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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Paul Flowers fashioned the most fitting ending to Hazleton Area&#8217;s district championship performance.</p><p>The Hazleton Area senior came from the underdog position to break a district record in his final swim in the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center pool.</p><p>Hazleton Area won three district gold medals and four school records at the second day of the District 2-4 Class 3A Swimming Championships. The Cougars finished in third place in both team standings with 252 boys and 228 girls points.</p><p>Flowers entered the 100 breast as the third-seeded swimmer, two seconds behind Scranton&#8217;s Aidan Drouse and a quarter-second ahead of two others. Flowers was at equal pace with Drouse and swam a 30.69-second split in the last 50 yards to clock in two seconds ahead of the field.</p><p>Flowers broke Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Corey Welch&#8217;s 18-year district record with a time of 58.11 seconds. He dropped more than four seconds off of his seed time.</p><p>&#8220;It was anyone&#8217;s race,&#8221; Flowers said. &#8220;I was just trying to get my hand on the wall first. I knew it would take it a minute to win it. But I would have never have imagined a 59, let alone a 58. It&#8217;s so much relief. I&#8217;ve been looking at that district record for so long.&#8221;</p><p>Sophomore Anthony Goulstone claimed his third regional championship of the weekend with a victory in the 100 back. An exasperated Goulstone registered a 54.83-second time that outperformed the competition by nearly six seconds.</p><p>&#8220;Towards the end, I was really struggling just to get my arms up and going,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, yeah, I had a really good weekend through and through. But it was tough at the end.&#8221;</p><p>Trailing Goulstone was Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Jared Zawatski with a surprise second-place performance.</p><p>Zawatski was fourth at the midway point but charged past Hazleton Area&#8217;s Brandon DaGrosa and Delaware Valley&#8217;s Steven Schermerhorn down the stretch. The Spartan junior touched the wall a hundredth-second ahead of DaGrosa in 1:00.6, eliciting a loud chorus of cheers from the Wyoming Valley West fans and a warm embrace from his parents and teammates at the finish line.</p><p>&#8220;I was going in there ranked fourth,&#8221; Zawatski said. &#8220;I was like, &#8216;you know what, I can do better.&#8217; I can get that second place. I couldn&#8217;t believe it. I was really proud of myself.&#8221;</p><p>A pair of Hazleton Area freshman took the top two spots on the podium in the 500 free. Ryan Kovalick dropped 10 seconds to fall under the five-minute mark at 4:52.64 to earn a gold medal in his first-ever regional championships. He was followed by classmate Antonio Daiute with a 5:01.21.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s breathtaking honestly to come in my first year and be capable of doing that,&#8221; Kovalick said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really know how to describe it.&#8221;</p><p>The Cougars broke four school records over the weekend.</p><p>For the boys, Goulstone set the 200 IM mark. Flowers took down his school mark in the 100 breast. The girls&#8217; 400 free relay of Bridget Reed, Haley Sanko, Sadie Hungsinger and Marina O&#8217;Hara set a new mark of 3:50.05 for third place.</p><p>O&#8217;Hara was the top Wyoming Valley Conference girls performer.</p><p>She broke a 13-year old school record in a second-place performance of 55.39 seconds for third in the 100 free. O&#8217;Hara was third in the 100 back at 1:03.53.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DISTRICT 2-4 CHAMPIONSHIPS</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>H.S. Girls Swimming</strong></p><p><strong>Team Standings &#8211;</strong> 1. Delaware Valley (DV) 352; 2. Williamsport (WIL) 292; 3. Hazleton Area (HAZ) 228; 4. Wallenpaupack (WAL) 136; 5. Abington Heights (AH) 97; 6. Pittston Area (PA) 73; 7. Nanticoke (NAN) 70; 8. Wyoming Valley West (WVW) 49; 9. Scranton (SCR) 29</p><p><strong>100 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. WAL Cailin Campbell 52.98; 2. HAZ Marina O&#8217;Hara 55.39; 3. WIL Isabelle Griswold 55.73; 4. DV Esther Lee 57.28; 5. DV Julia Weinreb 58.42; 6. HAZ Sadie Hungsinger 58.53; 7. WIL Ella Meckley; 8. HAZ Sarah Lloyd; 9. AH Elizabeth Keisling; 10. DV Taylor Ristaino; 11. NAN Caitlin Lehman; 12. PA Ella Hoban</p><p>500 Free &#8211; 1. DV Victoria Corcoran 5:30.67; 2. DV Marisa Dambach 5:31.49; 3. HAZ Maggie Yannes 5:36.04; 4. WIL Elisa Dinicola 5:37.99; 5. WIL Amy Jarvis 5:40.83; 