This story was corrected from its original version.
Northampton diver Jordyn Vandergrift slipped starting her reverse 1½ tuck, one of the six dives on her program Tuesday.
She couldn’t generate enough lift to complete the rotation, and landed ponytail-first in the JFK Middle School pool.
Vandergrift shrugged off that miss and nailed her front double, one of the higher degrees of difficulty she attempts.
“Her higher DD dives were the best she’s ever done,” Northampton diving coach Lou Ann Bierwert said.
Without much practice in recent weeks because of meet rescheduling, Vandergrift is refining her dives on the fly.
“I’m trying to nail down consistency,” she said. “I want to add higher degrees of difficulty for higher scores at Western Mass. and states.”
Vandergrift placed fifth at the sectional championships last season and entered this week ranked second in the Pioneer Valley in average score this season.
“It’s about having the right thoughts,” she said. “Positive thoughts, positive outcome.”
Vandergrift’s slip did little to effect her final score during the Blue Devils’ meet against Belchertown, Tuesday. She won the event with a score of 235.2. It was just over a point shy of her 236.39 average.
“It’s always good to practice the meet in your head because it makes you dive better,” Bierwert said.
Belchertown won the meet, 95-82.
The Orioles prevailed with depth, as they only won three individual events. Brooke Podsiadlo captured the 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 8.19 seconds), Nicole Beaumont won the 100 backstroke (1:08.45) and Wiktoria Kaczor was first in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.73).
Ruby Gottlieb won the 100 butterfly (1:02.27) and 200 individual medley (2:21.73) for Northampton, while Abbie Murphy was first in the 50 freestyle (26.81) and 500 freestyle (5:37.97).
On the boys side, Belchertown swam away 109-59.
Nathan Dragon and Ben LaClair led the way with two individual wins each.
Dragon finished first in the 200 freestyle (1:58.01) and 500 freestyle (5:19.43), while LaClair won the 200 IM (2:02.28) and 100 freestyle (48.1). His 100 time set a pool record.
Nick Whitcomb took first in the 100 butterfly (54.74) and 100 backstroke (54.01) for Northampton.
Boys swimming & diving
Belchertown 109, Northampton 59
at JFK Middle School
200 medley relay — (N) 1. Nick Whitcomb, Oliver Schalet, Asa Geller, Brendan McBride, 1:50.44; (B) 2. Zachary Bail, Kagan Sherson, Bruce Douglas, Matthew Soja, 1:59.00; 200 free — (B) 1. Nathan Dragon, 1:58.01; (N) 4. Geller, 2:07.36; 200 IM – (B) 1. Benjamin LaClair, 2:02.28; (N) 2. Schalet, 2:07.49; 50 free — (B) 1. Christopher Chumbley, 23.05; (N) 3. Dan White, 25.64; 100 fly — (N) 1. Whitcomb, 57.74; (B) 2. Chumbley, 55.83; 100 free — (B) 1. LaClair, 48.1; (N) 2. McBride, 54.1; 500 free — (B) 1. Dragon, 5:19.43; (N) 4. Avery Cirincione-Lynch, 6:00.21; 200 free relay — (B) 1. Chumbley, Aiden Endress, Dragon, LaClair, 1:37.74; (N) 2. D. White, Geller, Peter White, Cirincione-Lynch, 1:44.75; 100 back — (N) 1. Whitcomb, 54.01; (B) 3. Sherson, 1:06.57; 100 breast — (N) 1. Schalet, 1:06.57; (B) 2. Andrew Cowles, 1:18.46; 400 free relay — (B) 1. Chumbley, Endress, Dragon, LaClair, 3:29.81; (N) 2. McBride, Cirincione-Lynch, Whitcomb, Schalet, 3:32.9;
