TEAM SCORES:1-Hunterdon Central 343. 2-North Hunterdon 212. 3-Phillipsburg 162. 4-Pope John 136. 5-Sparta 111. 6-High Point Wallkill Valley 105. 7-Newton Lenape Valley 76. 8-Kittatinny 73. 9-Vernon 58. 10. Warren Hills 54. 11-Belvidere 31. 12-Hackettstown 22.
North Hunterdon’s Aziza Ganihanova made meet history with her performances in the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Ganihanova snapped the meet record with a time of 5:10.68, which was just under 18 seconds better than the second-place finisher.
North Hunterdon took a second-place finish with 212 points thanks to Ganihanova’s record-setting performance and the gold medal in the 200-yard medley relay with Ganihanova, Ashley Kolpan, Ariel Lonoff and Shannon Hesse swimming in the relay.
Top 3 North place winners:
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1-North Hunterdon 1:53.81 (Aziza Ganihanova, Ashley Kolpan, Ariel Lonoff, Shannon Hesse)
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: 1-Alison Herman, Hunterdon Central 2:07.60. 2-Aziza Ganihanova, North Hunterdon 2:10.34
50-YARD FREESTYLE: 1-Emily Peter, Pope John 24.57. 2-Samantha Russell, Kittatinny 25.11. 3-Shannon Hesse, North Hunterdon 25.49.
100-YARD BUTTERFLY: 1-Alexis Faria, Sparta 57.34. 2-Elise Devlin, Phillipsburg 57.58. 3-Ariel Lonoff, North Hunterdon 1:00.74.
500-YARD FREESTYLE: 1-Aziza Ganihanova, North Hunterdon 5:10.68.
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY: 1-Phillipsburg (Elise Devlin, Marlee McCormick, Hannah Davis, Olivia Powers) 1:42.78. 2-North Hunterdon 1:42.95.
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY: 1-Phillipsburg (Elise Devlin, Marlee McCormick, Hannah Davis, Olivia Powers) 3:46.56. 2-Hunterdon Central 3:46.67. 3-North Hunterdon 3:58.96.
Source: Lion Athletic News Girls Swimming: Full results from the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Championships, 2017 Girls Swimming: Full results from the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Championships, 2017
