NP Girls finish 2nd, Boys 4th at the
Pennsylvania Water Polo State Championships
Ashley and Brittany Jernigan and Derek
Meyerson win All-State First Team honors
It was a wonderful, very exciting weekend
in Pottsville. This year's tournament was perhaps the most balanced out
in recent years. Both the NP boys and girls played very well. The girls
lost their championship game to Wyoming Valley West, the season's surprise
team, who featured two of the top players (Ms. Waterpolo and Best Freshman)
in Pennsylvania. With a little more luck the boys could have clintched the
third place. The boys were winning 7-6 in overtime (also against WVW), when
Matt Gibson was being killed under water in the middle of the pool.
Everybody was waiting for the referee's vistle, but it didn't come. Then
suddenly an extremely well placed, perhaps lucky, long shot ended up in
Jason Grubb's net and the two-pointer gave the match and the third place
to the Spartans. After a failed risk-taking last ditch attempt at scoring,
WVW scored another goal just seconds before the game ended.
At the evening ceremony many North Penn players
received All-State honors. They were: Katie Plewinski (Third Team),
Jen Morelli, Kim Kline (Second Team), Ashley Jernigan
and Brittany Jernigan (First Team) of the girls, and Jon Faikish,
Dominick Szabo (Honorable Mention), Matt Gibson (Third Team),
Jason Grubb (Second Team), and Derek Meyerson (First Team)
of the boys.
Go to the "Meet results" link on the
front page for the NP team results.
Water Polo State Championships
The championships will take place in Pottsville
on November 5 and 6. Seedings (top 6) for the boys and girls are as follows:
Boys:1 Wilson 2. Cathedral Prep 3. Wyoming Valley
West 4. North Penn 5. McDowell 6. Governor Mifflin
Girls: 1. Wyoming Valley West 2. Wilson 3. North Penn 4. Cumberland Valley
5. McDowell 6. Souderton
The first North Penn games will be on Friday. The girls will play against
the winner of the Souderton - Wissahickon match at 7 pm, while the boys
will face either McDowell or Cumberland Valley at 7:45 pm.  If the boys win,
they will face Wilson at 8:50 in the morning. In case of winning their Friday
game, the girls will also play against Wilson. That game is scheduled to
start at 10:30 am.
For directions to Pottsville click on the blue arrow button on the left.
Here is a snapshot from one of the North Penn girls'
recent games. On the left, in white cap is Katie Plewinski. On the
top is Brittany Jernigan.
Your web master was traveling abroad
Sorry for the news hasn't been updated
for a few weeks, but Joe Szabo was traveling in Europe, then unfortunately
became sick. He will be catching up soon with both this web site and the
1999 swim team yearbook. Until then many thanks for your patience.
WATER POLO
We passed the 10,000 mark!
Since it was started exactly two years
ago, the North Penn High School Swim Team's web site received 10,.158 hits
as of Sunday (Sept. 26) morning. Our number of visitors are rapidly growing,
and besides our swimming, diving, and water polo team members, friends,
the local media and our community, they include alumni, college coaches,
competing PA high schools, as well as national programs, tabulators, and
even international information hunters.
WATER POLO
Changes
Check out the water polo schedule. There
are some time changes and new information.
WATER POLO
Boys and Girls stats/results updated
As of September 25, all boys and girls
stats and game results, including both varsity and junior varsity, are updated.
Boys scores
and stats. Girls
scores and
stats.
WATER POLO
Boys 5th at the Beast of the East Tournament
The boys lost their first two games against
the Pennsylvania (Wilson, 10-16)) and the Ohio (Saint Francis, 8-12) state
champion teams, then beat Greenwich, CT (13-9) for the 5th place. Click
here for the current standing of players' stats.
WATER POLO
Boys and Girls beat Souderton
Boys scores and stats.
Girls scores
and stats.
WATER POLO
NP's Varsity Boys and Girls beat Wissahickon
The first round of games brought three
wins and one loss against the Wissahickon water polo teams. To see the results
go to the front page and click on the links or click here to see the boys
scores and
stats and the
girls scores
and stats.
Changes
If you have already printed out the water
pole schedule, please do it again because we received two date changes (for
the Upper Perkiomen and Governor Mifflin games). Here is the corrected schedule.
