La Salle, Archbishop Wood capture Catholic League swimming titles
La Salle and Archbishop Wood built on their large leads from Friday to easily capture Catholic League swimming championships Saturday afternoon at La Salle University.
La Salle and Archbishop Wood built on their large leads from Friday to easily capture Catholic League swimming championships Saturday afternoon at La Salle University.
The title is the 28th straight boys' championship for La Salle. It came just four months after the passing of longtime coach Frank Lichtner, who died of cancer in October.
La Salle's Joseph Vizza (100-yard freestyle), Jacob Lubinski (100-yard backstroke), Sean Finlay (100- yard backstroke), and Jake Sannem (500-yard freestyle) each finished in first place. Sannem and Vizza were joined on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team by Kevin Durning and Greg Brocato.
The Explorers finished with 913 team points, which was 354 more than second-place St. Joseph's Prep.
Archbishop Wood's Katharine Buliga won the 500-yard freestyle to help the Vikings capture their second straight girls' title. Buliga was the anchor of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay. She was joined by Megan Cook, Caitlin Bedesem, and MaryGrace MacDonald.
Wood finished with 582 team points, 192.5 points more than second-place Archbishop Ryan.
The Results
CATHOLIC LEAGUE CHAMPS DAY TWO
Boys' Results
Team: 1. La Salle, 913; 2. St. Joseph's Prep, 559; 3. Father Judge, 325; 4. Arch. Wood, 221; 5. Roman Catholic, 127; 6. Bonner-Prend, 105; 7. Archbishop Carroll, 98; 8. Arch. Ryan, 93; 9. Cardinal O'Hara, 48; 10. Lansdale Catholic, 20.
100 Yard Freestyle: 1. Joseph Vizza, La Salle, 47.26; 2. Greg Brocato, La Salle, 47.55; 3. Colin Reilly, Father Judge, 47.78.
100 Yard Backstroke: 1. Jacob Lubinski, La Salle, 53.07; 3. John Klein, La Salle, 54.60; 3. JP Venneri, La Salle, 55.13.
100 Yard Breaststroke: 1. Sean Finlay, La Salle, 59.29; 2. Marcello Garber, St. Joseph's Prep, 1:01.17; 3. Quinn Rademaker, St. Joseph's Prep.
500 Yard Freestyle: 1. Jake Sannem, La Salle, 4:43.33; 2. Liam Duffy, La Salle, 4:49.79; 3. James McErlean, La Salle, 4:54.44.
400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. La Salle (Jake Sannem, Kevin Durning, Joseph Vizza, Greg Brocato), 3:10.63; 2. Father Judge, 3:20.40; 3. St. Joseph's Prep, 3:20.63.
Girls' Results
Team: 1. Archbisop Wood, 582; 2. Archbishop Ryan, 389.5; 3. St. Hubert, 329; 4. Little Flower, 293; 5. Cardinal O'Hara, 273.5; 6. Archbishop Carroll, 261; 7. Lansdale Catholic, 171; 8. Bonner-Prendergast, 144; 9. Hallahan, 45.
100 Yard Freestyle: 1. Hanna Blewett, Cardinal O'Hara, 53.11; 2. Hailey Gianoni, Lansdale Catholic, 57.63; 3. Kayley Hence, Archbishop Wood, 57.81.
100 Yard Backstroke: 1. Kaelyn Dougherty, St. Hubert's, 59.32; 2. Julia Boyle, Cardinal O'Hara, 1:04.38; 3. Megan Campbell, Little Flower, 1:05.40.
100 Yard Breaststroke: 1. Cassidy Fries, Lansdale Catholic, 1:10.42; 2. Aubrey McDonough, Archbishop Wood, 1:12.16; 3. Molly Prior, Archbishop Wood, 1:16.72.
500 Yard Freestyle: 1. Katharine Buliga, Archbishop Wood, 5:22.62; 2. Megan Cook, Archbishop Wood, 5:50.38; 3. Sarah McGee, Archbishop Ryan, 5:54.08.
400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Archbishop Wood (Megan Cook, Caitlin Bedesem, MaryGrace MacDonald, Katharine Buliga), 3:53.63; 2. St. Hubert, 4:01.51; 3. Archbishop Carroll, 4:02.18.
DISTRICT 12 AAA CHAMPS DAY TWO
Boys' results
Team: La Salle 646, St. Joseph's Prep 399, Father Judge 279, Arch. Wood 173, Roman Catholic 121, Arch. Ryan 98, Central 58.
1 meter dive: 1 William Seeley, LaSalle, 409.00.
100 yard freestyle: 1 Greg Brocato, La Salle, 45.26; 2 Colin Reilly, Father Judge, 47.31; 3 Kevin Durning, La Salle, 48.21.
