DWest Victory Over Kennett

Downingtown West High School West Swim and Dive

Another great night for our Downingtown West team!  Both the girls and boys secured victories against Kennett High School…congratulations to everyone!!!

Girls

Our girls dominated the meet and are currently undefeated!  They had many 1st through 3rd place finishes including the following:

  • Abby Harlan (senior) – 1st place 100 freestyle
  • Morgan Harlan (junior) – 1st place 500 freestyle and 100 backstroke
  • Ellie McNamara (junior)– 1st place 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly 
  • Keira Carmella (sophomore) – 1st place 200 IM
  • Lexi Furlong (freshman) – 1st place 100 breaststroke
  • Seraphim Rahardjo (senior) – 2nd place 200 IM and 100 butterfly
  • Miranda Marino (junior) – 2nd place 50 freestyle
  • Sophie Lacovara (sophomore) – 2nd place 500 freestyle
  • Riley Surak (sophomore) – 2nd place 100 freestyle (best time)  
  • Elle Whitton (sophomore) – 2nd place 100 backstroke (best time)
  • Brynn Laverty (freshman) – 2nd place 200 IM
  • CC Bailey (sophomore) – 3rd place 100 backstroke
  • Aubrey Lydon (sophomore) – 3rd place 500 freestyle
  • Brianna Mailliard (sophomore) – 3rd place breaststroke
  • Ads Fieo (freshman) – 3rd place 100 butterfly
  • Lillian Roberts (freshman) – 3rd place 100 breaststroke

In addition, junior Allie Leamy placed 4th in the 200 freestyle (with an over 8 second drop!), freshman Lexi Furlong placed 4th in the 50 freestyle, freshman Lillian Roberts placed 4th in the 100 freestyle, sophomore Sophie Lacovara placed 5th in the 200 freestyle, sophomore Brianna Maillard placed 5th in the 100 breaststroke (an almost 4 second drop!), and sophomore Kayleigh Arters placed 5th in the 50 freestyle.

The girls relays did well and placed 1st through 3rd.  The 200 medley relays placed 2nd (Aubrey Lydon, Lily Krausse, Charlotte Campbell, and Addie Campbell) and 3rd (Allie Leamy, Brianna Mailliard, Ellie Daniels, and Elle Oldham).  The 200 freestyle relays placed 1st (Riley Surak, Grace Howard, Miranda Marino, and Mary Kate Johnson) and 3rd (Elle Oldham, Lily Krausse, Brynn Laverty, and Charlotte Campbell).  Finally, the 400 freestyle relays placed 1st (Abby Harlan, Keira Carmella, Mary Kate Johnson, and Ellie McNamara) and 3rd (Seraphim Rahardjo, Morgan Harlan, Addie Campbell, and Riley Surak).

Boys

The boys are on a roll and had their third straight win.  The breakout performance of the meet goes to freshman Austin Bailey!  He had an over 20 second drop in the 500 freestyle and took 1st place.  He also placed 2nd in the 100 backstroke.  Congratulations to Austin!

His freshman teammates also did extremely well at this meet, which we love to see for the future of this team.  Kunj Tailor fought his way to a 2nd place finish in the 200 IM and a 3rd place finish on the 100 back (with an impressive 2+ second drop).  Brody Loux placed 2nd in the 100 freestyle and 4th in the 50 freestyle.  Finally, Gavin Riley finished 5th in the 200 freestyle and essentially matching his best time!

Our upperclassmen also contributed many points to the victory.  Our medley relay (Shane Martin, Henry Dennin, Sean Borkowski, and Cole Cichewicz) finished 1st and had their fastest time yet!  Junior Sean Borkowski brought it again with 1st place finishes in the 200 freestyle and the 100 butterfly.  Junior Alexander Sheldon also finished strong with a 3rd place finish in the 100 breaststroke and a 4th place finish in the 200 freestyle.  Our senior – Henry Dennin – had 1st place finishes in the 100 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke.  Junior Shane Martin also placed 1st in the 200 IM and the 100 backstroke.  Junior Cole Cichewicz placed 3rd in the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly.  Junior Ryan Miller also contributed to the victory by placing 3rd in the 500 freestyle and 5th in the 50 freestyle. 

Finally, the 200 freestyle relay (Henry Dennin, Cole Cichewicz, Jake Lennon, and Sean Borkowski) finished 2nd and the 400 freestyle relay (Jake Lennon, Ryan Miller, Austin Bailey, and Shane Martin) finished 1st. 

Diving

Tuesday’s meet was a senior showdown!  Reilly Durkin, Nolan Dobry, and Jamie Compher had a great time diving together in one of their last home meets together.  Since it was just the three of them, Reilly Durkin was able to earn points for the team by securing 1st place. Nolan Dobry (1st place) and Jamie Compher (2nd place) also earned points for the team which allowed us to be victorious over Kennett Square.  Way to go, seniors!  Thank you to senior Will Vaughen and sophomore Kaylie Thompson for being there to cheer their teammates on!

See everyone at the meet against West Chester East tomorrow at 3:45 pm!  Go Whippets!!!