CVC Swimming Championships: Robbinsville’s Emily Volchansky’s double win earns Most Outstanding; Princeton High girls collect team crown
Jan 26, 2025
PLAINSBORO — Robbinsville High girls swimming coach Annie Menninger knows she can ask Emily Volchansky to compete in any event and get a good result.
At the CVC Championships, that’s the kind of swimmer you need to be among the top teams.
Volchansky delivered a double win in the IM and breaststroke as well as playing her part in the Ravens’ 200 meter medley relay gold to earn Most Outstanding Swimmer.
“She’s a great swimmer and will do anything for the team,” Menninger said. “She can swim any event and she’s happy to do whatever I need her to do. She’s all around a great person who cheers on her teammates, shows great sportsmanship and she’s also winning her events.”
The Rutgers University-bound Volchansky clocked 2:26.09 to take the 200 meter IM and later touched in 1:12.94 for first in the 100 breaststroke.
“It’s definitely super exciting,” said Volchansky, a senior. “It’s nice to have had the opportunity to win it considering I wasn’t doing it last year. It was super fun. I had a lot of fun swimming and enjoying the moment.”
Robbinsville also opened the Championships by scoring 32 points in the 200 meter medley relay when it out-paced West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Princeton to the finish line in 2:05.45.
“The team aspect is great,” Volchansky said, also crediting a positive mindset. “Everybody is out there cheering for each other, supporting each other. That part was great. Everybody had each others’ back, especially the coaches. They were amazing out there cheering for anybody.”
The overall team title went to Princeton as it pulled away from the rest of the field and racked up 268 points. WW-P South was second with 176, Robbinsville took third with 160 and WW-P North and Notre Dame tied for fourth on 154.
“There were a ton of great swim,” winning coach Patrick Remboski said. “We were really proud. I think 90% of our prelim times we dropped times in the final, so really awesome stuff. The 400 free relay dropped five seconds there.”
Individual winners for Princeton were Annie Flanagan (50 free; 27.52 and 100 back; 1:06.87) and Jenna Barry (100 free; 1:00.38). The Tigers also grabbed the top spot in the 32-point relays in the 200 free (1:55.39) and 400 free (4:08.21).
“We were just talking about it, for the seniors, it is something to really be proud of — four years, four county titles,” Remboski said. “We couldn’t be prouder of them. They set the precedent for future teams. This is now the standard. It was good for us. Winning the first CVC was especially good.”
Notre Dame freshman Bridget Lowery established herself as a rising star after a double win in the 200 freestyle (2:07.82) and the 400 freestyle (4:28.11). The other individual winner was WW-P South’s Helen Chen in the 100 butterfly (1:05.30).