Falcon girls swimmers take two of three relays vs. Raiders
The Salisbury swim teams competed against unbeaten Tamaqua Saturday. The host Blue Raiders swept the meet, with the girls team winning 99-70 and the boys team cruising to a 120-32 victory.
The Salisbury girls team picked up four wins at the meet.
Olivia Amorim (100 butterfly) and Phoebe Ballek (100 freestyle) won one individual event each and were part of two winning relays. Joining the two sophomores in the winning 200 medley relay were freshman Sarah Beckage and sophomore Gwyn DeFazio. The Falcons’ 400-yard freestyle relay team included Beckage, Ballek, Amorin and junior Sally Wiggins as Salisbury won the meet’s first and last events and took two of three relays.
In the boys meet, Cameron Kubinsky’s win in the 200 individual medley was the Falcons’ only victory.
Girls
Tamaqua 99, Salisbury 70
200 Medley Relay
- 1. Salisbury (Phoebe Ballek, Gwyn DeFazio, Olivia Amorim, Amelia Swoyer) 2:09.91;
200 Freestyle
- 1. Lexi Buchala (T) 2:13.17, 2. Isabella Jones (T), 3. Allison Beckage (S);
200 IM
- 1. Savannah Wilson (T) 2:26.91, 2. Phoebe Ballek (S), 3. Gabby Blasko (T);
50 Freestyle
- Janna Brown (T) 30.13, 2. Amelia Swoyer (S), 3. Ava Jones (T);
100 Butterfly
- 1. Olivia Amorim (S) 1:04.64, 2. Audrey Nattress (T), 3. Macy Newman (S);
100 Freestyle
- 1. Phoebe Ballek (S) 59.25, 2. Ava Jones (T), 3. Janna Brown (T);
500 Freestyle
- 1. Lexi Buchala (T) 5:56.17, 2. Isabella Jones (T), 3. Lyla Clemson (T);
200 Freestyle Relay
- 1. Tamaqua (Lily McNutt, Ava Jones, Isabella Jones, Lexi Buchala) 2:00.17;
100 Backstroke
- 1. Gabby Blasko (T) 1:12.60, 2. Audrey Nattress (T), 3. Samantha Conrad (S);
100 Breaststroke
- 1. Savannah Wilson (T) 1:14.07, 2. Olivia Amorim (S), 3. Lily McNutt (T);
400 Freestyle Relay
- 1. Salisbury (Allison Beckage, Phoebe Ballek, Sally Wiggins, Olivia Amorim) 4:13.31.
Boys
Tamaqua 120, Salisbury 32
200 Medley Relay
- 1. Tamaqua (Jathan Krall, Stephen Behun, Jack Tharp, Ethan DiBonifazio) 1:59.89;
200 Freestyle
- 1. Jathan Krall (T) 2:05.75, 2. Alex Zehner (T), 3. Jesse Gormley (T);
200 IM
- 1. Cameron Kubinsky (S) 2:25.35, Vincenzo Valentine (T), 3. Will Behun (T);
50 Freestyle
- 1. Stephen Behun (T) 24.54, 2. Jack Tharp (T), 3. Ethan DiBonifazio (T);
100 Butterfly
- 1. Cameron Kubinsky (S) 1:08.78, 2. Rafael Carpo (S);
100 Freestyle
- 1. Stephen Behun (T) 57.47, 2. Jacob Hehn (T), 3. Logan Morgans (T);
500 Freestyle
- 1. Jathan Krall (T) 5:42.52, 2. Alex Zehner (T), 3. Emerson Juhasz (S);
200 Freestyle Relay
- 1. Tamaqua (Ethan DiBonifazio, Peter McGinley, Jack Tharp, Stephen Behun) 1:43.22;
100 Backstroke
- 1. Jack Tharp (T) 1:12.99, 2. Will Behun (T), 3. Ben Hunsicker (T);
100 Breaststroke
- 1. Ethan DiBonifazio (T) 1:21.01, 2. Peter McGinley (T), 3. Nassir Nobles (T);
400 Freestyle Relay
- 1. Tamaqua (Jesse Gormley, Jathan Krall, Vincenzo Valentine, Alex Zehner) 4:15.57.