2024 PA YMCA State Championship Results and Recap

Last weekend, PAY sent 40 swimmers to the PA YMCA State Championships held at West Virginia University!

Austin Adair, Carys Adair, Cecelia Bryant, Collin Byrne, Anderson Chan, Nathan Deeney, Laney Dittmar, Haddie Engle, Michelle Figueroa, Emily Gaskins, Kira Haebler, Clayton Heinzmann, Chase Hungarter, Walker Hungarter, Stacey Jiang, Ashley Kane, Natalie Kibalo, Campbell Knecht, Ella Kozak, Ellen Le, Paige Lindenmuth, Kylie McGuire, Shreya Modi, Caroline Moore, Ronan Munley, Quinn O'Neill, Lucille Obenski, Maren Parsons, Sahil Patel, Micah Smith, Logan Seiss, Lane Shearer, Mara Shearer,  Jacob Sutton, Teddy Thiel,  Kenzie Thompson, Peter Verderame, Ryan Whitlock, Erick Zinn, Nicholas Zinn

Hightlights:

Both our girls teams and boys teams had full meet performances that finished in the top 10 in the state of Pennsylvania for YMCA Swimming. Our girls finished 9th and our boys finished 8th.

Laney Dittmar earned her first YMCA Short Course National Cut in the 100 Breast.

Individual Top 8 Podium Finishes:

Anderson Chan - 100 Back

Nathan Deeney - 200 Back

Laney Dittmar - 100 Breast, 200 Breast 

Clayton Heinzmann - 400 IM

Chase Hunagarter - 50 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM, 200 IM

Walker Hungarter - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 1650 Free

Ashley Kane - 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly

Campbell Knecht - 200 Free

Ellen Le - 200 Fly, 200 IM, 500 Free

Lucille Obenski - 200 Back

Sahil Patel - 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Breast

Ryan Whitlock - 500 Free

Erick Zinn - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 IM

Nick Zinn - 1000 Free

Every PAY Relay Finished in the Top 10!:

10 & Under Girls:

200 Medley Relay (Haddie Engle, Quinn O'Neil, Ashley Kane, Campbell Knecht)

200 Free Relay (Ashley Kane, Quinn O'Neil, Haddie Engle, Campbell Knecht)

10 & Under Boys:

200 Medley Relay (Micah Smith, Ronan Munley, Chase Hungarter, Lane Shearer)

200 Free Relay (Chase Hungarter, Micah Smith, Peter Verderame, Lane Shearer)

11-12 Girls: 

400 Free Relay (Ellen Le, Ella Kozak, Maren Parsons, Stacey Jiang)

200 Medley Relay (Kira Haebler, Mara Shearer, Ella Kozak, Ellen Le)

200 Free Relay (Kenzie Thompson, Ellen Le, Ella Kozak, Stacey Jiang)

11-12 Boys:

400 Free Relay (Sahil Patel, Erick Zinn, Teddy Thiel, Ryan Whitlock)

200 Medley Relay (Teddy Thiel, Sahil Patel, Erick Zinn, Austin Adair)

200 Free Relay (Sahil Patel, Erick Zinn, Teddy Thiel, Austin Adair)

13-14 Girls:

400 Free Relay (Natalie Kibalo, Caroline Moore, Cecilia Bryant, Michelle Figueroa)

200 Medley Relay (Cecilia Bryant, Paige Lindenmuth, Natalie Kibalo, Caroline Moore)

200 Free Relay (Caroline Moore, Kylie McGuire, Cecilia Bryant, Natalie Kibalo)

13-14 Boys: 

400 Free Relay (Anderson Chan, Walker Hungarter, Jacob Sutton, Clayton Heinzmann)

200 Medley Relay (Anderson Chan, Clayton Heinzmann, Walker Hungarter, Jacob Sutton)

200 Free Relay (Anderson Chan, Walker Hungarter, Collin Byrne, Jacob Sutton)

We are now in the homestretch of our championship meet season. We have 14 and Under swimmers competing at the Eastern Zone Meet in Webster, New York this weekend, and our YMCA National qualifiers competing at the National meet in Greensboro, North Caroline starting next Tuesday. Stay tuned for more news of our incredible set of swimmers at these end of season championship meets.

GO PAY!