Connellsville swimmers sweep past Ringgold
The Connellsville swim team opened the season Tuesday on a positive note by sweeping past visiting Ringgold.
The boys defeated the Rams, 93-37, while the Lady Falcons downed Ringgold, 86-66.
Alyson Urie (100 freestyle, 57.85), Carlee Shreve (500 freestyle, 5:55.98), Tatum Detwiler (50 freestyle, 25.27; 100 breastroke, 1:09.47), the 400 freestyle relay (4:01.57), Madison Kirk (diving), and 200 medley relay (1:59.60) all finished first.
The 200 medley relay, Detwiler (in both the events she won), and Urie’s second place in the 200 IM all hit the WPIAL qualifying time.
The boys’ 200 medley (1:53.0) and freestyle (3:43.16) relays finished first. Collin Mastowski (200 freestyle, 1:57.28; 100 butterfly, 58.6), Noah Barczyk (200 IM, 2:16.3; 100 backstroke, 1:02.30), Ian McCombie (50 freestyle, 24.37; 100 freestyle, 53.88), and Travis Patterson (500 freestyle, 6:50.71) also had first-place finishes.
Connellsville returns to the pool Thursday against Mount Pleasant.