Syosset Girls Swimming Looks To Get Past First Loss

Syosset Girls Swimming Rebounds From Loss to Farmingdale

The first round in the battle for Nassau County Conference II girls swimming supremacy went the way of the Farmingdale Dalers on Monday afternoon, as a 58-44 loss gave Syosset its first loss of the season. For a team that had expectations of an undefeated season, a loss so early in the year was a hard pill to swallow.

“Now, we’re looking to get through the remainder of our conference season and hopefully just have the one loss,” Head coach Rich Powell said.

Whileand newcomer Giullianna Silva (a transfer student from Brazil) represent immense talent on the Syosset side, Monday’s loss did expose some potential problems that the Braves did not encounter last fall. 

“We don’t have the depth that we had last year,” Powell said.

A 103-77 win over Sewanhaka on Tuesday set Syosset back on the winning path. Teller and Syosset's Remi Marlow finished in first and second place respectively in the 200 meter freestyle.

Syosset (2-1) will visit Jericho on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 5 p.m.

Braves Boys Track Competes in Great Adventure Safari Run

It wasn’t your normal trip to the amusement park. The boys cross country team began an all-day journey to Great Adventure early Saturday morning, departing from at 5:30 a.m.  

Once they arrived, the varsity team competed in a 5K run, a large majority of which took place in the New Jersey amusement park’s on-site safari. The Braves finished third in what was surely some of the wildest conditions the runners had ever competed in.

Ryan DePinto paced the Braves, posting a time of 16:10. Alex Bertrand and Adam Struhl finished with times of 16:59 and 17:00, respectively. Other notable finishers were (17:05), Tommy Vittuci (17:11), and Kevin Sun (17:27).

The freshmen class also ran well. They finished second in the two mile long, Freshman-only competition. Miles Conforti finished in second place. Jack Robbins and Tyler Italiano also finished in top ten.

“The highlight of the meet for me was the race of the Freshman Billy Herberer and Constantine Fillipatos,” Head coach Bart Sessa said.

The contributions of Herberer and Fillipatos helped “sew up the second place trophy for us,” according to Sessa.

The freshmen will compete in the St Anthony's Invitational at Sunken Meadow on Saturday, Oct. 1. Syosset’s varsity team will run at the Manhattan Invitational, the largest meet in the country, on Sunday, Oct. 9 at Van Cordlandt Park in the Bronx.   

Football Game Time Change

The Syosset Braves football game against the will kickoff at 3 p.m at Farmingdale High School. The game was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

The Braves (1-2) fell to MacArthur last Saturday. .