There was a bright spot in Liberty’s swim loss to Emmaus last week when Hurricane senior Malcolm Collins broke two pool records Jan. 23 at Liberty.

In the 100 butterfly, Collins broke former teammate and state champion Patrick Gilhool’s pool record of 51.78 with a time of 50.69.

“Recently, my butterfly has been excelling, so I saw Pat’s record and wanted to go for it,” said Collins. “It felt great. My underwaters, everything felt really good. I think, just the name, Patrick Gilhool...I’m happy about that because he’s a great swimmer, so a lot of respect to him, so I’m happy I was able to break one of his records.”

Collins then broke his own 100 breaststroke pool record of 58.63 with a new record of 57.51.

“Malcolm’s a very good swimmer, which is easy to see,” said Liberty coach Reik Foust, “but he also is receptive to fixing some stuff, and I like that.”

Collins, Wade Wu, Logan Malozi, and Ben Raineri had a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay in 1:45.44.

Wu was second in the 50 freestyle in 23.53, and Raineri placed third in 24.80. Wu also placed third in the 100 backstroke in 1:01.98.

Collins, Christian Hackett, Wu, and Raineri took second place in an exciting finish to the 200 free relay with a time of 1:35.37.

“Before the meet started, Coach Reik said the most important thing was to just relax, and it really helped,” said Raineri. “As an anchor, it’s probably the most stressful spot in the relay, so when I did my flip turn, I didn’t even realize [Emmaus’s Carson Mosel] was that close to me. I went up for a breath, and I saw he was right there, and I just put it into full gear. As soon as I touched the touch pad, the first thing I did was look up at the board, and I saw I beat him by less than a second.”

In girls events, Lilah McClarin, Leah Onia, Katie Bruno, and Chelsea Hearn placed second in the 200 medley relay in 1:59.60.

Audrey Bloss-Ferry came in second in the 200 IM and the 100 fly in 1:04.52.

“I’ve been working really hard at my fly, and I’ve been uptight about it, but I was able to let loose this week, and that reflected in my times. I wasn’t concerned about winning or losing. We all just wanted to swim fast and do our best and race to our full potential,” Bloss-Ferry said. “I think we’re doing really well within the aspect of helping each other, and making sure we’re all putting in our best effort, and being really supportive.”

Hearn was second in the 50 free in 26.78.

Gabby Madeira won the diving event with a score of 164.50.

Hearn, Bloss-Ferry, Sophia O’Hara, and McClarin raced to second in the 200 free relay in 1:49.10.

Bruno took third place in the 100 fly in 1:05.06 and in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.78.

Amelia Paxton, O’Hara, Bloss-Ferry, and Bruno placed third in the 400 free relay in 4:05.05.

“I tried to put the kids in their best events, and then I fill in after that. It’s really hard when you don’t have the numbers,” said Foust. “I was happy with the kids today. They didn’t swim great, but they swam well.”