Check out all the stop finishes on the final day of the PIAA Class AAA meet on Saturday.
LEWISBURG - Michael Thomas ended his stellar career with one final honor.
The Hatboro-Horsham senior was named the Outstanding Swimmer of the PIAA Class AAA swimming championships, which ended Saturday at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium.
He won the 100-yard backstroke in 46.19 to defend the title he won last year.
“It feels pretty good,” Thomas said. “I was hoping for a little faster time but I can’t complain. I couldn’t really get moving on the first 25 so I tried to really get going on the second and third and I felt pretty good.
“I pretty much accomplished everything I set out to do. It was a good four years. I’m happy with it.”
Thomas also swam on the Hatters’ 400 freestyle relay, which finished 20th (3:14.98). Andy Thomas, Tim McPoyle and Sean Claggett were his relay mates.
Nick Zumpino finished 11th in diving for the Hatters(419.35). The Hatters’ finished 10th in the team standings with 64 points.
For the Hatboro-Horsham girls, Haley Sutton was 23rd in the100 backstroke (38.96).
Michael Jensen also won his second gold medal in as many days. He won the boys 100 freestyle in 43.29 to add to his victory in the 50 freestyle on Friday.
“It was awesome,” said Jensen, a junior. “It was a good race. I really tried to work my walls and it felt great. I was happy with it.”
Teammate Wyatt Amdor was second in the 100 breaststroke (55.26).
The Upper Dublin 400 freestyle relay of Scott Luttman, Amdor, Ogden Leyens and Jensen took fourth (3:05.72).
“Everyone really put up a great time,” Jensen said.
Upper Dublin finished seventh in the team standings with 117 points.
For the Upper Dublin girls, Jenna Johns was 10th in the 100 freestyle (51.60).
Thanas Kountroubis of North Penn also took home a gold medal, winning the boys 100 breaststroke (55.16).
He was also on the 400 freestyle relay along with Liam Kelly, Brett Else and Mike Kern. They turned in a school record time of 3:04.94 en route to a bronze medal.
“This is my first year swimming the breaststroke competitively in high school,” Kountroubis said.“I tried it for the first time over the summer and it worked out really well for me so I stuck with it and it paid off.
“This was a spectacular two days for us. I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
Corey Smith was eighth in the 100 backstroke (51.11) and Kern was eighth in the 500 freestyle (4:40.60) to round out the swimming medal winners for the Knights.
Else was 18th in the boys 100 freestyle (47.46), Aidan Daly was 22nd in the 500 freestyle (4:44.88) and Harrison Friel was 23rd in the boys100 breaststroke (59.72).
North Penn had three divers in the finals. Bryce Hoch was fifth (443.80), Ian Boland Bintner was seventh (438.15) and Quinn Mitchell was12th (413.55).
The Knights were the top SOL team, capturing fourth as a squad with 170 points.
The North Penn girls’ team finished third overall (168 points). Individually, Olivia DiStefano was third in the 100 backstroke (56.06). She also swam on the fourth place 400 freestyle relay along with Aimee Baur, Erin O’Neill and Kailyn Evans (3:28.83).
Also for the Maidens, Megan Zartman was ninth in the 100 backstroke (56.47), Baur was 13th in the 100 freestyle (52.11), Evans was 15thin the 100 freestyle (52.30), O’Neill finished 23rd in the 100 breaststroke(1:06.83).
Pennridge finished right behind North Penn in the team standings, capturing fourth place with 156 points. Leading the way on Saturday for the Rams was Morgan Scott, who was second in the girls 100 freestyle (49.86).
She also anchored the 400 freestyle relay for Hannah Zurmuhl, Anna Beno and Brittany Weiss. They captured the bronze medal (3:24.72).
Weiss took sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.87) and Zurmuhl was ninth in the 100 freestyle (51.49).
Pennsbury’s Connor Doyle was fifth in the boys 100 backstroke (50.26). He was also a member of the 13th place 400 freestyle relay along with Daniel Lawton, Nicholas Jeronis and Travis Venables (3:12.31).
Collin Hanlon finished 23rd in the 500 freestyle (4:46.39) and Lawton was 23rd in the 100 backstroke (53.44).
Nash Nickerson of Central Bucks South finished fourth in diving (452.25).
Andrew Zhugayevich of Central Bucks East was sixth in the boys 100 freestyle (45.65).
Collin Villari, Zach Collester, Evan Villafanca, and Zhugayevich took 10th in the 400 freestyle relay in a school record time of 3:11.73.
