Seymour varsity girls swim to a great start

SEYMOUR - The Seymour High School Varsity Girls Swimming Team is off to a great start for the 2012 campaign. 

The season record so far is 2-2. The team has swum two Southern Connecticut Conference teams with losses to Foran-Milford 69-91 and Sheehan-Wallingford 74-96, but in the Naugatuck Valley League Seymour has won twice. 

In the season opener Seymour beat Kennedy-Waterbury by a score of 96-80 and recently Seymour battled out of three tie- breakers to beat Holy Cross-Waterbury 92-87. 

This season Seymour has 18 swimmers, which allows the team to be more competitive and have a fighting chance. The past two seasons there were only 12 swimmers.

With the added team depth, the members can score more points and win more as a program. There is a youth movement in our program. Some of the top swimmers are underclassmen and make a real impact. 

The 400 Relay Team of Raeanne Geffert, Vicki Babson, Emma Crocamo and Rose Washbrook, from left, pose after coming from behind a half a lap to capture first place in the race against Holy Cross-Waterbury Friday. / Contributed photo

Leading the youth movement are veteran four-year swimmers and this year's co-captains Katherine Acquavella (Breaststroke/Relay events) and Michelle Wagmeister (Butterfly/Relay events). 

The early success of transfer student Rose Washbrook, a sophomore from South Carolina who has already made the state meet in the 50 and 100 Freestyle events and fellow sophomore Emma Crocamo has been making a big splash again in the Individual Medley and breaststroke events. She will be competing in the state meet later in the season by already qualifying this early in the season. 

Other girls that have made a good impression in the water include sopomore Vicki Babson (Freestyle events) and freshman Raeanne Geffert (Butterfly/Relay events) who has won several times and is .69 seconds off of also qualifying for the state meet. 

Up next will be three meets with a road trip to East Haven today, a home meet Wednesday against St. Paul and another away meet Friday to Naugatuck.  

The above information was contributed by Missy Orosz. She is part-time Associate Director of Recreation in Seymour, part-time gym teacher at St. Joseph School in Shelton, and head coach of the Varsity Girls Swimming at Seymour High School, among other positions.