Bronxville Field Club and Siwanoy Swimmers Compete at Conference and County Championships

Aug. 13, 2014: Summer swim teams from Siwanoy Country Club and Bronxville Field Club finished up the season at the conference and Westchester County championship meets held in the last week of July and the first week of August.
At the Westchester County Swim Conference Championship, Bronxville Field Club's Andrew Babyak finished first in the 14-and-under 100 yard freestyle and the BFC 8-and-under relay team (Ava Bruno, Kaela Schubert, Eliza Babyak, Julia Bazinet) took first in the 100 yard freestyle relay. Bronxville swimmers and divers had great success at conferences, and team members who finished in the top eight are listed below.
Out of 31 teams from public and private clubs across Southern Westchester County, BFC finished 11th and Siwanoy finished 18th.
Bronxville resident Rob Flannery has served as the conference meet director for the past twelve years and announced this summer that he would be stepping down. The Westchester County Swim Conference Board expressed their gratitude for his years of service. "Rob has poured his heart and soul into the effort and has made the experience a wonderful lifetime memory for countless competitors."
Flannery's commitment to swimming started when he was a child and continued as his children took up the sport.
"To direct a meet as prominent as the Westchester County Swim Conference Championships for the last 12 years has been a great honor and wonderful experience," said Flannery. "Swimming is a sport that I have loved since I was a child, and my work for the conference has allowed me to try and give back some of those happy memories, especially those of summer swimming. So many life lessons can be learned in a single meet or race; that hard work pays off, and that one should endeavor to be gracious in victory and defeat, chief among them. I like to think that my time spent as meet director has helped carry those life lessons forward to another generation of kids, all while they were having fun in the meantime."
At the Westchester County Swim Association Championships, an event that includes competitors who swim as members of a club, as well as individuals with no club affiliation, seven Bronxville swimmers or divers finished in the top eight: Zach Flangos, Max Hardart, Timothy Cushman, Andrew Babyak, Tim Buttigieg, Aidan Flannery, and Kelly Amar. For a complete listing of events, see below.
Westchester County Swim Conference Championships Results
Boys 10 and under
Diving, 1m: Henry Amar, 4th (BFC)
Boys 13 and under
Diving, 1m: Zach Flangos, 3rd (BFC)
Girls 13 and under
Diving, 1m: Grace McSherry, 6th (BFC)
Girls 8 and under
25yd breaststroke: Annabel Hardart, 5th (Siwanoy)
100yd freestyle relay: Ava Bruno, Kaela Schubert, Eliza Babyak, Julia Bazinet, 1st (BFC)
25yd backstroke: A. Bruno, 4th (BFC)
25yd butterfly: A. Bruno, 8th (BFC)
Boys 10 and under
50yd breaststroke: Max Hardart, 3rd (Siwanoy)
50yd butterfly: M. Hardart, 6th (Siwanoy)
Boys 12 and under
50yd backstroke: Chris Babyak, 6th (BFC)
50yd breaststroke: C. Babyak, 5th (BFC)
50yd butterfly: Evan Barr, 7th (BFC)
Girls 12 and under
50yd backstroke: Mary Rotenberg, 5th (Siwanoy)
Boys 14 and under
100 yd free: Andrew Babyak, 1st (BFC)
100yd backstroke: A. Babyak, 3rd (BFC); Aidan Flannery, 6th (BFC)
100yd breaststroke: A. Flannery, 5th (BFC)
100yd butterfly: A. Babyak, 2nd (BFC)
Girls 14 and under
100yd free: Kate Amar, 4th (BFC)
100yd backstroke: Kate Amar, 6th (BFC)
100yd butterfly: Kate Amar, 6th (BFC)
Boys 17 and under
100yd free: Tim Buttigieg, 6th (Siwanoy)
100yd backstroke: T. Buttigieg, 5th (Siwanoy)
100yd breaststroke: Jack Reilly, 6th (BFC)
200yd freestyle relay: J. Reilly, John Marshall, A. Flannery, A. Babyak, 7th (BFC)
100yd butterfly: T. Buttigieg, 5th (Siwanoy)
Girls 17 and under
100yd free: Kelly Amar, 5th (BFC)
100yd backstroke: Kelly Amar, 6th (BFC)
Westchester County Swimming Association Championship Results
Diving
10-13 Boys
1 meter: Z. Flangos, 6th (BFC)
Boys 10 and under
50yd freestyle: M. Hardart, 5th (Siwanoy)
50yd backstroke: M. Hardart, 5th
Boys 13 and under
200yd IM: T. Cushman, 4th (BFC)
Boys 14 and under
100yd backstroke: A. Babyak, 4th
Boys 17 and under
200yd IM: A. Babyak, 5th (BFC)
100yd freestyle: A. Babyak, 3rd (BFC), A. Flannery, 7th (BFC)
100yd freestyle: T. Buttigieg, 7th (Siwanoy)
Girls 17 and under
100yd backstroke: Kelly Amar, 8th (BFC)
Pictured here (rotating): BFC's 17-and-under 200yd freestyle relay (Jack Reilly, John Marshall, Aidan Flannery, and Andrew Babyak), which placed 7th; (L to R) meet announcer Jack Egan and meet director Rob Flannery.













