The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) girls and boys swim teams concluded a grueling stretch of five meets in seven days with a loss to powerhouse Bishop Stang.
The Vineyard girl swimmers produced the highlights of the meet, with co-captain Renee Goodale making school history, again, by qualifying for a fourth event at the South Sectionals with a dramatic come-from-behind win in the 500-yard freestyle, with a time of 5:48.52. Last week against New Bedford, Goodale became the first MVRHS swimmer to qualify for three events at South Sectionals meet. The South Sectionals meet will be held at MIT on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 4:15 pm.
Goodale also won the 50-yard freestyle in 27.36.
Lia Potter won the 100-yard butterfly with a personal best of time of 1:04.93, which qualified her for the upcoming Division 2 state meet at Boston University on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 pm.
The girls lost 79-63, and the boys lost 82-47.
Savanna Aiello swam her last race for the Vineyarders with a personal best time of 1:40.72 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Three relays took second places, the 200-yard medley (Lia Potter, Renee Goodale, Salyn Yancey, and Abigail Hammarlund), 200-yard freestyle (Lia Potter, Jillian Pyden, Abigail Hammarlund, and Salyn Yancey) and the 400-yard freestyle (Lia Potter, Abigail Hammarlund, Salyn Yancey, and Renee Goodale).
For the boys team, co-captain Harrison Dorr supplied the only first-place finishes, with victories in the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.77) and the 500-yard freestyle (6:00.27). Paulo Pereira led the 400-yard freestyle relay with a personal best time of 1:04.66. Keith Chatinover had a personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:29.95). The 200-yard freestyle relay (Paulo Pereira, Coltrane LePort, Curtis Fisher, and Harrison Dorr in 2:00.83) contributed the only second-place finish for the Vineyarders.
The Vineyarders travel to Apponoquet on Jan. 24 before returning home on Saturday, Jan. 28, against Nauset.
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