County's Swimmers Compete for Titles at Simon's Rock

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- On a day when everything went pretty much according to form, St. Joseph's Theresa Kirsimagi broke the mold.

 

Nearly every top-seeded individual at the Berkshire Individuals swim meet walked out of the Kilpatrack Athletic Center with a title.

 

But Kirsimagi, who was seeded second in the 100-yard butterfly, beat edged top-seeded Phebe Hall of Vermont's Mount Anthony Union by just less than a second.

 

Hall swam a solid 1 minute, 6.44 seconds, shaving more than a second off her seed time (1:07.59). But Kirsimagi touched in 1:05.48 -- more than three seconds better than her seed time of 1:08.78.

 

In the process, Kirsimagi qualified for the state championships.

 

"She did great," St. Joe coach Eryn Brewer said. "I was pretty happy with it. I can't complain. She did awesome.

 

"She ended last season with a 1:06 going into Western Mass, and her goal this year was to make states. And she did it."

 

Kirsimagi's St. Joe teammate Jessie Tobin was a double winner as the No. 1 seed in her events. In the 200 freestyle, she swam a 2:01.32 to win by just less than seven seconds. In the 500 free, her 5:21.77 was nearly a minute better than the field.

 

Tobin said she is hoping for better things in next week's Western Mass championships.

 

"I definitely want to go faster at Western Mass and states," she said. "My best time is a 5:06, and I swam a 5:21.

 

"I definitely have to get ready [for Western Mass] and mentally prepared."

 

Tobin will be joined at Western Mass by several of her teammates and a whole lot of Monument Mountain Spartans.

 

The Spartans dominated the competition on Saturday, winning 14 of 22 events after going undefeated in the dual meet season.

 

Momument's Brandon Louison and Emma Wilber were double winners.

 

Wilber took the 200 individual medley (2:20.19) and the 100 breaststroke (1:12.95).

 

Louison won the 50 free (:23.13) and 100 free (:49.54).

 

The Spartans won four of the six relays -- four out of five that they entered. Louison said Saturday's event was about fine-tuning his game going into next week's sectional.

 

"It's definitely trying to ... work on your technique, really get down those last few things that are keeping you from getting your best time and trying to get those under control and really going all out at Western Mass and trying to get another best time," Louison said.

 

TOP THREE FINISHERS

GIRLS

200 Medley Relay: 1. St. Joseph (Emma Whitney, Elizabeth Bartlett, Jesse Tobin, Elizabeth Bernardy) 2:02.33; 2. Monument Mountain 2:06.44; 3. Mount Anthony Union 2:09.78

200 Freestyle: 1. Tobin, SJ, 2:01.32; 2. Bernardy, SJ 2:08.14; 3. Whitney, SJ, 2:11.88.

200 IM: 1. Wilber, MM, 2:20.19; 2. Kayla Dillon, MM, 2:30.44; 3. Grace Phair, MM, 2:35.91.

50 Freestyle: 1. Caroline Bissaillon, MM, 25.92; 2. Kathleen Bissailon, MM, 27.17; 3. Bridget Ahearn, MAU, 27.29.

100 Butterfly: 1. Theresa Kirsimagi, SJ, 1:05.48; 2. Phebe Hall, MAU, 1:06.44; 3. Bartlett, SJ, 1:08.79.

100 Freestyle: 1. Anna Rubino, MM, 1:01.84; 2. Kala Dillon, MM, 1:01.87; 3. Michaela DeFoe, Wahconah, 1:02.19.

500 Freestyle: 1. Tobin, SJ, 5:21.77; 2. Kirsimagi, SJ, 6:20.74; 3. Phair, MM, 6:25.32.

200 Free Relay: 1. Monument Mountain (K. Bissaillon, Rubino, Wilber, C. Bissaillon); 2. St. Joseph 1:49.77; 3. Mount Anthony Union 1:52.50.

100 Backstroke: 1. Whitney, SJ, 1:05.56; 2. Hall, MAU, 1:06.16; 3. K. Bissaillon, MM, 1:09.02.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Wilber, MM, 1:12.95; 2. C. Bissaillon, MM, 1:13.71; 3. Bernardy, SJ, 1:14.54.

400 Free Relay: 1. Monument Mountain (Wilber, Olivia Rubino, K. Bissaillon, C. Bissaillon) 4:00.54; 2. Monument Mountain B, 4:19.54; 3. Pittsfield, 4:31.95.

 

BOYS

200 Medley Relay: 1. Monument Mountain (Brandon Louison, Nick Dillon, Nick Gray, Benjamin Wyatt) 1:50.41; 2. Pitsfield 2:00.37; 3. Taconic 2:08.49.

200 Freestyle: 1. Nick Gray, MM, 1:58.52; 2. Lucas Godwin, PHS, 2:08.69; 3. Noah Schweitzer, Wahconah, 2:18.22.

200 IM: 1. Jimmy Jay Chassi, MM, 2:40.48; 2. Nathaniel Annand, MM, 3:01.41.

50 Freestyle: 1. Louison, MM, 23.13; 2. Wyatt, MM, 24.01; 3. Artem Dudko, SJ, 24.41.

100 Butterfly: 1. Nick Gray, MM, 58.06; 2. Liam Mooney, PHs, 1:00.50; 3. Olin Flaum, Taconic Hills, 1:00.75.

100 Freestyle: 1. Louison, MM, 49.54; 2. Dudko, SJ, 54.64; 3. Kyle Rochelo, Taconic, 55.47.

500 Freestyle: 1. Greg Fournier, PHS, 5:51.09; 2. Gabriel Carrington, Taconic, 6:04.14; 3. Austin White, Taconic, 6:04.37.

200 Free Relay: 1. Monument Muntain (Wyatt, Dillon, Gray, Louison) 1:36.80; 2. Taconic Hills 1:45.07; 3. Pittsfield 1:49.27.

100 Backstroke: 1. Miles Cramer, Wahconah, 1:11.34; 2. Zack Shepard, New Lebanon, 1:12.67; 3. Kevin Gorry, MAU, 1:15.02.

100 Breaststroke: 1. Wyatt, MM, 1:07.65; 2. Dillon, MM, 1:13.36; 3. Bailey Disanti, SJ, 1:21.73.

200 Free Relay: 1. Pittsfield (Mooney, Evan Dempsey, Godwin, Fournier) 3:56,02; 2. Taconic Hills 3:58.69.