Everyone in the high school sports community is happy to have the opportunity to compete.

That’s true.

But to a coach and the most seasoned athletes, it became clear with the shutdown in December that performance goals had to shift ever so slightly. Without a proper preseason, or should we point out a “normal” preseason, the swimmers and coaches had to adapt their programs to a much different calendar.

Elk Lake coach Jehiel Boner made a very interesting point and observation when we  discussed the success his junior superstar Kevin Noldy had been having despite not training with a preseason. …

 

“The whole team has been doing a lot more dryland and strength training workouts and it is great to see how much strength and muscle they have put on and how that is translating into success in the water.”

 

Coaches and athletes are seeing improvements. They are turning a negative into a positive. The sport could also be evolving where recovery and a reduction in yardage in the preseason may be the new way to train swimmers. We shall see, but what we know now is this, the record books have not been safe during this winter in the Lackawanna League.

 

Last week in two dual meets, seven pool records were smashed. Not broken, but smashed.

 

POOL RECORDS SET

 

MADDIE HEALEY | DUNMORE

Pool: West Scranton Intermediate

100 Backstroke: 1:01.11. (Old mark, 1:01.65, Tricia Rado, Wyoming Seminary, 1998)

 

 

 

 

SCRANTON PREP RELAY

Nicole Iriza, Mackenzie Cross, Carly Schofield, Erica Prushinski

Pool: Delaware Valley High School

200 Free Relay: 1:41.61 (Old mark, 1:43.52, Wyoming Valley West, 2004)

 

 

 

SCRANTON PREP RELAY

Nicole Iriza, Tessa Mangan, Olivia Turner Havira, Lauren Schofield

Pool: Delaware Valley High School

400 Free Relay: 3:43.91 (Old mark, 3:46.46, Scranton Prep 2020)

 

 

 

SIERRA GILLAN | DELAWARE VALLEY

Pool: Delaware Valley High School

200 Individual Medley: 2:08.96 (Old mark, 2:14.22)

100 Backstroke: 59.19 (Old mark, 59.40)

 

 

 

PETER KAWASH | LAKELAND

Pool: Scranton High School

200 Individual Medley: 1:56.55

100 Butterfly: 52.22

 

 

 

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

 

 

 

 

Feature 

Elk Lake’s Noldy hitting his marks in the pool

 

A misunderstanding turned into a stroke of good luck for Kevin Noldy.

Interested in taking up swimming in elementary school, club coaches, deceived by his unusual height at his age, put him into the wrong age classification. The novice, despite his advantages in size, struggled against more experienced swimmers, but never let the frustration during and after practice discourage him.

As he improved, and the error corrected, Noldy finished stronger than he started. He faced and conquered that small bit of adversity and turned it into the motivation that drives him to be one of the outstanding competitors in the Lackawanna League.

 

CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE STORY

 

 

 

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COLLEGE COMMIT

 

Congratulations to Abington Heights senior Abby Brock, who announced that she is continuing her academic and athletic careers at Montclair State University.

 

 

 

ABBY BROCK | ABINGTON HEIGHTS

2020 DISTRICT 2-4 CLASS 3A: Silver in the 50 freestyle (25.21); Silver in 100 breaststroke (1:07.95).
NOTABLE: Finished fifth in the 50 freestyle (26.07) and fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.22) at the Les Richards Championships.

 

 

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2021 STANDINGS

 

Here is where we stand after last week’s showdown meets between Scranton Prep and Delaware Valley, and the virtual meet between Scranton Prep and Valley View girls teams.

 

 

 

NOTES

• The Scranton Prep girls have won 41 straight Lackawanna League dual meets.

 

• Delaware Valley boys program has a record of 110-2 in the Lackawanna League since it started in 2007.

 

• Valley View girls winning streak ended at 14 straight

 

 

THIS WEEK

 

MONDAY

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Wallenpaupack at Abington Heights

Holy Cross at Scranton

Wallenpaupack vs. Holy Cross (virtual)

 

TUESDAY

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Valley View at Delaware Valley

 

THURSDAY

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Wallenpaupack at Elk Lake

Scranton Prep at West Scranton

Scranton Prep vs. Wallenpaupack (virtual)

 

FRIDAY

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

Abington Heights at Scranton

Dunmore at Delaware Valley

 

 

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

• The annual Les Richards Championships have been canceled this season due to the indoor gathering restrictions and safety precautions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

 

• District 2 Class 2A and Class 3A Diving Championships are set for Feb. 27 at the Wyoming Valley CYC.

 

• District 2 Class 2A and Class 3A Swimming Championships are set for March 6-7 at Delaware Valley High School.

 

 

 

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INSIDE THE NUMBERS

 

WINNING TIMES

 

Again, we are tracking the winning times in races from dual meets held this week. There has been some confusion. This is not a ranking of best times in the league. That would be a monumental task each week and requires all recorded times from each race, which is extremely time consuming.

