Five area swimmers win titles

Two area swimmers won individual titles to highlight the PIAA Class AAA girls' swimming championship at Bucknell University yesterday.

Danielle Siverling took the 100-yard freestyle in 50.29 seconds for Downingtown East and Christina Leander won the 100-yard backstroke for West Chester East in 55.15 seconds.

On the boys' side, Shane Ryan of Haverford High broke his own state record in the 100-yard backstroke and won with a time of 48.67 seconds. Shane Austin of Unionville won the 100-yard freestyle in 45.26 seconds and Robert Power of Chichester won the 100-yard breaststroke in 56.81 seconds.

PIAA STATE CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOYS EVENTS

Team scoring: North Allegheny 227.5, Wilson-West Lawn 192, La Salle 180, Emmaus 158, Mt. Lebanon 140, West Chester Henderson 112.5, Boyertown 109, Cumberland Valley 85, Cedar Crest 71.5, Central Bucks East 69.

100-yard freestyle: 1, Shane Austin, Unionville, 45.26. 2, James Wilson, Oxford, 45.79. 3, Sho Sugimoto, Mt. Lebanon, 45.80. 4, Ryan Stahley, Emmaus, 46.03. 5, Riley Weber, Central Bucks East, 46.17.

500-yard freestyle: 1, Jonathan Buerger, North Allegheny, 4:225.35. 2, John Nappi, Mt. Lebanon, 4:29.37. 3, Luke Trimmer, Red Land, 4:31.38. 4, Christian McCurdy, Penn Trafford, 4:33.73. 5, Allen Weik, Cedar Crest, 4:33.88.

100-yard backstroke: 1, Shane Ryan, Haverford High, 48.67 (PIAA record, betters 48.79, Ryan, in prelims). 2, Nathaniel Savoy, Wilson-West Lawn, 49.13. 3, Kyle Dudzinski, Upper St. Clair, 49.32. 4, Rhoads Worster, La Salle, 50.05. 5, Tim Maurer, Lower Dauphin, 50.16.

100-yard breaststroke: 1, Robert Power, Chichester, 56.81. 2, Dan Crigler, Wilson-West Lawn, 57.36. 3, Chad Schmidt, Cumberland Valley, 567.65. 4, Logan Monger, Conestoga Valley, 57.70. 5, Luke Nosbisch, Gateway, 57.94.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1, Wilson-West Lawn (Nathaniel Savoy, Tyler Toren, Ryan Westley, Dan Crigler), 3:03.53 (PIAA record, betters 3:04.09, Emmaus, 2009). 2, North Allegheny, 3:03.61. 3, La Salle, 3:05.50. 4, Mt. Lebanon, 3:05.84. 5, Boyertown, 3:07.15.

Diving: 1, Connor Kuremsky, North Allegheny, 543.85 (PIAA record, betters 541.60, Steve Bohner, North Penn, 1998). 2, Heath Calhoun, Butler, 469.25. 3, Jakob Kolod, Fox Chapel, 452.20. 4, Ozzie Moyer, Souderton, 447.10. 5, Frankie Murray, North Penn, 442.85.

GIRLS EVENTS

Team scoring: Wilson-West Lawn 231.5, Hershey 205.5, Parkland 173, Emmaus 151, North Allegheny 132, Souderton 107, Council Rock North 84, State College 76, Cedar Crest 73, Unionville 71.

100-yard freestyle: Danielle Siverling, Downingtown East, 50.29. 2, Patricia Leeson, Bethlehem Liberty, 51.21. Caitlyn Carr, Wilson-West Lawn, 51.23. 4, Mikelle Masciantonio, Emmaus, 51.24. 5, Missy Doll, Douderton, 51.55.

500-yard freestyle: Maddie Hoch, Cedar Crest, 4:51.03. 2, Taylor Sostarecz, Easton, 4:54.87. 3, Erica Reifinger, Parkland, 4:56.71. 4, Claire Loht, Red Land, 4:56.91. 5, Taylor Kane, Archbishop Wood, 4:57.49.