6. HAZ Abigail Goulstone 5:41.92; 7. WVW Sydney Bruno-Beck; 8. HAZ Ashtyn Cartwright; 9. WIL Cecilia Fink; 10. NAN Deanna Wadzin; 11. NAN Kaleigh Klein; 12. WIL Zoey Harding</p><p><strong>100 Back &#8211;</strong> 1. DV Miranda Murray 59.47; 2. WAL Kara Campbell 59.99; 3. WIL Mallory Pardoe 1:00.26; 4. HAZ Marina O&#8217;Hara 1:03.53; 5. DV Sierra Hartmann 1:03.62; 6. DV Shannon Deignan 1:03.75; 7. DV Hannah Grathwohl; 8. HAZ Stefany Malaga; 9. AH Sarah Bath; 10. WAL Kirsten Kreiter; 11. WIL Kaida Muse; 12. NAN Julia Fritz</p><p><strong>100 Breast &#8211;</strong> 1. DV Sierra Gillan 1:07.17; 2. DV Miranda Murray 1:08.42; 3. AH Abby Brock 1:10.89; 4. WIL Ellie Fisher 1:11.58; 5. DV Alexis Ristaino 1:13.34; 6. HAZ Alissa Platukis 1:14.22; 7. WIL Sarah Waltz; 8. WAL Mary Harmuth; 9. DV Jordan O&#8217;Connor; 10. HAZ Haley Sanko; 11. SCR Claudia Pitts; 12. HAZ Alberilus Alcantara</p><p><strong>400 Free Relay &#8211;</strong> 1. WIL (Pardoe, Griswold, Jarvis, Smith) 3:40.37; 2. DV (Murray, Dambach, Weinreb, Gillan) 3:45.88; 3. HAZ (Reed, Sanko, Hungsinger, O&#8217;Hara) 3:50.05; 4. NAN (Lehman, Klein, George, Wadzin) 4:07.71; 5. PA (Connors, Norwillo, Grieco, Hoban) 4:08.25; 6. WAL (Desmet, Schmalzle, Kreiter, Elgayar) 4:24.74; 7. AH</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>H.S. Boys Swimming</strong></p><p><strong>Team Standings &#8211;</strong> 1. Delaware Valley (DV) 296; 2. Williamsport (WIL) 257; 3. Hazleton Area (HAZ) 252; 4. Scranton (SCR) 165; 5. Nanticoke (128); 6. Wallenpaupack (WAL) 109; 7. Wyoming Valley West (WVW) 59; 8. Pittston Area (PA) 24</p><p><strong>100 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. SCR Aidan Drouse 46.95; 2. DV Damian Baranowski 47.81; 3. WIL Matt Beard 48.44; 4. SCR Jason Ardan 50.38; 5. DV Evan Dong 50.64; 6. HAZ Tom Polloock 53.05; 7. WAL Hunter Vargo; 8. WIL Ross Flerlage; 9. DV Paul Torres; 10. DV Jon Manning; 11. NAN Mike Marcella; 12. SCR Jeff Norton</p><p><strong>500 Free &#8211;</strong> 1. HAZ Ryan Kovalick 4:52.64; 2. HAZ Antonio Daiute 5:01.21; 3. DV Robert Holderith 5:31.4; 4. NAN Hugo Panecatl 5:42.42; 5. NAN Hector Panecatl 5:58.16; 6. WIL Matt Getgen 6:04.24; 7. WAL Mike Wildenberg; 8. WAL Caleb Fylstra; 9. WAL Anthony Marie</p><p><strong>100 Back &#8211;</strong> 1. HAZ Anthony Goulstone 54.83; 2. Jared Zawatski 1:00.6; 3. HAZ Brandon DaGrosa 1:00.61; 4. DV Steve Schermerhorn 1:01.01; 5. WIL Devon Shank 1:01.95; 6. DV Ryan Mrozinski 1:02.89; 7. NAN Julian Homa; 8. HAZ Cody Manherz; 9. SCR EJ Mundia; 10. HAZ Matt Hartz; 11. DV Joel Loomis; 12. SCR Corey Mayer</p><p><strong>100 Breast &#8211;</strong> 1. HAZ Paul Flowers 58.11; 2. SCR Nick Drouse 1:00.19; 3. WIL Josh Bonislawski 1:01.06; 4. DV Lucas Santiago 1:01.53; 5. NAN Christopher Cabonilas 1:01.55; 6. DV Luke Stevens 1:02.25; 7. WAL Justin Romeo; 8. WIL Riley Hockman; 9. DV Rory Naturale; 10. HAZ Thomas Pollack; 11. NAN Jeffrey DeRocco; 12 SCR Justin Grier</p><p><strong>400 Free Relay &#8211;</strong> 1. WIL (Bonislawski, Beattie, Hockman, Beard) 3:18.32; 2. DV (Baranowski, Santiago, Dong, Stevens) 3:18.57; 3. HAZ (Pollock, Manherz, Daiute, Kovalick) 3:30.71; 4. WAL (Wildenberg, VanWettering, Vargo, Romeo) 3:43.02; 5. SCR (Norton, Dainty, Finnerty, Alexander) 3:56.67; 6. NAN (Mavus, HuPanecatl, Reyes, DeRocco) 3:58.64</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Hazleton Area&#8217;s Marina O&#8217;Hara swims to a silver medal in the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Hazleton Area&#8217;s Marina O&#8217;Hara swims to a silver medal in the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Caitlin Lehman swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Caitlin Lehman swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Hazleton Area&#8217;s Cole Johnson swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_2.jpg</photo2><caption2>Hazleton Area&#8217;s Cole Johnson swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pittston Area&#8217;s Zack Gregory swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_4.jpg</photo3><caption3>Pittston Area&#8217;s Zack Gregory swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption3><photoCredit3>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Elizabeth Cherinka swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_TTL030319Swimming-3A_5.jpg</photo4><caption4>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Elizabeth Cherinka swims the 100 freestyle during Saturday&#8217;s District 2-4 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC in Wilkes-Barre. </caption4><photoCredit4>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></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>

H.S. Swimming: Paul Flowers, Hazleton Area finishes strong at districts