Records: Northampton (4-4, 0-3 Minuteman), Belchertown (5-1, 2-1)
Central 59, South Hadley 34
at South Hadley
200 free — (SH) 3. Bryan Wolf, 2:52.51; 200 IM – (SH) 1. Will Gagne, 2:31.59; 50 free — (SH) 3. Cam Barnish, 29.98; 100 fly — (SH) 1. Nate McClure, 59.33; 100 free — (SH) 1. McClure 55.53; 500 free — (SH) 3. Barnish; 200 free relay — (SH) 2. Gagne, Wolf, John Parenteau, McClure, 1:52.72; 100 back — (SH) 2. Parenteau, 1:11.5; 100 breast — (SH) 1. Gagne, 1:13.12; 400 free relay — (SH) 1. Parenteau, Barnish, Gagne, McClure, 4:07.48;
Records: South Hadley (1-5, 1-1 Patriot), Central (2-6, 2-2 Patriot)
Girls swimming & diving
Belchertown 95, Northampton 82
at JFK Middle School
200 medley relay — (B) 1. Nicole Beaumont, Wiktoria Kaczor, Aubrey Endress, Brooke Podsiadlo, 2:04.07; (N) 4. Alexa Abild, Jordyn Vandergrift, Ruth Geller, Emily House, 2:36.44; 200 free — (B) 1. Podsiadlo, 2:08.19; (N) 2. Eva Gerstle, 2:13.15; 200 IM – (N) 1. Ruby Gottlieb, 2:21.73; (B) 2. Kaczor, 2:26.73; 50 free — (N) 1. Abbie Murphy, 26.81; (B) 2. Tara Mazza, 29.02; Diving — (N) 1. Vandergrift, 235.2; 100 fly — (N) 1. Gottlieb, 1:02.27; (B) 2. Endress, 1:06.77; 100 free — (N) 1. Gerstle, 1:03.24; (B) 2. Mazza, 1:05.01; 500 free — (N) 1. Murphy, 5:37.97; (B) 2. Podsiadlo 5:46.24; 200 free relay — (N) 1. Gottlieb, Renee Lussier, Gerstle, Murphy, 1:53.2; (B) 2. Hannah Mitus, Kaczor, Katherine Wrona, Mazza, 1:55.51; 100 back — (N) 1. Beaumont, 1:08.45; (B) 2. Mitus, 1:22.44; 100 breast — (B) 1. Kaczor, 1:12.73; (N) 4 Geller, 1:27.85; 400 free relay — (N) 1. Gottlieb, Lussier, Gerstle, Murphy, 4:05.58; (B) 2. Beaumont, Endress, Jasmine Cooper, Podsiadlo, 4:06.47;
Records: Northampton (3-5, 0-3 Minuteman), Belchertown (4-2, 1-2)
South Hadley 58, Central 36
at South Hadley
200 medley relay — (SH) 1. Allison Bergeron, Eilis Hellyar, Sydney Mercier, Reese Carey, 2:08.37; 200 free — (SH) 2. Mercier, 2:32.9; 200 IM – (SH) 1. Anna Hellyar, 2:35.93; 50 free — (SH) 1. Carey, 28.38; 100 fly — (SH) 1. Mercier, 1:13.18; 100 free — (SH) 1. E. Hellyar, 1:00.91; 500 free — (SH) 1. Bergeron, 6:25.1; 200 free relay — (SH) 1. Carey, A. Hellyar, Mercier, Coryn Moroney, 1:57.99; 100 back — (SH) 1. Carey, 1:17.12; 100 breast — (SH) 1. E. Hellyar, 1:15.98; 400 free relay — (SH) 1. E. Hellyar, Olivia Geitz, Bergeron, Luiza Guberow, 4:43.82;
Records: South Hadley (3-3, 2-0 Patriot), Central (2-6, 1-2 Patriot)
Wrestling
Granby 42, East Longmeadow 15
at East Longmeadow
106 — Joey Deprey (G) won by forfeit; 113 — Jenna Learned (G) won by forfeit; 120 — Connor McCarthy (EL) pinned Jacob Benson, 1:36; 126 — Jake McCarthy (EL) def. Mason Oliveri, 8-2; 132 — Kyle Roe (G) pinned Andrwe Calvanese, :44; 138 — Eric Puffer (G) pinned Sophia Fijol, 2:20; 152 — Phil Roberts (G) won by forfeit; 182 — Austin Seifert (EL) pinned Cleiton Almeida, 1:42; 220 — Leo Kahan (G) pinned Cam Tatro, 3:20; 285 — Isaiah Meijas (G) won by forfeit;