Downingtown West Defeats Bishop Shanahan

Both our girls and boys emerged victorious in our meet against Bishop Shanahan on Friday – what a great night for our team!   It was also great to see some of our divers jump in on the swimming events.    

New District Cuts

Our team gained some new District cuts on Friday.  Congratulations to Keira Carmella (500 freestyle) and Shane Martin (100 butterfly) on their new District consideration times!  Fingers crossed for many more for our team….

Girls Swimming

Our super-strong girls continued their winning streak!  They had many 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in events, which is quite a feat:

• 200 freestyle – Morgan Harlan (1st), Sophie Lacovara (2nd), and Brianna Mailliard (3rd)
• 500 freestyle – Keira Carmella (1st), Morgan Harlan (2nd), and Sophie Lacovara (3rd)
• 100 backstroke – Ellie McNamara (1st), Aubrey Lydon (2nd), and Charlotte Campbell (3rd)
• 100 breaststroke – Seraphim Rahardjo (1st), Brynn Laverty (2nd), and Lily Krausse (3rd)
• 400 freestyle relay – 1st (Ellie McNamara, Keira Carmella, Morgan Harlan, and May Kate Johnson), 2nd (Abby Harlan, Grace Howard, Ellie Daniels, and Miranda Marino), and 3rd (Elle Oldham, Aubrey Lydon, Sophie Lacovara, and Addie Campbell).

There were many other fantastic swims.  Our 200 medley relays placed 1st (Morgan Harlan, Keira Carmella, Ellie McNamara, and Miranda Marino) and 2nd (Aubrey Lydon, Lexi Furlong, Brynn Laverty, and Grace Howard).  For the 200 IM, Keira Carmella, Abby Harlan, and Ads Fieo locked up 1st, 3rd, and 4th place.  On the 50 freestyle, Miranda Marino catapulted herself to a 1st place finish, Cameron Stewart took 5th, and Kayleigh Arters went a best time!  In a fast 100 butterfly heat, Ellie McNamara took 1st place, Seraphim Rahardjo took 3rd place, and Ellie Daniels took 4th place.  On the 100 freestyle, Mary Kate Johnson took 1st place, Elle Oldham took 3rd place, and Lexi Furlong took 5th place.  Finally, our 200 freestyle relay placed 1st (Abby Harlan, Seraphim Rahardjo, Reilly Durkin, and Mary Kate Johnson) and 3rd (Elle Oldham, Charlotte Campbell, Addie Campbell, and Lexi Furlong).    

Boys Swimming

The boys secured their first win of the season!  The boys started the night with our medley relays placing 1st (Austin Verlinghieri, Shane Martin, Ryan Miller, and Cole Cichewicz) and 3rd (Liam Dennin, Kunj Tailor, Alexander Sheldon, and Jamie Compher).  Then, Sean Borkowski set the tone for the individual events with his 1st place finish in the 200 freestyle.  Brody Loux and Gavin Riley also earned points for the 200 freestyle with their 3rd and 5th place finishes.  For the 200 IM, Shane Martin came in 1st place followed by Kunj Tailor in 3rd place.  The 50 free was an exciting event and so close!  Cole Cichewicz nabbed 1st place followed by Sean Borkowski in 3rd place and Nolan Dobry in 4th place.  On the 100 butterfly, Shane Martin hustled himself to a 1st place finish with Brody Loux and Alexander Sheldon securing 3rd and 4th place.  Next, Cole Cichewicz placed 1st again on the 100 freestyle followed by Austin Verlinghieri in 3rd place and Ryan Miller in 5th place.  Kunj Tailor then tackled the 500 freestyle for a 2nd place finish and our 200 freestyle relay (Ryan Miller, Sean Borkowski, Alexander Sheldon, and Cole Cichewicz) took 1st place.  For the 100 backstroke, Austin Verlinghieri went sub-one minute for 1st place and Gavin Riley took 3rd place.  In a tight race for the 100 breaststroke, Liam Dennin placed 2nd and Alexander Sheldon placed 3rd.  Finally, our boys 400 freestyle relays placed 1st (Sean Borkowski, Ryan Miller, Austin Verlinghieri, and Shane Martin) and 3rd (Kunj Tailor, Nolan Dobry, Brody Loux, and Gavin Riley).

Diving

West divers are always a treat to watch compete; their dives were consistently clean and scored well.  Their support for each other is unmatched, every diver on deck feels the love after every single dive.  Reilly Durkin earned 1st for the ladies with 4 of her 6 dives scoring 6.5-7s.  Kaylie Thompson (2nd) and Mia Enterline (3rd) looked strong too; Kaylie Thompson’s inward flip is incredible to watch and Mia Enterline’s back flip, while unplanned, was one of her highest scoring dives of the meet!  Nolan Dobry earned 1st for the boys and will be representing the team at Districts next month.  Jamie Compher (2nd) and Liam Dennin (3rd) both get so much height off the board; the judges were clearly impressed based on the scores they earned.  Special shout out to Will Vaughen for supporting his team from the sidelines as he recovers from injury.  Great job divers! 

Many thanks to our coaches and volunteers for making the meet happen.  Our next week is away against Coatesville High School on Friday.  Go Whippets!!!