For the CB East girls, Hannah Wittman finished 10th in the girls100 breaststroke in a school record 1:04.10. She also anchored the 400freestyle relay for Kirsten Mortimer, Erin Lengel and Lauren Griffith. The foursome finished 13th (3:34.33).
For Souderton, Ryan Witoslawski was 14th in the boys 100breaststroke (57.76) and in the same event, teammate Spencer Nice finished 20th (59.36).
Emma O’Neill of Abington was 11th in the 500 freestyle (5:03.40).
Rickilee Hodges of Souderton finished 21st in the 100 freestyle (53.05).
Wissahickon’s Danny Knoll was eighth in the boys 100 freestyle (46.39) while teammate Doug Boehme was 20th in the 500 freestyle (4:44.17).
Also for the Trojans, Amanda Zlotnikoff was 19th in the girls100 backstroke (58.69).
Matt O’Donnell of Council Rock South was 19th in the 100breaststroke (59.05).
Neshaminy’s David Kneiss finished 21st in the 100 freestyle(47.72).
Matthew Werner of Cheltenham was 21st in diving (167.55).
LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Saturday’s PIAA Class AAA Finals Swimming Results
Final results from the PIAA Class AAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University:
CLASS AAA GIRLS
100 Freestyle: 1, Siena Salvaggio, Parkland, 49.61; 2, Morgan Scott, Pennridge, 49.86; 3, Morgan Soulia, North Allegheny, 50.96; 4, Kaley Buchanan, Hershey, 51.50; 5, Monica Sowinski, Greater Latrobe, 51.54; 6, Meredith Newman, Manheim Twp., 51.67; 7, Summer Martin, Strath Haven, 51.70; 8, Madeline Blair, Nazareth, 51.90.
9, Hannah Zurmuhl, Pennridge, 51.49; 10, Jenna Johns, Upper Dublin, 51.60; 11, Julia Cullen, Radnor, 51.83; 12, Victoria Palochik, Nazareth, 51.91; 13, Aimee Baur, Lansdale North Penn, 52.11; 14, Cami Cook, Cedar Cliff, 52.17; 15, Kailyn Evans, Lansdale North Penn, 52.30; 16, Ann Carozza, West Chester East, 53.38.
500 Freestyle: 1, Kathryn Painter, Norwin, 4:50.49; 2, Shannon Howell, Bethlehem Freedom, 4:57.09; 3, Frances Resweber, Strath Haven, 4:59.61; 4, Victoria Connolly, Parkland, 5:00.42; 5, Erin Jordan, Parkland, 5:00.65; 6, Morgan Curl, Oxford, 5:00.82; 7, Maggie Lee, Hershey, 5:00.85; 8, Emma Schouten, Warwick, 5:01.66.
9, Allyson McHugh, Little Flower, 4:56.89; 10, Sidney Evans, Cocalico, 5:03.13; 11, Emma O’Neill, Abington, 5:03.40; 12, Laura Barthold, Unionville, 5:03.98; 13, Sarah Mautino, Oakland Catholic, 5:04.01; 14, Alexis Kostelnik, Laurel Highlands, 5:04.25; 15, Gianna Caputo, North Allegheny, 5:04.62; 16, Laura Simpson, Boyertown, 5:10.40.
100 Backstroke: 1, Jacquelyn Du, North Allegheny, 53.29; 2, Maddie Hart, Haverford Twp., 54.98; 3, Olivia Distefano, Lansdale North Penn, 56.06; 4, Alex Kutch, Easton, 56.29; 5, Helen Hsu, Bethlehem Freedom, 56.36; 6, Kayla Churman, North Allegheny, 56.75; 7, Peyten Lyons, Palmyra and Eliabeth Chemey, Exeter Twp., 56.81.
9, Megan Zartman, Lansdale North Penn, 56.47; 10, Sarah Mautino, Oakland Catholic, 57.37; 11, Samantha Marino, Cocalico, 57.55; 12, Carly Delfranco, Bethlehem Freedom, 57.63; 13, Mackenzie Gring, Muhlenberg, 57.80; 14, Hannah Rusinko, Norwin, 58.47; 15, Lindsey Choate, Upper St. Clair, 58.75; 16, Erika Freeman, Parkland, 59.10.
