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Girls Swimming & Diving: Atkinson Sets Records, GA Defeats Hill

By: Joe Cicchino - Sports Information Assistant

POTTSTOWN -- Emma Atkinson '20 already owns numerous pool records, but she added to her total when Germantown Academy competed at The Hill School on Jan. 12. The junior broke the Hill pool record in the 200 IM and the 100 Backstroke -- a record she already owned -- with times of 2:04.70 and 55.29. GA had nine first-place finishes against Hill and won the meet, 109-77.

So far this season Atkinson has broken pool records at William Penn Charter, Germantown Academy and now The Hill School. She took first in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke against Hill. 

Other first-place finishes included Nicole Ranile '22 in the 50 Freestyle (25.78) and the 100 Freestyle (54.19). Alana Andress '20 swam 59.78 in the 100 Butterfly for a top finish. Andress also took second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.48. Emily Thompson '19 took first in the 500 Freestyle (5:13.82) and Erin Merke '19 won the 100 Breaststroke (1:15.75). Thompson took second in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:59.34, while Merke finished second in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:01.75. 

The 200 Medley Relay team took first place with a time of 1:52.50 and had a third-place finish with a time of 2:05.89. The 400 Freestyle Relay took first and third with times of 3:42.89 and 4:10.94.  

Emily Morrissey '19 finished second in the 50 Freestyle (25.83) and the 100 Breaststroke (1:16.11). The Patriots also took second in the 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:41.58. GA also took third in the event with a time of 1:48.18. 

Olivia Pacitti '22 finished third in the 100 Backstroke by swimming 1:06.41, while Caroline Antonacio '21 took third in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 58.48. Lyndsea Landmesser '22 took third in the 1-Meter Dive with a 175.80. 

The Patriots will be back in the pool on Jan. 14 when they take on Academy of Notre Dame de Namur on the road. That meet is set to take place at 3:00 p.m.