York Suburban Men Outdistance Field, Win Pennsylvania Class AA Title

By Brian Savard

LEWISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 23. YORK Suburban's men easily outdistanced the competition in the 2007 Pennsylvania Class AA Championships, winning the meet by just under 100 points.

Team Scores

York Suburban, despite losing the opening 200 medley relay, completely overpowered the field with a mix of star power and depth, scoring 221 points. Springfield Township took second place honors with 138.5 points while Dover edged out Hershey for third with 120 points.

200 medley relay

Springfield Township's foursome of Ben Clark, Lyle De la Rosa, Jesse Bregman and Hugh Pedley blew past York Suburban in the freestyle leg, taking the event with a 1:36.77. Springfield's time erased the former AA state record set at the 2006 state meet by Radnor (1:36.96). York Suburban, despite a 22.94 butterfly leg by Harry Foster, touched the wall second in 1:37.01. Franklin placed third with a time of 1:38.23.

200 freestyle

Trevor Scheid of Shady Side Academy swam his own race, and as a result, he picked up a state record. Scheid took out his first 100 in 48.45 and trailed behind Dover's Jonathan Rubritz by over a second. Scheid, however, took back his final 100 in 50.58 and finished in a time of 1:39.02.

Scheid's time eclipsed the former AA mark set by Nathan Rebuck of Westmont Hilltop High School in 1998 (1:40.90). Rubritz touched the wall second in 1:40.60 while York Suburban's Kevin Marsteller finished third with a time of 1:41.48.

200 I.M.

Defending champion Zack Phillips successfully defended his 2006 title, winning the 200 I.M. in 1:53.35. York Suburban's Chris Manning claimed a second-place finish with a 1:56.73 and Franklin's Nate Frye swam a 1:57.20 time and placed third.

50 freestyle

Matt Kolojejchick of Bishop Hoban topped the 50 freestyle field with a winning time of 21.20. Kyle King of Hershey, the top qualifier coming into finals, finished second in 21.32. Albert Augustine from Faith Christian Academy took third in 21.51.

100 butterfly

Mike Seiferth, a Hampton senior, blasted through the first 50 in 23.53 before finishing in a winning time of 50.26. Kyle Shoemaker of Saucon Valley touched out the event's top qualifier in a second-place time of 50.94. Foster finished third with a 50.95 time.

200 freestyle relay

Springfield Township's relay grouping of Clark, Ben Fallon, Pedley and Bregman touched out the Muhlenberg relay with a winning time of 1:27.34. Muhlenberg finished with a second-place time of 1:27.48 while Franklin took the bronze in 1:28.22.

"Our school won three events today," Clark said. "Springfield has never won a state championship in any sport, so we did something that was never done before."

100 freestyle

The second day of competition started out with a bang, as Scheid outswam the 100 freestyle field by over a second (45.78). Foster took second with a 46.94 while Nick Hein of Danville captured third place with a 47.23 time.

500 freestyle

Phillips won his second individual event of the meet with a win in the 500 freestyle (4:34.09). Jack Zierenberg from Hampton touched the wall second in 4:40.94 while Mars Area's Jeff Gavin snared the bronze medal with a 4:45.72 swim in finals.

100 backstroke

Marsteller picked up a win for York Suburban with a victory in the 100 backstroke, taking the gold medal in a 52.23 time. Jon Kofmehl of Richland swam a 52.65 and took second while Eric Naylor of Dover came in third with a 53.01 time.

100 breaststroke

Another 2006 record fell as Shoemaker won the 100 breaststroke in a 57.53 time. John Cremo of Mechanicsburg set the record at last year's state meet with a 57.86 time. Derek Yeager of Millersburg touched out Kolojejchick with a second-place time of 58.52. Kolojejchick took third with a 58.66.

400 freestyle relay

York Suburban completely controlled the tempo for the final relay, as the foursome of Ben Appleby, Manning, Foster and Marsteller finished first with a 3:11.28 time. Hershey finished second with a 3:14.17 while Muhlenberg clocked a 3:15.56 and placed third.

Diving Results

Justin Duncan from South Park snared diving's top spot with a 404.95 score. Two Tunkhannock divers rounded out the top three. Kenny Alguire placed second with a 387.15 score while Tommy Kolodzieski scored 378.00 points and took third.

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