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Henderson wins three events at district swimming

At La Salle University, West Chester Henderson took first-place finishes in three of the five events to highlight the second day of the District 1 Class AAA boys' swimming championships on Saturday.

At La Salle University, West Chester Henderson took first-place finishes in three of the five events to highlight the second day of the District 1 Class AAA boys' swimming championships on Saturday.

The other events were completed on Friday.

The Warriors' Andrew Kosic posted a 44.45 in the 100-yard freestyle to set a meet record. Teammate Thomas McCormick won the 100 breaststroke (58.19) and the pair were part of a winning 400 freestyle relay team with John Maza and Brian Whitehead.

North Penn won the Class AAA team title, while Springfield (Montgomery County) was the AA team winner.

In the girls' competition, the team titles went to Upper Dublin in Class AAA and Villa Maria in AA (which set a meet record in the 400 freestyle relay of 3:33.49).

Second-day individual records in Class AAA went to Danielle Siverling of Downingtown East in the 100 freestyle (50.16) and Christina Leander of West Chester East in the 100 backstroke (55.60).

Council Rock North posted a 3:30.06 in the 400 freestyle relay on Saturday, a meet record.

The results

CLASS AAA BOYS

Team scoring: North Penn 265, Upper Dublin 219, W,.C. Henderson 186, Avon Grove 151, Central Bucks East 142.5, Haverford High 140, Plymouth Whitemarsh 121, Hatboro-Horsham 112, Souderton 88, Downingtown West 83.

200-yard medley relay: 1, Upper Dublin, 1:35.12. 2, Avon Grove, 1:35.53. 3, North Penn, 1:35.77. 4, Haverford High, 1:35.83. 5, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 1:36.35. 6, Central Bucks East, 1:37.25.

200 freestyle: 1, Shane Ryan, Haverford High, 1:39.40 (meet record, betters 1:39.62 by Shane Austin, 2009). 2, Alex Chialastri, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 1:40.80. 3, Ashton Leyens, Upper Dublin, 1:41.92. 4, Nic Graesser, Conestoga, 1:42.05. 5, John Maza, W.C. Henderson, 1:42.90. 6, Andrew Blyskal, Avon Grove, 1:34.50.

200 ind. medley: 1, Thomas McCormick, W.C. Henderson, 1:53.99. 2, Patrick Dunigan, North Penn, 1:56.95. 3, Kerry Thompson, Central Bucks East, 1:56.99. 4, Ryan Hausler, Avon Grove, 1:58.13. 5, Tomas Gimenez, North Penn, 1:58.95. 6, Aaron Cancro, Spring-Ford, 1:59.13.

50 freestyle: 1, Jason Deana, North Penn, 21.17. 2, (tie) Alex Bauer, Owen J. Roberts; Riley Weber, Central Bucks East, 21.19. 4, Alek Klincewicz, Lower Merion, 21.23. 5, Mike Shaeffer, Hatboro-Horsham, 21.34. 6, Bobby Bantley, Upper Dublin, 21.35.

Diving: 1, Ian Forlini, William Tennent, 535.25. 2, Ozzie Moyer, Souderton, 528.55. 3, T.J. Schenkel, Council Rock South, 475.05. 4, John Brice, Lower Merion, 450.35. 5, Chris Murphy, Ridley, 445.40. 6, C.J. Gimpel, Central Bucks South, 443.95.

100 butterfly: 1, Andrew Kosic, W.C. Henderson, 48.69 (meet record, betters own 48.87, 2009). 2, Kyle Lukens, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 50.49. 3, Brian Wall, Upper Dublin, 51.30. 4, Kyle Magee, Methacton, 51.64. 5, Matt Ortlieb, North Penn, 51.84. 6, Tyler Rauth, Downingtown West, 51.87.

200 freestyle relay: W.C. Henderson, 1:25.07. 2, North Penn, 1:26.41. 3, Central Bucks East, 1:27.36. 4, Avon Grove, 1:27.39. 5, Upper Dublin, 1:28.21. 6, Hatboro-Horsham, 1:28.76.

