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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; It&#8217;s as easy as circling three races to show how Holy Redeemer pulled out a victory Thursday night in Wyoming Valley Conference girls swimming &#8211; the medley relay, diving and the breaststroke.</p><p>In what was certain a meet destined to come down to the wire, Holy Redeemer did everything it could to build a gap right from the start. The Royals put Tunkhannock in an irreparable hole en route to a 97-89 victory at the Wyoming Valley CYC. Tunkhannock had the best of Holy Redeemer in the boys meet, posting a 107-71 win over the upstart Royals.</p><p>&#8220;Our (girls&#8217;) depth gave us a lot of help, especially towards the end in those last few races,&#8221; Holy Redeemer coach Jack Port said. &#8220;I feel like we&#8217;re a very deep team on the girls side, and that definitely gave us an advantage today.&#8221;</p><p>The Royals had an early eight-point lead after taking the first two spots in the 200 yard medley relay. After the team of Emily Easton, Emily Blaum, McKenna Zeller and Corinne Smith took the top spot in the race, the B-relay of Amanda Wozinski, Carissa Wozinski, Riley Williams and Jaclyn Leighton legged out second place by 35-hundreths of a second. Leighton, in particular, made up nearly a full second as the anchor.</p><p>Holy Redeemer followed by sweeping the top three spots in diving, giving the Royals a 10-point advantage. Williams finished first with a score of 210.6. Freshman Bailey Flannery recorded a pair of 33-plus scores in her final two dives to snag second with a 178.35 score.</p><p>&#8220;(Flannery) is pretty much brand new to the sport,&#8221; Port said. &#8220;I think she has a background in gymnastics but she&#8217;s pretty good. She&#8217;s been excelling and doing well. I&#8217;m really excited for her in the future.&#8221;</p><p>Tunkhannock&#8217;s heavy hitters came swinging after the break and put the Tigers within 10 points. Morgan Manglaviti won the 100 fly and 100 back, in addition to setting the school record for the first leg of the 200 free relay with a 25.22 second split. Megan Hayward gave the Royals&#8217; Easton a run for her money in both distance swims for her top times of the year.</p><p>Blaum and Carissa Wozinski secured the victory with first and third places, respectively, in the 100 breast. Blaum provided a 1:15.93, and Wozinski finished strong with a 1:18.12.</p><p>&#8220;(Blaum) works hard and has done a grerat job,&#8221; Port said. &#8220;But Carissa Wozinski is really coming along and doing a great job with the breaststroke. She&#8217;s really dropping some time there. She works so hard and has a great attitude.&#8221;</p><p>Easton dropped six seconds (5:40.79) in a first place 500 free swim. She also won the 200 free.</p><p>Coming off of a week-and-a-half long hiatus due to illness, Tunkhannock&#8217;s Anna Moffitt had a pair of outstanding performances in the sprints. She ousted Blaum with a 26.39 second swim in the 50 free and then won the 100 free by 14-hundreths of a second in 57.46 seconds.</p><p>The boys&#8217; 100 free matched the girls race with a thrilling swim between Tunkhannock&#8217;s Alex Bushre and Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Nick Dubinski. Bushre made up eight-tenths of a second by taking the race in 53.26 seconds, a mere 11-hundreths ahead of his counterpart.</p><p>Heading into the final week of the season, Tunkhannock boys coach Tim Mislevy said his team had a solid performance after an unpredictable season so far for his squad.</p><p>&#8220;It did feel good to win (by a comfortable margin),&#8221; he said. &#8220;We swam much better than I thought we were going to. It does feel well going into this week and we&#8217;re going (to the) Ray Willis (Tourney). We&#8217;re hoping to swim well.&#8221;</p><p>The Tigers did well against some of the stronger Royal swimmers. Jacob Skoronski posted a quick 5:09.32 swim for a win over Adam Mahler in the 500 free. Mitch Fowler withstood a late Colton Smith charge in the 200 IM for a 2:18.03 win by just four-tenths of a second.</p><p>In a race that served as a precursor for the district championship, Tunkhannock won the 200 medley relay by 18-hundreths of a second. Fowler, Dyllan Henning, Skoronski and Bushre sliced a two-second deficit heading into the anchor to win over Holy Redeemer&#8217;s top swimmers with a time of 1:47.82.</p><p>Holy Redeemer had personal records from youngsters Mike Sankey, Charlie Vermac (500 free), Mike Williams and Alex Larralde.