ORWIGSBURG — Nathanael Marino’s final competition at the Blue Mountain Middle School pool served as the perfect cap to his local swimming career.
The 18-year-old West Brunswick Township resident captured five gold medals in the boys’ 15-18 age group at Saturday’s Schuylkill County Swimming Association Summer Youth Championships.
Marino, a three-time Republican-Herald All-Area Boys’ Swimmer of the Year and four-time PIAA qualifier, won the 100 freestyle, 100 IM, 50 backstroke and swam on two winning relays.
The SCSA meet included girls’ and boys’ swimmers from seven teams — Blue Mountain, Mahanoy Area, Mount Carmel, Pottsville, Shamokin, Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua — competing in five age groups.
Six meet records were broken, three by Ryan Schreffler.
The 14-year-old, who was swimming with Schuylkill Haven, set new marks in the boys’ age 13-14 100 freestyle (52.06), 50 freestyle (23.62) and 50 butterfly (26.78).
Other record-breakers included Blue Mountain’s Karrison Dubbs, who set a new record in the girls’ 13-14 50 backstroke (30.82), and Miranda Freeman, who won the girls’ 15-18 200 freestyle in 2:27.88.
The Schuylkill Haven girls’ 15-18 200 medley relay team of Kaleigh Feger, Taylor Felty, Kali Muthersbaugh and Mary Zimmerman broke the meet record with a time of 2:06.46.
Schuylkill Haven’s Nicole Domermuth (girls’ age 8 and under), Blue Mountain’s Maria Lopez (girls’ 11-12) also earned five gold medals, while Blue Mountain’s Stephen Johnson (boys’ 15-18), Dubbs and Feger captured four.
Schuylkill County Swimming Association
Summer Youth Championships
Saturday, at Blue Mountain
Teams participating — Blue Mountain Sharks (BM), Mahanoy Area (MA), Mount Carmel (MC), Pottsville Crimson Tide (CT), Shamokin Stingrays (Sham), Schuylkill Haven (SH), Tamaqua Blue Waves (Tam)
GIRLS
Age 8 and Under
100 medley relay — 1. Schuylkill Haven (Lily Myers, Sophianna Stricker, Nicole Domermuth, Abbie Davis) 1:44.53, 2. Tamaqua 1:48.60
50 freestyle — 1. Nicole Domermuth (SH) 41.94, 2. Julia Crossen (BM) 43.18, 3. Molly Newton (Tam) 43.89
25 freestyle — 1. Nicole Domermuth (SH) 18.12, 2. Molly Newton (Tam) 18.22, 3. Julia Crossen (BM) 19.03
25 butterfly — 1. Nicole Domermuth (SH) 22.67, 2. Sophianna Stricker (SH) 25.44, 3. Gianna Scarcella (MA) 28.18
25 backstroke — 1. Molly Newton (Tam) 20.34, 2. Adalia LaSelva (CT) 22.32, 3. Paige Setcavage (Tam) 23.37
25 breaststroke — 1. Carly Honus (MA) 26.76, 2. Natalie Vermillion (TAm) 29.39, 3. Isabella Jones (Tam) 30.56
100 freestyle relay — 1. Schuylkill Haven (Lily Myers, Abbie Davis, Sophianna Stricker, Nicole Domermuth) 1:30.76, 2. Tamaqua 1:32.53, 3. Pottsville 1:44.60
Ages 9-10
100 medley relay — 1. Mahanoy Area (Abby Dudash, Emma Lewandowski, Izabel Lynn, Oceana O’Boyle) 1:24.85, 2. Mount Carmel 1:25.24, 3. Schuylkill Haven 1:25.39
100 freestyle — 1. Kassia Radocha (Tam) 1:15.08, 2. Victoria Ellex (BM) 1:19.45, 3. Kyleigh Book (SH) 1:23.32
100 IM — 1. Cali Stank (SH) 1:30.44, 2. Emily Welna (MC) 1:34.10, 3. Izabel Lynn (MA) 1:38.54
50 freestyle — 1. Cali Stank (SH) 33.13, 2. Kassia Radocha (Tam) 33.25, 3. Lylian Smith (CT) 36.45
25 butterfly — 1. Carly Mohl (CT) 17.25, 2. Cali Stank (SH) 18.06, 3. Abigail Orkin (MC) 19.15
25 backstroke — 1. Victoria Ellex (BM) 18.02, 2. Abby Dudash (MA) 19.67, 3. Lylian Smith (CT) 20.06
25 breaststroke — 1. Paige Bensinger (BM) 21.70, 2. Mia Jones (Tam) 22.41, 3. Mia Perilli (Tam) 22.47
