High School Swimming

There’s nothing out of the ordinary for a record or two to fall at a championship swimming meet. Sometimes, you can see it coming, like when Lancaster Catholic’s Addison Elliott reset her league and meet marks in the 100-yard backstroke at the Lancaster-Lebanon Championships on Friday.

Manheim Township was already in good shape to win the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls swimming title after Thursday’s opening day of the championship meet. But the Blue Streaks left nothing to chance Friday night at Franklin & Marshall’s Kunkel Natatorium.

Kaden Fatta knows how to provide a dramatic ending.

Anyone in the stands at Kunkel Natatorium at Franklin & Marshall on Thursday could see that Penn Manor’s Trevor Olson touched the wall before the other competitors in the boys 200-yard freestyle at the Lancaster-Lebanon League Swimming Championships.

It can be difficult to get attention in the regular season when competing as an exhibition swimmer.

There will be a change of scenery for the Lancaster-Lebanon League Swimming Championships, as the meet is back within Lancaster County borders at Franklin & Marshall after being held at Wilson High School in recent years.

Elizabethtown pulled off a first in the history of its swimming program last week.

Ryan Taylor and Emerson Mandrell may swim for different schools, but otherwise they were having the same experience on Tuesday night.

Success in any one race can come down to several intangibles. Practice, health, strength training and more could affect who wins any one event in any one swim meet.