Expand<\/a><\/p>\nWILKES-BARRE \u2014 This season when the Tunkhannock boys and Scranton Prep girls took to the pool, fans knew they were watching special athletes. Their eye-opening times and thrilling swims would leave spectators in awe, and Saturday evening at the Wyoming Valley CYC was no different.<\/p>\n
The Tigers rolled to their second straight Class 2A boys championship with a whopping 358 team points, 128 points ahead of second place Dallas. Meanwhile, the Classics were in a battle with Dallas all throughout the weekend, but came out on top, 266.5-253.<\/p>\n
Tunkhannock was once again paced by Jaden Baltrusaitis, who captured his second individual gold of the weekend in the 100 freestyle \u2014 where just like the 50 freestyle \u2014 he and teammate Kyle Kozloski occupied the top two spots on the podium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to get one last win in my last district race,\u201d Baltrusaitis said. \u201cI got a personal best in the race which was the goal. I put in a lot of hard work so it\u2019s great to see it pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tunkhannock\u2019s strength has been its depth and that was on display all weekend as the Tigers won all three relays, capped off by Baltrusaitis, Kozloski, Braydon Christopher and Logan Teaman in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve never won back-to-back titles before so it\u2019s pretty awesome to make school history,\u201d Baltrusaitis said. \u201cThese guys all wanted it just as much as I wanted it. We were all working toward the same goal and everyone did their jobs. Now it\u2019s time to go get ready for states.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scranton Prep\u2019s stars once again shined.<\/p>\n
Eva Kaszuba took home gold in the 100 breaststroke for the second season in a row with a time of 1:04.60, edging teammate Ella Schofield.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis title means everything to us. We\u2019ve all worked so hard to get to this moment,\u201d Kaszuba said. \u201cI love all these girls to death, most of us have been swimming together since we were little kids sometimes even in this pool (CYC). It\u2019s truly a full circle moment and we couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca Oakes continued to be one of the Classics\u2019 stalwarts and earned her second individual gold of the meet, taking the 100 freestyle for the second year in a row with a personal best time of 52.78 seconds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was pretty happy with that race. I felt pretty good coming into today,\u201d Oakes said. \u201cOne of my goals is to try and get under 52 seconds, so we\u2019ll see if we could do it at states against some of the best competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other gold medals<\/p>\n
Lukas Iannone looked up at the wall and couldn\u2019t believe the time he saw. The time was 51.36 seconds \u2014 a new District 2 record in the 100 backstroke. The gold medal was Iannone\u2019s second of the meet after winning the 200 IM on Friday, and broke the record of 51.50 set by Lakeland\u2019s Peter Kawash in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just came into that race with full confidence. I went out really hard because I knew I could get it (the record),\u201d Iannone said. \u201cPeter Kawash was a great swimmer so it\u2019s truly an honor being the holder of that record now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although they didn\u2019t come away with the team title, the weekend was still a great one for the Dallas girls as they added two more gold medals Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
Locklynn Bienkowski won the 500 freestyle, lapping the field and winning by 31 seconds. It was her second gold after winning the 200 IM on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 500 is definitely a hard swim,\u201d Bienkowski said. \u201cThis feels really good being a freshman coming into districts and being able to succeed at such a high level. I\u2019ve worked really hard all year to try and perfect each stroke and it\u2019s paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the freshmen have been the stars for the Mountaineers, the veteran of the group was able to get her gold medal. Maria Lucia-Priore won the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.34 seconds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve trained enough, when I got onto the blocks, I took a deep breath and did my thing,\u201d Lucia-Priore said. \u201cI think I did really, really well this weekend and am excited for states to see what I could do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bienkowski and Lucia-Priore also teamed up with Julia Gavlick and Macie Stauffer to close out the meet with a win the 400 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n
