HS Swimming: Eagles, Tide, Raiders roll to swim sweeps
POTTSVILLE — Five different swimmers earned individual victories to lead Pottsville to a 104-64 win over North Schuylkill in a Schuylkill League boys’ swimming dual meet Thursday at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.
Adam Klinger (diving), John Mohl (100 fly), Jamison Walsh (100 free), Caiden Wright (500 free) and Marty Davis (100 breast) captured victories for the Crimson Tide (7-1, 6-1 SL), who swept all three relays.
Gavin Mentzer (50 free, 100 back) won twice for North Schuylkill (5-3, 4-3), while Chase Meyers (200 free) and David Luna (200 IM) notched victories.
Pottsville 104, North Schuylkill 64
200 medley relay — 1. Pottsville (Wright, Davis, Walsh, Bressler) 1:51.67, 2. North Schuylkill, 3. Pottsville
200 freestyle — 1. Meyers (NS) 2:08.48, 2. F.J Mangianello (NS), 3. Strauss (P)
200 IM — 1. Luna (NS) 2:38.13
50 freestyle — 1. Mentzer (NS) 24.13, 2. Bressler (P), 3. Davis (P)
Diving — 1. Klinger (P) 230.00, 2. Kline (P), 3. S. Prestileo (P)
100 butterfly — 1. Mohl (P) 1:04.81, 2. F.J. Mangianello (NS), 3. M. Prestileo (P)
100 freestyle — 1. Walsh (P) 55.38, 2. Scharadin (P), 3. F.D. Mangianello (NS)
500 freestyle — 1. Wright (P) 5:48.21, 2. Meyers (NS), 3. Strauss (P)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (Davis, Mohl, Bressler, Walsh) 1:40.57, 2. North Schuylkill, 3. Pottsville
100 backstroke — 1. Mentzer (NS) 1:02.84, 2. Wright (P), 3. Miller (P)
100 breaststroke — 1. Davis (P) 1:11.12, 2. M. Prestileo (P), 3. F.D. Mangianello
400 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (Walsh, Mohl, Strauss, Wright) 3:53.69, 2. Pottsville, 3. North Schuylkill
Blue Mountain 121, Marian 32
ORWIGSBURG — Noah Powers (50 free, 100 back) and Gabe Kamarousky (200 IM, 100 free) each won a pair of events as the Eagles swam past the Colts.
Porter Sarnes (100 fly) and Zach Scala (100 breast) added wins for Blue Mountain (8-1, 7-0 SL), which swept all three relays.
Michael Strucko (200 free, 500 free) won the distance events for Marian (1-5, 1-5).
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Kamarousky, Scala, Moyer, Powers) 1:51.22, 2. Marian, 3. Blue Mountain
200 freestyle — 1. Strucko (Mar) 1:53.23, 2. Sarnes (BM), 3. Varney (BM)
200 IM — 1. Kamarousky (BM) 2:19.35, 2. Magdeburg (BM), 3. Hart (BM)
50 freestyle — 1. Powers (BM) 20.88, 2. Steibler (Mar), 3. Magdeburg (BM)
Diving — No Event
100 butterfly — 1. Sarnes (BM) 58.11, 2. Moyer (BM), 3. Varney (BM)
100 freestyle — 1. Kamarousky (BM) 53.87, 2. Hart (BM), 3. Metters (Mar)
500 freestyle — 1. Strucko (Mar) 5:04.68, 2. Scala (BM), 3. March (BM)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Moyer, Scala, Varney, Powers) 1:37.14, 2. Blue Mountain, 3. Marian
100 backstroke — 1. Powers (BM) 51.86, 2. Moyer (BM), 3. Metters (Mar)
100 breaststroke — 1. Scala (BM) 1:16.77, 2. Faust (BM), 3. Keck (BM)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Sarnes, Magdeburg, Hart, Varney) 4:30.48
Independent Swimmer: 50 freestyle — Crowley (Ham), 28.03; 100 butterfly — Crowley (Ham), 1:11.98
Tamaqua 74, Mahanoy Area 15
MAHANOY CITY — Brandon Temerantz (200 free, 500 free) was a double-winner and was on two winning relays as Tamaqua defeated Mahanoy Area (0-7, 0-7).
Vinny Valentine (50 free) and Nicholas Barron (100 breast) each won an individual event for Tamaqua (2-7-1, 2-3-1).
Blake Brown (100 free, 100 back) won twice for Mahanoy Area.
200 medley relay — 1. Tamaqua (Temarantz, Barron, Valentine, Graham) 2:09.64
200 freestyle — 1. Temarantz (Tam) 2:29.89, 2. Hunsicker (Tam), 3. Coombe (Tam)
200 IM — No Event
50 freestyle — 1. Valentine (Tam) 27.12, 2. Barron (Tam), 3. Morgans (Tam)
Diving — No Event
100 butterfly — No Event
100 freestyle — 1. Brown (MA) 1:02.10, 2. Graham (Tam), Morgans (Tam)
500 freestyle — 1. Temarantz (Tam) 6:41.40
200 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua (Coombe, Hunsicker, Valentine, Temerantz) 1:58.61
100 backstroke — 1. Brown (MA) 1:15.29, 2. Hunsicker (Tam), 3. Graham (Tam)
100 breaststroke — 1. Barron (Tam) 1:21.45, 2. Valentine (Tam)
400 freestyle relay — 1. No Event
Independent Swimmer: 200 freestyle — Williams (PV), 2:08.95; 100 backstroke — Williams (PV), 1:07.24
Girls’ Swimming
Blue Mountain 130, Marian 20
ORWIGSBURG — Sage Kaplafka (50 free, 100 free), Julia Crossen (200 free, 500 free), and Isabella Lafko (100 fly, 100 back) each won two individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Eagles downed the Fillies at the Glen Belmont Natatorium.
