Garden City Takes 5th Place At State Championships

Swimmers from Garden City, Long Beach and Syosset unite to represent Section 8.

Chris Finnigan, Sean Lane, Colin Quinn and Sean Hosford qualified to swim at the public school state championships in Buffalo on March 1st and 2nd.

The boys finished a Garden City Boys Best ever, taking 5th place overall. In a meet that had two state records broken the competition was fierce. The boy's competition represented close to 800 high schools across New York State.

Sean Laneswam the 200 and 500 freestyle and placed an amazing third place in the 500 freestyle. Chris Finnigan rose to the occasion taking 7th in both the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle. Sprinter Sean Hosford faced a tough field swimming 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke and took 21st in 100 freestyle.

In the 400 freestyle relay, junior Colin Quinn teamed up with Hosford, Lane and Finnigan to finish 5th in a race that saw three teams from Nassau county in it for the first time ever. Congratulations to all four boys for an outstanding effort.

The boys check their hardware. Sean Hosford sets to launch Chris Finnigan takes on the field Sean Lane on the podium Colin Quinn focuses on the job at hand Garden City's Sean Hosford, Chris Finnigan, Coach Ann Sullivan, Sean Lane and Colin Quinn in Buffalo. Sean Hosford brings it to the wall.