Freedom’s boys swim team won its home opener against Dieruff, 93-68, last Tuesday.

“We were short-staffed today because of some sickness and injuries, so we didn’t have our whole squad. I was really proud of them, the people who were able to swim put some good times in the water,” said Freedom coach Alexa Kutch. “They responded really well. Dieruff is a competitive team for us, especially with certain events.”

Ryan Rummel, AJ Black, Micah Lawser, and Giovanni Camaione won the 200 medley relay, the first boys event of the day, in 1:56.77.

Dieruff’s Christopher Dwornicki won the first individual event of the meet, the 200 freestyle, in 2:30.77.

Lawser took first place in the 200 IM in 2:35.14 and the 500 free in 6:50.40, Rummel won the 50 free in 25.06 and the 100 backstroke in 1:06.26, and Black swam to a first place finish in the 100 free in 56.66 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:16.52.

Also for Freedom, Gabriel Maldonado won the 100 butterfly in 1:39.67.

The Patriot 200 free relay team of Rummel, Camaione, Black, and Lawser came in first in 1:44.82, and Dieruff’s Dwornicki, Cayden Sprayberry, Michael Dwornicki, and Marcos Rodriguez won the 400 free relay in 4:49.24.

Freedom freshman Cody Smith won the diving event with a score of 124.0.

“I think the boys are really fighting hard, especially AJ, Ryan, and we have a new swimmer, Micah, a really good addition to the team,” Kutch said. “And we have some kids who never swam before and are killing it in the water.”

Freedom’s girls also won in the home opener against Dieruff, 107-46.

“We’re getting there,” said Kutch of the Patriot girls team. “We’re in a building year, and we have one really good breaststroker (Alexa Ragab) who’s out for a little bit because she injured herself,

so we’re trying to get enough numbers, enough kids in the water to show them what we’ve got.”

Ella Lowe, Margaret Marshaleck, Sofia Nabyt, and Alivia Deemer opened the meet with a win for the Patriot girls in the 200 medley relay in 2:12.33.

In individual events, Freedom’s first-place swimmers were Zara Martin in the 200 free in 2:37.12, Nabyt in the 200 IM in 2:43.63 and the 100 fly in 1:18.12, Deemer in the 50 free in 28.00 and the 100 free in 1:00.52, Marshaleck in the 500 free in 7:04.70 and the 100 breast in 1:27.90, and Lowe in the 100 back in 1:22.95.

Jasmine Chiu, Milani DaSilva, Anaya Velez, and Martin combined to win the 200 free relay in 2:14.13, and Nabyt, Lowe, Marshaleck, and Deemer teamed up to win the 400 free relay in 4:28.07 for the Patriot girls.

Freedom freshman Natalya Tiffany won the diving event with a score of 112.0.