100 freestyle: 1, Andrew Kosic, W.C. Henderson, 44.45 (meet record). 2, Alex Chialastri, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 46.13. 3, Ashton Leyens, Upper Dublin, 46.66. 4, Riley Weber, Central Bucks East, 46.67. 5, Jason Deana, North Penn, 46.70. 6, Tyler Early, Garnet Valley, 46.71.

500 freestyle: 1, Matthew Drohan, Unionville, 4:40.13. 2, Connor Forlini, William Tennent, 4:40.52. 3, Patrick Dunigan, North Penn, 4:43.15. 4, Jordan Carey, Avon Grove, 4:45.63. 5, Jimmy Newman, Council Rock North, 4:47.83. 6, Kody Veit, Souderton, 4:48.94.

100 backstroke: 1, Shane Ryan, Haverford High, 48.63 (meet record). 2, Nic Graesser, Conestoga, 50.29. 3, Andrew Blyskal, Avon Grove, 51.03. 4, John Quagliariello, Springfield (D), 51.14. 5, Kyle Lukens, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 51.50. 6, Tim Ware, Central Bucks South, 51.63.

100 breaststroke: 1, Thomas McCormick, W.C. Henderson, 58.19. 2, Ryan Hausler, Avon Grove, 58.72. 3, Kerry Thompson, Central Bucks East, 59.37. 4, J.C. Logan, Strath Haven, 59.50. 5, Tomas Gimenez, North Penn, 59.86. 6, Cooper Tollen, Upper Dublin, 59.91.

400 freestyle relay: 1, W.C. Henderson (John Maza, Thomas McCormick, Brian Whitehead, Andrew Kosic), 3:08.02. 2, Upper Dublin, 3:08.90. 3, North Penn, 3:09.71. 4, Hatbioro-Horsham, 3:12.01. 5, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 3:13.00. 6, Haverford High, 3:13.43.

CLASS AAA GIRLS

Team scoring: Upper Dublin 239, Downingtown West 207, Council Rock North 206, North Penn 202, W.C. Henderson 133, Downingtown East 124, Souderton 118.5, Unionville 117, Haverford High 97, West Chester Rustin 96.

200-yard medley relay: 1, Upper Dublin, 1:47.33 (meet record, betters 1:47.38 by Souderton, 2009). 2, North Penn, 1:48.89. 3, Downingtown West, 1:48.93. 4, Haverford High, 1:49.45. 5, Unionville, 1:49.59. 6, West Chester East, 1:49.71.

200 freestyle: 1, Danielle Siverling, Downingtown East, 1:51.08. 2, Bizzy Millen, Council Rock North, 1:53.27. 3, Emily Harris, Downingtown West, 1:53.62. 4, Madison Meyer, Council Rock North, 1:54.27. 5, Codyanne Murtaugh, W.C. Henderson, 1:54.73. 6, Carolyn Meier, Upper Dublin, 1:54.86.

200 ind. medley: 1, Christina Leander, West Chester East, 2:04.88. 2, Kelly Carroll, Great Valley, 2:05.19. 3, Lauren Ahrens, Central Bucks South, 2:07.31. 4, Blaire Kinsey, Methacton, 2:08.57. 5, Laura Stephens, Unionville, 2:08.63. 6, Bethany DeWitt, West Chester Rustin, 2:08.80.

50 freestyle: 1, Shannon Rauth, Downingtown West, 23.30 (meet record, betters 23.34 by Kelsey Morrissy, 2004). 2, Melanie Busch, William Tennent, 23.75. 3, Lindsey Schmidt, Upper Dublin, 24.38. 4, Taylor Hart, Haverford High, 24.57. 5, Catherine Shaughnessy, Great Valley, 24.76. 6, Ann Fadden, Souderton, 24.90.

Diving: 1, Angelika McGhee, W.C. Henderson, 455.25. 2, Lyndsay Schmidt, Central Bucks South, 451.80. 3, Kelly Thatcher, Downingtown West, 445.95. 4, Erica Elias, North Penn, 434.05. 5, Ashley Liss, North Penn, 433.45. 6, Corey Johnson, Upper Dublin, 428.35.