Water polo schedule
The first games will be against Wissahickon
on Wednesday, September 8. We will have two Junior Varsity games at 3:45
and 4:30 pm followed by the Girls (5:30) and the Varsity Boys (6:30) at
the Wissahickon High School. Check out the entire season's schedule on the
front page or click here.
NP boys 4th in the Nation in the Public High School Dual Meet Team Rankings
The North Penn boys swim team scored 62
points higher than a year ago and finished fourth in the U.S. behind Woodlands
(Texas), Pioneer (Michigan), and Mission Viejo (California). The boys missed
the third place only by two points. In the open category that also includes
private schools the boys finished a very respectable 8th in the nation.
The North Penn swim team finished 19th in the overall category that included
girls scores as well. In this category only the higher (boys' or girls')
score is picked. Click here to see the top 10 public high school ranking.
North Penn boys receive All-American
honors in 8 out of 11 swimming events
The 1998-99 season was extremely successful
for the North Penn boys. They received seven All-American and 2 All-American
Honorable Mention certificates. (1-40=All-American; 41-60=Honorable Mention).
Here is a breakdown of their public high school rankings in the nation:
| PL |
EVENT |
TIME |
PL |
EVENT |
TIME |
| Dominick Szabo |
Jeremy Bergman |
| 9. |
100 Breaststroke |
56.67 |
48. |
100 Freestyle |
46.51 |
| 3. |
400 Free Relay |
3:06.86 |
26. |
200 Freestyle |
1:41.41 |
| 8. |
200 Medley Relay |
1:34.50 |
3. |
400 Free Relay |
3:06.86 |
| 33. |
200 IM |
1:52.94 |
21. |
200 Free Relay |
1:26.29 |
| Steve Fleming |
Chris Craig |
| 13. |
100 Backstroke |
51.28 |
60. |
200 Freestyle |
1:42.64 |
| 3. |
400 Free Relay |
3:06.86 |
3. |
400 Free Relay |
3:06.86 |
| 8. |
200 Medley Relay |
1:34.50 |
8. |
200 Medley Relay |
1:34.50 |
| Stephen Pasquale |
Ricky Schillow |
| 8. |
200 Medley Relay |
1:34.50 |
21. |
200 Free Relay |
1:26.29 |
| Tim Kronstain |
Matt Gibson |
| 21. |
200 Free Relay |
1:26.29 |
21. |
200 Free Relay |
1:26.29 |
Freshmen do well at zone meet
Two freshmen coming into the 1999-2000
season performed very well at the Eastern Zone meet in Pittsburgh. Nick
Fanslau and Brett Kratz participated in four events each and
were part of th record breaking 200 free relay. The following is a list
of their placements, events, and times.
| Nick Fanslau |
Brett Kratz |
| PL |
EVENT |
TIME |
PL |
EVENT |
TIME |
| 3. |
100 Breasttroke |
1:12.35 |
3. |
50 Freestyle |
25.82 |
| 6. |
50 Freestyle |
26.14 |
15. |
100 Freestyle |
59.16 |
| 8. |
100 Freestyle |
58.21 |
21. |
100 Breaststroke |
1:18.67 |
| 17. |
100 Butterfly |
1:06.62 |
26. |
200 IM |
2:35.40 |
Jeremy Bergman is Water Polo All-American
Jeremy Bergman
received 4th team All-American honor from the National Interscholastic Swimming
Coaches Association. He is only the fourth North Penn player who was selected
into a national team. The other players were Dave McKelvy, Steve Johnston
(2nd team), and Jeff Faikish (5th team). There were a number of Wilson
and Governor Mifflin players in the various national teams. To see the whole
list click
here.
Considering colleges
Some seniors of the North Penn boys swim
team started to talk to a number of prospective colleges. Steve Fleming,
among others, is visiting Princeton, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and North Carolina
State, while Dominick Szabo's search is still more at an exploratory
stage. Although a number of universities expressed interest in him, among
them Auburn, Michigan State, Nevada, North Carolina State, South Carolina,
Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, and Purdue, he has not yet visited any of
them and is still considering others.
