WEST NYACK — Horace Greeley senior Serene Jourdy capped off her final Section 1 swimming championships Tuesday in a big way.At Felix Festa Middle School, she helped the Quakers 200-yard medley relay take second and she won two more individual event titles.Jourdy won the 100-yard backstroke (55.49 seconds) title for the third straight year and the 100 butterfly (54.04) for the fourth straight year. The later came with an added bonus.”I’m super proud of myself,” Jourdy said. “I’m so happy all of my fellow (Greeley) swimmers were here to support me. It means so much to me. It’s bittersweet because I know it’s my last sectionals, but I’m happy I’ve come this far. Both of those were the fastest I’ve ever gone. I’m really excited for states to see if I can do even better.”Her time in the fly was not only was an automatic All-American time and lowered her meet record she set a year ago, but Jourdy set a new Section 1 record. The record was previously held by former Fox Lane standout Kim Holden in 2008 (54.40).”I knew I had the meet record,” Jourdy said. “I was kind of hoping I could get the Section 1 record with it, but I wasn’t expecting to. I was just trying to go out there and swim my race the way I wanted to swim it. I’m just happy it ended up being the result I was hoping for.”The combined squad of Mahopac/Putnam Valley/Carmel started the meet off with a Section 1 record in the 200 medley relay. The quartet of sophomore Chloe Forger and juniors Elisabeth Knuth, Kira Fufaro, and Keira Troccoli won the event in a time of 1:45.69. They tied the meet and Section 1 record set back in 2019 by a quartet from Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington.Led by two Section 1 individual titles, Ursuline wins team title for second straight yearAfter last year’s title run, Ursuline junior Jane Chevalier said she felt pressure when it came to defending the team championship. It didn’t look like she felt any as she led the Koalas to two Section 1 relay titles, two more individual titles and the team championship for the second straight year.”I’m really happy,” Chevalier said of the meet. “We did it last year so I felt there was pressure on us to do it again. I just felt it was great to be able to do it again.”The Koalas won the title, scoring 357 points. Fox Lane took second (316 points). Greeley took third (227 points). Scarsdale and Pelham round out the top five.Chevalier won the 500 freestyle (4:52.67) and the 200 individual (2:01.6) event titles.She, along with senior Lori Jiang, and sophomores Sheena Terri and Hayden Turnbull won the 200 and 400 free relay titles, 1:37.15 and 3:32.36, respectivelyJiang won a team championship when she was a sophomore swimming for Scarsdale.Jiang moved her junior year but because of the Section 1 transfer rules, she had to sit out. After Tuesday’s win, she showed love for her former team as her current team got the win.”Amazing,” Jiang said of the win. “The team is great. I love the Scarsdale team. They’re all great girls. We
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