Girls Swimming 2024: HKHS/Shoreline Co-Op Wins Season Opener 93-76

Submitted by Alison Karam

(October 5, 2024) — The newly formed Shoreline Co-Op Girls Swimming and Diving team, with high school swimmers from Haddam-Killingworth, Valley Regional, Lyme-Old Lyme and Old Saybrook High Schools, won its first dual meet of the 2024 season on September 17, 2024, defeating Ledyard 93-76.

Haddam-Killingworth Senior Olivia “Liv” Macaluso qualified for State Championships swimming the 100-yard backstroke in 1:11.39 and the 100-yard freestyle in 1:01.23. Valley Regional Freshman Claire Johnson also qualified for State Championships in the 200-yard Individual Medley (2:38.46) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:14.10).

Swimmers who competed for Shoreline Co-Op were: Aria Cummings (FR, H-K), Bethany Erkkila (JR, V), Claire Johnson (FR, V), Elsa Shatraw (SO, H-K), Emma Wakelee (JR, OS), Kinsley Grenier (FR, L-OL), Lauren Thebeau (FR, H-K), Maddie Cummins (FR, L-OL), Maggie Miller (JR, H-K), Olive Forristall (SO, H-K), Olivia Campo (SR, H-K), Olivia “Liv” Macaluso (SR, H-K), Rose Dimmock (JR, L-OL), Sasha Dziebel (JR, OS), Sofia Campo (SR, H-K), Sophia Langer (SO, H-K), Veronica Pypa (SR, H-K) and Zi Abbott (SO, H-K).

Top 3 finishes for H-K Shoreline Co-Op:

200-yard Medley Relay

1^st: (Johnson, S. Campo, Macaluso, Miller)

2^nd: (Shatraw, Pypa, Dimmock, O. Campo)

200-yard Freestyle

2^nd: Miller

3^rd: Forristall

200-yard Individual Medley

2^nd: Johnson *

50- yard Freestyle

2^nd: S. Campo

3^rd: Erkkila

100-yard Butterfly

2^nd: Johnson *

100- yard Freestyle

1^st: Macaluso *

3^rd: Erkkila

500- yard Freestyle

2^nd: Miller

3^rd: Shatraw

200- yard Freestyle Relay

2^nd: (O. Campo, Forristall, S. Campo, Johnson)

100- yard Backstroke

1^st: Macaluso *

2^nd: Dimmock

100- yard Breaststroke

2^nd: Forristall

3^rd: S. Campo

400- yard Freestyle Relay

1^st: (Erkkila, Thebeau, Forristall, Miller)

3^rd: (Langer, Dziebel, Wakelee, Grenier)

* Time qualifies for State Championships