Parkland swim teams top Pates, win tri-meet

Published February 06. 2025 09:28AM

by CHUCK HIXSON Special to the Press

The Parkland swimming and diving teams competed in a tri-meet with Williamsport and Cumberland Valley on Jan. 18 at Williamsport High School.

Parkland won the three-team scoring in both boys and girls. The Trojans swept the meet with the girls team scoring 180 to 100 for Cumberland Valley and 35 for the hosts.

The PHS boys won with 145 points to 116 for Cumberland Valley and 53 for the Millionaires.

Sydney LaBaugh (200 freestyle, backstroke) and Milla Hahn (individual medley, butterfly) won two individual events each for Parkland, while teammates Kelsey McPeek (breaststroke) and Sam Schultz (diving) won one event each.

The Trojan girls teams swept the relay races at the meet.

Baylee Kish, McPeek, Hahn and Mackenzie Platt won the medley relay. LaBaugh, Kish, Grace Zhang and McPeek took the 200-yard freestyle relay and Zhang, Farrah Hahn, Milla Hahn and LaBaugh won the 400 freestyle relay.

In the boys meet, Dominic Faenza (200 free, 500 free) won two individual events and Gabe Krizel (backstroke) won one. The Trojans took first place in the boys 400 freestyle relay with the team of Thomas Price, Jacob Piccini, Pedro Teran and Faenza.

In East Penn Conference action, Parkland swept Nazareth on Jan. 14 to improve to 6-0 in boys and girls meets this season.

In the girls meet, Parkland beat the Blue Eagles 124-59 as four different Trojans captured individual events while the team won all three relays, including a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 free relay.

Parkland’s boys team beat Nazareth 129-54. Six different Parkland boys swimmers won events at the meet and the Trojans swept the three boys relays.

BOYS

Parkland 129, Nazareth 54

200 medley relay: 1. Parkland (Gabe Krizel, Ethan Coleman, Thomas Price, Jacob Piccini) 1:40.12, 2. Nazareth, 3. Parkland (Quinn Conway, Colton Chung, Eric Friday, Jacob Grab);

200 freestyle: 1. Pedro Teran (P) 1:50.95, 2. Michael Toth (P), 3. Jack Nelson (N);

200 individual medley: 1. Ethan Coleman (P) 2:03.31, 2. Connor McGlynn (N), 3. Colton Chung (P);

50 freestyle: 1. Patrick Leach (N) 1:01.0, 2. Thomas Price (P), 3. Dominic Faenza (P);

Diving: 1. Charlie Epstein (P) 227.90, 2. Bradley Kunz (P), 3. Adam Linchuk (P);

100 butterfly: 1. Thomas Price (P) 52.82, 2. Connor McGlynn (N), 3. Colton Chung (P);

100 freestyle: 1. Patrick Leach (N) 49.21, 2. Jacob Piccini (P), 3. Eric Friday (P);

500 freestyle: 1. Dominic Faenza (P) 4:52.79, 2. Quinn Conway (P), 3. Jacob Grab (P);

200 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Jacob Piccini, Thomas Price, Michael Toth, Dominic Faenza) 1:32.63, 2. Nazareth, 3. Parkland (Ethan Coleman, Eric Friday, Colton Chung, Pedro Teran);

100 backstroke: 1. Gabe Krizel (P) 56.06, 2. Pedro Teran (P), 3. Marcel Puskas (N);

100 breaststroke: 1. Ethan Coleman (P) 1:02.13, 2. Ant Quaranta (N), 3. Brady Willard (P);

400 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Jacob Piccini, Michael Toth, Pedro Teran, Dominic Faenza) 3:27.22, 2. Nazareth; 3. Parkland (Eric Friday, Jacob Grab, James Chu, Quinnn Conway).

GIRLS

Parkland 124, Nazareth 59

200 medley relay: 1. Parkland (Baylee Kish, Kelsey McPeek, Sydney LaBaugh, Milla Hahn) 1:51.59, 2. Nazareth, 3. Parkland (Jordana Chung, Mazie Fleischaker, Julie Zaffiro, Kendall Davis);

200 freestyle: 1. Farrah Hahn (P) 2:03.87, 2. Kenzi Schults (P), 3. Ella Rafeld (P);

200 individual medley: 1. Kelsey McPeek (P) 2:13.83, 2. Sydney Valvano (N), 3. Caitlin Grab (P);

50 freestyle: 1. Vivian Werner (N) 26.08, 2. Baylee Kish (P), 3. Mackenzie Platt (P);

Diving: 1. Sophia Gorman (N) 171.25, 2. Mariya Young (P), 3. Ella Stauter (P);

100 butterfly: 1. Kyla Spengler (N) 1:00.33, 2. Baylee Kish (P), 3. Mazie Fleischaker (P);

100 freestyle: 1. Sydney LaBaugh (P) 54.89, 2. Kendall Davis (P), 3. Julie Zaffiro (P);

500 freestyle: 1. Caitlin Grab (P) 5:54.65, 2. Kaley McKenzie (P), 3. Savannah Kareha (P);

200 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Sydney LaBaugh, Milla Hahn, Baylee Kish, Kelsey McPeek) 1:42.92, 2. Parkland (Kendall Davis, Mackenzie Platt, Jordana Chung, Julie Zaffiro), 3. Parkland (Kenzi Schults, Farrah Hahn, Mazie Fleischaker, Ella Rafeld);

100 backstroke: 1. Kyla Spengler (N) 1:00.39, 2. Farrah Hahn (P), 3. Ella Rafeld (P);

100 breaststroke: 1. Milla Hahn (P) 1:09.15, 2. Sydney Valvano (N), 3. Mazie Fleischaker (P);

400 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Milla Hahn, Farrah Hahn, Kesley McPeek, Sydney LaBaugh) 3:48.63, 2. Parkland (Kendall Davis, Ella Rafeld, Julie Zaffiro, Mackenzie Platt), 3. Nazareth.