Success from the starting event and its continuance by the Summit High School girls swim team forced the strategy of the Blue Devils in the final event, leading to an unfortunate end at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 5. Entering the 400-freestyle relay, the Blue Devils trailing, 81-75, switched their lane assignments in order to pull out a win or a tie but the maneuver was not acceptable, resulting in a disqualification (DQ) and a 93-75 defeat.

The DQ allowed the 5-0 Hilltoppers to take 1-2-3 in the 400-free relay with Juliet Ho, Grace Collins, Juliet Webb and Molly Fagan taking top honors with a time of 3:43. Carley Callahan, Maeve Caldwell, Camilla Marks and Emily Hickey finished second.

At the beginning of the meet, the 200-medley relay, Summit’s Fagan, Juliet Ho, Sidney Arcella and Juliet Webb touched first at 1:50.25, followed by Blue Devils Isabelle Giaccobe, Emily Constable, Jane Kavanagh and Ava Contract at 1:51.16; and Hilltoppers Elena Carranza, Grace Madden, Bridget Devaney and Ella Callahan at 2:02.7.

The 4-1 Blue Devils took first in six of the eight individual events beginning with Brooke McAndrew winning the 200-free at 1:57.72, followed by Summit’s Juliet Ho at 1:58.82, Collins at 2:02.54 and Madden at 2:06.72. Constable finished first in the 200-Individual Medley at 2:11.13, followed by Hilltoppers Fagan at 2:18.2, Amanda Semsel at 2:19.89 and Ava Miller at 2:27.13.

Blue Devil Sidney Gross won the 100-butterfly in 57.87, followed by Summit’s Juliet Ho at 1:01.25, Devaney at 1:04.29 and Megan Chiella at 1:06.92. McAndrew finished first in the 500-free at 5:21.96, followed by Hilltoppers Collins at 5:23.06 and Callahan at 5:29.75. Blue Devil Cecilia Wiggins finished fourth at 5:47.92. Clare Logan won the 100backstroke in 59.31, followed by Summit’s Catherine Hicks at 1:05.32 and Giaccobe at 1:05.45. Constable took first in the 100-breaststroke at 1:06.42, followed by Madden at 1:13.56 and Blue Devils Jacqueline Moser at 1:14.73 and Hailey Walker at 1:16.55.

Hilltopper Arcella took first in the 50-free at 23.97, followed by Kavanagh at 24.24, Summit’s Callahan at 25.89 and Contract at 27.19. Arcella also finished first in the 100-free at 51.06, followed by Kavanagh at 51.45, Summit’s Webb at 55.36 and Giaccobe at 57.24. Constable, Contract, McAndrew and Logan took first in the 200-free relay at 1:40.23, followed by Summit’s Fagan, Callahan, Collins and Arcella at 1:41.16; and Bella Estupinan, Ellie Greene, Carranza and Caldwell at 1:57.87.

at 2:10.81. Collins took first in the 500-free at 5:30.19, followed very closely by Trenery at 5:30.26. Juliet Ho was third at 5:35.32.

Summit took first and third in the 200-free relay, while Raiders DeGennaro, Joe, Emma Amorin-Viera and Trenery finished second at 1:52.91. Fagan, Ella Callahan, Semsel and Ho finished first in the 400-free relay at 3:51.31, followed by Raiders Trenery, Sherratt, Viera and St. John at 3:58.74 and Hilltoppers Sidney Arcella, Collins, Hickey and Ava Miller at 4:04.6.

For the boys, Hilltoppers Declan Vargas, Ethan Kwon, Will Moon and Charlie Moon finished first in the 200-medley relay at 1:43.7, followed by Raiders Harrison McClure, Matt Iannotta, Kyle Karyczak and Dylan Condell at 1:44.61 and Raiders Gokul Ramanan, Luke Iannotta, Alex Holston and Eryn Gulbin at 1:51.85. RaiderAaron Frank won the 200-free at 1:52.57, followed by Summit’s Jack Vargas at 1:57.29 and Raiders Matt Iannotta at 1:57.83 and Rob Lambert.

McClure took first in the 100-Individual Medley at 2:02.33, followed by Hilltoppers Kwon at 2:02.54, Declan Vargas at 2:11.75 and Charlie Vlass at 2:14.98. Summit’s Jack Miller took first in the 50-free at 24.23, followed by Raider Condell at 24.49, Summit’s Matt Erday at 25.12 and Raider Ryan Scarpa at 25.14. Charlie Moon finished first in the 100-free at 51.96, followed by Condell at 53.76, Matt Iannotta at 54.08 and Gulbin at54.59.

Karyczak captured first in the 100butterfly at 55.61, followed by Summit’s Ryan Fox at 56.35 and J. Vargas at 57.53, and Raider Ramanan at 59.79. D. Vargas, Fox, Jake Miller and Kwon finished first in the 200free relay at 1:33.07, followed by Frank, Gulbin, Condell and Scarpa at 1:34.41, and Hilltoppers Greg Keenan, Etienne Mbuyi, Matt Erday and Vlass at 1:39.39.

Will Moon touched first in the 100backstroke at 57.56, followed by Frank at 58.76 and Charlie Moon at 59.96. Kwon won the 100-breaststroke at 1:04.99, followed by Karyczak at 1:05.53 and Vlass at 1:08.94. Matt Iannotta, McClure, Frank and Karyczak finished first in the 400-free relay at 3:34.19, followed by Will Moon, J. Vargas, Wil Roselle and Charlie Moon at 3:45.88. Gulbiun, Scarpa, Jase Villaverde and Holston took third at 3:49.08