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<p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">WILKES-BARRE &#8212; One noticeable addition to the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center natatorium this year is a red-and-gold Holy Redeemer records board that faces swimmers at the starting block.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Even more catching is that two-thirds of the Royals&#8217; boys records belong to senior Adam Mahler.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">A work order will soon need to be put in to replace the records Mahler smashed in the final district championships of his career: Two district records, two gold medals, one pool record.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;I guess it really doesn&#8217;t get old,&#8221; Mahler said. &#8220;Each one is always different. Each one has its one special part as its own special worth to me.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Mahler set both the 200 free and 100 butterfly district records Friday on the opening day of the District 2 Class 2A Swimming Championships. Competition resumes Saturday at 11 a.m. at the CYC.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">One record still stood in the way for Mahler.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Last season, he tied a 33-year old mark, held by Bishop Hoban&#8217;s Sean McCall in 1985, in the 200 free. On Friday, Mahler beat the shared standard by nearly four full seconds with a 1:42.14. Dallas&#8217; Shane Szczecinski also outraced the standing mark with a 1:44.84 for second place.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;It means a lot to me,&#8221; Mahler said. &#8220;I get to say, this is mine. I get to watch was other people come in and want those records. I&#8217;m just so happy that I get to be the person they&#8217;re chasing after.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Mahler erased his 100 butterfly district record by 1.31 seconds with a time of 49.18 seconds. Unshaved and untapered, the East Carolina-bound swimmer has lofty expectations of what he can accomplish in two weeks at the PIAA State Championships at Bucknell University.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;It feels amazing honestly,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was such a good race for me. I&#8217;ve never been 49 except for states &#8212; let alone 49 untaped. I&#8217;m not as rested as most of the guys here. Power to them: they&#8217;re all doing amazing.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><strong>Mountaineers eye district title</strong></p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">The Dallas boys and girls swimming teams are off to a strong start as they both aim to capture their respective team titles.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">After the first day of competition, the boys sit in third place and 11 points behind first-place Abington Heights while the girls are in second place and 32 points behind Scranton Prep.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Melissa Leonard claimed the first Wyoming Valley Conference gold medal of the championships with a first-place finish. Leonard earned her second consecutive 200 free title with a 1:55.88 finish.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Leonard trailed Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Aviah Dahlgren by fractions of a second at the midway point of the race. The Dallas junior kept stride with two sub-30 second splits to win the race by two seconds. Berwick&#8217;s Sydney Lloyd placed second.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;Honesty, it felt exactly the same as last year because Aviah was with me the whole time, and that happened too,&#8221; Leonard said. &#8220;It didn&#8217;t feel too much different but I had a little bit more pressure on me just because I won last year.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Dallas sophomore Dennis Dukinas claimed the first gold medal of his career in the 200 IM.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Dukinas jumped out to a half-second lead in the butterfly and held strong through the backstroke. He broke the race open with a 33.98-second split in the breaststroke that separated him from the field. Dukinas won the race with a 2:04.23 that was five seconds quicker than the second-place competitor.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t expect it,&#8221; Dukinas admitted. &#8220;Last year was amazing. But coming from a sixth to a first, I just don&#8217;t know how to feel right now. I&#8217;m stunned.