100 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Reagan Bennett, Kayla March, Paige Bensinger, Victoria Ellex) 1:09.99, 2. Schuylkill Haven 1:10.03, 3. Mount Carmel 1:11.74
Ages 11-12
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Lily Wright, Abby Beam, Maria Lopez, Olivia Haas) 2:19.09, 2. Tamaqua 2:26.04, 3. Mount Carmel 2:28.12
100 freestyle — 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 1:00.44, 2. Maddison Quick (MA) 1:06.29, 3. Addison Odorizzi (MC) 1:07.05
100 IM — 1. Leslie Wolfe (Sham) 1:19.19, 2. Madison Bridy (Sham) 1:20.00, 3. Emily Newton (Tam) 1:20.07
50 freestyle — 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 28.51, 2. Olivia Haas (BM) 30.41, 3. Maddison Quick (MA) 30.50
50 butterfly — 1. Leslie Wolfe (Sham) 34.13, 2. Emily Newton (Tam) 34.76, 3. Olivia Haas (BM) 37.83
200 freestyle — 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 2:15.22, 2. Nicole Aguero-Ramirez (Tam) 2:34.37, 3. Jacqueline Kokinda (Tam) 2:37.50
50 backstroke — 1. Maddison Quick (MA) 35.01, 2. Addison Odorizzi (MC) 35.37, 3. Katie Miller (MC) 35.92
50 breaststroke — 1. Addison Odorizzi (MC) 39.93, 2. Madison Bridy (Sham) 39.97, 3. Caroline Balogach (Tam) 40.62
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Olivia Haas, Lily Wright, Kayla Biege, Maria Lopez) 2:03.86, 2. Mount Carmel 2:04.60, 3. Tamaqua 2:12.09
Ages 13-14
200 medley relay — 1. Mahanoy Area (Maddison Quick, Caitlin Honus, Kendall Bernardyn, Madison Cavenas) 2:17.86, 2. Shamokin 2:26.13
100 freestyle — 1. Kaleigh Feger (SH) 58.69, 2. Kyle Tohill (CT) 1:03.67, 3. Gabby Greager (Sham) 1:08.24
100 IM — 1. Karrison Dubbs (BM) 1:10.40, 2. Kendall Bernardyn (MA) 1:14.68, 3. Jillian Dunkelberger (MC) 1:17.24
50 freestyle — 1. Kaleigh Feger (SH) 26.62, 2. Kylie Tohill (CT) 28.44, 3. Kendall Bernardyn (MA) 29.61
50 butterfly — 1. Karrison Dubbs (BM) 31.00, 2. Jillian Dunkelberger (MC) 33.85, 3. Emily Sopko (BM) 35.16
200 freestyle — 1. Kaleigh Feger (SH) 2:12.53, 2. Taylor Rhodes (MC) 2:36.40, 3. Nicole Derrick (BM) 2:41.63
50 backstroke — 1. Karrison Dubbs (BM) 30.82*, 2. Kendall Bernardyn (MA) 33.10, 3. Kylie Tohill (CT) 34.72
50 breaststroke — 1. Caitlin Honus (MA) 40.33, 2. Nevaeh Mitchell (BM) 41.10, 3. Hannah Kulbitsky (BM) 42.81
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Neveah Mitchell, Raven Wesley, Emily Sopko, Karrison Dubbs) 2:05.15, 2. Mahanoy Area 2:05.32, Shamokin 2:12.98
Ages 15-18
200 medley relay — 1. Schuylkill Haven (Kaleigh Feger, Taylor Felty, Kali Muthersbaugh, Mary Zimmerman) 2:06.46*, 2. Shamokin 2:15.62
100 freestyle — 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 58.67, 2. Sofia Pascuzzo (BM) 1:01.78
100 IM — 1. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH) 1:10.07, 2. Taylor Felty (SH) 1:10.93, 3. Payton Bernardyn (MA) 1:14.34
50 freestyle — 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 27.03, 2. Sofia Pascuzzo (BM) 27.85, 3. Paige Fellows (CT) 28.38
50 butterfly — 1. Emma Clark (Sham) 30.20, 2. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH) 30.93, 3. Taylor Young (CT) 32.62
200 freestyle — 1. Miranda Freeman (BM) 2:27.88*, 2. Emily Wolfe (Sham) 2:33.13, 3. Dharma Koser (Sham) 2:41.61
50 backstroke — 1. Sofia Pascuzzo (BM) 31.85, 2. (tie) Emma Clark (Sham) and Taylor Felty (SH) 33.14
50 breaststroke — 1. Paige Fellows (CT) 35.72, 2. Payton Bernardyn (MA) 36.37, 3. Taylor Young (CT) 36.92
BOYS
Age 8 and Under
50 freestyle — 1. Noah Powers (BM) 39.70, 2. William Behun (Tam) 45.15, 3. Ben Delbaugh (Sham) 49.81
25 freestyle — 1. Noah Powers (BM) 17.50, 2. Nicholas Doss (Sham) 19.64, 3. Owen Gretsky (BM) 19.71
