Brockport’s Bartalo wins long and speed events
by Warren Kozireski
Nate Bartalo finished first in the 50-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle to pace Brockport to a 95-69 win over Churchville-Chili in boys swimming.
Bartalo won the 50 in :23.88 – more than two full seconds over the second place finisher – and the 500 with a time of 5:16.67.
Nick Olson won the 200-yard individual medley for the Blue Devils in 2:18.61, Nate Heitz took the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.29, Adam Wilson finished first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.08 and Josh Stiefel won the diving competition with 191.05 points.
The Brockport 200-yard medley relay team of Olson, Jared Heidt, Heitz and Chris Phillips won with a time of 1:53.07 and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Olson, Heitz, Dylan Costello and Joe Williams touched first in 1:40.41.
For Churchville-Chili, Marty Belfield won two individual events – the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.13 and the 100-yard freestyle in :56.84. With Brockport swimming exhibition for the final two events, the Saints Kyle Podlaski finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.96 and the Saints 500-yard freestyle relay team of Belfield, Ryan Hardy, Kyle Wooding and Podlaski won in 4:11.30.