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Swim teams hand Herd defeats

Swim teams hand Herd defeats
Posted: Jan 02, 2024

BOYS SWIMMING
Chambersburg 112, Carlisle 55: The Trojans took first place in every event except one and rolled the Thundering Herd in a Mid Penn Commonwealth meet at Chambersburg YMCA on Tuesday afternoon.

Alex Kaczmark

"The boys team got to experiment with some events they don't typically swim," Chambersburg coach Chad White said. "They raced well and put up some fast times — despite just coming out of some tough holiday training."

For the Trojans (4-0, 4-0 MPC), Derek Estep had a busy day, grabbing first place in the butterfly in 57.98 and the breaststroke in 1:12.02, while anchoring the winning 200 medley relay and leading off the winning 200 freestyle team.

Alex Kaczmark was first in the 200 IM (2:18.09) and swam on the 200 medley (1:57.40) and 200 free relay (1:42.33) teams. Amir Tasker won the 400 freestyle (4:26.77) and was on the 200 and 400 free relay teams. Jed Ritchie was on the 200 medley and 400 free teams and picked up a win in the backstroke in 1:07.07.

Also for Chambersburg, Cullen McGraw won the 100 free in 57.73 and was on the 200 free relay, Ethan White took first in the 50 free (27.03), Xavier Covington was on the 200 medley and 400 free teams, and Colby Evans was on the 400 free team.

GIRLS SWIMMING
Chambersburg 92, Carlisle 77: Despite missing a few swimmers, the Trojans managed to earn a Mid Penn Commonwealth victory over the Thundering Herd on Tuesday afternoon at Chambersburg YMCA.

Lauren Markle

Chambersburg coach Hali Cormany said, "We knew this was going to be a tough meet to win — Carlisle has some great athletes and we had some sickness and injuries.

"But the team stepped up to get the win. Our third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishes is what helped us get the win today."

McKenzie Wicks had a strong day to help the Trojans (3-1, 3-1 MPC). She hit the wall first in the 50 freestyle (36.28) and the 100 backstroke (1:16.40). She also led off the winning 200 medley relay team (2:17.23) and anchored the winning 200 free relay (2:05.04).

Hailey Fegan was the only other Trojan to take an individual victory, winning the 100 free in 1:06.77.

The rest of the medley relay team was Lauren Markle, Fegan and Margot Ritchie, while Markle, Ava Grove and Lilly Evans were also on the 200 free relay team.