HS Swimming: Pottsville, Tamaqua girls score non-league wins

POTTSVILLE — It came down to the last event.
Pottsville had swimmers left, Saucon Valley did not.
The Crimson Tide scored a victory in the meet’s final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, to capture a 68-64 win over the Panthers in a non-league girls’ swimming dual meet Saturday morning at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.
Lila Evans (diving), Gianna Laselva (500 free) and Isabella Walchak (100 back) scored individual wins for Pottsville (3-4), which won the meet despite losing eight of the 12 events.
Saucon Valley led 64-60 entering the 400 free relay but didn’t field a relay team. The Pottsville quartet of Eli Kim, Walchak, Catherine Mohl and Laselva raced to victory in 4:44.20 to give the Tide the dual meet win.
Pottsville 68, Saucon Valley 64
200 medley relay — Saucon Valley A (Cort, McTague, Chaffier, Lanning) 2:19.33
200 freestyle — Cort (Sau) 2:07.86
200 IM — Chaffier (Sau) 2:59.32
50 freestyle — McTague (Sau) 30.14
Diving — Evans (Potts) 127.80
100 butterfly — Chaffier (Sau) 1:15.50
100 freestyle — Cort (Sau) 56.05
500 freestyle — Laselva (Potts) 5:47.18
200 freestyle relay — Saucon Valley A (Cort, McTague, Chaffier, Bokan) 1:58.97
100 backstroke — Walchak (Potts) 1:26.99
100 breaststroke — McTague (Sau) 1:33.37
400 freestyle relay — Pottsville A (Kim, Walchak, Mohl, Laselva) 4:44.20
Girls’ Swimming
Tamaqua 99, Salisbury 75
TAMAQUA — Shaylee Gormley (200 free, 100 fly) won a pair of individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Blue Raiders outlasted the Falcons in a non-league dual meet.
Gia Clemson (diving), Janna Brown (100 free), Kate Behun (100 back) and Savannah Wilson (100 breast) added wins for Tamaqua (6-1), which swept the relays. The Blue Raiders won nine of the 12 events.
200 medley relay — Tamaqua A (Behun, Wilson, Nattress, Jones) 2:06.11
200 freestyle — Gormley (Tam) 2:09.99
200 IM — Amorim (Sal) 2:19.57
50 freestyle — Ballek (Sal) 27.24
Diving — G. Clemson (Tam) 129.90
100 butterfly — Gormley (Tam) 1:06.18
100 freestyle — Brown (Tam) 1:01.59
500 freestyle — Ballek (Sal) 5:29.55
200 freestyle relay — Tamaqua A (Nattress, Brown, Jones, Gormley) 1:51.65
100 backstroke — Behun (Tam) 1:09.03
100 breaststroke — Wilson (Tam) 1:09.31
400 freestyle relay — Tamaqua A (Gormley, Brown, Behun, Wilson) 4:04.84
Boys’ Swimming
Salisbury 77, Tamaqua 43
TAMAQUA — Thomas Graham scored Tamaqua’s only victory, placing first in the 100 freestyle, as the Blue Raiders (1-6) dropped a non-league meet with the Falcons.
200 medley relay — No event
200 freestyle — Reihman (Sal) 2:00.27
200 IM — Amorim (Sal) 2:10.10
50 freestyle — Jahasz (Sal) 25.34
Diving — No event
100 butterfly — No event
100 freestyle — Graham (Tam) 1:00.20
500 freestyle — Reihman (Sal) 5:26.50
200 freestyle relay — Salisbury A (Juhasz, Amorim, Geoghegan, Reihman) 1:42.18
100 backstroke — Juhasz (Sal) 1:12.55
100 breaststroke — Amorim (Sal) 1:04.62
400 freestyle relay — Salisbury (Juhasz, Amorim, Carpo, Reihman) 3:55.95
Saucon Valley 100, Pottsville 71
POTTSVILLE — Spencer Prestileo (diving), Ashton Maroukis (100 back) and Jamison Walsh (100 breast) scored individual victories as the Crimson Tide (5-2) dropped a non-league meet to the Panthers at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.
200 medley relay — Saucon Valley A (Wechtler, Warner, Avila, Weikert) 1:48.06
200 freestyle — Avila (Sau) 2:05.21
200 IM — Schroeck (Sau) 2:25.57
50 freestyle — Weikert (Sau) 23.61
Diving — Prestileo (Potts) 145.35
100 butterfly — Wechtler (Sau) 59.25
100 freestyle — Weikert (Sau) 53.36
500 freestyle — Warner (Sau) 5:29.05
200 freestyle relay — Pottsville A (Mohl, Bressler, Walsh, Bevan) 1:37.96
100 backstroke — Maroukis (Potts) 1:06.61
100 breaststroke — Walsh (Potts) 1:13.41
400 freestyle relay — Saucon Valley A (Warner, Schroeck, Wechtler, Weikert) 3:39.54
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