25 backstroke — 1. Noah Powers (BM) 21.87, 2. Kyler Quick (MA) 24.83, 3. Nicholas Doss (Sham) 24.84
25 breaststroke — 1. Billy Davis (SH) 34.64
Ages 9-10
100 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Van Caliendo, Kyan Mitchell, Matheson Bair, Ian Wertz) 1:24.47, 2. Mount Carmel 1:26.59, 3. Tamaqua 1:27.89
100 freestyle — 1. Matheson Bair (BM) 1:12.66, 2. Mason Fantini (MC) 1:15.08, 3. Anthony Fairchild (Tam) 1:30.34
100 IM — 1. Kyan Mitchell (BM) 1:43.77
50 freestyle — 1. Matheson Bair (BM) 33.06, 2. Stephen Behun (Tam) 36.90, 3. Joseph Lescavage (Tam) 37.30
25 butterfly — 1. Mason Fantini (MC) 17.12, 2. Matheson Bair (BM) 17.37, 3. Corey Adams (Sham) 22.37
25 backstroke — 1. Mason Fantini (MC) 18.51, 2. Stephen Behun (Tam) 20.57, 3. Nicholas Horvath (CT) 21.38
25 breaststroke — 1. Jake Hillibush (MA) 22.26, 2. Stephen Behun (Tam) 22.72, 3. Zachary Ott (CT) 23.46
100 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua (Stephen Behun, Anthony Fairchild, Jack Tharp, Joseph Lescavage) 1:12.57, 2. Mount Carmel 1:18.52, 3. Mahanoy Area 1:26.48
Ages 11-12
100 freestyle — 1. Dylan Schreffler (SH) 1:03.40, 2. Seth Hart (Sham) 1:11.99, 3. Aidan Cassidy (BM) 1:22.23
100 IM — 1. Reese Felty (SH) 1:23.10
50 freestyle — 1. Dylan Schreffler (SH) 29.05, 2. Seth Hart (Sham) 31.09, 3. Reese Felty (SH) 33.18
50 butterfly — 1. Dylan Schreffler (SH) 32.50
50 backstroke — 1. Miko Barbe (BM) 42.49, 2. Connor Stasulli (MA) 46.98
50 breaststroke — 1. Seth Hart (Sham) 42.49, 2. Reese Felty (SH) 47.77, 3. Connor Stasulli (MA) 48.48
Ages 13-14
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Nathan Powers, Adam Beam, Coltin Albitz, Ty Rabenstein) 2:26.80
100 freestyle — 1. Ryan Schreffler (SH) 52.06*, 2. Caleb Snyder (MA) 57.86, 3. Ty Rabenstein (BM) 1:06.06
100 IM — 1. Jordan Young (CT) 1:17.55, 2. Coltin Albitz (BM) 1:17.74, 3. Adam Beam (BM) 1:34.87
50 freestyle — 1. Ryan Schreffler (SH) 23.62*, 2. Caleb Snyder (MA) 25.83, 3. Ty Rabenstein (BM) 28.38
50 butterfly — 1. Ryan Schreffler (SH) 26.78*
200 freestyle — 1. Ty Rabenstein (BM) 2:25.18
50 backstroke — 1. Coltin Albitz (BM) 36.03, 2. Ian Grogan (BM) 38.28, 3. Nathan Powers (BM) 39.01
50 breaststroke — 1. Caleb Snyder (MA) 32.31, 2. Jordan Young (CT) 38.66, 3. Adam Beam (BM) 45.01
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Ty Rabenstein, Ian Grogan, Adam Beam, Coltin Albitz) 2:04.22
Ages 15-18
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Jake Wessner, Nathanael Marino, Stephen Johnson, Christian Wilson) 1:50.48, 2. Pottsville 1:57.29, 3. Schuylkill Haven 2:00.56
100 freestyle — 1. Nathanael Marino (BM) 51.94, 2. Stephen Johnson (BM) 52.55, 3. Michael Smerlick (CT) 53.47
100 IM — 1. Nathanael Marino (BM) 1:03.18, 2. Jake Wessner (BM) 1:04.76, 3. Liam Mansell (SH) 1:05.60
50 freestyle — 1. Stephen Johnson (BM) 23.37, 2. Christian Wilson (BM) 24.81, 3. Connor Raymond (SH) 25.42
50 butterfly — 1. Stephen Johnson (BM) 26.99, 2. Michael Logothetides (CT) 27.17, 3. Christian Wilson (BM) 28.29
200 freestyle — 1. Michael Smerlick (CT) 1:58.82, 2. Josh Zelinsky (CT) 2:14.92, 3. Jonathan Phillips (BM) 2:20.02
50 backstroke — 1. Nathanael Marino (BM) 27.61, 2. Jake Wessner (BM) 29.24, 3. Michael Smerlick (CT) 29.27
50 breaststroke — 1. Kris Boxter (MA) 31.63, 2. Alec Gonzalez (CT) 32.82, 3. Christian Wilson (BM) 33.52
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain A (Stephen Johnson, Jake Wessner, Christian Wilson, Nathanael Marino) 1:40.92, 2. Blue Mountain B 1:55.04
* Meet Record