Schreiber stepping up for York swimming
Morgan Schreiber kicked off the second half of the season with the York men’s swim team with a big effort in a 151-103 victory over Randolph-Macon on Jan. 13 in York.
Schreiber, from Pottstown (Pottsgrove), won the 100 backstroke in 54.45 and the 200 backstroke in 2:00.27. He also swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay in 1:39.52. On Jan. 20, in a 192-70 victory over Frostburg, also in York, Schreiber won the 500 freestyle (4:59.71), finished second in the 200 freestyle (1:49.15) and second with the A squad to the Spartans B squad in the 400 medley relay in 3:43.04.
“Morgan is having a very good senior year,” coach Greg Doyle said. “He started off a little slow but has been training very hard as he prepares for the conference championships and beyond.”
The coach said that Schreiber has some lofty goals for the end of the season.
“Morgan is working hard to achieve those goals and I’m excited to see what he can go as we get to the end of the season,” Doyle said.
The Capital Athletic Conference championship is set for Feb. 23-25 in St. Mary’s City, Md. Schreiber will be shooting for his fourth straight title in the 100 backstroke and his third straight crown in the 200 backstroke.
DYLAN EDDINGER (BOYERTOWN) »
The junior ran a leg on the DMR for the St. Joseph’s men’s indoor track team at the Penn State National Open on Jan. 26 in University Park which finished third with an IC4A qualifying time of 9:55.46. That ranks second in the Atlantic 10 Conference performance list. Eddinger also ranks 11th on the A-10 list in the 1,000 meter run with an adjusted time of 2:30.76 and 11th in the 800 meter run with an adjusted time of 1:54.86.
JC GARGES (POTTSGROVE) »
The Eastern senior has his name on the Middle Atlantic Conference performance list in two events. He’s 16th on the 3,000 meter run after finishing 24th in the Coach I Open on Jan. 13 in Lancaster with a time of 9:36.61. Garges is 17th on the list in the 5,000 meter run after finishing seventh in the NYC Gotham Cup on Jan. 20 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. with a time of 16:30.37. His career bests are 9:11.65 in the 3k and 16:00.71 in the 5k.
BECCA HEMINGWAY (BOYERTOWN) »
The Kutztown freshman finished ninth in the long jump with a 16 foot, 8 inch effort and tied for ninth in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 1 inch at the NYC Gotham Cup on Jan. 19 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island, N.Y. facing a number of Division I athletes. In the school’s Golden Bear Invitational Jan. 1112 in Kutztown, Hemingway finished fifth in the high jump with a personal record leap of 5 feet, 1 ¾ inches. She also ran a leg with the 4x400 relay which finished seventh in 4:35.95.
DANTE STEFFENINO (UPPER PERKIOMEN) »
Shippensburg’s redshirt senior returned to action for the first time since early December and wrestled at 133 pounds for the first time this season and helped the Raiders turn back Millersville 21-14 last Tuesday in Shippensburg. Steffenino defeated Alex Baider 7-4, the latter ranked No. 5 in Super Region I. He used a first-period takedown and a four-point near fall for the momentum in the match. He hadn’t taken the mat since he went 0-2 at 141 pounds at the PSAC Championships on Dec. 9 in Edinboro.