The Oxford High swim team won four individual events and two relays to capture its first Naugatuck Valley League swim championship in school history on Friday at Kennedy High School in Waterbury.
The Wolverines held off six-time defending champion Woodland, 472-443. Naugatuck was third at 323.
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Sophia Montalvo led the way for Oxford by winning the 200 freestyle (2:01.13) and the 500 freestyle (5:21.01), and she was part of the winning 200 medley relay (1:58.99) and 400 freestyle relay (3:56.81). The Wolverines’ Gabby Wypasek won the 200 IM in 2:18.04, and teammate Abigail Voccola was the diving champion with a 327.50.
Montalvo was joined on the winning 200 medley relay by Wypasek, Katty Eades and Kaylee Goldstein. Montalvo, Wypasek, Angelina McKirryher and Goldstein made up the winning 400 freestyle relay team for Oxford, which opened in 2007.
Abigail Miko led Woodland with victories in the 50 freestyle (24.60) and the 100 breaststroke (1:08.01). Other winners for the Hawks were Wusiye Dabre in the 100 butterfly (1:06.39), and the 200 freestyle relay of Dabre, Sophia DeGennaro, Molly Mays and Caroline Foley (1:49.91).
Emma Lawson of Wolcott won the 100 backstroke (1:01.09) and Maria Pelik of St. Paul-Lewis Mills co-op won the 100 freestyle (55.94).
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Team scores: 1. Oxford 472; 2. Woodland 443; 3. Naugatuck 323; 4. Watertown 319; 5. Seymour 247; 6. St. Paul-Lewis Mills 210; 7. Torrington 165; 8. Wolcott 102; 9. Wilby-Kaynor-Career 28
Individual winners
200 medley relay: Oxford (Gabby Wypasek, Sophia Montalvo, Katty Eades, Kaylee Goldstein) 1:58.99
200 freestyle: Sophia Montalvo (Oxford) 2:01.13
200 IM: Gabby Wypasek (Oxford) 2:18.04
50 freestyle: Abigail Miko (Woodland) 24.60;
Diving: Abigail Voccola (Oxford) 327.50.
100 butterfly: Wusiye Dabre (Woodland) 1:06.39
100 freestyle: Maria Pelik (St. Paul-Lewis Mills) 55.94
500 freestyle: Sophia Montalvo (Oxford) 5:21.01
200 freestyle relay: Woodland (Sophia DeGennaro, Molly Mays, Caroline Foley, Wusiye Dabre) 1:49.91
100 backstroke: Emma Lawson (Wolcott) 1:01.09
100 breaststroke: Abigail Miko (Woodland) 1:08.01
400 freestyle relay: Oxford (Gabby Wypasek, Sophia Montalvo, Angelina McKirryher, Kaylee Goldstein) 3:56.81
This article originally published at Oxford girls swim team wins first NVL title, ends Woodland’s six-year championship streak.
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