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After one of its strongest regular seasons in recent years, the Albany High School girls’ swimming team will send 10 student-athletes to compete in 16 events at the Section II Division I championships at Shenendehowa this weekend.
Qualifying to compete in two individual events are:
- Freshman Maggie Carroll (200-meter freestyle and 500 free)
- Sophomore Adina Kligerman (200 free, 100 free)
- Sophomore Mackenzi Stevenson (200 free, 100 backstroke)
- Junior Olivia Hampson (200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke)
- Junior Brogan Monroe (200 IM, 100 butterfly)
- Senior Barbara Delaney (50 free, 100 free)
Also qualifying for sectionals in individual events are Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School eighth-grader Delia Weinstein (100 fly), freshman Kiana Yrrah Samonte (100 fly) and sophomore Faith O’Toole (100 back).
The Lady Falcons also qualified three relay teams for sectionals:
- 200 medley relay –Carroll, Delaney, Hampson, Monroe
- 200 free relay – Myers eighth-grader Grace VanBowen, Hampson, Monroe, Kligerman
- 400 free relay – Delaney, Carroll, Stevenson, VanBowen
This is the most swimmers Albany High’s girls’ team has sent to sectionals in more than a decade, as well the most events the Lady Falcons have competed in during that time. Preliminaries begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday, and finals start at 3 p.m. Saturday. Good luck to all of our student-athletes!
The mission of the City School District of Albany is to educate and prepare all students for college and career, citizenship and life, in partnership with our diverse community. The district serves nearly 9,700 students in 18 elementary, middle and high schools. In addition to neighborhood schools, the district includes several magnet schools and programs, as well as other innovative academic opportunities for students, including four themed academies at Albany High School.