100 Breaststroke: 1, Vivvi Tafuto, Hershey, 1:00.74; 2, Allie Raab, Hershey, 1:00.74; 3, Olivia Paoletti, Avon Grove, 1:03.22; 4, Erin Kuhn, North Allegheny, 1:03.69; 5, Peyton Kondis, Oakland Catholic, 1:03.72; 6, Brittany Weiss, Pennridge, 1:03.87; 7, Maddy Popalis, Landisville Hempfield, 1:03.96; 8, Ann Juneau, North Allegheny, 1:04.27.
9, Maddie Cooke, Phoenixville, 1:03.34; 10, Hannah Wittman, Central Bucks East, 1:04.10; 11, Emily Sykes, Methacton, 1:04.25; 12, Amanda Rosa, Easton, 1:05.07; 13, Maddie Yoos, Upper St. Clair, 1:05.60; 14, Emma Schouten, Warwick, 1:05.76; 15, Gabriella Johnson, Governor Mifflin, 1:05.78;16, Courtney Coghill, Oakland Catholic, 1:06.49.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Hershey 3:22.82 (Vivi Tafuto, Kaley Buchanan, Maggie Lee, Allie Raab); 2, North Allegheny 3:23.27; 3, Pennridge 3:24.72; 4, Lansdale North Penn 3:28.83; 5, Mount Lebanon 3:30.18; 6, Upper St. Clair 3:30.69; 7, Avon Grove 3:33.02; 8, Conestoga 3:34.09.
9, Haverford Twp. 3:33.24; 10, Manheim Twp. 3:34.13; 11, B. Reed Henderson 3:34.14; 12, Parkland 3:34.19; 13, Central Bucks East 3:34.33; 14, Strath Haven 3:35.84; 15, Cocalico 3:36.42; 16, Nazareth 3:37.71.
Team standings (top ten):1, Hershey 262; 2, North Allegheny 257.5; 3, Lansdale North Penn 168; 4, Pennridge 156; 5, Parkland 89; 6, Haverford Twp. 83; 7, Mount Lebanon 79; 8, Avon Grove 77; 9, Upper St. Clair 66; 10, Unionville and Strath Haven 64.
CLASS AAA BOYS
100 Freestyle: 1, Michael Jensen, Upper Dublin, 43.29; 2, Greg Brocato, La Salle College HS, 43.91; 3, Brian Lovasik, North Hills, 44.75; 4, Ed Zawatski, Wyoming Valley West, 45.11; 5, Norman Gregory, Penn Hills, 45.45; 6, Andrew Zhugayevich, Central Bucks East, 45.65; 7, Mason Gonzalez, North Allegheny, 46.21; 8, Danny Knoll, Wissahickon, 46.39.
9, Patrick Cobb, Bangor, 46.05; 10, Quentin Cody, Downingtown East, 46.97; 11, Jacob Deckman, Cumberland Valley, 47.00; 12, Kyle Dix, Perkiomen Valley, 47.14; 13, Patrick Lersch, Upper St. Clair, 47.15; 14, Adam Sicinski, Parkland, 47.20; 15, Mike Palaski, Seneca Valley, 47.21; 16, Jake Rice, Mount Lebanon, 47.50.
500 Freestyle: 1, Sam Magnan, Bethlehem Freedom, 4:23.92; 2, Fynn Minuth, Upper St. Clair, 4:26.53; 3, Jake Sannem, La Salle College HS, 4:28.25; 4, Joseph Vizza, La Salle College HS, 4:31.70; 5, Drew Damich, Chartiers Valley, 4:32.76; 6, Matthew Dinunzio, Pittsburgh Central Catholic, 4:33.70; 7, Kyle McElwee, La Salle College HS, 4:36.40; 8, Mike Kern, Lansdale North Penn, 4:40.60.
9, Vince Filippini, Muhlenberg, 4:30.83; 10, Eben Krigger, North Allegheny, 4:35.07; 11, Spencer Tretter, Seneca Valley, 4:36.37; 12, Mark Miller, Downingtown West, 4:37.13; 13, Ryan Anderson, Pine-Richland, 4:39.20; 14, Keir Uhlin, Warwick, 4:39.37; 15, Dylan North, Red Lion, 4:40.03; 16, Matt Guenter, West Lawn Wilson, 4:41.55.