NOTE: These are only times from athletes who win races or swim exhibition because their teams don’t compete in the dual meet.

 

GIRLS WINNERS

200 Medley Relay
Scranton Prep (Turner Havira, L. Schofield, Cross, C. Schofield) 1:53.14
Valley View (Jervis, Chiricos, O’Leary, Zambetti) 2:05.51
Delaware Valley (Bower, Ristaino, O’Connell, Lee) 2:09.48
Dunmore (Healey, Sheets, Aydin, Escobar) 2:12.49
West Scranton (Gallagher, Mangan, C. Ratchford, Camarillo) 2:16.69
West Scranton (Gallagher, Mangan, C. Ratchford, A. Ratchford) 2:18.55
West Scranton (Gallagher, Mangan, C. Ratchford, A. Ratchford) 2:18.55

200 Free

Nicole Iriza (SP) 1:58.91
Maddie Healey (DUN) 2:02.14
Aubrey Mangan (WS) 2:15.94
Della Noon (VV) 2:16.87
Aubrey Mangan (WS) 2:17.60
Aubrey Mangan (WS) 2:18.28
Julia Weinreb (DV) 2:18.23

200 IM
Sierra Gillan (DV) 2:08.96
Lily Nemeth (VV) 2:23.49
Sierra Hartmann (DV) 2:29.34
Maura Sheets (DUN) 2:48.56
Cameron Ratchford (WS) 2:53.89
Rylie Heusner (HC) 2:54.84
Sophie Petraitis (SCR) 2:55.45

50 Free
Molly Hubal (VV) 25.95
Carly Schofield (SP) 26.31
Mackenzie Cross (SP) 26.31
Abby Brock (AH) 26.75
Maddie Borders (CAR) 27.20
Molly Kawash (LAK) 27.50
Victoria Corcoran (DV) 28.06
Erin Voda (EL) 28.69
Kaylee Butler (SCR) 28.94
Katie Alunni (DUN) 29.02
Cameron Ratchford (WS) 30.13

Diving
Victoria Watkins (WS) 246.15
Victoria Watkins (WS) 232.8
Victoria Watkins (WS) 229.0
Victoria Willson (DV) 176.25
Victoria Willson (DV) 162.05

100 Fly
Kaitlyn O’Connell (DV) 1:01.85
Mackenzie Cross (SP) 1:02.17
Kaitlyn O’Connell (DV) 1:06.51
Camdyn Jervis (VV) 1:09.14
Cameron Ratchford (WS) 1:18.81
Cameron Ratchford (WS) 1:19.34
Isabella Aydin (DUN) 1:19.68
Cameron Ratchford (WS) 1:22.27

100 Free
Nicole Iriza (SP) 54.07
Molly Hubal (VV) 56.89
Abby Brock (AH) 59.34
Anaya Ruiz (DV) 1:00.95
Maura Sheets (DUN) 1:01.88
Maddie Borders (CAR) 1:01.95
Erin Voda (EL) 1:05.03
Gabby Case (LAK) 1:06.73
Autumn Niemic (HC) 1:08.28
Victoria Watkins (WS) 1:13.18

500 Free
Maddie Healey (DUN) 5:25.63
Victoria Corcoran (DV) 5:37.76
Tessa Mangan (SP) 5:45.16
Hope Gilgallon (NP) 5:52.73
Victoria Corcoran (DV) 5:55.19
Molly Kawash (LAK) 6:09.74
Breanna Decker (EL) 6:12.20
Sarah Naylor (VV) 6:13.97
Payton Gallagher (WS) 7:00.85
Payton Gallagher (WS) 7:09.97

200 Free Relay
Scranton Prep (Iriza, Cross, L. Schofield, Prushinski) 1:41.61
Valley View (M. Hubal, Jervis, Noon, Nemeth) 1:48.4
Delaware Valley (Bush, Bogert, Bower, Phillips) 1:53.53
Holy Cross (Niemic, Takach, Heusner, Augustine) 2:02.78
Elk Lake (Voda, Noldy, Bauman, Decker) 2:03.37
Dunmore (Alunni, Sheets, Escobar, Blockberger) 2:04.63
West Scranton (Camarillo, C. Ratchford, Watkins, Mangan) 2:05.89

100 Back
Sierra Gillan (DV) 59.19
Ava Forgione (SP) 1:03.81
Sierra Hartmann (DV) 1:07.93
Hailey O’Leary (VV) 1:13.42
Autumn Niemic (HC) 1:19.76
Jessie Noldy (EL) 1:20.52
Kaylee Butler (SCR) 1:21.34
Emma Ann Bannon (AH) 1:28.38

100 Breast
Lauren Schofield (SP) 1:08.26
Lily Nemeth (VV) 1:13.87
Alexis Ristaino (DV) 1:16.15
Aubrey Mangan (WS) 1:21.54
Aubrey Mangan (WS) 1:21.54
Aubrey Mangan (WS) 1:22.53
Hope Gilgallon (NP) 1:23.44
Rylie Heusner (HC) 1:23.68
Katie Alunni (DUN) 1:30.83

