GIRLS SWIMMING
Egg Harbor Township 86.5, Cherokee 83.5: No. 2 seed Egg Harbor Township (9-1, 6-0) escaped with a close win over visiting No. 3 Cherokee (9-3, 3-2) in a NJSIAA South Group 4 semifinal playoff meet Feb. 14.
Abby Zane and Heather O’Day each won two events and contributed to a pair of first-place relays for the Chiefs.
“Our girls swam an excellent meet against a strong Egg Harbor team,” said Cherokee coach Chelsea Latani. “Although it was not the outcome we were hoping for, we had a lot of great swims and dropped times. The girls did everything we asked of them and left everything in the water. We are so proud of them all and look forward to seeing our girls compete at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions.”
Several Cherokee swimmers, as well as all three relay teams, that have earned a trip to the Meet of Champions March 5 and 6 at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell.
Competing for Cherokee will be Lydia Palmer (200 free and 100 breast), Heather O’Day (50 free and 100 free) and Abby Zane (100 fly and 100 back).
NJSIAA South Group A Semifinals
Feb. 14, Egg Harbor Township
Egg Harbor Township 86.5, Cherokee 83.5
200 Medley Relay: Cherokee (Angeline Bui, Megan Zeiler, Abby Zane, Heather O’Day) 2:01.16. 200 Freestyle: Lydia Palmer (C) 2:11.33. 200 Individual Medley: Zane 2:27.09. 50 Freestyle: O’Day 27.82. 100 Butterfly: Zane 1:03.96. 100 Freestyle: O’Day 1:00.15. 500 Freestyle: Palmer 4:38.64. 100 Backstroke: 2-Bui 1:08.04. 100 Breaststroke: 2-Zeiler 1:16.39. 400 Freestyle Relay: Cherokee (O’Day, Zane, Julia Fanning, Palmer) 4:06.50.
BOYS SWIMMING
Cherry Hill East 113, Cherokee 57: No. 1 seed Cherry Hill East (10-0, 5-0) eliminated No. 4 Cherokee (10-3, 3-2) in a NJSIAA South Group 4 semifinal playoff meet Feb. 14.
Noah Serrano won…