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Girls swimming: Nyack's Cornelia Fox is the 2022 lohud Rockland swimmer of the year

2022 lohud Rockland swimmer of the Year

Nyack's Cornelia Fox won the 100-yard freestyle at the Section 1 girls swimming championships at Felix Festa Nov. 8, 2022.
Nyack's Cornelia Fox won the 100-yard freestyle at the Section 1 girls swimming championships at Felix Festa Nov. 8, 2022.

Cornelia Fox

School: Nyack

Year: Junior

Highlights: Fox won the NYSPHSAA and Federation championship in the 100-yard freestyle. In the 50 free, she tied Saskia Aikman of White Plains for third at the NYSPHSAA and Federation championships. At the Section 1 championships, she won the 100 free and 100 backstroke titles, leading the Red Hawks to eighth place, the highest finish ever by the school. Fox is the Rockland County record holders in the 100 freestyle and the county record holder in the 50 free. At the Rockland County championships, Fox won the 50-free and the 100 free. At the League 3 meet, Fox won the 100 free and 100 back titles. She garnered first team All County honors in the 50 and 100 free. She’s a Section 1 All-Section and All-League award winner.

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First team

200-yard medley relay: Clarkstown (Laura Arciniegas, Jr., Clarkstown South, Ellie Taragano Sr., Clarkstown North, Kayla Dwyer, So., Clarkstown South, Isabella Budnik, So., Clarkstown North)

200 freestyle: Budnik, Clarkstown North

200 individual medley: Mary Grace Guzzino, Sr. Pearl River

50 free: Fox, Nyack

Diving: Casey McQuillan Sr., Suffern/Emily Zaris, 8th grade Clarkstown

100 butterfly: Dwyer, Clarkstown South

100 free: Fox, Nyack

500 free: Alex Fox, Fr., Nyack

200 free relay: Suffern (Kaille Dennis, Jr., Molly Hirsch, Sr., Kyra Skoglund, Jr., Sloane Yurcisin, Sr.)

100 backstroke: Arciniegas, Clarkstown South

100 breaststroke: Guzzino, Pearl River

400 free relay: Clarkstown (Budnik, Taragano, Dwyer, Arciniegas)

Coach of the Year: Theo Tomljanovich, Clarkstown

Second team

200-yard medley relay: Nyack (Abby Mack, Sr., Katherine Place, 8th grade, Madison Milla, Sr., Cornelia Fox, Jr.)

200 free: Sloane Yurcisin, Sr., Suffern

200 individual medley: Ellie Taragano, Sr., Clarkstown North

50 free: Hanyu (Lani) Bao, Fr., Tappan Zee

100 butterfly: Chelsea Calvin, Jr., Suffern

100 free: Molly Hirsch, Sr., Suffern

500 free: Kailee Dennis, Jr., Suffern

200 free relay: Tappan Zee (Bao, Emily Lee, Fr., Alexandria Walsh, So., Matilyn Dixon, Sr.)

100 backstroke: Kyra Skoglund, Jr., Suffern

100 breaststroke: Jade O’Neill, Jr., Clarkstown North

400 free relay: Nyack (Milla, A. Fox, Place, C. Fox)

Honorable mention

Margeaux Anselmi, So., Pearl River; Siena DeCicco, Fr., Clarkstown North; Angelina DeStefano, So., Tappan Zee; Matilyn Dixon., Sr., Tappan Zee; Gabriella Figueroa, Sr., Nyack; Kelly Gazzara, Sr., Pearl River; Sara Goldberg, So., Clarkstown North; Tia Gottlieb, 8th grade; Adelina Iaquinto, Sr., Suffern; Julieanne Inverdale, Sr., Nyack; Emma Jelonek, Jr., Pearl River; Jane Kempf, Sr., Suffern; Kaylee Kolesar, Sr., North Rockland; Emily Lee, Fr., Tappan Zee; Jasmine Lee, So., Clarkstown North; Olivia Lee, So., Clarkstown North; Alyssa Miller, Sr., Suffern; Maddie Novielli, Sr., North Rockland; Francesca Pellumbi, Jr., Pearl River; Gaea Ramirez, Jr., Suffern; Nicole Ravo. Sr., North Rockland; Adelina Sirkowa, 7th grade, Tappan Zee; Isabella Swierzawska, Sr., Pearl River; Lily Urquiaga, Fr., North Rockland; Sofia Vasko, Fr., Clarkstown North; Scarlett Yurcisin, So., Suffern; Kiersten Zecchin, So., North Rockland.

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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Girls swimming: Nyack's Cornelia Fox leads 2022 lohud all stars