Check out the top finishers on in girs' swimming on day one of the district meet. To view photos, please visit the Photo Gallery. The results below are provided courtesy of Calkins Media.
Pennridge stole the show at Thursday’s District One girls swimming championships at La Salle University’s Kirk Pool.
The top five swimmers in Class AAA and the winner in Class AA automatically advance to the PIAA meet, slated for March 10-14 at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium.
Other swimmers may receive at-large berths based on statewide time comparisons.
The meet finishes up on Friday.
The Rams started off with a bang, setting a meet record in the 200 medley relay.
The foursome of Anna Beno, Brittany Weiss, Morgan Scott and Hannah Zurnmuhl set a meet record of 1:44.65, crushing the previous standard of 1:46.72 set last year by Haverford.
Scott came back to win the next event, the 200 freestyle, also setting a meet record of 1:49.95. The previous record was 1:50.01 by Tommie Dillione of Council Rock North, set in 2013.
Pennridge junior Hannah Zurmuhl won the 50 freestyle in 23.30, tying the meet record set in 2011 by Shannon Rauth of DowningtownWest.
“We’re having a really good meet,” Zurmuhl said. “We have some really fast freshmen that came in and that really helped and we’ve been practicing really hard all season long for this.
“After that relay, we were all so pumped up so we all swam really well in our individual events. It’s really amazing. We’ve come up so much and it’s been great. We’re so excited for Friday for our individual events and the 400 free relay. We can’t wait.
Weiss was second in the 100 butterfly (55.45).
As the teams head into Friday’s conclusion, Pennridge is in second place in team scoring with 97 points.
North Penn actually leads the team scoring with 197 points. The Maidens are hoping for a three-peat and are well on their way.
Helping their cause was a win in the 200 freestyle relay by Kailyn Evans, Aimee Bauer, Leah Brown and Olivia DiStefano in 1:34.63, eclipsing the meet record of 1:36.30, also by North Penn.
North Penn’s quartet of Megan Zartman, Erin O’Neill, Anna Haggerty and Brown took second in the 200 medley relay (1:47.19).
North Penn had three bronze medalists.
Evans was third in the 200 freestyle (1:53.35), Zartman took third in the 200 individual medley (2:07.73) and Olivia DiStefano was third in the 50 freestyle (23.92).
“We’re very excited,” DiStefano said. “I’m looking forward to the rest of the meet and to states.”
For Central Bucks East, Hannah Wittman took second in the 200 individual medley (2:04.69)
Erin Lengel, Kirsten Mortimer, Lauren Griffin and Wittman placed third in the 200 freestyle relay (1:38.28).
Girls swimming
District One championships
Class AA
Team scores (through Thursday)
Villa Maria, 300 points; 2. Nazareth Academy, 156; 3.Springfield (Montco), 152; 4. Gwynedd Mercy, 147; 5. Upper Moreland, 85; 6.Upper Perkiomen, 83; 7. Pottsgrove, 72; 8. Merion Mercy, 70; 9. Villa JosephMarie, 64; 10. Lower Moreland, 59.
200-yard medley relay: 1. Villa Maria (Emily Cornell,Katelyn Chick,Olivia Giampietro, Julie Dobson), 1:45.72 (meet record, previousrecord 1:46.72 by Villa Maria, Cornell, Olivia Tierney, Lauren Law, SarahHitchens, 2013); 2. Gwynedd Mercy, 1:50.00; 3. Nazareth Academy, 1:52.69; 4.Villa Joseph Marie, 1:56.03; 5. Upper Perkiomen, 1:56.24; 6. Springfield(Montco), 1:56.48; 7. Pottsgrove, 1:56.70; 8. Merion Mercy, 1:59.93.