500 yard freestyle: 1 Jake Sannem, La Salle, 4:30.08; 2 Joseph Vizza, La Salle, 4:32.75; 3 Michael Sauer, Father Judge, 5:00.03.
100 yard backstroke: 1 Jacob Lubinski, La Salle, 52.07; 2 John Klein, La Salle, 52.54; 3 JP Venneri, La Salle, 52.62.
100 yard breaststroke: 1 Sean Finlay, La Salle, 56.25; 2 Quinn Rademaker, St. Joseph's Prep, 1:00.74; 3 Marcello Garber, St. Joseph's Prep, 1:01.09.
400 yard freestyle relay: 1 La Salle (Greg Brocato, Joseph Vizza, Jacob Lubinski, Jake Sannem, Kevin Durning, Sean Mulligan, Evan Wilt, Sean Finlay) 3:04.60; 2 St. Joseph's Prep, 3:21.13; 3 Father Judge, 3:27.55.
Girls results
Team:: Archbishop Ryan 463, Saint Hubert 387, Little Flower 310, Cardinal O'Hara 292, Girls High 95, Hallahan 80, Central 22.
100 yard freestyle: 1 Hanna Blewett, Cardinal O'Hara, 52.04; 2 Jillian Blaney, Little Flower, 57.21; 3 Sydney Aston, Archbishop Ryan, 58.85.
500 yard freestyle: 1 Kelley McHugh, Little Flower, 5:12.39; 2 Sarah McGee, Archbishop Ryan, 5:52.51; 3 Nadhia Engle, Archbishop Ryan, 5:59.01.
100 yard backstroke: 1 Julia Boyle, Cardinal O'Hara, 1:04.96; 2 Megan Campbell, Little Flower, 1:05.77; 3 Jordan Frye, Saint Hubert, 1:07.07.
100 yard breaststroke: 1 Kaelyn Dougherty, Saint Hubert, 1:05.58; 2 Frances Schueren, Cardinal O'Hara, 1:17.63; 3 Sarah Gudas, Archbishop Ryan, 1:17.64.
400 yard freestyle relay: 1 Little Flower (Megan Campbell, Jennifer Campbell, Jillian Blaney, Kelley McHugh, Maura Coleman, Haley Waring, Morgan Clye, Allison Ross), 3:49.58.
DISTRICT 12 AA CHAMPS DAY TWO
Boys' results
Team scores: Bonner-Prendergast 254, Archbishop Carroll 196, Lansdale Catholic 102, Cardinal O'Hara 89, Engineering and Science 73, SLA-Beeber 40, Masterman 28.
100 yard freestyle: 1 Luke McDevitt, Bonner-Prendergast, 53.43; 2 Daniel Dwyer, Bonner-Prendergast, 53.90; 3 Nicholas Picozzi, Lansdale Catholic, 55.48.
100 yard backtroke: 1 Sincere Gibbs, Archbishop Carroll, 58.99.
100 yard breaststroke: 1 Yaseen Thomas, SLA-Beeber, 1:02.85; 2 Nicholas Picozzi, Lansdale Catholic, 1:12.19.
400-yd. freestyle relay: 1 Bonner-Prendergast (Daniel Dwyer, John Ellis, Theodore Greiner, Luke McDevitt, Arvin Sequeira, Christopher Novelli, Thomas Lusche, Liam Vogelman), 3:35.54; 2 Archbishop Carroll, 3:44.48.
Girls' results
Team: Arch. Wood 539, Arch. Carroll 301, Lansdale Catholic 301, Bonner-Prendergast 245, Masterman 133, Engineering and Sci 60.
100 yard freestyle: Hailey Gianoni, Lansdale Catholic, 56.92; 2 Kayley Hence, Archbishop Wood, 57.70; 3 Caitlin Bedesem, Archbishop Wood, 57.86.
500 yard freestyle: 1 Katharine Buliga, Arch Wood, 5:22.68; 2 Megan Cook, Arch Wood, 5:50.57; 3 Julianna Fanelli, Bonner-Prendie, 5:58.43.
100 yard backstroke: 1 Aubrey McDonough, Arch Wood, 1:07.02; 2 Taylor Green, Wood, 1:07.98; 3 Taylor Goldstein, Wood, 1:08.00.
100 yard breaststroke: 1 Cassidy Fries, Lansdale Catholic, 1:10.70; 2 Zoie Octaviano, Archbishop Carroll, 3 Victoria Patota, Archbishop Carroll, 1:16.80.
400 yard freestyle relay: 1 Archbishop Wood (Katharine Buliga, Caitlin Bedesem, Kayley Hence, Megan Cook, Kailie Karensky, Taylor Green, Aubrey McDonough, MaryGrace MacDonald), 3:52.08; 2 Lansdale Catholic, 4:00.87; 3 Archbishop Carroll, 4:02.51.