Pennsylvania State High School Championships

LEWISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 23. PENNSYLVANIA put on a show with its AAA and AA high school state championships over the weekend. Hershey's David Nolan put himself in contention for Swimming World Magazine's National High School Swimmer of the Year with a national high school record in the men's 200 IM, while Hershey will be battling for our national team title after a Nolan-led squad broke the 200 medley relay national record.

For complete coverage of those two national records, click here.

AA Girls
Ambridge Area's Lindsay Vrooman set a state record in the 500 free with a 4:43.93, which beat Leah Gingrich's 2008 mark of 4:44.07. Vrooman also won the 200 free in 1:47.67

Wyomissing's Mary Moser just missed the state record in the 50 free with a 23.18. Stef Williams' mark of 23.17 remained in the books as set back in 1995. Moser doubled up with a 50.65 to win the 100 free.

Mercyhurst Prep's Marie Georger won the 100 back in 54.61, while Indiana's Rachel Zilinskas took home the 200 IM in 2:01.38. Nazar's Victoria Gillespie snared the 100 fly in 55.47. Spius' Jaime Kane claimed the 100 breast in 1:05.69.

Scranton Prep's Rebekah Campo, Emma Blake, Maria Telincho and Megan Jones claimed the 200 free relay in 1:37.79. Mercyhurst Prep's Vanessa Bering, Marie Georger, Maria Tarbell and Rylee Klomp won the 200 medley relay in 1:47.78. Wyomissing's Brianna Bentz, Hailey Doyle, Katie Duggan and Mary Moser set a state record in the 400 free relay with a 3:32.04. That swim cleared the 3:32.42 set by Oakland Catholic back in 2002.

AA Boys
As previously reported, Hershey's David Nolan set the national record in the 200 IM with a 1:43.43. He also led his team's 200 medley relay of Nolan, Kyle Ruddle, Sean Grier and Jeffrey Young to the national record with a 1:30.27. Nolan followed on the second day with a 43.27 in the 100 free, which came up short of Jimmy Feigen's national record of 43.05 set in 2008.

Hershey's Benjamin Bauchwitz, Shota Nakano, Ruddle and Young also won the 200 free relay in 1:25.61. Hershey then swept the relays when Bauchwitz, Nakano, Grier and Nolan clocked a state record 3:03.98 in the 400 free relay. That swim crushed the previous standard of 3:08.27 set by York Suburban back in 2008. Meanwhile, Grier snatched the 100 fly title in 48.62 and doubled up with a 49.73 in the 100 back.

Highlands' Conner Calarie won the 200 free in 1:41.78, while Muhlenberg's Zach Chow took home the 50 free in 21.02. Bloomsburg's Zach Stephens won the 100 breast in 57.01, while Spius' John Hauser earned the 500 free title in 4:26.95.

AAA Girls
Downe's Danielle Siverling broke the state record in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.49. That performance cleared the 1:48.18 set by Jamie Malandra back in 2008. Siverling doubled up with a 50.29 in the 100 free for the win.

Warwick's Emily Cameron followed in the 200 IM with a state record time of 1:59.00. She cleared the 2:00.83 set by Mikelle Masciantonio last year. Cameron also doubled up with a 1:02.31 in the 100 breast.

Hershey's Katelyn Miller won the 50 free in 23.51, while Moon Area's Zina Grogg claimed the 100 fly title in 55.63. Cedar Crest's Maddie Hoch topped the 500 free in 4:51.03, while Christina Leander of West Chester won the 100 back in 55.15.

Wilson won two of three relays. Camilla Czulada, Samantha Wierzbicki, Taylor Straub and Caitlyn Karr claimed the 200 free relay in 1:35.24. Czulada, Paige Impink, Taylor Brew and Karr topped the 400 free relay in 3:27.90. Hershey's Yurie Nakano, Carolyn McCarty, Samantha Surfus and Katelyn Miller won the 200 medley relay in 1:44.65.

AAA Boys
Haverford High's Shane Ryan, a rising star in the sophomore class, set a state record in the 100 back with a 48.67. That swim beat his preliminary record of 48.79. Emmaus' Ryan Stahley earned the 50 free title in 20.44.

North Allegheny's Jonathan Buerger won the 200 free in 1:38.08, then doubled up in the 500 free with a 4:25.35.

Chichester's Robert Power claimed the 100 breast in 56.81, while Wilson's Nathaniel Savory claimed the 200 IM in 1:48.93., while Upper St. Clair's Kyle Dudzinski finished first in the 100 fly with a 49.04. Unionville's Shane Austin won the 100 free in 45.26.

Emmaus' Romain Decrop, Evan Paules, Greg Fischer and Ryan Stahley won the 200 medley relay in 1:32.34, while North Allegheny's Jonathan Buerger, Sean Battle, Jonathan Du and Kostya Borisov topped the 200 free relay in 1:24.21. Wilson's Nathaniel Savoy, Tyler Toren, Ryan Westley and Dan Crigler grabbed the 400 free relay title in 3:03.53. That time beat the state record of 3:04.09 set by Emmaus in 2009.

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