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;It&#8217;s a really hard event. It&#8217;s all mental. It&#8217;s really why I don&#8217;t like this event.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><strong>WVC swimmers take golds</strong></p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Tunkhannock erased memories of last year&#8217;s gut-wrenching disqualification in the boys 200 free relay. The Tigers&#8217; foursome of Davis Tidball, Julien Madus, Dylan Mislevy and Dyllan Henning outraced their opponents for a 1:32.1 to garner first place.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty nice after what happened last year with the disqualification,&#8221; Henning said. &#8220;It was nice to be back on top.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">The Tigers were third after Tidball&#8217;s first leg, and Madus kept stride with Abington Heights to stay a half-second back at the midway point. Mislevy took the lead with a 23.06-second split on the third. Henning, who false-started in last year&#8217;s race, anchored Tunkhannock and kept off a creeping Holy Redeemer to reach the top of the podium.</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">&#8220;I knew that we had it if we do the times that we&#8217;re supposed to and everything,&#8221; Henning said. &#8220;With me being the anchor this year and DQing on the false start last year, I had quite a bit of pressure to close it out. I ended up getting the job done. We all knew what we had to do. We all knew it was going to be close.&#8221;</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Wyoming Seminary junior Kylee Kolbicka won her first individual championship by taking the girls 100 butterfly. She erased two seconds off her seed time to finish in 57.81 seconds in a crowded field. Holy Redeemer freshman Julia Bucknavage claimed second place.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIPS</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>H.S. Girls Swimming</strong></p><p><strong>200 Medley Relay &#8211;</strong> 1. SP (APrushinski, Schofield, Their, McNulty) 1:47.3; 2. SEM (Roerig, Federici, Dahlgren, Kolbicka) 1:47.66; 3. HR (Mahler, Walting, Bucknavage, Blaum) 1:48.25; 4. DAL (EThomas, Bittner, HThomas, Kerrick) 1:53.81; 5. TUN (Lynn, Hutchins, Weaver, Rogers) 1:58.68; 6. DUN (Brown, Chiaro, Aydin, Healey) 2:01.53; 7. VV; 8. MEY; 9. COU; 10. WA; 11. WS; 12. BER</p><p><strong>200 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. DAL Melissa Leonard 1:55.88; 2. BER Sydney Lloyd 1:58; 3. SP Corinne McCall 1:58.54; 4. DUN Maddie Healey 1:58.97; 5. SEM Aviah Dahlgren 1:59.84; 6. HR Emily Mahler 2:01.21; 7. SEM Paige Jackett; 8. SP Taylor Newton; 9. DAL Gabby Krochta; 10. WW Grace Hollister; 11. DAL Jennifer Leonard; 12. DAL Kaitlyn VanEtten</p><p><strong>200 IM &#8211;</strong> 1. SP Lauren Schofield 2:08.97; 2. SP Peyton McNulty 2:15.05; 3. DAL Emma Thomas 2:15.96; 4. SEM Saskia Papsova 2:16.1; 5. HR Julia Bucknavage 2:16.84; 6. BER Mia Doll; 7. SP Victoria Wrobleski; 8. DAL Abbey Sutzko; 9. SP Abigail Bowen; 10. VV Nicole Chiricos; 11. HR Emily Duris; 12. SEM Abby Price</p><p><strong>50 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. SP Alison Prushinski 24.17; 2. SP Haley Thier 24.33; 3. HR Margaret Walting 24.48; 4. DAL Gabby Spaciano 25; 5. SEM Noam Wasik 25.16; 6. TUN Camryn Rogers 25.25; 7. HR Caitlin Blaum; 8. SP Erica Prushinski; 9. TUN Taylor Lynn; 10. DAL Gina Kerrick; 11. MEY Elizabeth Livingston; 12. DAL Sydney Bittner</p><p><strong>100 Fly &#8211;</strong> 1. SEM Kylee Kolbicka 57.81; 2. HR Julia Bucknavage 59.01; 3. BER Sydney Lloyd 59.93; 4. SEM Madi Federici 1:00.85; 5. SP Haley Thier 1:01.64; 6. Olivia Turner Havira 1:01.69; 7. DAL Gabby Krochta; 8. DAL Hannah Thomas; 9. DUN Colleen Brown; 10. VV Hailey O&#8217;Leary; 11. HR Emma Humm; 12. SP Abigail Bowen</p><p><strong>200 Free Relay &#8211;</strong> 1. SP (Thier, APrushinski, Schofield, McNulty) 1:37.71; 2. DAL (Spaciano, Krochta, Kerrick, MLeonard) 1:40.77; 3. SEM (Wasik, Federici, Papsova, Jackett) 1:41.49; 4. TUN (Weaver, Brown, Lynn, Rogers) 1:46.66; 5. HR (Humm, Dutko, Kern, Duris) 1:48.83; 6. BER (Lloyd, Doll, Turowski, Preston) 1:49.67; 7. VV; 8. EL; 9. COU; 10. MEY; 11. LL; 12. WS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>H.S. Boys Swimming</strong></p><p><strong>200 Medley Relay &#8211;</strong> 1. SP (Oven, Cholish, Galko, Thayer) 1:42.49; 2. TUN (Tidball, Henning, Mislevy, Madus) 1:42.96; 3. DAL (Puza, Dukinas, Blockus, Szczecinski) 1:44.28; 4. SEM (Tindell, Salas-Warner, Wang, de Luna) 1:45.38; 5. AH (Frantz, Seid, Pzekop, Ocwieja) 1:47.2; 6. BER (Hess, Hill, Yacuboski, Hubley) 1:56.56; 7. LL, 8. VV, 9. EL</p><p><strong>200 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. HR Adam Mahler 1:42.14; 2. DAL Shane