2018 SEASON:
The girls Varsity Swim team finished the dual meet season with an 8-1 record.  The defending champions lost their first dual meet in 9 years. It was a tough learning experience, but it became a catalyst that only fueled this team to be better.  In order to beat the other talented teams, the Lady Friars had to out work them. And that they did.

Coach Dan McBride believes that you can not win a Championship without quality leadership.

Outstanding leadership from all of our seniors as well as our captains, Alannah Chernik and Kiersten Clancy, brought this team to be their absolute best and they came back to Win their 9th Straight record setting Championship.  

After two full days of incredible swimming, the Friars scored 806 Team Points to win the meet by 64 points. The team had champions in the 200 Medley Relay, the 200 free, the 200 individual medley, the 100 backstroke, and the 100 breaststroke. The team will be graduating 10 seniors.
Congratulations to the Girls Swim team on a great season

2018 MVP Junior Briana Gellineau
2018 Team Scholar Senior Danielle Pikulik

COACH:
In 30 years as the head coach of the St. Anthony's Girls Swim Team, Coach McBride has a dual meet record of 248-12.  He has won 19 League Championships, 7 Catholic HS State Championships, he is a 17 time league coach of the year and a 3 time Long Island coach of the year.

They work hard and now they get to play hard. What and Enjoy 

Go Friars!!

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2018 New York State Results can be found at

http://www.nysphsaa.org/Portals/0/PDF/Sports/Swimming%20-%20Girls/2018/2018%20NYSPHSAA%20Final%20Results.pdf

Thank you for representing the Friars and all hard work this season.

16th (1:50.34) 200 Medley Relay: Michaela Rutigliano, Danielle Pikulik, Michelle Franco, Arabella Pompay

4th (1:51.90)  200 Yards Freestyle and 17th ( 5:01.08) 500 Free: Briana Gellineau

(2:13.07) 200 IM and (1:09.49) 100 Breast: Amanda Heinz

(54.47) 100 Free and (1:00.12) 100 Back: Michaela Rutigliano

20th  (1:07.17) 100 Breast: Danielle Pikulik

25th (1:40.64) 200 Free Relay: Amanda Heinz, Danielle Pikulik, Kiersten Clancy, Briana Gellineau

9 (3:37.67) 400 Free Relay: Michaela Rutigliano, Amanda Heinz, Arabella Pompay, Briana Gellineau

The Lady Friars come back to win Champs with a monumental performance!

After suffering their first dual meet loss in over 8 seasons...  the Friars were driven to prove they are still the team to beat.  For two straight days, they out swam their opponents to score 806 Team Points!  

Heading into the weekend, the Friars didn't have a single relay qualified for States.   In fact, the only swimmer who qualified "in Season", was junior Briana Gellineau.  After two days, the Friars have qualified all three relays, and Amanda Heinz, Danielle Pikulik, and Kayla Rutigliano joined Briana in individual events.

Here is our State Team:

200 Medley Relay: Michaela Rutigliano, Danielle Pikulik, Michelle Franco, Arabella Pompay

200 and 500 Free: Briana Gellineau

200 IM and 100 Breast  Amanda Heinz

100 Free and 100 back Michaela Rutigliano

100 Breast Danielle Pikulik

200 Free Relay Amanda Heinz, Danielle Pikulik, Kiersten Clancy, Briana Gellineau

400 Free Relay Michaela Rutigliano, Amanda Heinz, Arabella Pompay, Briana Gellineau

Watch states Live on https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/nysphsaa

The Lady Friars come back to win Champs with a monumental performance!

After suffering their first dual meet loss in over 8 seasons...  the Friars were driven to prove they are still the team to beat.  For two straight days, they out swam their opponents to score 806 Team Points!  

Heading into the weekend, the Friars didn't have a single relay qualified for States.   In fact, the only swimmer who qualified "in Season", was junior Briana Gellineau.  After two days, the Friars have qualified all three relays, and Amanda Heinz, Danielle Pikulik, and Kayla Rutigliano joined Briana in individual events. by Coach McBride

Here is our State Team:

200 Medley Relay: Michaela Rutigliano, Danielle Pikulik, Michelle Franco, Arabella Pompay

200 and 500 Free: Briana Gellineau

200 IM and 100 Breast: Amanda Heinz

100 Free and 100 Back: Michaela Rutigliano

100 Breast: Danielle Pikulik

200 Free Relay: Amanda Heinz, Danielle Pikulik, Kiersten Clancy, Briana Gellineau

400 Free Relay: Michaela Rutigliano, Amanda Heinz, Arabella Pompay, Briana Gellineau

SENIOR NIGHT

The Friars defeat The Mary Louis Academy to a packed
house that had the Natatorium of Half Hollow Hills Rockin'!  

Man... was it LOUD!  (credit to both teams!)

Congratulations on a great finish of an awesome 8-1 dual meet season!  Most important is... after 7 preparation meets and two meets (one a loss... one a win) that have battle tested this team, we now know what effort its going to take to win a Championship.  WE WILL BE READY!  

After losing for the first time in eight years against Sacred Heart Tuesday,  everyone was pumped
for the upcoming meet against The Mary Louis Academy. Race after race everyone's adrenaline was pumping while the parents on the sidelines were cheering excitedly. With the score really close it was up to the 400 free relay to give us a boost and give us the extra points needed. During the last lap, we were neck in neck with the other team until Briana Gellineau tapped out the lane next to her. We then beat the other team by 14 points because of our fast relay groups. Since it was Senior Night the juniors made speeches about their senior and gave them gifts. Their emotional speeches left the seniors and the parents in tears ending the night on a good note getting us ready to win championships 

Tryouts for all NEW Swimmers  
Tues. Sept. 4th at 6 AM at Half Hollow Hills Natatorium 
Half Hollow Hills Natatorium is .5 mile East of SA on Wolf Hill Road

Tryouts for all CURRENT Girls Varsity Swimmers:
Your tryouts will be held on: Tuesday, August 28th at 6:00 am (regular time) 

Practice: Every Tues. and Thurs. mornings from 6-7 am at Half Hollow Hills Natatorium (our “home” pool).  The swimmers are then bused to St. Anthony’s for school.

Meets:  Our season consists of approx. 7-8 dual meets vs. other Catholic Schools in the NSCHSGAA League. Our “home” meets are held on Sat. evenings.  We also have one non-league meet in Jan. (boys and girls teams) vs. Paul VI which is a travel meet every other year. ** This year will be a home meet hosted by St. Anthony’s swim team and their parents.

Champs:  is a two day Trial/Final pre-seeded meet.  It is mandatory to attend this meet whether you are swimming in the meet or not.  For more info on Champs:  please see the article in the “Coaches Corner” of our website.  www.FriarSwimming.com

States:  Qualifying times are posted on our web site.  Please click on the “cut times” button.  States this year will be held at Ithaca College.

Web Site: Our team web site is:   www.FriarSwimming.com
General Info: We are one Varsity team consisting of all grades 9-12.