The Smithtown/Hauppauge swim and dive team has captured its second consecutive and third state title in the last four years.
The 200-yard Medley Relay team of Julia Lucca, Ellianna Esposito, Sarah Lucca, and Olivia Chiofolo won its fourth straight State Championship, setting a Suffolk County record and earning an Automatic All-American time of 1:43.43, currently the 18th-fastest time in the United States. In the 50-yard Freestyle, Sarah and Julia Lucca placed fourth (23.42) and fifth (23.45), both achieving All-American Consideration times.
Sarah Lucca also became the 100-yard Butterfly State Champion for the second consecutive year, posting an All-American Consideration time of 54.72. In the 100-yard Freestyle, Olivia Chiofolo placed eighth with a personal-best 52.59. Eighth graders Ellianna Esposito and Sylvia Bonn placed 25th (54.68) and 30th (55.53), respectively.
The 200-yard Freestyle Relay team of Julia Lucca, Olivia Chiofolo, Avery Wilcox, and Sarah Lucca won its second straight State Championship, breaking its own Suffolk County record with an Automatic All-American time of 1:34.72. Eighth grader Sylvia Bonn also delivered a strong preliminary lead-off leg that helped the team qualify for the A Final. This time is currently the 13th-fastest in the United States.
In the 100-yard Backstroke, Julia Lucca was crowned State Champion, posting an Automatic All-American time and breaking the Suffolk County record with a 54.06. In the 100-yard Breaststroke, Ellianna Esposito placed 11th with a 1:06.17, breaking Smithtown’s longest-standing record, set in 2007.
To close out the meet, the 400-yard Freestyle Relay team of Emma Cronin, Mia Barbero, Avery Wilcox, Ellianna Esposito, and Sylvia Bonn (prelims) placed seventh with a time of 3:36.76. Other notable swims included Avery Wilcox, who placed 30th in the 500-yard Freestyle, and Veronica Acosta, who placed 31st in the 100-yard Butterfly.
These nine athletes completed their fifth straight undefeated season and 43rd consecutive dual-meet win.