Szczecinski 1:44.84; 3. EL Kale Decker, 1:54.02; 4. DAL Kevin Allen 1:54.42; 5. HR Chris Schell 1:54.51; 6. SP Ethan Haggerty 1:55.24; 7. SEM Thomas Rydzewski; 8. HR Josh Mayerski; 9. AH Jack Wasko; 10. TUN Julien Madus; 11. EL Zach Grosvenor; 12. MV Joseph Slish</p><p><strong>200 IM &#8211;</strong> 1. DAL Dennis Dukinas 2:04.23; 2. LL Logan Kuhar 2:09.8; 3. SP Jospeh Cholishp 2:11.62; 4. AH John Frantz 2:12; 5. SEM Rodriko Salas-Warner 2:12.08; 6. LL Tanner Manzoni 2:15.16; 7. DAL JR Redmond; 8. HR Matt Dinh; 9. BER Alex Hess; 10. TUN Jordon Wagner; 11. TUN Lane Repsher 2:34.74; 12. AH Steven Dong</p><p><strong>50 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. AH Josh Przekop 21.78; 2. TUN Davis Tidball 22.59; 3. SEM Nansen Wang 22.71; 4. AH Jarred Ocwieja 22.76; 5. SP Nathan Thayer 22.92; 6. TUN Dyllan Henning 23.38; 7. SEM Bobby de Luna; 8. HR Mike Williams; 9. MEY Jacob Schultz; 10. MEY Anthony Macko; 11. BER Colin Hill; 12. DAL David Rinehimer</p><p><strong>100 Fly &#8211;</strong> 1. HR Adam Mahler 49.18; 2. AH Josh Przekop 54.36; 3. LAK Peter Kawash 55.86; 4. TUN Dylan Mislevy 56.97; 5. DAL Zachary Blockus 57.64; 6. SP Nathan Thayer 58.23; 7. HR Adam Smith; 8. SP Benjamin Galko; 9. DAL Jack Stout; 10. DAL Jason Puza; 11. LAK Nathan Micknick; 12. TUN AJ Hodge</p><p><strong>200 Free Relay &#8211;</strong> 1. TUN (Tidball, Madus, Mislevy, Henning) 1:32.1; 2. HR (Mahler, Smith, Schell, Williams) 1:32.92; 3. SEM (Wang, Rydzewski, Salas-Warner, de Luna) 1:32.93; 4. AH (Przekop, Frantz, Wasko Ocwieja) 1:33.24; 5. SP (Thayer, Oven, Galko, Cholish) 1:35.61; 6. EL (Noldy, Staff, Mollo, Decker) 1:36.58; 7. DAL; 8. MEY; 9. BER; 10. WS; 11. WA</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Adam Mahler signal to his Holy Redeemer teammates after winning the 200 freestyle in the record time of 1.42.14 during the PIAA District 2 Class 2A Swimming Championships Firday at the Wilkes-Barre CYC. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim1_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>Adam Mahler signal to his Holy Redeemer teammates after winning the 200 freestyle in the record time of 1.42.14 during the PIAA District 2 Class 2A Swimming Championships Firday at the Wilkes-Barre CYC. </caption0><photoCredit0>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim2_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Dallas&#8217; Dennis Dukinas swims the first leg of the 200 IM during Friday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Championships at the Wilkes-Barre CYC. He won the race in 2:04.23. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim2_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>Dallas&#8217; Dennis Dukinas swims the first leg of the 200 IM during Friday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Championships at the Wilkes-Barre CYC. He won the race in 2:04.23. </caption1><photoCredit1>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jason Puza swims the first leg for Dallas&#8217; 200 medley relay team. The Mountaineers finished third in 1:44.28 at Friday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Championships. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim3_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>Jason Puza swims the first leg for Dallas&#8217; 200 medley relay team. The Mountaineers finished third in 1:44.28 at Friday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Championships. </caption2><photoCredit2>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim4_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Dallas&#8217; Melissa Leonard wins the 200 freestyle in 1:55.88 at Friday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Championships. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim4_faa.jpg</photo3><caption3>Dallas&#8217; Melissa Leonard wins the 200 freestyle in 1:55.88 at Friday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Championships. </caption3><photoCredit3>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim5_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Emily Mahler swims the first leg of the 200 medley relay for the Royals. Redeemer finished third. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_2aswim5_faa.jpg</photo4><caption4>Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Emily Mahler swims the first leg of the 200 medley relay for the Royals. Redeemer finished third. </caption4><photoCredit4>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jay Monahan</p><p class="x_gmail-MsoNoSpacing">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>

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District 2 Class 2A Swimming Championships: Redeemer’s Adam Mahler steals the show on Day 1