Lock Haven YMCA Swimmers Earn Split at Tri-Meet

The Lock Haven YMCA earned a split at their tri-meet this past Saturday, cruising past Bellefonte 8-2, and dropping a close 6-4 decision to State College.

Owen Persun paced the 10-and-under boys to a 93-43 win over State College and a 106-25 victory over Bellefonte with solid finishes in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle.  He was pushed hard by teammate Simon Lins in the 50 yard butterfly, out-touching him by only 64/100s of a second.   Those two plus teammates Jack Drouin and Parker Orndorf took the top spot in the 200 yard medley relay over both State College and Bellefonte relays.

Lock Haven's 14-and-under, Eryn Bartlett swims toward a
second place finish in the 200 yard freestyle

Their depth in this age group was apparent as an almost completely different set of 10-and-under boys finished off the meet with the 200 yard freestyle relay.  Tyler Cygan led off the relay and created a lead that the other teams couldn’t match.  Teammates Leisher Gugino, Xavier Persun, and Orndorf finished off the swim by over 16 seconds to their closest competitor.

 
Gugino also won the 100 yard backstroke and 50 yard breaststroke, Lins captured the 50 backstroke, and Drouin touched the wall first in the 100 yard backstroke.
 

Lock Haven's Rachel Kibler, 14-and-under girls, moves down
the lane in the 100 yard breaststroke

Depth was not only found within age groups but within families.  David Orndorf, older brother of Owen, took three individual races in the boys 12-and-under 50 and 100 yard breaststroke plus the 200 yard individual medley.  He also assisted in Lock Haven’s winning medley relay with Alex Butzler, Elijah Persun, and Benjamin Turner.

 
Elijah Persun, older brother of Owen, also contributed to their age group’s 76-10 win over State College and 81-24 Bellefonte win by beating Bellefonte’s Harrison Horner by half a second in the 50 yard freestyle.  Persun also captured points for the group with a second in the 50 yard butterfly and third in the 100 yard freestyle.   Teammate Butzler added to the first place finishes with wins in the 50 and 100 yard backstroke.

The meet results from the tri-meet between Lock Haven, State College, and Bellefonte can be viewed here, box scores here, age group scores here, and final scores here. 

The Lock Haven Loggerheads return to the pool with a dual meet against Bellefonte on January 11 at Lock Haven University.

 

State College had 11 of the top 12 swimmers in the 12-and-under
girls 50 yard breaststroke.  Lock Haven's Mikayla Rich was the only
tri-meet swimmer to break their dominance with a solid
fifth place finish.