Hailey Scheuer (diving) also won for Blue Mountain (8-1, 7-0 SL), which swept the relays. Lydia Strucko (200 IM, 100 breast) won twice for Marian (1-5, 1-5).
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Kaplafka, Hensel, Lafko, J. Crossen) 2:08.76, 2. Blue Mountain
200 freestyle — 1. J. Crossen (BM) 2:14.07, 2. K. Zulli (BM), 3. Beiswinger (BM)
200 IM — 1. Strucko (Mar) 2:14.80, 2. Hensel (BM)
50 freestyle — 1. Kaplafka (BM) 26.02, 2. Machamer (BM), 3. Mishra (BM)
Diving — 1. Scheuer (BM) 195.75, 2. White (BM), 3. Moran (BM)
100 butterfly — 1. Lafko (BM) 1:18.36, 2. Machamer (BM)
100 freestyle — 1. Kaplafka (BM) 58.09, 2. G. Zulli (BM), 3. Evert (Mar)
500 freestyle — 1. J. Crossen (BM) 5:57.50, 2. K. Zulli (BM), 3. Beiswinger (BM)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Hensel, J. Crossen, Lafko, Kaplafka) 1:50.29, 2. Blue Mountain
100 backstroke — 1. Lafko (BM) 1:15.02 2. E. Crossen (BM), 3. Mishra (BM)
100 breaststroke — 1. Strucko (Mar) 1:10.13, 2. Hensel (BM), 3. Stone (BM)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Mishra, Beiswinger, G. Zulli, K. Zulli) 4:59.63
Independent Swimmer: 100 butterfly — Woll (Tulp), 1:13.02; 500 freestyle — Woll (Tulp), 6:35.21
Pottsville 94, North Schuylkill 79
POTTSVILLE — Gianna LaSelva (200 free, 100 back) and Elizabeth Martinko (200 IM, 100 breast) won two individual events and were on two winning relays as Pottsville (4-4, 4-3) downed North Schuylkill (4-4, 3-4) at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.
Adalia LaSelva (100 fly) and Jillian Horvath (500 free) each added a victory for Pottsville. Kamryn Wolfe (50 free, 100 free) won twice for North Schuylkill, while Joyce Burian took diving.
200 medley relay — 1. Pottsville (G. LaSelva, Martinko, A. LaSelva, Van Orden) 2:07.08, 2. North Schuylkill, 3. Pottsville
200 freestyle — 1. G. LaSelva (P) 2:18.90, 2. Lavas (NS), 3. Smulligan (P)
200 IM — 1. Martinko (P) 2:41.45, 2. G. Salefski (NS), 3. Lucht (NS)
50 freestyle — 1. Wolfe (NS) 27.54, 2. A. LaSelva (P), 3. K. Nahodil (NS)
Diving — 1. Burian (NS) 163.55, 2. Bennett (NS), 3. Evans (P)
100 butterfly — 1. A. LaSelva (P) 1:10.70
100 freestyle — 1. Wolfe (NS) 59.49, 2. E. Nahodil (NS), 3. Peleschak (P)
500 freestyle — 1. Horvath (P) 7:08.59, 2. Colhan (NS), 3. Ballay (NS)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (G. LaSelva, VanOrden, Martinko, A. LaSelva) 1:54.42, 2. North Schuylkill, 3. Pottsville
100 backstroke — 1. G LaSelva (P) 1:13.29 2. Lavas (NS), 3. McElhenney (NS)
100 breaststroke — 1. Martinko (P) 1:16.86, 2. Van Orden (P), 3. G. Salefski (NS)
400 freestyle relay — 1. North Schuylkill (E. Nahodil, K. Nahodil, Lucht, Lavas) 4:53.48, 2. Pottsville, 3. North Schuylkill
Tamaqua 98, Mahanoy Area 38
TAMAQUA — Savannah Wilson (200 IM, 100 breast) was a double-winner as Tamaqua (8-2, 5-1) defeated Mahanoy Area (0-7, 0-7).
Addison Krall (100 fly), Katie Behun (100 free), Lyla Clemson (500 free) and Isabella Jones (200 free) added individual wins for the Blue Raiders, who swept the relays.
Lillian Brown (50 free) and Alexis Chilinskas (100 back) collected wins for Mahanoy Area.
200 medley relay — 1. Tamaqua (Behun, Betz, Wilson, A. Jones) 2:11.18
200 freestyle — 1. I. Jones (Tam) 2:26.00, 2. Chilinskas (MA), 3. Fazio (MA)
200 IM — 1. Wilson (Tam) 2:27.34, 2. L. Clemson (Tam), 3. Betz (Tam)
50 freestyle — 1. L. Brown (MA) 26.72, 2. J. Brown (Tam), 3. A. Jones (Tam)
Diving — No Event
100 butterfly — 1. Krall (Tam) 1:29.64
100 freestyle — 1. Behun (Tam) 1:05.71, 2. A. Jones (Tam), 3. Lebowitz (Tam)
500 freestyle — 1. L. Clemson (Tam) 6:40.64, 2. G. Clemson (Tam)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua (Behun, I. Jones, A. Jones, Wilson) 1:55.64, 2. Mahanoy Area, 3. Tamaqua
100 backstroke — 1. Chilinskas (MA) 1:12.46, 2. Behun (T), 3. Fazio (MAH)
100 breaststroke — 1. Wilson (T) 1:12.06, 2. L. Brown (MA), 3. Betz (Tam)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua (I. Jones, L. Clemson, Krall, Betz) 5:01.22
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