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Chenango Valley swimmers pace Section 4 at NYSPHSAA boys swimming prelims

Andrew Legare, Elmira Star-Gazette
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Chenango Valley seniors Tyler Schultz and Amir Sadykov advanced to championship finals during preliminaries Friday at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Boys Swimming & Diving Championships at Ithaca College.

Schultz advanced to the championship race in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke. Sadykov made it in the 100 backstroke.

They were part of Chenango Valley's 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relays that advanced to consolation finals.

Swim finals get started at 10 a.m. Saturday at IC's Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium, with 10-swimmer championship races following bonus and consolation races for the 11 events.

Tickets are digital only and are available from gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAA. Sales are divided into separate sessions for swim prelims, diving and swim finals. Cost is $11.50 per session.

Schultz among fastest in 2 events

Tyler Schultz, Chenango Valley swimming.
Tyler Schultz, Chenango Valley swimming.

Schultz opened his day with a time of 1 minute, 52.02 seconds in the IM, fourth-fastest overall. Erik Nadecki of Section 1's Horace Greeley was first in 1:50.14. Schultz lowered his own school record, dropping 0.61 of a second off his seed time.

The time for Schultz in the 100 breaststroke was 57.04 seconds, which ranked fourth overall and third among public schools. Max Buchen of Section 11's Westhampton Beach was fastest in 55.13, with Nadecki second in 55.97. Schultz is the Section 4 record-holder in the breaststroke, topping his own record earlier this season with a time of 56.88 seconds.

Schultz joined Sadykov, Fin Dolaway and Gabe Tallant in producing the 11th-fastest time in the 200 medley relay (1:37.40) to qualify for the consolation finals.

Those same four will swim in the consolation finals of the 400 freestyle relay after their 14th-ranked time of 3:17.59.

Last year Schultz placed seventh overall in New York in both the breaststroke and IM.

Sadykov advances in backstroke

Sadykov tied for seventh in the backstroke prelims with a time of 52.03 seconds. Aaron Mendoza of St. Anthony's, a Catholic school, topped the field in 50.38 seconds.

Sadykov ranked 11th among 50 freestyle qualifiers with a time of 21.34 seconds. That puts him in the consolation race, but he remains in podium contention as one of the top-10 public schools qualifiers.

More: Boys swimming & diving: Horseheads, Maine-Endwell, Watkins Glen/O-M win Section 4 titles

Horseheads' Li tops rest of Section 4

Horseheads senior Shoonfon Li just missed making the championship race of the 200 IM. His time of 1:55.24 was 11th-fastest.

Li qualified for the consolation finals of the backstroke with a time of 53.08 seconds that ranked 15th.

Among other individuals from Section 4, Lansing's Connor Lajza was 19th in the 100 butterfly (52.15) and Ithaca's Koen Anderson 19th in the 500 freestyle (4:47.43). Both made consolation finals.

Other Section 4 results, including Maine-Endwell qualifying for consolation finals in two relays:

200 medley relay: 23-Horseheads (Li, Thai Tran, Kaden TenEyck, Devin Sullivan) 1:40.53; 27-Maine-Endwell (Strati Anastos, Martino Shattuck, Cole Medina, Carter Czebiniak) 1:41.65.

200 freestyle: 40-Koen Anderson (Ithaca) 1:47.74.

50 freestyle: 39-Kaden TenEyck (Horseheads) 22.14; 39-Eli House (Oneonta) 22.14.

Diving: 22-Evan Rigal (Johnson City) 366.50; 23-Brenden Jardin-Reed (Corning) 274.65 (eliminated after semifinals); 26-Creed Hackett (Elmira) 245.70 (eliminated after semifinals).

100 butterfly: 43-Spencer Hwang-Geddes (Ithaca) 53.79.

100 freestyle: 32-Kaden TenEyck (Horseheads) 48.55; 33-Strati Anastos (Maine-Endwell) 48.56

200 freestyle relay: 15-Maine-Endwell (Strati Anastos, Cole Medina, Billy Underwood, Carter Czebiniak) 1:29.80; 24-Union-Endicott (Nicholas Derick, Nicholas Bilotta, Alex Bierworth, Brady Lyman) 1:30.81; 25-Horseheads (Devin Sullivan, Kaden TenEyck, Kiran Gulati, Kegan Monahan) 1:30.98.

100 breaststroke: 32-Eli House (Oneonta) 1:01.58.

400 freestyle relay: 20-Maine-Endwell (Strati Anastos, Cole Medina, Cooper Arron, Carter Czebiniak) 3:17.72.

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