It came down to the final relay, but Pingry got the job done.
Needing major points in the final three events to put away Hillsborough, Pingry leaned on both its veteran talent and young stars to put the meet away.
In a back-and-forth team battle between the Big Blue and Hillsborough, Pingry got a key 2-3 finish from junior Maria Pontoriero and Hailey Rushford in the backstroke and a third place result in the 400 FR to win its third straight Skyland Conference title.
Pingry finished with 226 points, while Hillsborough had 220.
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Top 3 Finishers
*indicates meet record
200 Medley Relay
1-Pingry: 1:47.51 (Hailey Rushforth, Alexia Davies, TingTing Luo, Maria Pontoriero)
2-Bridgewater-Raritan: 1:52.59
3-Ridge: 1:53.76
200 Freestyle
1-Emily Sudol, Hillsborough: 1:53.64
2-Natalie Hillebrecht, Ridge: 1:56.66
3-Mila Daniels, Bridgewater-Raritan: 1:57.59
200 IM
1-Dylan Briones, Hillsborough: 2:08.38
2-TingTing Luo, Pingry: 2:11.88
3-Mia Lake, Voorhees: 2:15.07
50 Freestyle
1-Maria Pontoriero, Pingry, 23.95
2-Olivia Kay, Hillsborough, 24.36
3-Molly Hunziker, Bernards: 24.87
100 Fly
1-Emily Sudol, Hillsborough, 58.04
2-Isabella Mattos, Bernards, 58.09
3-Meghan Dwyer, Mount St. Mary, 59.11
100 Freestyle
1-Olivia Kay, Hillsborough, 53.15
2-TingTing Luo, Pingry, 53.26
3-Vivian Yu, Watchung Hills, 54.65
500 Freestyle
1-Sofia Karnaugh, Pingry: 5:15.58
2-Mila Daniels, Bridgewater-Raritan, 5:16.83
3-Olivia Laureano, Gill. St. Bernard’s: 5:25.97
200 Freestyle Relay
1-Hillsborough: 1:41.30 (Marielle Colipano, Tammy Leng, Dylan Briones, Emily Sudol)
2-Bridgewater-Raritan: 1:44.48
3-Watchung Hills: 1:44.68
100 Back
1-Dylan Briones, Hillsborough: 58.27
2-Maria Pontoriero, Pingry: 59.63
3-Hailey Rushforth, Pingry: 1:00.21
100 Breast
1-Alexa Davies, Pingry, 1:04.34
2-Petra Karnaugh, Immaculata, 1:04.63
3-Mia Lake, Voorhees, 1:08.43
400 Freestyle Relay
1-Hillsborough: 3:35.69
2-Pingry: 3:40.48
3-Bridgewater: 3:42.21