Elk Lake’s Adam Phillips swims the butterfly stroke in the 200 IM on his way to taking first place at 2:00.11 at the District II Class AA Championship on Friday.
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF
Elk Lake’s Adam Phillips dominated his two individual events at the District II Class AA championships on Friday and Saturday at the Wilkes-Barre CYC.
Phillips, a senior, took first place in the 200 IM on Friday with a time of 2:00.11 and the 100 breaststroke on Saturday with a time of :59.49.
His pair of wins punches his ticket for the PIAA Class AA championships starting Wednesday, Mar. 14, at Kinney Natatorium at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, marking his third consecutive appearance at states.
“It feels great to win,” Phillips said on Friday after taking gold in the 200 IM. “I was a little disappointed with my time, I was hoping for 1:58, but it’s still good to win.”
Elk Lake’s Adam Phillips stands atop the podium at the Wilkes-Barre CYC after winning the 200 IM on Friday. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN WOODRUFF
Phillips said he was confident that he would have a shot at winning the race on Friday.
“I was confident and just went out there focused,” Phillips said. “It feels good to be going back to states.”
At states, Phillips said he is looking for a top three finish or better in both the 200 IM and in the 100 breaststroke.
Phillips also helped theElkLakeboys medal in the 400 free relay as Cody Mowry, Alex Manzek, Bradley Grosvenor and Phillips took second at 3:31.20, behindDallasat 3:20.59.
In the 200 medley relay, Phillips, Mowry, Matt Sterner and Grosvenor took third at 1:46.88, behind first place Holy Redeemer at 1:42.57.
Elk Lake’s 200 Free Relay team of Matt Sterner, Seth Carney, Codie Malloy and Alex Manzek took fifth place on Friday afternoon with a time of 1:44.78. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN WOODRUFF
In the 200 freestyle relay,ElkLake’s team of Sterner, Seth Carney, Codie Malloy and Manzek took fifth at 1:44.78, behindDallasin first at 1:31.56.
Other finishes for Elk Lake’s boys included Grosvenor (7th-200 IM, 10th-100 fly), Mowry (7th-50 free, 9th-100 back), Manzek (9th-100 free, 11th-50 free), Malloy (9th-100 back, 10th-500 free), Sterner (11th-200 free, 12th-100 fly), Seth Carney (15th-100 free), Corey Ross-Robertson (24th-100 free), Gabe Hamernick (25th-100 free).
On the girls’ side,ElkLake’s Abby Zdancewicz took a fourth place medal in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:06.80, behind Scranton Prep’s Katie Voitik in first at 2:00.11.
Elk Lake’s Abby Zdancewicz, second from left, shows off her fourth place medal in the 200 freestyle on Friday. She finished in 2:06.80. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN WOODRUFF
Zdancewicz also narrowly missed a sixth place medal in the 500 free as she came up less than a second short finishing at 5:44.03, behind Valley View’s Vanessa LaTorre at 5:43.92. Taking first was Scranton Prep’s Maria Nonneneberg at 5:00.33.
Other performances fromElkLake’s girls included 200 medley relay (13th), Leah Ofalt (13th-50 free, 21st-100 breast), Rachel Grosvenor (16th-100 free, 24th-100 fly), Katie VanEtten (19th-100 fly), Sunny Griffiths (29th-50 free), 200 free relay (7th), Olivia Everitt (23rd-100 breast) and 400 free relay (7th).
AA Boys Team Standings: 1-Dallas 283; 2-Holy Redeemer 245; 3-Scranton Prep 203; 4-Elk Lake 155; 5-Berwick 138; 6-Valley View 87; 7-Lake-Lehman 63; 8-Hanover 55; 9-Meyers 33; 9-Holy Cross 33; 11-Wyoming Seminary 22; 12-West Scranton 20; 13-Wyoming Area 14; 14-Greater Nanticoke 6; 15-Coughlin 2.
Elk Lake’s Abby Zdancewicz, who took a fourth place medal in the 200 freestyle, gets ready to jump in for her leg of the 200 freestyle relay on Friday afternoon. At left, is teammate Olivia Everitt, at right is teammate Rachel Grosvenor. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN WOODRUFF
AA Girls Team Standings: 1-Holy Redeemer 329; 2-Scranton Prep 235; 3-Dallas 152; 4-Valley View 109; 5-Hanover 97; 6-Pittston Area 94; 7-Berwick 87; 8-Tunkhannock 62; 9-Elk Lake 48; 10-Wyoming Area 40; 11-Meyers 39; 12-Lake-Lehman 37; 13-Holy Cross 32; 14-Wyoming Seminary 20; 15-Greater Nanticoke 9; 16-MMI Prep 3; 17-Dunmore 2.
Elk Lake’s Olivia Everitt swims in the 200 freestyle relay at the District II Class AA championship on Friday.
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