CIAC State Open Championship
- November 14-17, 2024
- New Haven, CT
- 25 Yards (SCY)
The Ridgefield ladies lifted their second State Open Championship trophy in three years final month final month. The squad earned 587 factors to assert victory by 36 factors over Greenwich, the defending champions that gained its twenty first State Open final season.
Greenwich stored the meet shut, however Ridgefield racked up eight occasion wins, together with a sweep of the three relays, to place the meet away. Senior Lily Archibald was one of many standouts on the day for the profitable workforce. The Rice commit picked up her first particular person win of the meet with a state report within the 100 butterfly, swimming 53.37. It was a lifetime greatest for her on the time, earlier than she clocked 53.10 on the Winter Junior Championship — East.
After profitable the 100 backstroke (55.14), Archibald helped set one other state report. She led off the 400 freestyle relay in 50.10, handing issues off to Bridget Kelly (50.93). Ava Ward (50.78) and Kiera Giles (52.16) swam the again half of the relay, and the quartet stopped the clock at 3:23.97 for a state report to seal the general win.
The state report had been on the workforce’s thoughts coming into the meet. They first broke the report on the Class L meet forward of the State Open, swimming 3:25.01. “They stated they have been going to go 3:24,” Ridgefield coach Paul Marchese instructed CT Insider. “So, that’s how unhealthy they needed the report. They usually went 3:23. It truly is the right technique to finish [the meet].”
Ward additionally contributed two particular person occasion wins. A junior, Ward is verbally dedicated to LSU. She started her meet by swimming a lifetime greatest within the 200 free. She clocked 1:49.37, main a 1-3 end for Ridgefield. Then, she swam 4:59.52 for the win within the 500 freestyle and was the one swimmer within the ultimate beneath 5:00. Ward was again on the blocks within the subsequent occasion, teaming with Ellie Griffin, Giles, and Maddie Muncy to win the 200 free relay (1:35.51).
Manchester junior Riley Anderson was the third double-event winner on the championships. Anderson, verbally dedicated to Duke, swept the dash freestyle occasions. She swam season-bests in each, clocking 22.67 within the 50 freestyle and 49.66 within the 100 freestyle.
Riley McGerald earned Ridgefield’s different particular person occasion win of the day. She gained the 100 breaststroke, getting out to a quick begin on the primary half, then holding off the sphere over the second 50 yards. She swam 1:05.43, main a trio of 1:05 swims from Seymour freshman Ana David and Norwalk-McMahon freshman Emma Giafardino. Earlier within the meet, David gained the 200 IM (2:05.72), incomes her first particular person State Open title at her first championships.
High 10 Groups:
- Ridgefield – 587
- Greenwich – 551
- Cheshire – 327
- New Canaan – 262
- Darien – 233
- Amity – 200
- Brookfield – 198.5
- Pomperaug – 198
- Wilton – 158
- Corridor – 153
