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    Sunday, May 12, 2024

    Local roundup: Old Lyme's Johnson named CSWA Female Athlete of the Year

    Mya Johnson, who led Old Lyme to its fourth consecutive CIAC Class S girls' soccer championship in 2018, was named the Hank O'Donnell Female Athlete of the Year by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance on Monday.

    Johnson will be honored at the 78th Gold Key Dinner on Sunday, April 28, at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. The Bill Lee Male Athlete of the Year is Wesleyan University lacrosse player Harry Stanton of New Canaan, a three-time All-American who led Wesleyan to its first national title in 2018.

    Johnson, who will attend Connecticut College this fall, scored Old Lyme's final five goals of this state tournament, a hat trick in the Wildcats' 3-1 semifinal win over East Hampton and then both goals to wipe out a 1-0 deficit and rally Old Lyme to a 2-1 win over Immaculate in the finals. Her first goal in the final was the 100th of her career.

    Johnson and Stanton will be honored along with this year's Gold Key recipients who include St. Thomas More men's basketball coach Jere Quinn and former UConn men's basketball great Chris Smith.

    Tickets are $75 apiece and can be reserved by contacting CSWA president Tim Jensen at tim.jensen@patch.com or (860) 394-5091.

    Boys' basketball

    • East Lyme, which moved up to No. 6 in the New Haven Register/GameTime CT Top 10 poll earlier in the day, had its 10-game winning streak ended later in the day when it was upset by Enfield 82-73 in the Paul Cody Classic at Windsor. The game was a rematch of last year's CIAC Division III quarterfinals, also won by Enfield 90-77. Nate Diaz led the Vikings (10-2) with 22 points while Dev Ostrowski added 20 and Luke Leonard 14. Enfield is 6-4.

    • Zach Scott scored 20 to pace Stonington past Plainfield, 62-52, in an ECC Division III game. Tyler Fidrych scored 12 and Marquis Jackson had nine points and six rebounds for Stonington (9-3, 3-1). Markeith Conyers scored 28 for the Panthers (4-7, 0-4).

    Women's swimming

    • Vaughn Ammon, Brooklynn Hayes and Andrea Higgins won two events apiece during Connecticut College's 195-989 victory over Trinity. Ammon won the 100-yard freestyle (54.41 seconds) and 200 free (1:57.54) for the Camels (3-2) while Hayes captured the 100 breaststroke (1:09.91) and 200 breast (2:29.88), and Higgins won the 200 backstroke (2:10.87) and 200 IM (2:14.38).

    Men's swimming

    • Casey Keenan won two individual events and was part of two winning relays to highlight Conn College's 193-84 win over Trinity. Keenan won the 100-yard backstroke (53.40) and 200 back (1:58.12) for the Camels (3-2). He also joined Dash Hunter, Marc Klepacki and Jaleel Watler to win the 200 medley relay (1:37.55) while teaming with Klepacki, Watler and Charlie Adl to win the 400 freestyle relay (3:15.04). Also for Conn, Adl won the 100 free (47.80) and 1,000 free (10:07.84) while Colin Merrill won the 500 free (4:47.42) and 200 IM (1:58.68).

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