Despite health problems, Dominick Szabo
swims a lifetime best and makes two Junior National times at the Phillips
66 National Championships
North Penn's Dominick Szabo finished
61st out of 70 swimmers in the 100 breaststroke at the 1999 summer nationals
in Minneapolis. His time of 1:07.71 was nearly 2 seconds off of his personal
best of 1:05.80, which he swam at the spring nationals in Long Island. Before,
during, and even after the Minnesota competition, he was struggling with
digestive problems. According to United States Swimming this national championship
broke every previous attendance record and the 100 breaststroke was the
deepest among all events. However, there were two Pennsylvania finalists
in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. PIAA champion Brendan Hansen
won his first National Championship in the 200, while Kyle Salyards
finished 8th, a disappointment after his spring runner-up performance. In
the 100 meter final Hansen came in 3rd, Salyards 6th. About two hours after
his prelim swim Szabo did a time trial in the 100 breast and bettered his
morning time by almost seven tenth of a second (1:07.03). He also did a
time trial in the 200 meter individual medley where he finished with a lifetime
best of 2:13.35. To see all preliminary and final results go to U.S. Swimming.
Phillips 66 National Championships
The last major swimming competition of
the summer season is coming up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in just a couple
of days. On August 7th, Dominick Szabo along with coach Bill Bartle,
will be heading Northwest to compete in the 1999 Phillips 66 National Championships.
He will be swimming the 100 breaststroke on Monday. Go to U.S. Swimming for the championship results.
Junior Nationals - day 4
 Steve
Fleming places 6th in the 100 backstroke
The morning preliminaries brought good
news for the small North Penn team. Steve Fleming swam a lifetime
best in the 100 meter backstroke and made the finals. His time of 1:00.01
was just 1.12 second off the (senior) national qualifying standard. Chris
Craig finished 40th in the 400 meter freestyle with a 4:19.39. In the
finals, Fleming kept his sixth seed clocking 1:00.16, his second best ever.
In the 800 freestyle relay, the last event the NP boys participated in,
the foursome of Craig, Fleming, Gibson, and Bergman finished
21st with a time of 8:17.21. To see all results, click here.
Junior Nationals - day 3
 Jeremy Bergman makes
bonus consols, and the 400 free relay places 12th
Jeremy Bergman
(who is shown here with his PIAA gold medal) swam 1:58..94, a lifetime best,
in the preliminaries of the 200 meter freestyle and made the bonus concols
then finished 24th in the evening with a 2:00.12. Chris Craig ended
up 38th with a 2:00.70 morning swim. The 400 free relay of Chris Craig,
Steve Fleming, Matt Gibson, and Jeremy Bergman clocked 3:40.96 for 12th
place.
Junior Nationals - day 2
Steve Fleming finishes 4th in the 200
backstroke
On the second day of the 1999 Northeast
Speedo Junior Championships Steve Fleming took 4.69 seconds off his
200 meter backstroke time that he swam just this past Sunday in Lancester
at the MIDS Championships, and came in 4th overall. His time is only 1.16
second off the national qualifying standard. In the 100 meter freestyle
Jeremy Bergman's time of 54.84 placed him 25th, just missing the
bonus consols.
Junior Nationals
Four members of the North Penn boys team
traveled to Bloomington, Indiana, to participate in the 1999 Speedo Junior
Championships. They will be competing in the Northeast division. The two
other locations are in Bakersfield, CA (West), and Orlando, FL (Southeast).
A total of about 4,000 swimmers will be competing in the championships.
Jeremy Bergman will swim in the 100 and 200 freestyle, Steve Fleming
in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, and Chris Craig in the 500 freestyle.
They will team up with Matt Gibson to swim the 400 free relay.
Middle Atlantic Long Course Swimming
Championships
North Penn's Nicole Seward as well
as eight boys were in Lancester at the MIDS championships between July 23-25.
After the preliminaries Nicole was first alternate in the 400 freestyle.
Many of the boys (Jeremy Bergman, Chris Craig, Steve Fleming, and
Matt Gibson) had their last chance to gauge their form before Junior
Nationals. Steve Pasquale swam with a broken and hurting elbow. On
Friday, a phone call from his doctor referring to a recent test, determined,
that Dominick Szabo, who is currently preparing for the 1999 Summer
Nationals in Minnesota, and is scheduled to swim on August 8 and 9, is still
(or again) suffering from a "high level" of Mononucleosis.
