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03/16/2019 12:00 AM

Foster Swims for the Yellowjackets at States


Freshman Hethon Foster competed in two events for the Yellowjackets at the Class M State Championship, finishing third in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.51 seconds. Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

Freshman Hethon Foster represented East Haven when he swam in a pair of events at the Class M State Championship last week. Foster took third place in the 100-yard butterfly and placed 13th in the 50 freestyle while competing as a team-of-one for the Yellowjackets. Foster scored 40 points for East Haven to put the Yellowjackets in 19th place out of 21 teams in the Class M meet, which took place at Wesleyan University on March 11.

Foster swam a time of 54.51 seconds on his way to placing third in the 100 butterfly at states, scoring 26 points for East Haven. In the 50 freestyle, Foster clocked in with a time of 22.96 seconds to take 13th place and score 14 points.

Prior to the Class M State Championship, Foster competed for East Haven at the Southern Connecticut Conference Championship on Feb. 27. Foster finished second in the 100 freestyle (49.33) and posted a ninth-place performance in the 200 individual medley (2:05.01) at SCCs

—PJ Foti