By Mike Zummo
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks won nine events in their 103-50 Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association boys’ swimming and diving meet on Friday at Newburgh Free Academy.
Jax Pagano won the 200-yard individual medley with a season-best time of 2:24.04 and finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Sebi Burgarelli, Jackson Cooper, Peyton Tuttle and Vinny Velasquez opened the meet with a victory in 1:52.51.
Conor Mummery won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.04, and Liam Baxter took fourth with a season-best time of 2:22.75.
Jax Pagano won the 200-yard individual medley with a season-best 2:24.04, while Ryder Tuttle posted a personal best of 2:49.22. Daniel Martin swam exhibition and finished with a personal best time of 2:49.84.
Jack Mummery posted a personal best time of 22.89 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle.
Sebi Burgarelli and Jackson Vegliando were third and fourth, with personal best times of 25.05 and 25.47 respectively.
Akhiir McNeil won the diving event with a six-dive score of 150.20.
Angelo Reade won the 100-yard butterfly with a personal best time of 58.25 seconds, while Lukas Townsend won the 100-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 57.55 seconds. Jacob Lazarski posted a personal best with a time of 1:05.14 and finished third.
Peyton Tuttle’s winning time of 5:05.81 was a season best, while Lima Baxter also placed second and posted a season best time of 6:18.28. Ryder Tuttle finished third with a season-best 6:24.37.
Newburgh’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of Pagano, Miles Davis, Conor Mummery and Aidan Domanico picked up a win with a time of 1:40.16.
The Goldbacks swam exhibition for the final three events. However, Jackson Cooper posted a season-best in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.83 while Townsend placed a personal best in 1:08.53.
Velasquez and Reade each placed personal bests in the 100-yard breaststroke with respective times of 1:11.35 and 1:12.35.
Newburgh 105, Our Lady of Lourdes 50
200-yard medley relay: 1. Newburgh (Sebi Burgarelli, Jackson Cooper, Peyton Tuttle, Vinny Velasquez) - 1:52.51; 2. Newburgh (Markus Constancio, Jesse Pagano, Jackson Vegliando, Lukas Townsend) - 2:03.26; 3. Newburgh (Jacob Lazarski, Tyler Rausenberger, Daniel Martin, Matthew Patterson) - 2:12.69.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Conor Mummery (NFA) - 2:02.04; 3. Miles Davis (NFA) - 2:10.53; 4. Liam Baxter (NFA) - 2:22.75.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Angelo Reade (NFA) - 58.25; 2. Aidan Domanico (NFA) - 1:00.20; 4. Jax Pagano (NFA) - 1:10.55.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Jack Mummery (NFA) - 22.89; 3. Sebi Burgarelli (NFA) - 25.05; 4. Jackson Vegliando (NFA) - 25.47.
Diving: 1. Akhiir McNeil (NFA) - 150.20.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Angelo Reade (NFA) - 58.25; 2. Aidan Domanico (NFA) - 1:00.20; 4. Jax Pagano (NFA) - 1:10.55.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Lukas Townsend (NFA) - 57.55; 2. Jackson Vegliando (NFA) - 1:00.34; 3. Jacob Lazarski (NFA) - 1:05.14.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Peyton Tuttle (NFA) - 5:05.81; 2. Liam Baxter (NFA) - 6:23.97; 3. Ryder Tuttle (NFA) - 6:24.37.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Newburgh (Jax Pagano, Miles Davis, Conor Mummery, Aidan Domanico) - 1:40.16; 2. Newburgh (Jack Mummery, Markus Constancio, Ryder Tuttle, Tyler Rausenberger) - 1:51.50; 3. Newburgh (Andres Miller Shaw, Daniel Martin, Matthew Patterson, Jesse Pagano) - 2:00.12.
100-yard backstroke: 1. John Bernhardt (OLL) - 1:07.44.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Thiago Lewis-Araujo (OLL) - 1:42.74.
400-yard medley relay: 1. Our Lady of Lourdes (Nick Napoli, Joseph Corso, John Bernhardt, Simon Benca)