The following is a listing of the NP swimmers'
performances.
| 400 M IM |
200 M Individual Medley |
| PL |
NAME |
TIME |
PL |
NAME |
TIME |
| 8. |
Dominick Szabo |
4:59.55 |
9. |
Dominick Szabo |
2:19.05 |
| 100 M Breaststroke |
14. |
Chris Craig |
2:21.36 |
| 3. |
Dominick Szabo |
1:09.35 |
- |
Steve Fleming* |
2:17.90 |
13. |
Steve Fleming |
1:14.51 |
50 M Freestyle |
| 200 M Freestyle |
18. |
Jeremy Bergman |
25.66 |
| 11. |
Chris Craig |
2:02.04 |
-. |
Chris Craig |
26.03 |
| 22. |
Jeremy Bergman |
2:05.55 |
-. |
Matt Gibson |
26.21 |
| - |
Steve Fleming* |
2:03.99 |
-. |
Stephen Pasquale |
26.47 |
| - |
Justin Fanslau |
2:10.37 |
-. |
Justin Fanslau |
26.88 |
| - |
Dominick Szabo |
2:15.19 |
200 M Breaststroke |
| 100 M Butterfly |
4. |
Dominick Szabo |
2:34.63 |
| - |
Steve Fleming* |
2:02.71 |
100 M Backstroke |
| - |
Jon Faikish |
2:04.04 |
4. |
Steve Fleming |
1:00.91 |
| - |
Chris Craig |
2:04.07 |
-. |
Matt Gibson |
1:08.23 |
| - |
Doug Heller |
2:04.30 |
-. |
Steohen Pasquale |
1:08.28 |
| - |
Justin Fanslau |
2:05.17 |
400 M Freestyle |
| - |
Jeremy Bergman |
2:06.16 |
20. |
Chris Craig |
4:28.02 |
| 890 M Freestyle Relay |
400 M Medley Relay |
| 3 . |
Cra/Fle/Sza/Ber |
8:21.59 |
2. |
Fle/Sza/Fai/Ber |
- |
| 100 M Butterfly |
200 M Backstroke |
| 6. |
Chris Craig |
1:03.60 |
2. |
Steve Fleming |
2:12.74 |
| 15. |
Jon Faikish |
1:07.05 |
- |
|
|
| 16. |
Pat Thompson |
1:07.71 |
- |
|
|
*Qualified for finals but scratched
North Penn boys win eight All-America
honors
The 400 yard freestyle relay is third in the U.S.
Dominick Szabo won
four All-America honors in the 1999 rankings determined by the National
Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association. Chris Craig, Steve Fleming,
Dominick Szabo, and Jeremy Bergman's state championship time
of 3:06.86 in the 400 yard freestyle relay earned them third place. The
medley relay of Fleming, Szabo, Craig, and Stephen Pasquale placed
8th in the nation, while Dominick Szabo won the highest individual ranking
with a 9th place in the 100 breaststroke. The other All-Americans are Steve
Fleming (13th in the 100 back), Jeremy Bergman (26th in the 200 free), and
Szabo (33rd in the 200 IM). Bergman and Craig won Honorable Mentions in
the 100 (48th) and 200 free (60th) respectively. For the complete list go
to www.nisca.net.
Seniors' choices
The seniors have decided where they wish
to continue their education and swimming career. Stephen Pasquale
is going to be attending Franklin & Marshall
College in Lancester, PA. He will be double
majoring in chemistry and geology. He also plans to swim there. Tim Kronstain
will be attending Shippensburg University with a major in accounting. He will be swimming for the
Red Raiders. Steve Phillabaum is going to the United
States Naval Academy next year. He was recruited
for water polo by coach Mike Schofield. Steve is going to major in political
science. His brother, Devin Phillabaum, will also attend the Naval Academy. Jeremy Bergman
will attend James Madison
in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He will major in biology. Jeremy received a 70%
scholarship and will be swimming under coach Brooks Teal. Chris Craig
will continue his education at William &
Mary and will be swimming in the same conference
with Jeremy.
