DEHS met with strong competition from West Chester East in their home water this afternoon.
The Ladies team opened by finishing 1,3,4 in the 200 Medley Relay and finishing in the Top 4 for the remainder of the events. Ellie Reese, Lucille Obenski and Chelse Nguyen snagged 2, 3 & 4 in the 200 Free and Natalie Kibalo touched first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:30.89. The trio of Captain Ava Sgarra. Kayla Terry and Riley Petrick earned 8 points collectively for the team in 50 Free, and Terry and Petrick along with Aubrie Wilson were the top point earners in 100 Fly. Reese and Kibalo returned to the water along with Peyton Wheeler for the 100 Free for finsihes in 2, 3 & 5. Chloe Carroll, in her second outing of 500 Free this season, touched 2nd with a time of 6:13.38 with Avery Williams and Captain Hailey Heckler rounding out the event in 3 and 4. In 100 Back, Lucille Obenski was narrowly out-touched for a 2nd place finish with Wilson and Wheeler just behind her. Sgarra, Carroll & Kabatt each placed in 100 Breast, and the 400 Free Relay team of Terry, Reese, Obenki & Kibalo rounded out the meet with a 2nd place finish in exhibition scoring.
The Men's team started the meet by creeping closer to the consideration cut in the 200 Medley Relay with the team of Joseph Griffiths, Captains Matt DiAddezio and Sam Sperling and Connor Kiebort who finished in 1:44.24. In the 200 Free, Charles O'Hara and Andrew Fulton added District Consideration times finishing in 1:51.95 and 1:52.49. In the 200 IM, DiAddezio bested all of the WCE swimmers by touching first in 2:08.99. In 100 Fly, Sperling added to his Consideration cuts with a win in 54.03 (0.37 seconds shy of the automatic cut!) with DiAddezio and Paul Gately rounding out the points. In 100 Free the trio of Fulton, Joseph Zeng and Aurele Gerber-Tissot finished 2, 3 & 4 and in the 500 Free, Joseph Griffiths finished ahead of the field with a time of 5:15.18 with Aryan Singh and Ahaan Nigam behind him in 5th and 6th. Sperling, Advik Kashyap and Ronak Suchindra pulled in 10 points for the team in 100 Back while Nathan Smith and Captain Niall Richards touched 1 and 2 in 100 Breaststroke. In exhibition scoring, the 400 Free Relay team of Griffiths, Fulton, DiAddezio and Sperling touched first in 3:30.95.
In Diving tonight for the Ladies, Avery Surden and Joya Mentrikoski turned in impressive scores of 199.10 and 186.80 for 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. First place went to Senior and Captain Rachel Laraio with a total of 239.05. For the men, congratulations to Jack St. Germain for his season best of 136.70 and 2nd place.
Both teams defeated West Chester East for their first wins in Conference competition. Ladies final score 100-84 and the Men 102-76. Full results are available on Meet Mobile by searching "DEHS." Congrats to our Athletes of the Meet: Jack, Ronak, Ava & Kayla!
The Cougars are back in action on Friday December 20th at home against Great Valley.
Current List of District 1 Consideration Qualifiers:
Andrew Fulton: 200 Free (1:52.49)
Charles O'Hara: 200 Free (1:51.95)
Sam Sperling: 100 Free (50.32,) 200 Free (1:50.22,) 100 Fly (54.03)
Ava Sgarra: 200 IM (2:15.25,)100 Breast (1:10.88)
ROLL COUGS!
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