Friday’s winners and District 10 results from the PIAA Class AA swimming meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. The top eight entries in each event received medals:

– Mike Copper

Class AA girls

200-yard medley relay: 1. Mercyhurst Prep, (Vanessa Bering, Marie Georger, Maria Tarbell, Rylee Klomp), 1:47.78. (Were seeded second at 1:49.10.). 4. Fairview (Emily Morosky, Amanda Lawson, Kristin Miller, Maggie Glass), 1:49.80. (Were seeded third at 1:49.71.)

200 freestyle: 1. Lindsay Vrooman, Ambridge, 1:47.67. 21. (tie) Catherine Stark, Mercyhurst Prep, and Lauren Doerrman, Oley Valley, 2:00.91. (Stark was seeded 25^th at 1:59.83.) 26. Maria Tarbell, Mercyhurst Prep, 2:01.28. (Was seeded 24^th at 1:59.51.)

200 individual medley: 1. Rachel Zilinskas, Indiana, 2:01.38. 2. Marie Georger, Mercyhurst Prep, 2:01.64. (Was seeded third at 2:05.56.) 19. Vanessa Bering, Mercyhurst Prep, 2:14.70. (Was seeded 16^th at 2:13.76. 25. Amanda Lawson, Fairview, 2:17.30. (Was seeded 21^st at 2:15.47.)

50 freestyle: 1. Mary Moser, Wyomissing, 23.18. 2. Rylee Klomp, Mercyhurst Prep, 23.76. (Was seeded second at 24.03.) 5. Maggie Glass, Fairview, fifth going into final. (Was seeded third at 24.08.) 12. Taylor Snyder, Titusville, 24.69. (Was seeded sixth at 24.33.) 19. Lauren Curtin, Mercyhurst Prep, 25.18. (Was seeded 18^th at 24.98.)

100 butterfly: 1. (tie) Victoria Gillespie, Nazareth Academy, and Margaret Gruber, Mars, 55.47. 13. Rachael Ragen, Iroqouis, 59.53. (Was seeded ninth at 59.04.) 23. Kristin Miller, Fairview, 1:01.41. (Was seeded 17^th at 1:00.16.)

200 freestyle relay: 1. Scranton Prep (Rebekah Campo, Emma Blake, Maria Telincho, Megan Jones), 1:37.79. 11. Fairview (Kristin Miller, Sarah Podufal, Kelly Miazga, Maggie Glass), 1:40.75. (Were seeded ninth at 1:41.16.) 19. Mercyhurst Prep (Nicole Winkler, Emily Swanson, Hillary Krill, Lauren Curtin), 1:43.87.

1-meter diving: 1. Catherine Rose, Allentown Central Catholic, 449.45. 11. Brienna Weibel, Fairview, 319.40. (Was seeded eighth at 359.55.) 16. Joselyn Lion, Fairview, 263.70. (Was seeded 11^th at 356.00.) 23. Caroline Eckendorf, Fairview, 124.80 (Was seeded 16^th at 330.45.)

Class AA boys

200-yard medley relay: 1. Hershey (David Nolan, Kyle Ruddle, Sean Grier, Jeffrey Young), 1:30.27 (PIAA and NFHS records). 9. Franklin (Mike Hart, Brian Frederick, Andy Frederick, Dustin Jazwinski), 1:41.37. (Were seeded 18^th at 1:43.78.) 10. Mercyhurst Prep (David Benczkowski, Conrad Kubaney, Piotr Stepniak, Vincent Palmer), 1:41.67. (Were seeded seventh at 1:40.78.) 13. Titusville (Seth Come, Zane Lesko, Alex Furlan, Adam Bleday), 1:42.80. (Were seeded 13^th at 1:42.39.) 14. Fairview (Robert Dartnell, Harrison Grimm, Alex Borowski, Charles Jelicks), 1:43.02. (Were seeded 22^nd at 1:44.36.) 16. Grove City (Kevin Archibald, Chris Gregg, Patrick Shaw, Ben Yute), 1:43.49. (Were seeded 14^th at 1:42.86.)

200 freestyle: 1. Conner Calarie, Highlands, 1:41.78. 11. Jacob Stockton, Corry, 1:46.82. (Was seeded 12^th at 1:47.35.) 12. Ryan Taylor, Fairview, 1:47.21. (Was seeded 21^st at 1:49.28.) 28. (tie) Conrad Kubaney, Mercyhurst Prep, and Ega Mengeringhausen, Dallas, 1:51.04 (Kubaney was seeded 25^th at 1:49.81.)

