STAC GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING: LEE WINS 3 FOR OWEGO; KATCHUK CONTINUES DIVING DOMINANCE (2023-09-13)

Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — Sophia Lee won three events and Kaelyn Katchuk continued her diving dominance in Owego’s 99-60 STAC girls swimming & diving loss to Oneonta Tuesday.

Lee grabbed individual victories in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 58.53 seconds and the 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:26.66.

She was also on the triumphant 200 medley relay with Olivia Schrader, Ava Murphy and Cecilia Clair, which posted a time of 2:11.72 and nipped the Yellowjackets by less than a second in a thrilling meet-opening race.

Katchuk posted her best 6-dive score of the season in the 1-meter springboard competition with 289.4 points. The next closest competitor was teammate Ayla Young, who scored 186.55 points to best a pair of Oneonta divers.

Owego’s other runners-up were Ava Murphy in the 200 individual medley (2:38.85) and 100 butterfly (1:06.86), Natalia Nowetner in the 100 breast (1:45.48), and the 200 free relay quartet of Schrader, Murphy, Clair and Lee (1:57.49).

Placing third were Schrader in the 200 free (2:28.35) and 100 backstroke (1:13.19), and Clair in the 500 free (7:33.87).

Clair was fourth in the 50 free, and Sydney Shoen added a pair of fifths in the 100 and 200 free.

Owego (0-3) travels to Norwich next Tuesday.

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IN PHOTO 1: Owego’s Sophia Lee. ... PHOTOS BY TIM TAYLOR.

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