Jersey Shore YMCA Girls Hard Work Paying Off

With several weeks of practice under their swim caps, the Jersey Shore 14-and-under YMCA girls exerted a bit of their dominant side in a weekend match-up against East Lycoming. The girls took eight of nine events in swimming to a 54-29 win.

The most closely contested race with the 14-and-under girls took place not against East Lycoming but between Jersey Shore teammates where White touched out Moore by 46/100s of a second in the 100 meter butterfly. Moore started the first leg with a blazing split of 37.60 seconds, almost 2 seconds over White, but White’s steady pace over the whole race was enough to get her to the wall first by the end of the race.

The 14-and-unders started their afternoon off with a win and a YMCA District qualifying time in the 200 meter medley relay with Gabbie Moore, Briar Lehman, Kendra White, and Olivia Edler. Anchorwoman Edler also went on to capture the two sprint freestyle events, the 50 and 100 while White easily won the mid distant 200 meter freestyle. Moore and teammate Olivia Stemler finished 1-2 in the 100 meter backstroke, respectively, while Lehman and Timber Merryman went 1-3 in the 100 breaststroke.

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The only event the Jersey Shore girls did not win was the 200 individual medley in which the duo of Anna and Laura Zeigler took 1-2 and Shore’s Briar Lehman picked up a point with a third place finish. The foursome of White, Lehman, Edler, and Moore finished the afternoon by winning the final 200 meter freestyle relay and their teammates Cheyenne Greene, Merryman, Olivia Johnson, and Stemler taking second.

Shore's 8-and-under girls had to fight the whole afternoon to secure a 29-23 win.  The East Lycoming girls were able to win 4 of the 6 individual events but Jersey Shore's two wins in the relay with Sara Pecchia, Kayli Berry, Mackenzie Gardner, and Madelyn Gerst was enough to squeak by.  Gerst also finished first in the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke.

Of the five girl's age groups, Jersey Shore won four (8, 10, 12, and 14-and-unders) and tied the 15-and-overs, 23-23.  The meet ended with East Lycoming winning 5.5 to 4.5.  Box scores can be viewed here and full meet results here.

Jersey Shore's next meet is on January 5th against the Lock Haven YMCA at the Jersey Shore High School Pool.