“Being able to go back-to-back in pretty much every event this championship season, it really shows our drive, why we're here and our preparation.” ~ CV's Owen Brewer.
Scenes from the finals and consolations of the 2023 PIAA 3A Swimming Championships Saturday at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium.
After dropping a seventh-place time in the preliminary session, Coombs held her ground in the afternoon finals to secure a seventh-place medal, the first PIAA hardware of her career.
Chang and Brewer, competing in adjacent lanes, corralled 12th and 16th-place finishes in Saturday morning's 100 free preliminaries and secured consolation berths.
In Saturday’s 500-yard freestyle preliminaries, Coombs authored a seventh-place swim to stamp her ticket to the finals, covering the pool in 4:59.78.
Making a habit of finishing side-by-side this postseason, Cumberland Valley's Jonathan Chang and Owen Brewer added another chapter Friday, with a twist, finishing t-12 and 14th in the 100 fly.
Cumberland Valley's Jonathan Chang and Owen Brewer, and Mechanicsburg's Lance Ginter, reached Friday's consolations in the 100 fly and 200 IM, respectively.
Coombs led the local field Friday's preliminary session and qualified for the consolations of the 200-yard freestyle, finishing 11th with a time of one minute, 53.76 seconds.
Trinity's Ryan Lee turned what could've been a crucial mistake in his prelim swim into motivation and a seventh-place medal in the PIAA 2A 100 breaststroke.
In the final 12 yards of her 100 free, Strine found an extra gear and surged ahead to fourth place and a program record-breaking time of 51.56.
Fertig used the combination of anxiousness and excitement to his advantage, striking for a bronze medal in his state championships debut, scoring 234.50 points, his highest point total this postseason.
In Thursday morning’ preliminary session, Lee secured a finals berth in the 100 breaststroke event, finishing eighth with a time of 59.12 seconds.
Strine stamped her ticket to the 100-yard freestyle finals with a preliminary time of 52.11 seconds, seeding her in a tie for fifth Thursday night.
Boiling Springs' most decorated individual swimmer, Mowe finished his prep career with fifth- and seventh-place medals in the 100 butterfly and 200 IM at Wednesday's championships.
Scenes from the finals of the 2023 PIAA 2A Boys Swimming Championships Wednesday at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium.
Swimming the 200 free for the first time, Strine made sure to make the moment count. Her time of 1:53.61 secured fourth place and broke a Bubbler school record.
Scenes from the finals of the 2023 PIAA 2A Girls Swimming Championships Wednesday at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium.
For the third straight year, Mowe will medal in the 100 fly and 200 IM after fifth and seventh-place finishes in Wednesday's preliminary session.
After swimming in the Class 2A 50-yard freestyle the last two years, Strine qualified for Wednesday’s 200 free championship race with a fourth-place finish in the morning preliminaries.
Swimmers from the Sentinel area will descend upon Bucknell University for the Class 2A competition Wednesday and Thursday followed by the 3A events Friday and Saturday.
Scenes from the second session of the 2023 District 3 Class 3A Boys Swimming Championships Saturday at Cumberland Valley High School.
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Maddy Coombs' decorative cowboy hat read "Mad Dog," the nickname given to her by her teammates. The nickname represents her mentality which she used to secure 500 free gold Saturday.
Scenes from the second session of the 2023 District 3 Class 3A Girls Swimming Championships Saturday at Cumberland Valley High School.
Ryan Lee cruised to his first career gold medal in the 100 breaststroke, authoring a school-record swim and highlighting three top three swims for the Shamrocks.
Scenes from the second session of the 2023 District 3 Class 2A Boys Swimming Championships Saturday at Cumberland Valley High School.
Drawing from the faith of head coach Matt Brenner, Boiling Springs' Jillian Strine reeled in 100 free gold, and several other Bubblers made a leap onto the podium.