100-yard backstroke: 1, Christina Leander, West Chester East, 55.15. 2, Yurie Nakano, Hershey, 55.51. 3, Melanie Busch, William Tennent, 55.88. 4, Paige Impink, Wilson-West Lawn, 56.27. 5, Brooke Waugaman, Hempfield, 56.51.

100-yard breaststroke: Emily Cameron, Warwick, 1:02.31. 2, Kelly Carroll, Great Valley, 1:03.74. 3, Megan Harris, Downingtown West, 1:04.38. 4, Kylie Grady, North Allegheny, 1:04.58. 5, Rachel Butler, Manheim Township, 1:04.88.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1, Wilson-West Lawn (Camilla Czulada, Paige Impink, Taylor Brew, Caitlyn Karr), 3:27.90. 2, Hershey, 3:29.65. 3, Emmaus, 3:29.77. 4, Parkland, 3:30.54. 5, Council Rock North, 3:32.49.

Nonleague

West-Mont Christian 0 0 0 - 0 0 5

Haverford School 0 16 x - 16 7 0

WP: Matt Lengel. LP: Cole VonKiel. 2V: HS-Lengel, Nick Craig.

Ontario Ac. (Canada) 000 010 0 - 1 7 1

Germantown Academy 001 010 0 - 2 5 3

WP: Cameron Retif. LP: Dan Blewett. 3B: GA-Sean Coyle.

Stern Hebrew 200 01 - 3 3 3

Barrack Hebrew 512 3x - 11 4 2

WP: Daniel Saewitz. LP: Ami James.

FLYERS CUP

Class AA Quarterfinal

Pennsbury 2, Washington Twp. 1

Class A Quarterfinals

West Chester Rustin 5, Perkiomen Valley 3

Methacton 6, Hershey 4

NONLEAGUE

Penn Charter 5, Shipley 0

(PC: Sean Rojo def. T.J. Morgan, 6-3, 7-5, at No. 1 singles)

Friends' Central 5, Chestnut Hill Academy 2

(FC: Wes Kaminsky and Ilan Dreyfuss def. Elliot Baxtor and Josh Moss, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 1 doubles)

PUBLIC LEAGUE

Fels 3, Lamberton 2

Frankford 5, Franklin Learning Center 0

Lincoln 5, Rhodes 0

Franklin/Masterman 3, Girls High 2

Palumbo 5, Roxborough 0

PIAA TOURNAMENT

State Class A Quarterfinals

At Norristown:

Girard College vs. Reading Central Catholic, 6

At East Pennsboro:

Greenwood vs. Lebanon Catholic, 6

At Indiana:

Sewickley Academy vs. Tussey Mountain, 7

At Chartiers Valley:

Lincoln Park vs. Neshannock, 7:30

State Class AAA Quarterfinals

At Widener University:

Archbishop Carroll vs. Neumann-Goretti, 7

At Martz Hall, Pottsville:

Eastern York vs. Abington Heights, 7:30

At Hollidaysburg:

York Suburban vs. Chartiers Valley, 7:30

At North Allegheny:

West Mifflin vs. Hampton, 7:30

PIAA TOURNAMENT

State Class AA Quarterfinals

At East Pennsboro:

Delone Catholic vs. Lancaster Mennonite, 7:30

At Martz Hall, Pottsville:

Dunmore vs. York Catholic, 6

At North Allegheny:

Avonworth vs. South Fayette,6

At Kennedy Catholic:

Seton La Salle vs. Villa Maria-Erie, 7

State Class AAAA Quarterfinals

At Geigle Complex, Reading:

Abington vs. Red Lion, 6

Cheltenham vs. Central Dauphin, 7:30

At Norristown:

Archbishop Ryan vs. Council Rock North, 7:30

At Chartiers Valley:

Mount Lebanon vs. Baldwin, 6