Kingston bows in regular-season finale

Valley Central spoiled Kingston High’s regular-season finale for boys swimming Friday, defeating the Tigers 113-72 in an Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association dual meet.

Kingston closed out the season with a 2-7 record. Up next is the OCIAA championships, with the diving at Cornwall on Feb. 1 and the Division I meet on Feb. 3 at Washingtonville.

Cameron Fairley and Scott Kleeschulte each won two races for the Tigers. Fairley swept the distance freestyles with a 1:57.95 in the 200-yard event and 5:18.87 in the 500. Kleeschulte took the 50-free in 23.35 seconds and also won the butterfly (56.76).

Mason Delisio was second in the backstroke (1:06.87) and third in the 200-free (2:06.40) for Kingston, while Dominic Vertullo placed second in the breaststroke (1:11.67) and third in the individual medley (2:26.46). 200 medley relay: 1. Valley Central (Zupko, Suchy, Papapietro, Armistead), 2. Valley Central, 3. Kingston; 1:53.26 200 free: 1. Cameron Fairley (K), 2. Davila (VC), 3. Delisio (K); 1:57.95 200 IM: 1. Sean Zupko (VC), 2. Dickman (VC), 3. Vertullo (K); 2:18.21 50 free: 1. Scott Kleeschulte (K), 2. Papapietro (VC), 3. Rechtorovic (VC); 23.35 Diving: 1. Dan Harrington (VC), 2. Wesolowski (K), 3. Hulbert (K); 230.10 100 fly: 1. Scott Kleeschulte (K), 2. Papapietro (VC), 3. Dickman (VC); 56.76 100 free: 1. Ethan Armistead (VC), 2. Suchy (VC), 3. Rechtorovic (VC); 55.41 500 free: 1. Cameron Fairley (K), 2. Davila (VC), 3. Connolly (K); 5:18.87 200 free relay: 1. Valley Central (Armistead, Librandi, Rechtorovic, Papapietro), 2. Kingston, 3. Kingston; 1:41.04 100 back: 1. Sean Zupko (VC), 2. Delisio (K), 3. Smith (VC); 1:01.03 100 breast: 1. Nicholas Suchy (VC), 2. Vertullo (K), 3. Librandi (VC); 1:11.62 400 free relay: 1. Valley Central (Dickman, Zupko, Suchy, Davila), 2. Kingston, 3. Valley Central; 3:50.12 Team records: Valley 3-5-1; Kingston 2-7.