DWest Prevails Over Kennett

Downingtown West High School West Swim and Dive

It was great to see our athletes back in action last night during the meet against Kennett High School…and it was a win for both the girls team (123-60) and the boys team (94-82)!  High school swimming and diving is truly a team effort.  The top 5 individual finishers and the top 3 relays score points for the team so it is uber-important to finish strong.  Below is a recap of the athletes who scored points for our team last night.  Way to go, DWest!

District Qualifying Times

Shoutout to the following athletes who achieved District qualifying times at the meet:

Girls

  • Senior Morgan Harlan – 500 freestyle automatic time and 100 backstroke consideration time
  • Senior Ellie McNamara – 200 freestyle consideration time
  • Junior Keira Carmella – 200 IM consideration time
  • Sophomore Tessa Dobry – Diving
  • Freshman Lily Kirk – 500 freestyle consideration time
  • 400 freestyle relay (senior Ellie McNamara, freshman Eden Russell, freshman Lily Kirk, and junior Keira Carmella) – consideration time

Boys

  • Senior Shane Martin – 200 IM and 100 backstroke consideration times

Seniors

Our seniors brought it to our home-opener, as they have been doing since they were freshmen!  Ellie McNamara placed 1st in the 200 freestyle, Shane Martin placed 1st in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke, Miranda Marino placed 1st in the 50 freestyle, Morgan Harlan placed 1st in the 500 freestyle and the 100 backstroke, Jake Lennon placed 2nd in the 50 freestyle, Sean Borkowski placed 2nd in the 100 butterfly, Cole Cichewicz placed 2nd in the 100 breaststroke, Ryan Miller placed 3rd in the 50 freestyle, Alexander Sheldon placed 4th in the 200 freestyle, and Allie Leamy placed 4th in the 100 backstroke.  Fantastic job by our seniors!

Juniors

Our junior class is huge and we can always count on them to score points!  Keira Carmella placed 1st in the 200 IM, Austin Verlinghieri placed 1st in the 100 freestyle (what a great finish!), Sophie Lacovara placed 2nd in the 200 freestyle, Addie Campbell placed 2nd in the 100 butterfly, Cameron Stewart placed 3rd in the 50 freestyle, Aubrey Lydon placed 3rd in the 100 backstroke, Brianna Mailliard placed 3rd in the 100 breaststroke, Kayleigh Arters placed 4th in the 50 freestyle, Riley Surak placed 4th in the 100 freestyle, and CC Bailey placed 5th in the 100 breaststroke.

Sophomores

Our sophomores are constantly out-hustling their competitors for points!  Lexi Furlong placed 1st in the 100 breaststroke, Lillian Roberts placed 3rd in the 200 IM, Elle Oldham placed 3rd in the 100 butterfly, Brynn Laverty placed 4th in the 200 IM, Henry Lennon placed 4th in the 100 butterfly (new addition to our team!), Austin Bailey placed 4th in the 100 backstroke, Jason Bernard placed 5th in the 200 IM, Brody Loux placed 5th in the 100 butterfly, and Aadhav Sujay Kumar placed 5th in the 100 backstroke (another new addition to our team!).

Freshmen

DWest lucked out with a strong freshmen team this year!  Chris Toth placed 1st in the 100 breaststroke (way to hustle at the end!) and 2nd in the 100 freestyle, Brewer Cianciulli placed 2nd in the 200 freestyle, Eden Russell placed 2nd in the 100 freestyle, Lily Kirk placed 2nd in the 500 freestyle, Collin Byrne placed 2nd in the 500 freestyle, Kaja Greatorex placed 3rd in the 100 freestyle, Kelly Dunn placed 4th in the 500 freestyle, Marus Sevi placed 3rd in the 200 freestyle, Tara Bice placed 4th in the 200 freestyle, and Luke Zimolazak placed 5th in the 500 freestyle.

Relays

DWest had two relays that took 1st and 2nd places – kudos to these athletes:

  • Girls 200 medley relays placed 1st (Morgan Harlan, Brynn Laverty, Charlotte Campbell, and Miranda Marino) and 2nd (Aubrey Lydon, Lexi Furlong, Addie Campbell, and Elle Oldham). 
  • Boys 200 freestyle relays placed 1st (Sean Borkowski, Ryan Miller, Cole Cichewicz, and Collin Byrne) and 2nd (Marcus Sevi, Lukas Bako, Henry Lennon, and Alexander Sheldon).  

DWest’s remaining relays were also successful in scoring points: 

  • Girls 400 freestyle relays placed 1st (Ellie McNamara, Eden Russell, Lily Kirk, and Keira Carmella) and 3rd (Sophie Lacovara, Tara Bice, Kelly Dunn, and Riley Surak).
  • Boys 200 medley relays placed 2nd (Shane Martin, Chris Toth, Sean Borkowski, and Jake Lennon) and 3rd (Austin Verlinghieri, Cole Cichewicz, Brewer Cianciulli, and Owen Durkin).
  • Girls 200 freestyle relays placed 2nd (Addie Campbell, Lillian Roberts, Elle Oldham, and Riley Surak) and 3rd (Allie Leamy, Elle Whitton, Lily Krausse, and Charlotte Campbell).
  • Boys 400 freestyle relays placed 2nd (Brewer Cianciulli, Collin Byrne, Jake Lennon, and Shane Martin) and 3rd (Austin Bailey, Austin Verlinghieri, Marcus Sevi, and Alexander Sheldon).

Diving

Great job by our DWest divers!  Kennett did not have any divers, which meant that DWest had all six divers compete!  Everyone hit their dives with new dives thrown in.  Shoutout to sophomore Tessa Dobry for winning with a District qualifying score.  Sophomore Brennan Bagwan and Freshman Kelly Dunn were not too far off from qualifying for Districts too.  This was a fantastic way to start off the season for our divers!

Next up is the meet against Unionville High School.  Go Whippets!