ninth in the 100 backstroke at 1:05.87 with her sister Elena 15th in the event at 1:09.37; Johnson, 13th in the 100 freestyle at 58.55 seconds with Alice Russo in 21st place in the race at 1:01.46; Elena Russo, 20th in the 50 free at 28.15 seconds; Waugh, 24th in the 500 freestyle at 6:22.41 and 28th in the 200 freestyle at 2:23.22.