Mar 17, 2016 By The 2 min read

Geibel Catholic’s Emily Zimcosky and Laurel Highlands’ Lexie Kostelnik got some work in before the this week’s PIAA Swimming Championships, while Albert Gallatin’s Caleb Dankle kept working towards a spot in next year’s state meet last weekend at the WV 2016 Short Course Championships at West Virginia University.

Kostelnik, who will swim the Class 500-yard freestyle today at the state meet, had a second-place finish in the 200-yard IM finals (2:12.02) after placing third in the prelims (2:16.76).

The junior won the 500 freestyle in 5:07.63 and finished third in the 400-yard IM (4:40.38).

Kostelnik also participated in several relays, winning the 400 freestyle relay (3:47.01) 200 freestyle relay (1:41.65, meet record), and 800 freestyle relay (8:03.78, meet record), and placing second in the 200 medley relay (1:58.35) and the 400 medley relay (4:18.42).

Zimcosky will swim the Class AA 50 freestyle on Friday and the 100 freestyle on Saturday, but placed in the 100 backstroke last weekend in second place with a time of 59.63 seconds. The senior had the fastest time in the prelims, 58.31 seconds.

She was on the winning 200 freestyle relay with Kostelnik and part of the victorious 400 medley relay (4:08.75, meet record).

Dankle was a busy fellow, swimming in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:01.54), 200 freestyle (6, finals, 1:51.42; 5, prelims, 1:50.28), 100 butterfly (7, prelims, 55.58), 200 IM (4, prelims, 2:07.19), 50 freestyle (7, finals, 23.87; 13, prelims, 23.86), 200 butterfly (2, finals, 2:02.96), 100 backstroke (5, finals, 57.03; 7, prelims, 57.48), 200 backstroke (4, finals, 2:02.21), 100 freestyle (7, finals, 52.45; 9, prelims, 51.38), and 500 freestyle (4, finals, 4:57.55).