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CM Swimming: Finishing the last lane

PHOTO PROVIDED Pictured left are, Leisher Gegino, McKenna Fox, Morgan Brian, Madison Bair, Parker Orndorf.

The 2020-2021 varsity swim team has come to the end of an extremely successful season. This year, the varsity team sent eight swimmers, two boys and six girls, to the PIAA District VI Championship Meet hosted at State College High School.

With rules constantly being altered throughout the season, the swim team was unsure how many swimmers would be continuing into the postseason.

But following their last dual meet in Altoona, Madison Bair, Hannah Brian, Morgan Brian, McKenna Fox, Autumn Garman, Leisher Gugino, and Parker Orndorf were the eight swimmers continuing on to represent Central Mountain High School at the championship meet.

The Wildcats opened up their meet with a third-place finish in the girls 200 medley relay. Their final time was 2:01.02 putting them behind Williamsport and State College.

The next event represented by the Wildcats was the girls 200-yard freestyle. Freshman Ana Persun brought the team a fifth-place finish with a time of 2:06.60 bettering her season best by nearly four seconds. Junior Leisher Gugino swam in the next event, the boys 200-yard freestyle, where he dropped three seconds and finished right behind State College’s Erik Witt for third place. His final time in the event was 1:49.31.

Following the 200-yard freestyle, the Wildcats had a short break in events before two swimmers competed in the girls 50-yard freestyle. Junior Madison Bair finished seventh with a time of 27.10 while fellow junior Hannah Brian finished in ninth with a time of 27.65. Ana Persun was back in action a few events later in the girls 100-yard butterfly. Persun finished in sixth place with a time of 1:03.66, bettering her personal best by a second and finishing close behind State College’s Nora Hein.

The next event where the Wildcats took the water was the girls 200-yard freestyle relay. This relay consisted of junior Madison Bair, senior Morgan Brian, junior Hannah Brian, and freshman Ana Persun. The girls held a close race finishing just two seconds behind the Williamsport Millionaires to better their time by more than a second and finish with a time of 2:48.25. The girls 100-yard freestyle had one Wildcat swimmer, senior Morgan Brian. Brian was able better her personal best by a second and finish in eighth place, two seconds behind Hollidaysburg’s Aubrianna Black.

Parker Orndorf represented the boys in the 100-freestyle where he dropped nearly two seconds, bettered his personal best and finished in second behind State College’s Will Ulmer.

The girls 500-yard freestyle had one lone Wildcat in the water, junior Hannah Brian. Brian finished in seventh and was able to drop nearly four seconds off of her season best.

In the girls 100-yard backstroke, the Lady Wildcats had one swimmer, sophomore Autumn Garman. Garman was able to better her personal best time by a second and finished her event in eighth place behind Williamsport’s Cecilia Fink.

Parker Orndorf was back in action for one final event of his high school career. Orndorf swam in the boys 100-yard backstroke where he dropped a second, broke his own school record and finished in third behind State College’s Zachary Lambert with a final time of 56.68.

The girls 100-yard breaststroke had two Lady Wildcats swimming, senior McKenna Fox and junior Madison Bair. Fox finished her high school swimming career in fifth place, bettering her season best by one second and finishing with a 1:17.10. Bair held a tight race, beating out State College’s Kate Hooper for a sixth-place finish and a time of 1:17.30.

The final event of the night saw junior Leisher Gugino break his own school record with and finish the close event one second behind State College’s Shawn Erdley with a time of 1:01.52.

By the end of the meet, the girls varsity swim team finished in third place overall with a score of 114 points while the two boys on the varsity team finished in fifth overall with 50 points.

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