100 butterfly: 1, Jan Ikeda, North Penn, 56.46. 2, Erin Regan, Upper Dublin, 57.33. 3, Maddy Zimmerman, Spring-Ford, 57.36. 4, Andie Blaser, Central Bucks West, 57.69. 5, Tommie Dillione, Council Rock North, 57.95. 6, Erin Seiler, Spring-Ford, 58.85.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Council Rock North, 1:36.73 (meet record, betters 1:37.06 by Hatboro-Horsham, 2004). 2, North Penn, 1:37.41. 3, Upper Dublin, 1:37.74. 4, Souderton, 1:38.30. 5, Downingtown East, 1:38.84. 6, W.C. Henderson, 1:38.60.

100 freestyle: 1, Danielle Siverling, Downingtown East, 50.16 (meet record). 2, Tommie Dillione, Council Rock North, 52.17. 3, Shannon Rauth, Downingtown West, 52.41. 4, Tara Rogers, North Penn, 52.84. 5, Carolyn Meier, Upper Dublin, 52.93. 6, Bethany DeWitt, W.C. Rustin, 53.29.

500 freestyle: 1, Bizzy Millen, Council Rock North, 4:56.79. 2, Blaire Kinsey, Methacton, 4:58.38. 3, Madison Meyer, Council Rock North, 5:05.62. 4, Megan Siverling, Downingtown East, 5:06.30. 5, Codyanne Murtaugh, W.C. Henderson, 5:07.08. 7, Delaney Fox, Kennett, 5:08.22.

100 backstroke: 1, Christina Leander, West Chester East, 55.60 (meet record). 2, Melanie Busch, William Tennent, 55.60. 3, Alex Wheatley, Upper Dublin, 58.88. 4, Samantha Park, Council Rock North, 59.10. 5, Liz McKenna, Wissahickon, 59.66. 6, Laura Stephens, Unionville, 59.92.

100 breaststroke: 1, Kelly Carroll, Great Valley, 1:04.08. 2, Megan Mallon, Garnet Valley, 1:06.39. 3, Jennifer Mill, West Chester East, 1:06.43. 4, Megan Harris, Downingtown West, 1:06.52. 5, Lauren Early, Garnet Valley, 1:06.63. 6, Carlyn Evans, Downingtown West, 1:07.52.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Council Rock North (Kate Dillione, Bizzy Millen, Tommie Dillione, Madison Meyer), 3:30.06 (meet record). 2, Upper Dublin, 3:31.00. 3, North Penn, 3:33.23. 4, W.C. Rustin, 3:33.91. 5, Downingtown East, 3:34.79. 6, W.C. Henderson, 3:35.47.

CLASS AA BOYS

Team scoring: Springfield (M) 439.5, Bishop Shanahan 279, Upper Perkiomen 253, Holy Ghost Prep 216, Upper Merion 201, Pottsgrove 142, Upper Moreland 139.5.

200-yard medley relay: 1, Springfield (M), 1:40.74. 2, Holy Ghost Prep, 1:41.76. 3, Pottsgrove, 1:42.29. 4, Upper Perkiomen, 1:43.28. 5, Upper Merion, 1:45.25. 6, Upper Moreland, 1:47.38.

200 freestyle: 1, Nathan Reed, Delco Christian, 1:41.97 (meet record, betters 1:43.85 by Ryan reeser, 2003). 2, Brendan McCarthy, Bishop Shanahan, 1:46.41. 3, Jesse Fallon, Springfield (M), 1:47.94. 4, Bill Riley, Springfield (M), 1:49.61. 5, Michael Rokosny, Pope John Paul II, 1:50.55. 6, Jason Lamoreaux, Upper Merion, 1:51.46.

200 ind. medley: 1, Tyler Gross, Pottsgrove, 2:02.48. 2, Chris Doherty, Holy Ghost Prep, 2:04.93. 3, Chris Pompilii, Sun Valley, 2:05.12. 4, Keith Weaver, Springfield (M), 2:07.11. 5, Collin Junk, Upper Perkiomen, 2:08.44. 6, Zak Kibler, Upper Perkiomen, 2:09.59.

