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Youth swimming: Ridgewood relay collects two gold medals for Graydon Swim Team

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The Graydon Swim Team relay squad of, from left, Sarah Afromsky, Jackie Grayson, Emerson Klein and Jordan Afromsky won both the 200-meter freestyle and the 200-meter medley relays in the 13/14-year-old division at last week’s county championships.

Youth swimming: Ridgewood relay collects two gold medals for Graydon Swim Team

AUGUST 14, 2015    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW BIRCHENOUGH
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

In the season’s final showcase, a quartet of Graydon swimmers doubled down on gold medal performances.

The foursome of Sarah Afromsky, Jackie Grayson, Emerson Klein and Jordan Afromsky claimed two relay titles in the 13/14-year-old division to lead the Ridgewood squad at last week’s New Jersey Pool Managers Association (NJPMA) county championships, held at various locations from Aug. 3-8.

In total, 10 Graydon swimmers competed in 20 different events at the meet.

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Graydon Swim Team satisfied with progress

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JULY 24, 2015    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015, 12:31 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Despite suffering a few setbacks along the way, the Graydon swim team has been pleased with the progress of its young swimmers and is hoping to continue that momentum at next week’s Lake League Championships.

The team finished second with 218 points in a tri-meet with Fair Lawn (252 points) and Wyckoff (156) on Monday, but several swimmers have shown improvement since the start of the season earlier this month.

The meet featured several non-traditional events, such as 100-yard races and relays with both boys and girls. Sarah Afromsky headlined Graydon’s girls lineup, winning the 13-and-older 100 freestyle in 1:06.02, while Evan Shadbolt had the highest finish for the boys, taking second in 1:02.84 in the same event.

The 200 freestyle “step-up” relay, which consisted of boys and girls participants from each age group, represented another bright spot for Graydon. The team of Morgan Hoffman (11/12-year-old age group), Merrill Klein (9/10), AJ Liguori (13/14) and Shadbolt (15-17) placed first in the event in 2:04.38.

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Ridgewood’s Graydon swim team well-represented at county meet

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Ridgewood’s Graydon swim team well-represented at county meet

AUGUST 15, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW BIRCHENOUGH
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Fresh off winning the Lake League championship, a group of swimmers from Ridgewood’s Graydon swim team performed a worthy encore at their last meet of the summer season in the New Jersey Pool Managers Association (NJPMA) county championships.

Ashleigh Afromsky starred for Graydon with a first-place finish in the girls 13-14 50-meter backstroke, earning the team’s only gold medal in the meet final held last Saturday at Stonybrook Swim Club in Hillsdale. The preliminaries and finals were held at various venues from Aug. 4-9.

Afromsky was one of 13 swimmers from the Ridgewood team to participate in the county meet, and one of eight to take part in an event final.

“It’s a fun experience for them and it opens their eyes a little bit,” Graydon aquatics director Dan Burzinski said Wednesday. “When you’re the big fish in a small pond, you don’t realize what else is out there.”

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