Butler's Barthlow second at states in swimming
Butler swimmer Josh Barthlow spent Saturday putting the finishing touches on a memorable weekend in State College.
After winning a state title in the 100 butterfly Friday evening, Barthlow returned to place second in the Class AAA 100-yard backstroke (:50.48) at the PIAA Swimming Championships at Penn State University's McCoy Natatorium.
Seneca Valley's 400 freestyle relay team of Stacie Safritt, Kristen Bezier, Lauren Bezier and Kelly Connolly captured fourth place with a mark of 3:33.63.
Kristen Bezier also faired well individually, taking fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.58) and 11th in the 200 IM (2:09.94).
Only two area swimmers made the Class AA meet, Freeport's Brendan McGregor and Lauren Palko.
McGregor took fifth in the 100 backstroke (53.79 seconds) and eighth in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 1:46.36.
Palko returned home with a 10th place finish in the 50 freestyle at 24.97 seconds.
Following are the results from all area swimmers who competed at the PIAA championships Friday and Saturday:
Class AAA
Girls
200 medley relay:
9-Seneca Valley (Stacie Safritt, Mandie Huffman, Kylie Gamelier, Kelly Connolly) 1:50.50
200 IM:
11-Kristen Bezier (SV) 2:09.94
50 freestyle:
17-Stacie Safritt (SV) :24.65
100 butterfly:
12-Kylie Gamelier (SV) 1:00.06
100 freestyle:
24-Kelly Connolly (SV) :54.60
200 freestyle relay:
3-Seneca Valley (Stacie Safritt, Kelly Connolly, Kylie Gamelier, Kristen Bezier) 1:37.55
100 breaststroke:
4-Kristen Bezier (SV) 1:05.58
400 freestyle relay:
4-Seneca Valley (Stacie Safritt, Kristen Bezier, Lauren Bezier, Kelly Connolly) 3:33.63
Boys
200 medley relay:
8-Butler (Bobby Barkus, Eric Clouse, Josh Barthlow, Matt Galante) 1:39.02
50 freestyle:
21-Drew Snyder (SV) :22.32
100 butterfly:
1-Josh Barthlow (B) :50.83
100 freestyle:
21-Matt Galante (B) :48.75
100 backstroke:
2-Josh Barthlow (B) :50.48
Class AA
Girls
50 freestyle:
10-Lauren Palko (Freeport) :24.97
100 freestyle:
17-Lauren Palko (F) :55.97
Boys
200 freestyle:
8-Brendan McGregor (Freeport) 1:46.36
100 backstroke:
5-Brendan McGregor (F) :53.79
