By Mike Zummo
Leah Walsh was part of two fourth-place finishes, helping the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a seventh-place finish at the Hudson Valley Classic girls’ swimming and diving meet on Saturday at the Newburgh Free Academy Natatorium.
The Pine Bush Bushmen won the meet with 156 points.
Walsh was fourth in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:10.41 and led off the 400-yard freestyle relay team, which also included Lena Piscitella, Emma Smith and Karli Smith. They finished fourth with a time of 4:14.88.
Walsh was sixth in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:33.56 and swam the butterfly leg of the 200-yard medley relay. She teamed with Lily Lawrence, Piscitella (breaststroke) and Karli Smith to finish sixth in 2:08.09.
Karli Smith finished seventh in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.97 seconds and ninth in the 100-yard freestyle in 1:00.02.
Piscitella was seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:321.33 and 15th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.61 seconds.
Emma Smith was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:22,86 and she anchored the 12th-place 200-yard freestyle relay team with Olivia Marino, Lawrence and Siobhan Moody. They finished with a time of 2:06.26.
Lawrence was 10th in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:25.03 and 11th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:13.23. Moody was ninth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:37.85.
Hudson Valley Classic
Team results: 1. Pine Bush - 298; 2. Washingtonville - 156; 3. Valley Central - 144; 4. Kingston - 108; 5. Our Lady of Lourdes - 107; 6. Middletown - 105; 7. Newburgh - 101; 8. Minisink Valley - 98; 9. Warwick Valley - Warwick - 77; 10. FDR - 45; 11. Red Hook - 42; 12. Chester - 32; 13. Onteora - 25; 13. Spackenkill - 25; 15. Beacon - 8.
200-yard medley relay: 1. Washingtonville (Bella Briceno, Katherine Gillman, Athena Jones, Audrey Kline) - 2:02.42; 6. Newburgh (Lily Lawrence, Lena Piscitella, Leah Walsh, Karli Smith) - 2:08.08; 20. Newburgh (Juliana Hicks, Olivia Marino, Victoria Tingling, Sophie Tantono) - 2:44.85.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Natalie Wargo (MV) - 2:00.86; 8. Emma Smith (NFA) - 2:22.86; 20. Lily Lawrence (NFA) - 2:25.03; 20. Siobhan Moody (NFA) - 2:35.41.
200-yard individual medley: 1. Bella Briceno (Wash.) - 2:12.78; 6. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 2:33.56.
50-freestyle: 1. Siel Johnson (Ch.) - 24.82; 7. Karli Smith (NFA) - 26.97; 15. Lena Piscitella (NFA) - 28.61; 19. Emma Smith (NFA) - 29.47; 43. Olivia Marino (NFA) - 53. Victoria Tingling (NFA) - 34.80; 59. Sophie Tantono (NFA) - 35.91; 61. Diana Solano (NFA) - 36.62; 63. Alyssa Embler (NFA) - 37.63; 65. Isabella Luna (NFA) - 37.75; 79. Milah Suarez (NFA) - 41.78; 80. Arianna Rodriguez (NFA) - 44.13; 85. Alyssa Vargas (NFA) - 51.40.
Diving: 1. Madyson Thorpe (MV) - 208.10.
100-yard butterfly: 1. Liana Williams (PB) - 1:03.37; 4. Leah Walsh (NFA) - 1:10.41; 12. Juliana Hicks (NFA) - 1:27.50.
100-yard freestyle: 1. Siel Johnson (Ch.) - 55.21; 9. Karli Smith (NFA) - 1:00.02; 56. Isabella Luna (NFA) - 1:25.44; 60. Alyssa Embler (NFA) - 1:29.79.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Natalie Wargo (MV) - 5:21.13; 2. Sophia Gallagher (PB) - 6:01.66; 9. Siobhan Moody (NFA) - 6:37.85.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Bush (Liana Williams, Lila Hanson, Juliette Cassel, Anna Hajek) - 1:46.82; 12. Newburgh (Olivia Marino, Lily Lawrence, Siobhan Moody, Emma Smith) - 2:06.26.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Bella Briceno (Wash.) - 59.40; 11. Lily Lawrence (NFA) - 1:13.23; 20. Juliana Hicks (NFA) - 1:20.56; 34. Olivia Marino (NFA) - 1:33.74; 41. Alyssa Vargas (NFA) - 2:37.47.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Liana Williams (PB) - 1:08.12; 7. Lena Piscitella (NFA) - 1:21.33; 36. Victoria Tingling (NFA) - 1:39.50; 42. Zoe Moody (NFA) - 1:59.06.
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Bush (Jiolin Galvis Betancur, Sophia Gallagher, Juliette Cassel, Norah Germano) - 3:56.86; 4. Newburgh (Leah Walsh, Lena Piscitella, Emma Smith, Karli Smith) - 4:15.88.