100 Backstroke: 1, Michael Thomas, Hatboro-Horsham, 46.19; 2, Kevin Liu, Upper St. Clair, 49.57; 3, Brian McKenrick, Conestoga, 49.73; 4, Vincent Everman, La Salle College, 49.86; 5, Connor Doyle, Pennsbury, 50.26; 6, Braedon Wong, Upper St. Clair, 50.36; 7, Andrei Mihailescu, Mount Lebanon, 50.63; 8, Corey Smith, Lansdale North Penn, 51.11.
9, Kyle Shurmur, La Salle College HS, 51.23; 10, Noah Brockway, Dallastown, 51.24; 11, Greg Arnold, North Allegheny, 51.51; 12, Ben Francis, Cumberland Valley, 51.52; 13, Joseph Furze, St. Joseph’s Prep, 51.66; 14, Kohle Kerchner, Muhlenberg, 51.93; 15, Eli Avart, Radnor, 52.42; 16, Martin Bacik, Upper St. Clair, 52.50.
100 Breaststroke: 1, Thanas Kountroubis, Lansdale North Penn, 55.16; 2, Wyatt Amdor, Upper Dublin, 55.26; 3, Casey Melzer, North Allegheny, 55.58; 4, Rex Riley, Cathedral Prep, 56.00; 5, Carter Paules, Emmaus, 57.26; 6, Zach Ceneviva, Hershey, 57.33; 7, Brian Ramsey, Mount Lebanon, 57.51; 8, Jack Lanphear, Mount Lebanon, 57.68.
9, Harrison Schultz, La Salle College HS, 57.30; 10, Jack Kushner, Hershey, 57.42; 11, Sean Finley, La Salle College HS, 57.44; 12, Tre Fissella, Landisville Hempfield, 57.65; 13, Isaiah Gregory, Penn Hills, 57.72; 14, Ryan Witoslawski, Souderton, 57.76; 15, Brandon McKenzie, St. Joseph’s Prep, 57.88; 16, Carter Hardy, State College, 58.42
400 Freestyle Relay: 1, La Salle College High School 3:00.93 (Jake Sannem, Vincent Everman, Joseph Vizza, Greg Brocato); 2, Upper St. Clair 3:03.04; 3, Lansdale North Penn 3:04.94; 4, Upper Dublin 3:05.72; 5, North Allegheny 3:07.57; 6, Hershey 3:07.70; 7, Mount Lebanon 3:09.67; 8, Cumberland Valley 3:09.97.
9, Dallastown 3:11.49; 10, Central Bucks East 3:11.73; 11, Cathedral Prep 3:12.05; 12, McDowell 3:12.12; 13, Pennsbury 3:12.31; 14, St. Joseph’s Prep 3:13.26; 15, Landisville Hempfield 3:13.91; 16, West Lawn Wilson 3:14.58.
1-meter diving: 1, Joe Ference, Penn-Trafford, 542.85; 2, Joe Warker, West Lawn Wilson, 458.80; 3, Jake Hedrick, Hershey, 453.00; 4, Nash Nickerson, Central Bucks South, 452.25; 5, Bryce Hoch, Lansdale North Penn, 443.80; 6, Matt Aronson, Council Rock North, 440.55; 7, Ian Boland Britner, Lansdale North Penn, 438.15; 8, John Warker, West Lawn Wilson, 428.25.
9, Andrew Doerfler, North Allegheny and Nick Cover, Chambersburg, 419.75; 11, Nick Zumpino, Hatboro-Horsham, 419.35; 12, Quinn Mitchell, Lansdale North Penn, 413.55; 13, Cary Johns, Mount Lebanon, 393.05; 14, Christopher Lehman, Parkland, 392.20; 15, Nicholas Tomczyk, Exeter Twp., 384.70; 16, Andrew Vanim, Emmaus, 369.10.
17, Mike Bertoni, Penn-Trafford, 284.30; 18, Steven Stasola, Nazareth, 283.10; 19, Andrew Sederholm, Franklin Regional, 275.05; 20, Brian Layden, Springfield-Delco, 274.50; 21, Matthew Werner, Cheltenham, 167.55; 22, Patrick Woltemate, St. Joseph’s Prep, 142.10; 23, Jonathan Bauer, McDowell, 125.75; 24, Colin Florey, Abington Heights, 122.10.
Team standings (top ten):1, La Salle College High School 302; 2, Upper St. Clair 221; 3, North Allegheny 183; 4, Lansdale North Penn 170; 5, Hershey 154.50; 6, Mount Lebanon 132; 7, Upper Dublin 117; 8, Cathedral Prep 81; 9, Dallastown 78; 10, Hatboro-Horsham 64.
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