Woodhaven Girls Swim Goes By Edsel Ford With PHOTO GALLERY – The News Herald

The Woodhaven swim team may be on the youth side, but they can swim with the best. On Thursday night, the Warriors welcomed Edsel Ford to town and not only won the 97-74 competition, but sent their three divers to the regional ones.

Edsel Ford at the Woodhaven Girls Swimming Photo Gallery

So let’s start there.

Despite being all subclass, the Woodhaven divers made the biggest splash of the night by qualifying ALL for the regional ones – a roar from the crowd flooded the arena when this latest news broke on the swimming pool sound system.

Junior Kendall Haverlock and sophomore Lindsey Arntson both finished tied for first in the doubles competition with 183.45 points. Junior Jaya Meeks finished third with a solid 172.80 points.

Okay, back to the top.

The Thunderbirds are great swimmers and they proved it in the first event of the night. The quartet of Emily Lovett, Sydney Williams, Indira Gordon and Moriah Bartolomei won the opening medley relay in 2 minutes 20.44 seconds. Woodhaven’s side of Bethany Podlewski, Analiese Clinton, Morgan Kelly and Alyssa O’Herron finished second in 2: 23.07.

Williams, a junior, touched the first in the 200 freestyle for Edsel with a time of 2: 18.59. Woodhaven rookie Zoe Barringer was second (2: 20.37) and teammate Eva Filippi was third (2: 30.66).

Kelly, one of the Warriors’ many strong first year swimmers, won the 200 IM in 2: 51.94. Edsel’s Peighton Andrews was second (2: 53.81) and his teammate Bartolomei was third (2: 54.27).

The Warriors swept the 50 freestyle with Podlewski first (28.99), Clinton second (29.49) and O’Herron third (30.39).

Kelly won her second individual race of the competition when she won the butterfly in 1: 20.44. Gordon was second (1: 22.36) and Bartolomei third (1: 22.83) for the T-Birds.

Williams, a junior, took first place in the 100 freestyle for Edsel with a time of 1: 02.53. Podlewski of Woodhaven was second (1: 03.01) and Clinton third (1: 04.01).

In the 500 free, Barringer traveled the distance to take first place in 6: 22.85. The Warriors took the top three places with Filippi second (6: 38.83) and Natalia Perez third (6: 46.44).

Edsel’s team of Gordon, Andrews, Bartolomei and Williams won the 200 freestyle relay in 1: 59.73. Woodhaven’s team of O’Herron, Podlewski, Clinton and Barringer finished second in 2: 00.61.

Woodhaven junior Paige Adamisin won the backstroke in 1: 17.06. Emily Lovett of Edsel Ford was second (1: 20.89) and Kendall Haverlock of Woodhaven (1: 24.65).

In breaststroke, the T-Birds earned a brace with Gordon first (1: 30.03) and Charla Hamann second (1: 35.39).

The Edsel team of Andrews, Amaris Solis, Hamann and Lovett won the 400 freestyle relay in 5: 00.77.
The next stop for the Warriors is an ATV meetup in Riverview on Tuesday October 5th. The T-Birds will visit Lincoln Park on Thursday, October 7.