Freedom High School's Carol Byrnes places 10th in PIAA Class AAA girls diving championships

Freedom High School's Carol Byrnes and Nazareth's Courtney Fox wanted to make their last dives memorable ones Wednesday at the PIAA Class AAA swimming and diving championships at Bucknell University.

Freedom senior Seth Watlington swam in an unusual spot in the AAA boys 200 individual medley final -- the outside lane.

Watlington bettered his preliminary time by .07 seconds and placed eighth in the final in 1:54.52.

The Freedom boys 200 medley relay team swam one-tenth of a second faster than its prelim time and finishing second in the consolation with a time of 1:35.67.

The Freedom girls 200 freestyle team placed eighth in the consolation race in 1:39.33. The Patriots girls 200 medley relay was 18th in 1:52.23.

Freedom freshman Helen Hsu finished 30th in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.68, and Easton junior Jillian Albus placed 21st in the 50 freestyle in 24.53 seconds.

Nazareth freshman Madeline Blair finished 24th in the 200 freestyle in 1:57.59.

Nazareth coach Julie Brezinsky said Blair did well but thought her grade and how much she has competed in the past few weeks might have affected her.

After jumping up four spots in the District 11 meet, Nazareth junior David DiMarco continued to improve. He finished second in the 200 IM consolation race in 1:54.79.

In the boys 50 freestyle, Bangor's Zach Kantz placed 20th (21.54) and Liberty senior Eric Burcin finished 23rd (21.73).

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Freedom High School's Carol Byrnes places 10th in PIAA Class AAA girls diving championships