200 freestyle: 1. Emily Glinecke (Pottsgrove), 1:53.50; 2.Madison Oster (Octorara), 1:54.71; 3. Stephanie Szekely (Gwynedd Mercy),1:54.98; 4. Maura McManus (Villa Maria), 1:55.41; 5. Kiren Siwy (UpperPerkiomen), 1:57.09; 6. Grace Carey (Villa Maria), 1:57.42; 7. Margrethe Leis(Springfield Montco), 1:57.73; 8. Emily Lund (Nazareth Academy), 1:58.46;
200 individual medley: 1. Allie Szekely (Gwynedd Mercy),2:01.63; 2. Mary Harrington (Nazareth Academy), 2:09.79; 3. Hope Reynolds(Villa Maria), 2:10.17; 4. Nicole Saladino (Villa Maria), 2:16.77; 5. LaurenBelecanech (Nazareth Academy), 2:17.45; 6. Elizabeth Law (Villa Maria),2:19.05; 7. Ashlyn Chermol (Villa Maria), 2:19.33; 8. Molly Riemenschneider(Gwynedd Mercy), 2:22.05;
50 freestyle: 1. Olivia Giampietro (Villa Maria), 24.62; 2.Lizzie Nadolski (Springfield Montco), 24.74; 3. Alex McKeaney (Delaware CountyChristian), 25.23; 4. Nina Smith (Villa Maria), 25.44; 5. Sammy Murphy (VillaMaria), 25.57; 6. Jennifer Davis (Nazareth Academy), 25.87; 7. Chermol (VillaMaria), 25.96; 8. Mary Kate Comas (Nazareth Academy), 26.11;
100 butterfly: 1. Alexa Fabbri (Villa Joseph Marie), 56.07;2. Kaitlyn Agger (Villa Maria), 58.80; 3. Dobson (Villa Maria), 59.27; 4. MaryKatherine Clark (Villa Maria), 59.77; 5. Emily Messina (Villa Joseph Marie),1:00.13; 6. Alyssa Myers (Villa Maria), 1:00.59; 7. Katie Quigg (SpringfieldMontco), 1:02.17; 8. Jackie Hammill (Upper Perkiomen), 1:02.23;
200 freestyle relay: 1. Villa Maria (Giampietro, McManus,Cornell, Dobson), 1:37.35; 2. Springfield (Montco), 1:45.01; 3. Nazareth Academy,1:42.53; 4. Gwynedd Mercy, 1:44.88; 5. Pottsgrove, 1:45.01; 6. Upper Perkiomen,1:45.84; 7. Merion Mercy, 1:47.22; 8. Lower Moreland, 1:49.70.
Class AAA
Team scores (through Thursday)
North Penn, 197 points; 2. Pennridge, 97; 3. Avon Grove, 90;4. Strath Haven, 76; 5. (tie) Unionville and West Chester Henderson, 75; 7.Owen J. Roberts, 66; 8. Phoenixville, 64; 9. Methacton, 60; 10.Hatboro-Horsham, 56.5.
200-yard medley relay: 1. Pennridge (Anna Beno, BrittanyWeiss, Morgan Scott, Hannah Zurmuhl), 1:44.65 (meet record, previous record1:46.27 by Haverford, Maddie hart, Annie O’Brien, Emily Wolfe, Ilira Zherka,2014); 2. North Penn, 1:47.19; 3. Owen J. Roberts, 1:47.35; 4. Radnor, 1:47.64;5. Unionville, 1:47.65; 6. Haverford, 1:47.64; 7. Souderton, 1:48.23; 8.Hatboro-Horsham, 1:48.30;
200 freestyle: 1. Scott (Pennridge), 1:49.95 (meet record,previous record 1:50.01 by Tommie Dillione, Council Rock North, 2013); 2.Frances Resweber (Strath Haven), 1:52.62; 3. Kailyn Evans (North Penn), 1:53.35;4. Summer Martin (Strath Haven), 1:53.37; 5. Laura Barthold (Unionville),1:53.46; 6. Aimee Baur (North Penn), 1:53.80; 7. Laura Simpson (Boyertown),1:54.55; 8. Rebecca Cubbler (Spring Ford), 1:55.65;
200 individual medley: 1. Olivia Paoletti (Avon Grove),2:03.88; 2. Hannah Wittman (Central Bucks East), 2:04.69; 3. Megan Zartman (NorthPenn), 2:07.73; 4. Emma Brinton (Avon Grove), 2:07.80; 5. Gab Rudy (Ridley),2:07.98; 6. Abby Kosic (West Chester Henderson), 2:08.13; 7. Barbara Schmiele(Hatboro-Horsham), 2:09.01; 8. Amber Zimmerman (Conestoga), 2:09.07;
50 freestyle: 1. Zurmuhl (Pennridge), 23.30 (ties meetrecord set by Shannon Rauth, Downingtown West in 2011); 2. Maddie Cooke(Phoenixville), 23.86; 3. Olivia DiStefano (North Penn), 23.92; 4. KirstenGroff (Methacton), 24.37; 5. Serena Derderian (Avon Grove), 24.37; 6. RickileeHodges (Souderton), 24.50; 7. Leah Brown (North Penn), 24.65; 8. LaurenMitchell (Council Rock North), 24.73;
100 butterfly: 1. Maddie Hart (Haverford), 54.74; 2.Brittany Weiss (Pennridge), 55.45; 3. Julia Cullen (Radnor), 56.25; 4. CarolineApathy (Conestoga), 56.93; 5. Ann Carozza (West Chester East), 57.12; 6. EmilySykes (Methacton), 57.21; 7. Morgan Curl (Oxford), 57.23; 8. Jenna Johns (UpperDublin), 57.45;
200 freestyle relay: 1. North Penn (Evns, Bauer, Brown,DiStefano), 1:34.63 (meet record, previous record 1:36.30 by North Penn, EveKosten, DiStefano, Erin O’Neill, Emily Kosten); 2. West Chester Henderson,1:37.74; 2. Central Bucks East, 1:38.28; 4. Methacton, 1:38.62; 5. StrathHaven, 1:38.69; 6. Unionville, 1:39.10; 7. Phoenixville, 1:39.20; 8.Hatboro-Horsham, 1:39.33.
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