results are in

I've been scouring the CIAC website for swim results all night, and they're finally all in from the class meets. Sad to say only four locals qualified for the state open meet as individuals (a couple Farmington relays as well). Those would be Taylor Friedmann (Berlin), Megan Sisson (Plainville), Alyssa "Millie" Mills (Plainville) and Monika Drogosz (Farmington). They get to brave the traffic of a Yale-Harvard game on Saturday for the open, also held at Yale in New Haven (Mills will actually compete Friday night in diving).
It was amazing to see just how dominant the Class LL and L schools were in taking the open spots. Until those two meets finished Wednesday night, a number of other locals were in contention for the open. There were also some in the larger classes who did well but were edged out for open spots. Among them in no particular order were Jillian Chudwick, Jen Noyes, Carly Huffman, Melanie Norton, Melly Marrington, Maria Bartolotta, Molly Martin and Kelsey Cronin.
The top individual finishes were Drogosz's second in the Class L 50 freestyle, Sisson's third in the Class S 500 freestyle and Friedmann's second in the Class M 200 freestyle. Drogosz and Friedmann each qualified for the open in two events.
Farmington placed fourth as a team in Class L, but was not terribly close to the top three.
Interestingly, Cheshire, which notably set the national record for consecutive dual meet wins, a streak that extends 21 years, came in second in Class LL to Greenwich for the third straight year. The Rams last won the title in 2004, when the Cardinals were second. Now that's consistent dominance from both programs.