Guiliano doubles medal haul
Daniel Boone sophomore Chris Guiliano, Boyertown sophomore Gabrielle McKee and Perkiomen Valley freshman Jacob Replogle made finals Saturday on the second day of the PIAA Class 3A Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University.
Guiliano, who placed fifth in Friday’s 200 IM, earned his second medal of the weekend with a time of 45.05 seconds for a sixthplace finish in the 100 free Saturday. McKee advanced to the B final in the 500 free, where she placed 13th with a time of 5:04.73.
In his first state meet, Replogle finished 12th in the B final of the 500 free, swimming a 4:36.57, more than two seconds faster than his prelim time.
Owen J. Roberts had two swimmers just miss out on finals in their respective ends. After medaling in the 50 free Friday, junior Mikayla Niness finished 17th in the preliminaries of the 100 free with a time of 52.77. Junior Meredith Mutter placed 17th in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.85, a tenth of a second behind the 16th place finisher. Upper Perkiomen’s Kyle Kovalenko (100 breast) also finished 17th in his first Class 3A meet after competing in the PIAA Class 2A Championships during the past two years.
Owen J. Roberts sophomore Dalton Fink finished 26th in the 100 back. Boyertown junior Nolan Benner finished 26th in the 100 breast and 28th in the 100 free. Upper Merion senior Aidan McNally ended the 100 free in 21st.
Upper Merion’s 400 free relay team of McNally, Michael Lemishko, CJ Besz and Andrew Hoy, Boyertown’s 400 free relay team of Benner, Oliver Tye, Noah Vivian and Aaron Keifer, and Perkiomen Valley’s team of Replogle, Ethan Hinz, Dylan Alexander and Addison Collins competed in the 400 free relay. Upper Merion (3:12.65), Boyertown (3:15.40) and Perkiomen Valley (3:16.30) placed 17th, 22nd and 26th respectively, all missing out on the finals.
Upper St. Clair sophomore John Matheny set a national record in the 100 breast in the event final with a 52.52, besting the 52.65 mark of Indiana’s Chandler Bray in 2016.