DWest Prevails Over Bishop Shanahan HS

It was a win for both the girls team (96-56) and the boys team (101-56) against Bishop Shanahan HS!  Great job by all!   

Boys Team

On the boys side, we saw some standout performances including:

• 50 freestyle – The boys dominated this event, with senior Ryan Miller taking 1st place (and breaking into the 24s!), freshman Lukas Bako taking 2nd place, and senior Alexander Sheldon taking 3rd place. 
• 100 breaststroke – sophomore Brody Loux pushed hard at the end to nab 4th place from Bishop Shanahan (and getting a best time!).  Senior Cole Cichewicz placed 1st and freshman Chris Toth placed 2nd in this event.

The boys also swept the following events:

• 100 freestyle – freshman Brewer Cianciulli (1st), freshman Lukas Bako (2nd), and sophomore Austin Bailey (3rd – and best time!).
• 100 backstroke –senior Shane Martin (1st), junior Austin Verlinghieri (2nd), and freshman Marcus Sevi (3rd).
• 400 freestyle relays – 1st (Shane Martin; Austin Verlinghieri; Brewer Cianciulli; Sean Borkowski) and 2nd (Chris Toth; Kunj Tailor; Alexander Sheldon; Ryan Miller)

In addition, the boys scored a bunch of points in the 200 freestyle (freshman Chris Toth 1st place, sophomore Austin Bailey 2nd place, and freshman Luke Zimolazak 5th place) and the 500 freestyle (senior Jake Lennon 1st place, sophomore Kunj Tailor 3rd place, and sophomore Gavin Riley 4th place).  The team also saw some new faces in the 200 IM – freshman Marcus Sevi and sophomore Aadhav Sujay Kumar – and they did great as this is not an easy event.

Finally, the 200 medley relays placed 1st (Shane Martin; Cole Cichewicz; Sean Borkowski; Jake Lennon) and 3rd (Austin Verlinghieri; Jason Bernard; Brody Loux; Austin Bailey) and the 200 freestyle relays placed 1st (Cole Cichewicz; Collin Byrne; Lukas Bako; Brewer Cianciulli) and 3rd (Liam Dennin; Luke Zimolazak; Austin Bailey; Jason Bernard).

Girls Team

New District cuts – congrats to senior Ellie McNamara and freshman Eden Russell for getting new District consideration times in the 100 butterfly!

The girls also swept the following events:

• 100 backstroke – freshman Lily Kirk (1st), junior Aubrey Lydon (2nd), and junior Riley Surak (3rd).
• 100 breaststroke – sophomore Brynn Laverty (1st), sophomore Lillian Roberts (2nd), and junior Brianna Mailliard (3rd).
• 200 freestyle relays – 1st (Ellie McNamara; Lily Kirk; Eden Russell; Keira Carmella) and 2nd (Lillian Roberts; CC Bailey; Elle Oldham; Miranda Marino)

Other noteworthy performances for the girls include the following:

• 200 freestyle – senior Morgan Harlan, senior Ellie McNamara, and junior Aubrey Leamy placed 1st, 2nd, and 4th, respectively.   
• 50 freestyle – junior Ellie Daniels took 2nd place (and a best time!) and sophomore Brynn Laverty took 4th place.
• 100 freestyle – freshman Tara Bice placed 2nd, sophomore Elle Oldham placed 3rd, and freshman Kaja Greatorex placed 5th.

• 500 freestyle – senior Morgan Harlan placed 1st, freshman Lily Kirk placed 2nd, and freshman Kelly Dunn placed 4th.
• 200 IM – junior Charlotte Campbell and sophomore Lexi Furlong made their first high school appearances in the 200 IM and did great!
• 200 medley relays placed 1st (Aubrey Lydon; Lexi Furlong; Addie Campbell; Miranda Marino) and 3rd (Charlotte Campbell; Lily Krausse; Ellie Daniels; Cameron Stewart).
• 400 freestyle relays came in 1st (Addie Campbell; Charlotte Campbell; Riley Surak; Morgan Harlan) and 3rd (Elle Daniels; Brianna Mailliard; Tara Bice; Keira Carmella).

Diving

Our meet against Shanahan was a short but sweet one.  Going up against one of the best divers in the state can rattle you, but for the four West divers today, it gave them permission to just have fun and make light of the situation.  We had some setbacks during the meet, but handled them with grace and didn’t let it derail the other dives yet to come.  Last night was definitely one for the books!

Next up is our meet against Downingtown East HS, which is also Senior Recognition and the Pink Out event!  It should be a packed house for that meet.  Go Whippets!