While the North Allegheny team dominated the boys meet, North Penn handily won the 2018 Pennsylvania 3A girls high school state meet, scoring 258 points. Avon Grove was second with 203 points.<\/p>\n
The first relay results mirrored those of the eventual team scores. North Penn’s\u00a0Megan Zartman<\/strong>,\u00a0Haley Muth<\/strong>,\u00a0Claudia Thamm<\/strong>, and\u00a0Rosalinda Rivera\u00a0<\/strong>were first to the wall in the 200 medley relay, touching in 1:43.95.\u00a0Sam Paglia<\/strong>,\u00a0Olivia Paoletti<\/strong>,\u00a0Sydney Pagila<\/strong>, and\u00a0Izzy Paloetti\u00a0<\/strong>were second for Avon Grove in 1:44.33<\/p>\n Morgan Scott,\u00a0<\/strong>a senior from Pennridge, dominated the 200 freestyle, touching in 1:46.34. Upper Dublin’s\u00a0Abbie Amdor\u00a0<\/strong>was second (1:49.04) and Hershey’s\u00a0Sally Tafuto\u00a0<\/strong>finished third (1:50.12). Scott came down in distance for her second event, winning the 100 freestyle in 49.22 ahead of Gateway’s\u00a0Olivia Livingston\u00a0<\/strong>(49.63) and Amdor (50.06).<\/p>\n Avon Grove picked up a gold in the 200 IM. Olivia Paloetti cracked the two minute barrier, stopping the clock in 1:59.72. North Penn’s Thamm finished second (2:00.87). Picking up bronze was Butler’s\u00a0Laura Goettler\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:02.49.<\/p>\n A sophomore duo topped the 50 freestyle. Gateway’s\u00a0<\/strong>Livingston\u00a0<\/strong>set a state record, finishing in 22.73. Governor Mifflin’s\u00a0Emma Steckiel\u00a0<\/strong>was runner up in 23.02. Unionville’s junior\u00a0Camryn Carter\u00a0<\/strong>placed third (23.05).<\/p>\n