Falcon Girls First, Boys Second at Swim Regionals

Severna Park's girls swim team won the 4A/3A East Region championship on Saturday, clipping Crofton by just one point.

The Falcon girls scored high in a number of categories, headlined by Ava Mallik's second-place finish in the 500 freestyle, where teammate Cassie Steppe finished fourth. Reese Corey was second in the 100 backstroke, and Steppe finished second in the 200 freestyle, just ahead of Charlotte Fleureton.

The Falcons' 400 freestyle relay of Mallik, Corey, Macie Rice and Gray Neubauer finished third, as did the 200 medley relay of Corey, Rice, Mallik and Fleureton.

Rhys Garrahy helped lead the charge for the Falcons on the boys side, winning the 100 yard backstroke and helping the 400 freestyle and 200 medley relays to second place. Kyle Winters placed second in the 500 freestyle, while William Ferguson was third in the 100 backstroke. Denver Straub was third in the 200 freestyle, just ahead of Winters.

Severna Park finished second to Annapolis in the boys team standings.

Broadneck's boys and girls both finished fifth in their respective team standings.

Keely Cornelius finished second in the girls 100 butterfly and third in the 500 freestyle, while Brendan Rose was fourth in the boys 500 freestyle.

4A/3A East Region Swim Finals

Top 16 Local Finishers

Boys

100 backstroke: 1. Rhys Garrahy, Severna Park, 55.86; 3. William Ferguson, Severna Park, 59.98; 9. Chris Davis, Broadneck, 1:06.30; 10. Max Shipp, Broadneck, 1:06.37.

100 breaststroke: 7. William Ackerman, Severna Park, 1:11.73; 11. Noah Rodgerson, Broadneck, 1:14.75; 15. Jackson Kulp, Broadneck, 1:18.95.

100 butterfly: 7. Gabriel Kraft, Severna Park, 1:04.28; 9. Peter Binnie, Severna Park, 1:04.28; 13. Noah Dreibelbis, Broadneck, 1:14.17; 14. Logan Gondak, Broadneck, 1:14.66.

50 freestyle: 4. Brendan Para, Severna Park, 23.20; 8. Logan Sabo, Broadneck, 24.65; 16. Logan Gondak, Broadneck, 26.62.

100 freestyle: 7. Ben Larbalestrier-Conaway, Severna Park, 54.62; 8. Kevin Yang, Severna Park, 55.62; 11. Noah Rodgerson, Broadneck, 57.31; 14. Samuel Long, Broadneck, 58.12.

200 freestyle: 3. Denver Straub, Severna Park, 1:57.95; 3. Kyle Winters, Severna Park, 2:02.38; 7. Chris Davis, Broadneck, 2:05.79; 8. Samuel Long, Broadneck, 2:12.41.

500 freestyle: 2. Kyle Winters, Severna Park, 5:23.35; 4. Brendan Rose, Broadneck, 5:34.97; 6. Patrick Bradford, Broadneck, 6:10.53.

200 IM: 2. Rhys Garrahy, Severna Park, 2:06.34; 6. William Ferguson, Severna Park, 2:15.78; 7. Brendan Rose, Broadneck, 2:17.78; 9. Max Shipp, Broadneck, 2:25.92.

200 medley relay: 2. Severna Park (Rhys Garrahy, William Ackerman, Peter Binnie, Brendan Para) 1:49.37; 5. Broadneck (Chris Davis, Noah Rodgerson, Logan Gondak, Logan Sabo) 1:51.50.

200 freestyle relay: 5. Severna Park (Peter Binnie, Denver Straub, Kevin Yang, Brendan Para) 1:39.19; 6. Broadneck (Max Shipp, Logan Gondak, Brendan Rose, Logan Sabo) 1:43.04.

400 freestyle relay: 2. Severna Park (Rhys Garrahy, Denver Straub, Kyle Winters, Brendan Para) 3:31.15; 7. Broadneck (Logan Sabo, Noah Rodgerson, Brendan Rose, Chris Davis) 3:56.07.

Girls

100 backstroke: 2. Reese Corey, Severna Park, 1:06.78; T5. Greer Hylant, Severna Park, 1:10.91; 8. Ellie Olyashevsky, Broadneck, 1:12.14; 10. Sophie Figueroa, Broadneck, 1:15.37.

100 breaststroke: 6. Charlotte Fleureton, Severna Park, 1:21.86; 8. Sophia Wang, Severna Park, 1:23.67; 9. Audrey Fleishman, Broadneck, 1:24.51; 13. Cassidy Lewis, Broadneck, 1:32.00.

100 butterfly: 2. Keely Cornelius, Broadneck, 1:05.25; 3. Ava Mallik, Severna Park, 1:05.59; 7. Sophia Wang, Severna Park, 1:10.04; 15. Norah Davis, Broadneck, 1:23.99.

50 freestyle: 5. Caroline Mays, Severna Park, 27.56; 6. Macie Rice, Severna Park, 27.81; 8. Destiny Craft, Broadneck, 28.78; 16. Norah Davis, Broadneck, 31.27.

100 freestyle: 4. Audrey Stroud, Severna Park, 1:01.45; 5. Gray Neubauer, Severna Park, 1:01.54; 11. Destiny Craft, Broadneck, 1:05.43; 16. Cassidy Lewis, Broadneck, 1:11.04.

200 freestyle: 2. Cassie Steppe, Severna Park, 2:14.17; 3. Charlotte Fleureton, Severna Park, 2:19.64; 7. Sophie Figueroa, Broadneck, 2:28.34; 9. Aubrey Bartnik, Broadneck, 2:34.79.

500 freestyle: 2. Ava Mallik, Severna Park, 5:43.92; 3. Keely Cornelius, Broadneck, 5:44.11; 4. Cassie Steppe, Severna Park, 5:51.41; 9. Rebecca Sawyer, Broadneck, 6:27.80.

200 IM: 5. Gray Neubauer, Severna Park, 2:35.99; 7. Lucy O'Grady, Severna Park, 2:39.76; 8. Ellie Olyashevsky, Broadneck, 2:40.14; 9. Audrey Fleishman, Broadneck, 2:45.59.

200 medley relay: 3. Severna Park (Reese Corey, Charlotte Fleureton, Ava Mallik, Macie Rice) 2:06.56; 6. Broadneck (Ellie Olyashevsky, Audrey Fleishman, Keely Cornelius, Destiny Craft) 2:11.05.

200 freestyle relay: 3. Severna Park (Reese Corey, Caroline Mays, Gray Neubauer, Macie Rice) 1:50.19; 7. Broadneck (Destiny Craft, Norah Davis, Ellie Olyashevsky, Keely Cornelius) 1:58.12.

400 freestyle relay: 3. Severna Park (Macie Rice, Gray Neubauer, Ava Mallik, Reese Corey) 4:03.77; 6. Broadneck (Sophie Figueroa, Cassidy Lewis, Audrey Fleishman, Norah Davis) 4:47.95.