Despite a girl’s win against Penns Valley, Tyrone was unable to secure any first places against a strong Clearfield team. The boys suffered a 129-41 loss, and the girls lost 120-50. Penns Valley didn’t have a boys team.

“We swam competitive. Having two heats [for a tri-meet] is hard. We just need to keep on improving on everything,” said Head Coach Tom Getz.

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Tyrone vs Clearfield and Penns Valley

Girls: Tyrone- 113, Penns Valley- 44

Tyrone- 50, Clearfield- 120

The Tyrone girls relays had two third places in both the 200 free and the 400 free. The team of Mae Decker, Anastasia Slobodnik, Cate Baran and Fiona McConnell placed second in the 200 medley relay.

“I think we tried our best even though we did not win but we saw that our team needs work with our basic drills,” said Bishop Guilfoyle freshman A. Slobodnik.

M.Decker had two second places in the 500 free (6:12.37) and the 100 backstroke (1:10.44).

In the breaststroke, McConnell came in second with a 1:18.94, while A. Slobodnik was right behind her in third with a 1:18.99. A .05 difference between the two.

Bellwood sophomore Gwen Dougherty placed fifth in the event and improved from last meets time with a 1:25.10.

“We worked well as a team. It was nice having our team mates cheering each other on. [Having a tri-meet] was a neat experience. I didn’t know having three teams at one meet was possible, but we made it work. Clearfield is a very good team and has some very strong swimmers” said sophomore Emma Hoover.

E. Hoover dropped four seconds in the 200 IM with a final time of 3:17.01.

Senior Allie Hosko had a 2:33.59 in the 200 free, dropping a second from the previous meet.

In the 100 fly, Sarah Knisley worked a second off of her last meet time with a  2:01.11 time.

From her previous time, Taylor Hoover improved by a second in the 100 back with a time of 1:27.84.

Boys: Tyrone- 41, Clearfield- 129

The boys relays placed the same as the girls with two third places in the 200 medley and the 400 free. The team of Brendan Kowalski, Jules Collet, Matt Beam and Bryce Bauer placed second in the 200 free.

“We did pretty good. We really put forth effort. We need to improve on our starts and turns though,” said sophomore Jacob Decker.

J. Decker placed second in the 100 back with a 1:05.37. He also improved from the last meet by three seconds in the 200 free with a 2:01.90 and a third place.

Blake Slobodnik placed third in both the 200 free and the 500 free. He swam off 17 seconds in the 500 with a time of 5:43.80.

Matt Lenze placed third in the 100 breast, dropping a second from the previous meet, with a time of 1:12.54.

Collet dropped three seconds in the 200 IM with a final time of 2:59.34, improving from the first meet.

“[Clearfield was] a good team! [I think I did] better than last time. We’re definitely improving,” said Collet.