Blair swimming competed at home against Newton this past Friday. For the girls team, the meet started off with a first place finish in the medley relay of Madyn Chomow '28, Sofia Ghoul '29, Calista Chen '28 and Kate Brandt '26. The Blair team of Sofia, Calista, Kate, and Hannah Wilson '26 also won the 200 free relay. The team of Madyn, Tyler Parkins '28, Katherine Paine '27, and Hannah Wilson '26 won the 400 free relay, having the girls team win first in all three relay events. In the individual events, Hannah was victorious in both the 200 free and 100 back. Hannah once again broke her own pool record in the 100 back and just narrowly missed her own school record. Sophia took second in the 200 IM. Madyn and Tyler took 1st and 3rd respectively, in the 50 free in a tight race. Kate and Tyler finished first and second in the 100 fly. Calista and Sofia also finished first and second respectively, in the 100 free. Madyn and Katherine finished 1st and 3rd in the 500 free. Calista took first in the 100 breast with a best time for this season. It was a great meet for the girls team to ultimately win 91-75.
Additionally, the boys' team put in a great effort against Newton. The medley relay team of Nathan Huang '29, Simon Davis '26, Prode Jindahra '26, and Pami Odusanya '27 took second. The 400 free relay team of Nathan, Jasper Balogh '27, Cass Carton '27, and Pami also placed second. In the individual events, Prode finished 3rd in the 200 free and 2nd in the 100 fly. Jasper placed 2nd the 200 IM. Pami finished 3rd in both the 50 free and 100 fly. Cass and Arturo Lopez '26 finished 2nd and 3rd in the 500 free. Ultimately the boys team lost 45-116.