Wilson, Schuylkill Valley swimmers break records at CPL meet

Records fell at the Central Penn League Swimming Championships last weekend at Wilson, with senior Andrew Sillhart and the hosts having their share of milestones, along with the Schuykill Valley sprint pair of Colin Gwiazdowski and Marlee Rickert.

GIRLS

200 MEDLEY RELAY » The Gov. Mifflin foursome of Corinne McCurley, Rachel Johnson, Ava Enriquez and Emma Steckiel repeated as champion in 1:49.94, followed by Twin Valley’s Helen Lahmann-Metcalfe, Rachel Gebhard, Kristin Gebhard and Reagan Wittorff in 1:51.10. 200 FREE » Reading senior Annie Moser placed first in 1:58.05.

200 IM » Muhlenberg sophomore Cameron Gring cruised to victory with a 2:05.52, ahead of the Gov. Mifflin pair of sophomore Steckiel (2:09.35) and junior Enriquez (2:15.55).

50 FREE » Schuylkill Valley sophomore Rickert broke the CPL meet record with a 23.67, eclipsing the 2013 record of 23.87. Twin Valley’s Wittorff and Lahmann-Metcalfe came 2nd and 3rd. 100 BUTTERFLY » Daniel Boone junior Rachel Woomer took the title with a 59.50.

200 FREE RELAY » Gov. Mifflin maintained its relay

dominance with Courtney Hubric, Brown, Connar Melcher and Steckiel winning in 1:37.69.

100 FREE » Freshmen went 1-2 with Rylee Wentzel of Wilson (53.72) edging Reading’s Fay Moser (54.62). Twin Valley’s Wittorff was third in 54.72.

500 FREE » Schuylkill Valley’s Rickert made a big distance change but got the same result as champion in the 500 free in 5:06.47, more than 15 seconds ahead of the field.

100 BACK » Muhlenberg’s Gring won her second event with a 56.85 in the 100 back. 100 BREAST » Daniel Boone senior Carlie Owens took the title with a 1:07.52, with Exeter senior Brooke Bollinger placing second in 1:07.90.

400 FREE RELAY » Gov. Mifflin capped its relay sweep with Enriquez, Brown, Hubric and Steckiel winning in 3:33.64.

DIVING » Wilson senior Mary Warker was a repeat champion (504.45), followed by Gov. Mifflin junio Morgan MacMahon (471.15).

BOYS

200 MEDLEY RELAY » The Wilson team of Jack Werner, Max Valeriano, Andrew Sillhart and Caleb Eberly snapped a record from 1999 (1:36.41, Hempfield) by coming in at 1:35.84 for a CPL meet record.

200 FREE » Exeter junior Luke Scoboria took gold with a 1:46.59.

200 IM » Wilson junior Donovan Curran was champion in 1:5.12, followed by Daniel Boone freshman Chris Guiliano, who kicked off a successful meet with a 1:48.36.

50 FREE » Schuylkill Valley senior Gwiazdowski broke the meet record with his 21.09, a tenth of a second ahead of the 2010 mark of Muhlenberg’s Zach Chow. 100 BUTTERFLY » Wilson senior Sillhart smashed the meet (51.09) and pool (50.95) records with his 50.48 swim, well ahead of runner-up Roanoke Shirk of Muhlenberg (52.73).

200 FREE RELAY » Wilson won the race in 1:26.28 thanks to Malachi Eberly, Alexander Vottero, Werner and Caleb Eberly.

100 FREE » Brothers Chris and Joe Guiliano battled for the top spot with freshman Chris edging senior Joe to the wall with a 47.60. Joe finished in 48.03.

500 FREE » Wilson junior Andrew Thomas took the title in 4:53.75, followed by Schuylkill Valley’s Dawson Mohl (4:57.90).

100 BACK » Boone senior Joe Guiliano got his gold medal in the 100 back with a 52.87 in a split-second finish over SV’s Gwiazdowski, who finished in 52.91.

100 BREAST » Wilson swimmers went 1-2 with Matthew Eisenberg (1:01.26) topping Cameron Cavanaugh (1:02.45).

400 FREE RELAY » Wilson capped its superb meet with another record-setting race with Curran, Werner, Vottero and Caleb Eberly finishing in 3:10.88, besting the 2010 record of 3:11.28. Gov. Mifflin’s Trevor Woolwine, Shane Stauffer, Aiden McCurley and Tim Mangan were second (3:13.91). DIVING » Gov. Mifflin sophomore Noah Clipman took the title with 514.40.