Chambersburg Memorial YMCA saved its best pool performances of the season for the biggest stage — the YMCA National Long Course Championships.
The Chargers weren’t intimidated by the 82-team field in Ocala, Fla., with the boys squad piling up 229 points on its way to an 11th-place finish. Four Chambersburg swimmers — Amir Tasker, Cullen McGraw, Jed Ritchie and Alex Kaczmark — nailed down Top 10 finishes at club nationals.
Tasker finished fourth in the 200 Freestyle (1:55.21) and 10th in the 100 Freestyle (52.98), while Ritchie earned sixth in the 400 IM (4:40.81) and ninth in the 200 Butterfly (2:10.40). McGraw posted top finishes in the 1,500 Freestyle (6th in 16:36.20) and 800 Freestyle (10th in 8:43.06).
Tasker, Ritchie,and McGraw teamed up with Kaczmark for the best finish of the week: A third-place showing in the 800 Freestyle Relay. The quartet earned podium honors with a time of 7:51.24.
Chambersburg’s girls got plenty of valuable pool time against top-flight competition, finising 23rd in the team race with 42 points. The Chargers were highlighted by the swimming of Xiomara Del Rosario, who finished 12th in the 50 Backstroke (30.93) and 15th in the 100 Backstroke (1:07.14).
Below is a closer look at how the Chambersburg Chargers performed at last week’s YMCA National Long Course Championships:
YMCA National Long Course Championships
July 30-Aug. 3, at Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training, Ocala, Fla.
Boys team rankings (82 teams): 1. Y-Spartaquatics 735, 11. Chambersburg Memorial YMCA 229
Girls team rankings (82 teams): 1. Somerset County YMCA 647.5, 23. Chambersburg Memorial YMCA 42
Local.News Finishers
Boys
50 Freestyle: 31. Amir Tasker (Chbg) 24.57
100 Freestyle: 10. Tasker (Chbg) 52.98, 19. Alex Kaczmark (Chbg) 54.44, 51. Sean Detwiler (Chbg) 54.89
200 Freestyle: 4. Tasker (Chbg) 1:55.21, 12. Kaczmark (Chbg) 1:55.79, 19. Jed Ritchie (Chbg) 1:57.94, 75. Brayden Todd (Chbg) 2:03.70
400 Freestyle: 13. Kaczmark (Chbg) 4:10.38, 16. Ritchie (Chbg) 4:11.20
800 Freestyle: 10. Cullen McGraw (Chbg) 8:43.06, 34. Ethan White (Chbg) 9:10.10
1,500 Freestyle: 6. McGraw (Chbg) 16:36.20
100 Backstroke: 31. McGraw (Chbg) 1:01.46, 43. Cristian Pong (Chbg) 1:02.77
200 Backstroke: 14. McGraw (Chbg) 2:10.98, 29. Pong (Chbg) 2:15.00
50 Breaststroke: 39. Detwiler (Chbg) 31.28, 76. White (Chbg) 1:11.30
100 Breaststroke: 47. Detwiler (Chbg) 1:09.79, 69. Todd (Chbg) 1:10.93
200 Breaststroke: 48. White (Chbg) 2:34.37, 52. Detwiler (Chbg) 2:35.0
50 Butterfly: 29. Pong (Chbg) 26.90, 40. Tasker (Chbg) 27.0, 71. Gabriel Kahsay (Chbg) 28.87
100 Butterfly: 19. Kaczmark (Chbg) 57.62, 21. Pong (Chbg) 57.18, 54. Tasker (Chbg) 59.38, 69. Todd (Chbg) 1:00.21
200 Butterfly: 9. Ritchie (Chbg) 2:10.40, 15. Kaczmark (Chbg) 2:10.30, 20. Todd (Chbg) 2:17.19, 29. Pong (Chbg) 2:15.19, 37. Kahsay (Chbg) 2:14.58
200 IM: 18. Detwiler (Chbg) 2:14.49, 21. Ritchie (Chbg) 2:13.22
400 IM: 6. Ritchie (Chbg) 4:40.81, 16. McGraw (Chbg) 4:45.31
200 Freestyle Relay: 12. Chambersburg (Amir Tasker, Alex Kaczmark, Sean Detwiler, Brayden Todd) 1:37.19
400 Freestyle Relay: 12. Chambersburg (Tasker, Kaczmark, Detwiler, Jed Ritchie) 3:33.67
200 Medley Relay: 18. Chambersburg (Pong, Detwiler, Kaczmark, Tasker) 1:50.13
400 Medley Relay: 19. Chambersburg (Cullen McGraw, Detwiler, Kaczmark, Tasker) 4:03.98
800 Freestyle Relay: 3. Chambersburg (Tasker, Kaczmark, Ritchie, McGraw) 7:51.24
Girls
50 Freestyle: 62. Elizabeth Young (Chbg) 28.65
100 Freestyle: 31. Xiomara Del Rosario (Chbg) 1:00.57, 38. Young (Chbg) 1:01.31
200 Freestyle: 26. Del Rosario (Chbg) 2:11.09, 38. Young (Chbg) 2:13.51
50 Backstroke: 12. Del Rosario (Chbg) 30.93, 24. Margot Ritchie (Chbg) 31.64, 35. Young (Chbg) 32.67
100 Backstroke: 15. Del Rosario (Chbg) 1:07.14, 16. Ritchie (Chbg) 1:07.20, 62. Young (Chbg) 1:10.55
200 Backstroke: 23. Ritchie (Chbg) 2:25.17
50 Breaststroke: 62. Ritchie (Chbg) 37.37
200 IM: 19. Del Rosario (Chbg) 2:29.12, 50. Ritchie (Chbg) 2:33.07
200 Freestyle Relay: 17. Chambersburg (Del Rosario, Ritchie, Young, Audrey Keller) 1:52.08
400 Freestyle Relay: 19. Chambersburg (Del Rosario, Ritchie, Young, Keller) 4:05.59
200 Medley Relay: 17. Chambersburg (Ritchie, Del Rosario, Keller, Young) 2:04.24
400 Medley Relay: 22. Chambersburg (Ritchie, Del Rosario, Keller, Young) 4:40.66
