Manhasset's girls swim team concluded the 1998 season on a high note at Nassau County Girls Swimming Championship. The 200-yard freestyle relay team grabbed first place with a new school record time of 1:45:05. Swimmers Kiera Gilhooly (9), Emily DePietro (11), Kinzey Fritz (11) and Lauren Gilhooly (11). Swimming Coach Matt McGrane says, "This relay can take the county record in the 200." The 400 freestyle relay made up of the same swimmers, took fourth place at counties setting another new school record with a time of 3:57:04. In individual events, 11th grader Lauren Gilhooly, took second place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25:16. The Nassau County Swim Championships were held this year in the stunning new Goodwill Games Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park, on Nov. 6 and 7. Manhasset girls swimming team finished fifth place overall in the county-wide competition.

This past Friday, the Manhasset 200 freestyle relay team, along with Lauren Gilhooly in the 50 freestyle individual event took first place in New York State Girls Swimming Qualifying Meet. Coach McGrane points out that this relay team has broken the same high school record three times in one week. This relay team is within a fraction of a second of the county record and hopes to achieve this goal at the NYS High School Swimming Championship, this coming week.

"Although, one of the smallest varsity swim teams in numbers, it is very deep in spirit, heart and talent," says McGrane. "This group of athletes has that rare quality of selflessness, which is so refreshing. The swim team has a strength which is greater than some of its parts. It is that chemistry which has made such a successful season."When asked to comment on the success of the 1998 Manhasset Girls Varsity Swim Team, he had just one word, "Amazing."