Williamsport’s Griswold, Kelley, Cohick all win gold at District 2 Class AAA swimming championships on Day 1

Williamsport’s foursome of Cal Hockman, Parker Johnson, Keller Griswold and Jaden Rankinen shaved two seconds off their time en route to finishing the 200 medley relay with a winning time of 1:40.61 on the first day of the District 2 swimming championships.

The Millionaires’ relay team won by four seconds.

Through the first day of competition, the Williamsport girls are in first place with 177 points, ahead of Delaware Valley (131) and Tunkhannock (117). On the boys side, Williamsport’s 169 points is behind only Delaware Valley’s 174.

Hockman was a silver medalist in the 200 IM as he swam a 2:06.20, behind only Hazleton’s Logan Yakubowski. Hockman’s time was also four seconds better than his seeded time entering districts.

LJ Shaffer, a junior, finished third in the 200 free by swimming a 1:58.65, shaving five seconds off his time.

Williamsport had a pair of placewinners in the 50 free as Ranknien took silver with a time of 23.05, half a second from Abington Heights’ Derek Williams’ winning time of 22.55, and Brady Ross took fourth in 24.16.

Griswold won individual gold as he finished the 100 fly in 53.30 and teammate Nate Wiley was a third-place finisher in 54.94.

In girls competition, Williamsport went 1-2-3 in the 200 free as Sydney Kelley swam a 1:56.38 to win, shaving nearly a second off her time in the process. Ashlynn Martz took second in 2:14.91 and Charley Greevy was third in 2:15.30.

Another Williamsport gold medalist was Kendall Cohick, who won the 100 fly in 1:00.41, winning the event narrowly over Tunkhannock’s Samantha Roerig.

The Millionaires’ Aubrey Glosser took second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:25.12, six seconds better than her seeded time.

Williamsport’s Molly Garrison reached the podium with a fourth-place finish in the 50 free as she swam a 26.05, half a second from first-place finisher Cassandra Cabonilas of Nanticoke.

Williamsport’s 200 free relay team of Kelley, Garrison, Aubrey Glosser and Cohick finished first with a time of 1:43.17, winning the relay by four seconds.

GIRLS RESULTS

Team standings (through first day): 1. Williamsport 177, 2. Delaware Valley 131, 3. Tunkhannock 117, 4. Berwick 87, 5. Hazleton 84, 6. Abington Heights 81, 7. Pittston 45, 8. Wilkes-Barre Area 36, 9. Nanticoke 34, 10. West Scranton 12, 11. Scranton 10, 12. Wyoming Valley 6.

200 medley relay: 1. Tunkhannock (Emma Holdredge, Samantha Roerig, Julianna Roote, Noelle Alguire), 1:58.80; 2. DV (Kate Prior, Anaya Ruiz, JoAnn Jagger, Olivia Cruz), 2:01.20; 3. Berwick (Madilyn Andrews, Madelyn Frey, Francesca Pupo , Karly Kile), 2:03.70; 4. Hazleton (Milana Daiute, Shastyn Tihansky, Emilia Alcantara, Aubrey Gowen), 2:05.67. 200 free: 1. Sydney Kelley, WAHS, 1:56.38; 2. Ashlynn Martz, WAHS, 2:14.91; 3. Charley Greevy, WAHS, 2:15.30; 4. Madilyn Andrews, Berwick, 2:15.47. 200 IM: 1. MAdelyn Frey, Berwick, 2:15.82; 2. Aubrey Glosser, WAHS, 2:25.12; 3. Julianna Roote, Tunkhannock, 2:30.94; 4. Milana Daiute, Hazleton, 2:34.79. 50 free: 1. Cassandra Cabonilas Nanticoke, 25.48; 2. Shastyn Tihansky, Hazleton, 25.95; 3. Anaya Ruiz, Delaware Valley, 26.03; 4. Molly Garrison, WAHS, 26.05. 100 fly: 1. Kendall Cohick, WAHS, 1:00.41; 2. Samantha Roerig, Tunkhannock, 1:01.85; 3. JoAnn Jagger, Delaware Valley, 1:03.97; 4. Gianna Vachino, Abington Heights, 1:04.83. 200 free relay: 1. Williamsport (Sydney Kelley, Molly Garrison, Aubrey Glosser, Kendall Cohick), 1:43.17; 2. Tunkhannock (Emma HOldredge, Noelle Aguilere, Julianna Roote, Samantha Roerig), 1:47.87; 3. Delaware Valley (JoAnn Jagger, Olivia Cruz, Kate Prior, Anaya Ruiz), 1:48.16.

BOYS RESULTS

Team results (through first day): 1. Delaware Valley 174, 2. Williamsport 169, 3. Abington Heights 148, 4. Hazleton 94; 5. West Scranton 67; 6. Wyoming Valley 48; 7. Nanticoke 37, 8. Scranton 33, 9. Wilkes-Barre Area 20.

200 medley relay: 1. Williamsport (Cal Hockman, Parker Johnson, Keller Griswold, Jaden Rankinen), 1:40.61; 2. Delaware Valley (Liam Fass, Keith Sublett, Eddie Nieves, Jake Manning), 1:44.13; 3. Abington Heights (Geoff Stanton, Geoff Brock, Jason Casper, Derek Williams), 1:45.13; 4. West Scranton (Jacob Schultz, Royli Ayala, Chris Lipscomb, Luke Brink), 1:05.07. 200 free: 1. Chase Kaschak, Hazleton, 1:55.53; 2. Tyler Ingraham, DV, 1:57.37; 3. LJ Shaffer, WAHS, 1:58.65; 4. Geoff Brock, Abington Heights, 1:59.75. 200 IM: 1. Logan Yakubowski, Hazleton, 1:59.90; 2. Cal Hockman, WAHS, 2:06.20; 3. Geoff Stanton, Abington Heights, 2:10.30; 4. Jay Rosenstock, Hazleton, 2:14.00. 50 free: 1. Derek Williams, Abington Heights, 22.55; 2. Jaden Rankinen, WAHS, 23.05; 3. Jake Manning, Delaware Valley, 24.11; 4. Brady Ross, WAHS, 24.16. 100 fly: 1. Keller Griswold, WAHS, 53.30; 2. Jason Casper, Abington Heights, 54.32; 3. Nate Wiley, WAHS, 54.94; 3. Jay Rosenstock, Hazleton, 57.01. 200 free relay: 1. Hazleton (Logan Yakubowski, Chase Kaschak, Billy Hanson, Jay Rosenstock), 1:34.15; 2. Williamsport (Nate Wiley, Brady Ross LJ Shaffer, Cooper Allmaras), 1:35.83; 3. Delaware Valley (Eddie Nieves, Matthew O’Connell, Keith Sublett, Jake Manning), 1:35.85; 4. Abington Heights (Geoff Brock, Kenny Lynch, Jackson Wentz, Jack Shoemaker), 1:39.71.