200 individual medley: 1. David Nolan, Hershey, 1:43.43 (PIAA and NFHS records). 7. Richard Petrella, Fairview, 1:53.63. (Was seeded sixth at 1:56.30.) 15. Brian Frederick, Franklin, 2:00.91. (Was seeded 12^th at 1:59.47.)

50 freestyle: 1. Zach Chow, Muhlenberg, 21.02. 12. Piotr Stepniak, Mercyhurst Prep, 21.86. (Was seeded 22^nd at 22.34.) 13. Jared Schwab, Oil City, 21.93. (Was seeded 10^th at 21.97.) 14. Caleb Sykora-Bodie, Slippery Rock, 21.99. (Was seeded 16^th at 22.08.) 26. Jim Pattison, Titusville, 22.67. (Was seeded 26^th at 22.41.)

100 butterfly: 1. Sean Grier, Hershey, 48.62. 25. Alex Furlan, Titusville, 55.64. (Was seeded 27^th at 55.50.) 32. Patrick Shaw, Grove City, 57.70. (Was seeded 32^nd at 56.88.)

200 freestyle relay: 1. Hershey (Benjamin Bauchwitz, Shota Nakano, Kyle Ruddle, Jeffrey Young), 1:25.61. 5. Fairview (Wade Christensen, Joe Nowak, Ryan Taylor, Richard Petrella), 1:28.69. (Were seeded fifth at 1:29.26.) 11. Titusville (Jim Pattison, Alex Furlan, Seth Come, Adam Bleday), 1:30.80. (Were seeded seventh at 1:29.52.) 22. Franklin (Dustin Jazwinski, Andy Frederick, Mike Hart, Brian Frederick), 1:33.33. (Were seeded 21^st at 1:32.53.)

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Less than 30 minutes after winning her second career gold medal, Mercyhurst Prep sophomore Marie Georger claimed the silver medal in Friday night’s 200-yard individual medley final. Georger completed the event’s four disciplines in 2 minutes, 1.64 seconds.

Hershey freshman Rachel Zilinskas recovered from a slow heat to win the title. Zilinskas, the 200 IM top seed, edged Georger for the title at 2:01.38.

Also placing second in an individual event was Klomp. The freshman’s bid for the 50 free crown was dashed by Wyomissing top seed Mary Moser, who’s winning time of 23.18 was .01 off the state record.

Klomp completed the sprint in 23.76.

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The Mercyhurst Prep 200-yard medley relay team of Vanessa Bering (backstroke), Marie Georger (breaststroke), Maria Tarbell (butterfly) and Rylee Klomp (freestyle) won the PIAA Class AA title with a time of 1 minute, 47.78 seconds.

Fairview placed fourth at 1:49.80.

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Brienna Weibel posted the best result of three Fairview divers in Friday afternoon’s 1-meter competition. Weibel was in top-eight medal contention after the preliminary and semifinal cuts, but fell to 11th place after 11 rounds with a final point total of 319.40.

Also making the finals for the Tigers was Joselyn Lion, who placed16th at 263.70. Caroline Eckendorf completed the trio in 23rd at 124.80.

Catherine Rose of Allentown Central Catholic defended her AA championship with a point total of 449.45.

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The Fairview boys’ 200-yard medley relay team will start a significant second to Hershey in Friday night’s championship race, but still have the chance to win what’s believed to be the first PIAA swimming or diving championship of any kind in school history.

The Tigers’ Wade Christensen, Joe Nowak, Ryan Taylor and anchor Richard Petrella were timed at 1 minute, 28.60 seconds for their heat, which was .66 faster than their District 10 qualifying time. Fairview will be next to heat leader Hershey (1:26.80) when the buzzer sounds for the final.

Petrella also qualified sixth for Friday night’s title race in the 200-yard individual medley. The sophomore matched his seed for that event, even though his heat time of 1 minute, 56.84 seconds was more than a half-second slower than his victorious time from the District 10 meet.

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Marie Georger could have two more PIAA titles on her Mercyhurst Prep resume before she even begins state defense in the 100-yard backstroke.

Georger posted the low time in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 2.49 seconds) during Thursday morning’s heats. Her effort was more than three seconds faster than her District 10-qualifying time (2:05.56.)

Before that, Georger also has a chance at a team gold medal. She joined Vanessa Bering, Maria Tarbell and anchor Rylee Klomp for a 1:50.08 effort in the 200 medley relay.

Klomp is second going into the 50 free. The freshman sprinter was clocked at 23.86, with Wyomissing top seed Mary Moser first at 23.43.