Solve the Nine Schoolgirls Challenge

125.1 seconds.

It took me a bit to understand the problem. I'm not sure if it was explained oddly, or if I was just speed reading. Once I figured out the goal, though, I just used patterns to make it work. Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal to the lower right, Diagonal to the lower left.

66.8 seconds. I originally thought it was pairings of 3, not pairings of 2. Used the same strategy gambiter used.