50 freestyle: Daniel Gosek, Holy Ghost Prep, 20.91 (meet record, betters 21.48 by Al Augustine, 2008). 2, Jake Oeschger, Springfield (M), 21.72. 3, Ryan McWilliams, Springfield (M), 21.73. 4, Joe McErlean, Bishop Shanahan, 21.92. 5, 21.92. 5, Rob Lowery, Delco Christian, 21.97. 6, Chris McTear, Springfield (M), 22.05.

Diving: 1, Joseph Esposito, Holy Ghost Prep, 461.10. 2, Evan Barr, Bishop Shanahan, 399.25. 3, Mike Proeitti, Sun Valley, 380.35. 4, Will Stevens, Upper Merion, 265.00. 5, Justin Smith, Upper Perkiomen, 232.35. No sixth.

100 butterfly: 1, A.J. Konstathis, Pottsgrove, 53.71. 2, Matthias Bell, Springfield (M), 54.13. 3, Mason Cassel, Upper Perkiomen, 54.44. 4, Chris Pompilii, Sun Valley, 55.82. 5, Chris Doherty, Holy Ghost Prep, 56.17. 6, John Hacking, Springfield (M), 56.44.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Springfield (M), 1:26.83 (meet record, betters 1:28.00 by Garnet Valley, 1998). 2, Bishop Shanahan, 1:30.71. 3, Pottsgrove, 1:33.51. 4, Upper Moreland, 1:33.56. 5, Upper Merion, 1:33.84. 6, Upper Perkiomen, 1:34.68.

100 freestyle: 1, Daniel Gosek, Holy Ghost Prep, 46.46. 2, Nathan Reed, Delco Christian, 46.60. 3, Jake Oeschger, Springfield (M), 48.63. 4, Michael Williams, Bishop Shanahan, 49.47. 5, Chris McTear, Springfield (M), 49.61. 6, Nick Eppinger, Upper Merion, 50.20.

500 freestyle: 1, Jesse Fallon, Springfield (M), 4:51.39. 2, Ondrej Maxian, New Hope-Solebury, 4:54.06. 3, Jason Lamoreaux, Upper Merion, 4:58.50. 4, Bill Riley, Springfield (M), 5:02.75. 5, Ben Mancini, Springfield (M), 5:09.00. 6, Kyle Reynolds, Bishop Shanahan, 5:10.89.

100 backstroke: 1, Brendan McCarthy, Bishop Shanahan, 53.44. 2, Michael Knaus, Devon Prep, 55.60. 3, Rob Lowery, Delco Christian, 56.21. 4, Kyle Himmelwright, Upper Perkiomen, 56.24. 5, Harrison Lynch, Springfield (M), 56.92. 6, Keith Weaver, Springfield (M), 57.07.

100 breaststroke: 1, Tyler Gross, Pottsgrove, 1:00.72. 2, Ryan McWilliams, Springfield (M), 1:02.99. 3, Patrick Smith, Upper Moreland, 1:03.46. 4, A.J. Konstathis, Pottsgrove, 1:03.96. 5, Peter Soll, Upper Merion, 1:04.76. 6, Quinn Perlstein, Upper Perkiomen, 1:05.04.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Springfield-Montco (Bill Riley, John Hacking, Jesse Fallon, Jake Oeschger), 3:15.85. 2, Bishop Shanahan, 3:19.92. 3, Holy Ghost Prep, 3:22.08. 4, Upper Perkiomen, 3:25.37. 5, Upper MOreland, 3:28.75. 6, Upper Merion, 3:36.33.

CLASS AA GIRLS

Team scoring: Villa Maria 516, Springfield (M) 295, Nazareth Academy 215, Phoenixville 201, Upper Moreland 177, Merion Mercy 161, Upper Merion 115.

200-yard medley relay: 1, Villa Maria, 1:49.63 (meet record, betters 1:50.02 by Springfield (M), 2007. 2, Phoenixville, 1:52.20. 3, Springfield (M), 1:53.65. 4, Nazareth Academy, 1:53.90. 5, Merion Mercy, 57.06. 6, Upper Moreland, 1:58.96.