Coming into the weekend, Holy Cross\u2019s Leo Cholish didn\u2019t think think he would be leaving with two gold medals around his neck, but he did just that. Cholish\u2019s 1:02.27 was good enough to win the 100 breaststroke. He also won the 100 butterfly Friday evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 100 breast is one of my best events so I was looking to do really well in it,\u201d Cholish said. \u201cI can\u2019t thank my coaches from both Holy Cross and Pacers Aquatics Club enough. They\u2019ve prepared me all year for this, it\u2019s been really great.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 500 freestyle has become a specialty for Lake-Lehman\u2019s Connor Runquist. The Black Knights distance specialist won the event for the second consecutive season this year with a time of 5:00.72.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou just got to tell yourself you\u2019re going to win from the outset. A lot of distance swimming is mental and I\u2019ve really trained to help myself with that,\u201d Runquist said. \u201cThis means a lot to me and a lot to my school. It\u2019s really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s results<\/p>\n
Girls team scores: Scranton Prep 266.50; Dallas 253; Elk Lake 163; Wyoming Area 136; Lake-Lehman 133; Wallenpaupack 119; Holy Redeemer 75; Valley View 56.50; North Pocono 25; Dunmore 25; Wyoming Seminary 23; Holy Cross 17.<\/p>\n
Girls 100 Free: Rebecca Oakes (SP) 52.78; Brynn Warriner (EL) 53.71; Macie Stauffer (DAL) 54.49; Ameriana Walker (WA) 59.85; Reilly Sprague (VV) 1:02.46; Katherine Kolosovskiy (SP) 1:02.46.<\/p>\n
Girls 500 Free: Locklynn Bienkowski (DAL) 5:14.16; Hannah Kuhar (LL) 5:45.66; Julia Gavlick (DAL) 5:46.66; Anna Millett (SP) 5:54.53; Samira Feller (WAL) 6:03.18; Alayna Stang (EL) 6:14.08.<\/p>\n
Girls 100 Back: Maria Lucia-Priore (DAL) 58.34; Sophia Galko (SP) 1:04.25; Chelsea Grosvenor (EL) 1:04.32; Bree Harry (WA) 1:07.12; Zoey Stuckey (WAL) 1:07.50; Katherine Kolosovskiy (SP) 1:09.68.<\/p>\n
Girls 100 Breast: Eva Kaszuba (SP) 1:04.60; Ella Schofield (SP) 1:05.65; Alexandra Johnson (NP) 1:09.03; Carlee Monko (LL) 1:12.70; Ava Kochmer (HC) 1:14.25; Myla Kopa (SP) 1:15.20.<\/p>\n
Girls 400 Free Relay: Dallas (Julia Gavlick, Locklynn Bienkowski, Maria Lucia-Priore, Macie Stauffer) 3:40.77; Elk Lake 3:53.89; Scranton Prep 4:03.71; Wyoming Area 4:12.52; Holy Redeemer 4:25.81; Valley View 4:34.53.<\/p>\n
Boys team scores: Tunkhannock 358; Dallas 230; Lake-Lehman 225; Scranton Prep 141; Holy Cross 87; Elk Lake 75; Holy Redeemer 60; Wallenpaupack 55; Wyoming Seminary 53; Berwick 19; Dunmore 18; Valley View 14; Wyoming Area 9.<\/p>\n
Boys 100 Free: Jaden Baltrusaitis (TUN) 46.57; Kyle Kozloski (TUN) 47.20; Chase Kresge (DAL) 49.86; Simon Madore (HC) 50.57; Aiden Gallagher (LL) 50.69; Isaiah Jones (EL) 50.78.<\/p>\n
Boys 500 Free: 1. Connor Runquist (LL) 5:00.72; Sawyer Valkenburg (DAL) 5:02.97; Braydon Christopher (TUN) 5:15.64; Isaiah Jones (EL) 5:19.85; Jackson Sitkowski (DAL) 5:21.17; Liam Thomas (LL) 5:21.82.<\/p>\n
Boys 100 Back: Lukas Iannone (SP) 51.36 (meet record, old record; Peter Kawash, Lakeland 51.50, 2021); Ben Kessler (SP) 54.25; Logan Teaman (TUN) 55.91; Aidan Mislevy (TUN) 56.18; Noah Fry (TUN) 1:04.55; Noah Belfino (DAL) 1:05.03.<\/p>\n
Boys 100 Breast: Leo Cholish (HC) 1:02.27; Noah Salters (TUN) 1:03.83; Ryan McGurk (LL) 1:05.15; Jack Kashatus (LL) 1:06.28; Michael DeVitto (SP) 1:08.02; Callum Jerome (TUN) 1:08.41.<\/p>\n
Boys 400 Free Relay: Tunkhannock (Kyle Kozloski, Braydon Christopher, Logan Teaman, Jaden Baltrusaitis) 3:14.94; Dallas 3:20.72; Lake-Lehman 3:22.66; Elk Lake 3:45.08; Holy Redeemer 3:45.87; Holy Cross 3:50.79.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scranton Prep\u2019s Rebecca Oakes celebrates after winning the 100 freestyle during the District 2 Class 2A swimming championships…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-126648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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