400 Free Relay
Scranton Prep (Iriza, Mangan, Turner Havira, L. Schofield) 3:43.91
Valley View (M. Hubal, Noon, O’Leary, Nemeth) 4:08.02
Delaware Valley (L. Fuchs, Weinreb, Hartmann, Corcoran) 4:16.58
Dunmore (Aydin, Marichak, Healey, Alunni) 4:24.26
Elk Lake (Decker, Bauman, Noldy, Voda) 4:27.41
West Scranton (Gallagher, Camarillo, Watkins, A. Ratchford) 4:53.29.
West Scranton (Camarillo, Gallagher, Watkins, A. Ratchford) 5:00.72

 

 

BOYS WINNERS

200 Medley Relay
Delaware Valley (Holderith, Santiago, Dong, Naturale) 1:44.13
Delaware Valley (Holderith, Naturale, Dong, Ciralli) 1:50.49
Valley View (Langel, Fontanella, Schack, Jenkins) 1:59.48
Scranton (Dainty, Albrect, Mayer, Petraitis) 2:08.6
West Scranton (Schultz, Kelk, Lipscomb, Mehl) 2:12.87
West Scranton (Schultz, Kelk, Lipscomb, Mehl) 2:14.74

200 Free
Ethan Haggerty (SP) 2:00.38
Quinn Grosvenor (EL) 2:09.32
Alex Albrecht (VV) 2:12.42
Matthew O’Connell (DV) 2:13.39
Ashton Dainty (SCR) 2:20.12
Owen Jumper (HC) 2:52.32

200 IM
Peter Kawash (LAK) 1:56.55
Lucas Santiago (DV) 2:06.52
Kevin Noldy (EL) 2:16.99
Alex Iannone (SP) 2:18.21
Robert Holderith (DV) 2:18.22
Corey Mayer (SCR) 2:27.59
Luke Healey (HC) 2:28.34
Damian Jenkins (VV) 2:44.14

50 Free
Nathan Thayer (SP) 22.93
Lucas Santiago (DV) 22.96
Austin Langel (VV) 24.35
Christopher Lipscomb (WS) 27.07
Christopher Lipscomb (WS) 27.21
Christopher Lipscomb (WS) 27.87

Diving
Jacob Wenzel (DV) 189.7
Zachary Madewell (DV) 150.03

100 Fly
Peter Kawash (LAK) 52.22
Robert Holderith (DV) 58.22
Robert Holderith (DV) 58.98
Alex Albrect (SCR) 1:03.52
Benjamin Galko (SP) 1:04.11
Ashton Dainty (SCR) 1:05.88
Jackson Lincoln (EL) 1:09.79
Jacob Schultz (WS) 1:21.64

100 Free
Kevin Noldy (EL) 50.46
Nathan Thayer (SP) 50.53
Quinn Grosvenor (EL) 58.56
Aaron Fontanella (VV) 1:00.92
Christopher Lipscomb (WS) 1:01.2
Christopher Lipscomb (WS) 1:02.2

500 Free
Kevin Noldy (EL) 5:20.41
Ethan Haggerty (SP) 5:21.56
Nick Micknick (LAK) 6:01.16
Scott Sussman (DV) 6:23.07
Nathan Mehl (WS) 7:07.97
Nathan Mehl (WS) 7:37.65

200 Free Relay
Delaware Valley (Santiago, Naturale, Ciralli, Dong) 1:34.14
Delaware Valley (Dong, O’Connell, Naturale, Santiago) 1:39.42
Valley View (Langel, Duffield, Schack, Fontanella) 1:45.94
Scranton (Albrecht, Miller, Petraitis, Mayer) 1:55.42
Holy Cross 1:57.26

100 Back
Alex Iannone (SP) 57.66
Corey Mayer (SCR) 1:06.44
Nico Spataro (LAK) 1:07.74
Jacob Schultz (WS) 1:09.07
Damian Jenkins (VV) 1:11.68
Dan Matyushin (DV) 1:11.73
Jacob Schultz (WS) 1:13.06

100 Breast
Lucas Santiago (SP) 1:01.32
Lucas Santiago (DV) 1:05.86
Austin Langel (VV) 1:09.73
Luke Healey (HC) 1:12.45
Zachary Shields (EL) 1:17.70
Alex Albrect (SCR) 1:28.35

400 Free Relay
Scranton Prep 3:37.78
Elk Lake (Grosvenor, Lincoln, Shields, Noldy) 3:47.8
Elk Lake (Shields, Lincoln, Grosvenor, Noldy) 3:56.53
Scranton (Dainty, Petraitis, Scotch, Albrect) 4:35.97
Scranton (Dainty, Scotch, Miller, Petraitis) 4:38.94.
Holy Cross (Lee, Jumper, Decker, Scochin) 5:58.44.

 

 

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