200 freestyle: 1, Lizzie Manning, Merion Mercy, 1:57.99. 2, Caroline Kelly, Merion Mercy, 1:58.17. 3, Lauren Hirst, Nazareth Academy, 1:58.77. 4, Amber St. Clair, Upper Moreland, 1:59.06. 5, Courtenay Willcox, Upper Merion, 1:59.30. 6, Julia Wisler, Villa Maria, 1:59.97.

200 ind. medley: 1, Lauren Law, Villa Maria, 2:09.07. 2, Shannon Harrington, Nazareth Academy, 2:09.38. 3, Olivia Tierney, Villa Maria, 2:12.49. 4, Jaime Kane, Pope John aul II, 2:12.90. 5, Taylor Mateja, Upper Merion, 2:15.78. 6, Devonne Moore, Phoenixville, 2:16.35.

50 freestyle: 1, Sharah Hitchens, Villa Maria, 24.22. 2, Molly O'Brien, Villa Maria, 24.65. 3, Meaghan Harrington, Nazareth Academy, 25.18. 4, Julia Murphy, Villa Maria, 25.29. 5, Jules Marble, Springfield (M), 25.67. 6, (tie) Eileen Butler, Phoenixville; Shawna Moore, Phoenixville, 25.82.

Diving: 1, Natalee Szopo, Upper Moreland, 452.55. 2, Sydney Szopo, Upper Moreland, 359.70. 3, Katie Kelly, Villa Maria, 320.65. 4, Alyssa Snyder, Villa Maria, 282.60. 5, Alicia Raffle, Nazareth Academy, 272.60. 6, Tiffany Sullivan, Upper Perkiomen, 249.30.

100 butterfly: 1, Kaitlin Alvanos, Villa Maria, 1:00.20. 2, Jeannie Grieve, Springfield (M), 1:01.27. 3, Caitlin Coughlin, Octorara, 1:02.34. 4, Shawna Moore, Phoenixville, 1:03.07. 5, Meghan Smith, Springfield (M), 1:03.48. 6, Devyn Ford, Springfield (M), 1:04.47.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Villa Maria, 1:37.88 (meet record, betters 1:40.49 by Radnor, 2009). 2, Nazareth Academy, 1:41.40. 3, Springfield (M), 1:42.6. 4, Upper Merion, 1:44.00. 5, Gwynedd-Mercy, 1:47.43. 6, Phoenixville, 1:49.05.

100 freestyle: 1, Sarah Hitchens, Villa Maria, 52.84 (meet record). 2, Molly O'Brien, Villa Maria, 53.61. 3, Julia Wisler, Villa Maria, 54.12. 4, Katie Edwards, 55.36. 5, Julia Murphy, Villa Maria, 55.64. 6, Brigid Clark, Springfield (M), 56.96.

500 freestyle: 1, Lauren Law, Villa Maria, 5:12.11. 2, Lizzie Manning, Merion Mercy, 5:14.33. 3, Courtenay Willcox, Upper Merion, 5:16.67. 4, Rachel Law, Villa Maria, 5:21.83. 5, Claire Schumann, Villa Maria, 5:25.42. 6, Samantha Chamberlin, Springfield (M), 5:27.03.

100 backstroke: 1, Amber St.Clair, Upper Moreland, 58.83. 2, Taylor Mateja, Upper Merion, 59.56. 3, Kaitlin Alvanos, Villa Maria, 59.61. 4, Caroline Kelly, Merion Mercy, 1:00.48. 5, Erin McElwee, Phoenixville, 1:00.82. 6, Jeannie Grieve, Springfield (M), 1:02.17.

100 breaststroke: 1, Jaime Kane, Pope John Paul II, 1:05.74. 2, Olivia Tierney, Villa Maria, 1:07.01. 3, Devonne Moore, Phoenixville, 1:08.10. 4, Shannon Harrington, Nazareth Academy, 1:08.12. 5, Katie Edwards, 1:08.57. 6, Rachel Munger, Springfield (M), 1:09.71.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Villa Maria (Molly O'Brien, Julia Wisler, Lauren Law, Sarah Hitchens), 3:33.49 (meet record). 2, Springfield (M), 3:45.28. 3, Upper Moreland, 3:46.05. 4, Phoenixville, 3:46.78. 5, Merion Mercy, 3:51.26. 6, Gwynedd-Mercy, 3:56.51.