WEBSTER — Long Beach junior Vivienne Zangaro didn’t just successfully defend her state titles in the girls swimming state championships at the Webster Aquatic Center on Saturday — she elevated them.

The University of Georgia commit won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:48.18, dropping more than a second from last year’s time of one minute and 49.54 seconds, where she placed first in the state, but second in the Federation. Her time this year won for both public schools and the Federation.

“It feels even better because technically I finished second last year because of the Catholic schools,” Zangaro said. “So to officially get first out of everyone feels amazing.”

In Friday’s preliminaries, Zangaro broke the Nassau County record in the 500 freestyle in 4:46.76, surpassing Jessica Foschi, of Fr

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