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
1st: (Johnson, S. Campo, Macaluso, Miller)
2nd: (Shatraw, Pypa, Dimmock, O. Campo)
200-yard Freestyle
2nd: Miller
3rd: Forristall
200-yard Individual Medley
2nd: Johnson *
50- yard Freestyle
2nd: S. Campo
3rd: Erkkila
100-yard Butterfly
2nd: Johnson *
100- yard Freestyle
1st: Macaluso *
3rd: Erkkila
500- yard Freestyle
2nd: Miller
3rd: Shatraw
200- yard Freestyle Relay
2nd: (O. Campo, Forristall, S. Campo, Johnson)
100- yard Backstroke
1st: Macaluso *
2nd: Dimmock
100- yard Breaststroke
2nd: Forristall
3rd: S. Campo
400- yard Freestyle Relay
1st: (Erkkila, Thebeau, Forristall, Miller)
3rd: (Langer, Dziebel, Wakelee, Grenier)
* Time qualifies for State Championships