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><strong>GIRLS SWIMMING</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Holy Redeemer 97, Tunkhannock 89</strong></p><p><strong>200 Medley Relay</strong> &#8212; 1. HR (Emily Easton, Emily Blaum, McKenna Zeller, Corinne Smith) 2:014.14; 2. HR, 3. TUN; <strong>200 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Easton 2:07.13, 2. TUN Megan Hayward, 3. TUN Sara Fetter; <strong>200 IM</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Kayla Kruk 2:22.75, 2. TUN Gwen Murray, 3. TUN Dana Kuffa; <strong>50 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Anna Moffitt 26.39, 2. HR Blaum, 3. TUN Cheyanne Kasmierski; <strong>Diving</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Riley Williams 210.6, 2. HR Bailey Flannery, 3. HR Haily Yakimowicz; <strong>100 Fly</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Morgan Manglaviti 1:02.16, 2. HR Zeller, 3. HR Carissa Wozinski; <strong>100 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Moffitt 57.46, 2. HR Kruk 57.6, 3. TUN Sara Fetter; <strong>500 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Easton 5:40.79, 2. TUN Hayward, 3. TUN Murray; <strong>200 Free Relay</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN (Manglaviti, Kasmierski, Moffitt, Hayward) 1:45.91; 2. HR; 3. HR; <strong>100 Back</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Manglaviti 1:03.76, 2. HR Zeller, 3. HR Wozinski; <strong>100 Breast</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Blaum 1:15.93, 2. TUN Kasmierski, 3. HR Wozinski; <strong>400 Free Relay</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN (Murray, Moffitt, Kasmierski, Manglaviti) 4:02.3; 2. HR; 3. TUN</p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><strong>BOYS SWIMMING</strong></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Tunkhannock 107, Holy Redeemer 71</strong></p><p><strong>200 Medley Relay</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN (Mitch Fowler, Dyllan Henning, Jacob Skoronski, Alex Bushre) 1:47.82; 2. HR, 3. TUN; <strong>200 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Skoronski 1:52.05; 2. HR Adam Mahler, 3. TUN Henning; <strong>200 IM</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Fowler 2:18.03, 2. HR Colton Smith, 3. HR Austin Smith; <strong>50 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Connor Thole 23.41, 2. TUN Alex Bushre, 3. TUN Louis Mentens; <strong>Diving</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Sawyer Aitken 200.55, 2. TUN Hunter Whytasheck, 3. TUN Bryce Steele; <strong>100 Fly</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Mahler 55.93, 2. TUN Dylan Mislevy 1:13.4, 3. TUN Dan Shannon; <strong>100 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN Bushre 53.26, 2. HR Nick Dubinski, 3. TUN Jacob Spencer; <strong>500 Free</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Skoronski 5:09.32, 2. HR CSmith, 3. TUN AJ Hodge; <strong>200 Free Relay</strong> &#8212; 1. TUN (Fowler, Henning, Bushre, Skoronski) 1:37.43, 2. TUN, 3. HR; <strong>100 Back</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Thole 58.56, 2. TUN Fowler, 3. HR ASmith; <strong>100 Breast</strong> &#8212; 1. HR Dubinski 1:04.85, 2. TUN Henning, 3. TUN Mentens; <strong>400 Free Relay</strong> &#8212; 1. HR (Mahler, CSmith, Dubinski, Thole) 3:47.1, 2. TUN, 3. HR</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The start of the girls 200 medley relay at the CYC pool in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk01.jpg</photo0><caption0>The start of the girls 200 medley relay at the CYC pool in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilcox| Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk02.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Emily Easton of Holy Redeemer swims the 200 freestyle on Thursday at CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk02.jpg</photo1><caption1>Emily Easton of Holy Redeemer swims the 200 freestyle on Thursday at CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption1><photoCredit1>Pete G. Wilcox| Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk03.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Kayla Kruk competes in the 200 IM on Thursday at the CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk03.jpg</photo2><caption2>Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Kayla Kruk competes in the 200 IM on Thursday at the CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption2><photoCredit2>Pete G. Wilcox| Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk04.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Tunkhannock&#8217;s Mitch Fowler competes in the 200 IM on Thursday at the CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web1_redeemertunk04.jpg</photo3><caption3>Tunkhannock&#8217;s Mitch Fowler competes in the 200 IM on Thursday at the CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption3><photoCredit3>Pete G. Wilcox| Times Leader </photoCredit3></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jay Monahan</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Holy Redeemer digs deep to pull out girls swimming victory over Tunkhannock