Thursday, January 17, 2008

Pocono Swimmers Win the Team Trophy at the Scranton Holiday Meet


Pocono Swimmers Win the Team Trophy at the Scranton Holiday Meet

On Saturday December 29, 2007, twenty-five swimmers from the Pocono Family YMCA Swim Team traveled north to the Greater Scranton YMCA and came home with 7 meet records, 3 high point trophies and the overall team high point trophy.

Swimmers could enter a maximum of 5 individual and 2 relay events and were awarded points based on their order of finish. As a team, the Piranhas earned 1829 points, beating 7 other area swim teams; individual trophies were won by Zack Wolbert (7-8 Boys), Emily Wolbert (9-10 Girls), and Colin Cruz (13-14 Boys).

Along the way, Pocono swimmers set seven meet records in the following events:

8&Under Mixed 100 Medley Relay: Nadine Parrish, Alora Cruz, Zack Wolbert & Kailey Burns (1:23.98)

7-8 Boys 25 Fly - Zack Wolbert (17.09)
7-8 Boys 25 Breast - Zack Wolbert (20.51)
9-10 Mixed 200 Medley Relay - Emily Cabral, Emily Wolbert, Maggie Palaski, Colin Naturale (2:30.47)
9-10 Girls Breast - Emily Wolbert (40.40)
13-14 Mixed Medley Relay - Carlos Rodriguez, Lena Yang, Colin Cruz, Mary Cerbone (2:25.81)
13-14 Mixed Free Relay - Mary Cerbone, Carlos Rodriguez, Colin Cruz, Lena Yang (2:07.46)