Dolphins excel in 2017 BCSA swim season
The Kutztown Dolphins improved upon its 2016 season by finishing the 2017 season undefeated (5-0) in the Pacific Division of the BCSA summer swim league. The Dolphins defeated the teams from Lincoln Park, Antietam, Laurel Run, Crestwood and Wyomissing. The successful dual meet season was marked by numerous individual and relay achievements including best times and Dolphin records. Dolphin swimmers carried this wave of momentum into the Silver and County Championship meets where they continued to break records and earn podium finishes and score the most points of any Dolphin team in recent history. The myriad of Dolphin season accomplishments are listed below.
Fourteen individual Dolphin team records were broken including the following: 9-10 Girls 25 Breast - Merissa Schermerhorn; 9-10 Boys 25 Back - Justin Diehl; 13-14 Boys 400 Free - Cole Chukoskie; 13-14 Boys 50 Back - Mitchell Brett; 15-18 Girls 50
Free - Skylar Strunk (twice); 15-18 Girls 400 Free - Michaela Hersh (twice); 15-18 Girls 50 Back - Greta Feiertag; 15-18 Boys 50 Back - Shawn Bessey; 15-18 Boys 100 IM - Shawn Bessey (also broken by Zackary Moyer, Zach Stein, and Drew Waters)
One Dolphin relay team record was broken: 15-18 Girls 200 Free Relay - Greta Feiertag, Mya Keim, Michaela Hersh, Skylar Strunk
Dolphin achievements at Silver Championships included the following: 18 best times, 10 top-12 finishes (top 12 score), 9 top-8 finishes, 1 top-3 finish: Luke Geist - 2nd place, Boys 11-12 100 Free; 15th place out of 22 teams.
Dolphin achievements at BCSA County Championships included: 55 swimmers (largest group ever), 62 top-16 finishes (top 16 score), 32 top-8 finishes, three top-3 finishes, including one county champion: Skylar Strunk - 1st place in Girls’ 15-18 100 Free and 2nd place in Girls 15-18 50 meter freestyle; Merissa Schermerhorn - 3rd place, Girls 9-10 50 Breast; Greta Feiertag, Mya Keim, Michaela Hersh, Skylar Strunk - 2nd place, Girls 15-18 200 Free Relay; team’s best county performance ever with 1,004.5 team points for 4th place out of 22 teams.
Additional information regarding the Kutztown Dolphins, BCSA summer swim league and other information regarding competitive swimming can be found at the Dolphins website address of www.kutztowndolphins.org