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Varsity swimming

By Jack Smiles jsmiles@psdispatch.com
Times Leader Staff Writer

Wyoming Area stayed unbeaten in Division III swimming with a 118-61 win over Coughlin on Senior Day at the Wyoming Area Pool.

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Pictured clockwise from the top photo, Kaylene Sutkowski swims the butterfly for Pittston Area; Letitia Warunek swims the breaststroke for the Lady Patriots; Samantha Scialpi is congratulated after breaking the PA pool record in the backstroke; and Alyssa Scatena completes a dive for Pittston Area in front of the judges.

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Pictured clockwise from the top photo, Kaylene Sutkowski swims the butterfly for Pittston Area; Letitia Warunek swims the breaststroke for the Lady Patriots; Samantha Scialpi is congratulated after breaking the PA pool record in the backstroke; and Alyssa Scatena completes a dive for Pittston Area in front of the judges.

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The Lady Warriors won nine of 12 events, including all three relays.

The Brown sisters – Tia and Macawley – along with Natalie Carr and Megan Mooney won the medley relay; Emily Zurek, Ellie Laffey, Tia Brown and Mooney won the 200 free; and Laffey, Maccawley Brown, Carr and Holly Ference won the 400 relay.

Laffey, Carr, T. Brown, M. Brown and Mooney also won individual events.

Lauren Strish-DeLucca, Ali Hritzak, Carly Klocko, Melissa Cruz, Catlyn Smith, and Julie and Amy Mikoliachik also scored for the Lady Warriors who are 8-0 in Division III with two meets left at Meyers and at Nanticoke.

Pittston Area beat Nanticoke, 109-69, to stay two games behind Wyoming Area at 6-2 with meets left at home versus Coughlin and at Dunmore.

Samantha Scialpi was a three-time winner in the fly, back and 400 free relay with Michelle Fernando, Kaylene Sutkowski, and Madeline Dworak.

The Patriots lost an exhibition meet against Crestwood 98-85 on Thursday but Scialpi won the 50 free in that one and set a PA program record in the backstroke in a time of 106.67. The record had been held by Carly Testa at 106.82.

Fernando, Sutkowski, Dworak and Scialpi again took the 400 relay.