Dominick Szabo wins a silver, gets five
4th, and an 8th place at the Bratislava International Grand Prix
 Rresults started to come in from
Slovakia from the Bratislava International Grand Prix. On Friday, the first
day of the three-day (long course meter) competition, Dominick Szabo
competed in the 400 meter individual medley and the 200 meter breaststroke.
He made finals in both events coming in 8th in the 400 IM (4:59) and 2nd
in the 200 breast (2:29). The details are sketchy at this point, but we
know that Brendan Hansen won the 200 breaststroke with a 2:26. On
Saturday both swimmers competed in the 100 breaststroke. A German swimmer
won the event with a 1:03, while Hansen came in 2nd with a 1:05. Both swimmers
rank in the top 25 in the world. Dominick, who was seeded 3rd after the
morning preliminaries, finished 4th with a 1:08.31. His medley relay placed
4th as well. The last day of the competition brought three more 4th place
finishes for Dominick in the 50 meter breast (30.90), 200 IM (2:18.50),
and the 400 free relay. Brendan Hansen came in second in the 50 breast.
As soon as they become available, we will post the detailed results of the
competition.
Overseas competition
North Penn's
Dominick Szabo
left for Slovakia, where he will be competing at an international swimming
grand prix as part of a U.S. team made up of Mid-Atlantic junior and senior
national qualifiers. Among his team mates are some very familiar faces from
the PIAA State Championships: Brendan Hansen, Michael Grube, Justin Donato,
Chris Johnson, and David Giger. 27 countries will be represented
at the meet.
NP swimmers at the 9th Annual Spring
Fling Long Course Meet, May 21-23, 1999
The season's first USS meet was held in
the New Jersey based 50 meter pool of Gloucester County Institute of Technology.
Seven NP swimmers, Jeremy Bergman, Chris Craig, Jon Faikish, Steve Fleming,
Andy Gaibiselis, Matt Gibson, and Dominick Szabo participated
in the competition hosted by the Jersey Wahoos Swim Club. Szabo's winning
times in the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes were also new meet records.
In the 100 meter distance he broke PDR and National Team member Michael
Norment's meet record of 1:10.12, while in the 200, he rewrote Jersey
Wahoos swimmer J. Chiaccio's time of 2:34.29. Steven Fleming lost
a very close race in the 100 meter backstroke against the meet's outstanding
performer Dave Hartzel. Hartzel broke four meet records during the
three-day competition. The NP results are as follows:
| 200 M Freestyle |
200 M Individual Medley |
| PL |
NAME |
TIME |
PL |
NAME |
TIME |
| 5. |
Chris Craig |
2:05.69 |
3. |
Dominick Szabo |
2:18.91 |
| 9. |
Steve Fleming |
2:06.79 |
4. |
Steve Fleming |
2:19.09 |
| 21. |
Jeremy Bergman |
2:11.64 |
20. |
Jeremy Bergman |
2:29.67 |
| 30. |
Matt Gibson |
2:15.86 |
29. |
Pat Thompson |
2:35.46 |
| 33 . |
Jon Faikish |
2:18.85 |
34 . |
Jon Faikish |
2:41.24 |
| 38. |
Andy Gaibiselis |
2:23.44 |
36. |
Andy Gaibiselis |
2:46.84 |
| 200 M Backstroke |
100 M Freestyle |
| 2. |
Steve Fleming |
2:16.45 |
3. |
Jeremy Bergman |
56.86 |
| 200 M Breaststroke |
5. |
Chris Craig |
57.21 |
| 1. |
Dominick Szabo |
*2:32.29 |
6. |
Dominick Szabo |
57.31 |
| 200 M Butterfly |
12. |
Steve Fleming |
58.11 |
| 16 . |
Pat Thompson |
2:45.09 |
17 . |
Matt Gibson |
58.97 |
| 18. |
Jon Faikish |
2:55.77 |
27. |
Jon Faikish |
1:00.71 |
| 400 M Freestyle |
50 M Freestyle |
| 7 . |
Chris Craig |
4:29.61 |
6. |
Steve Fleming |
26.29 |
| 100 M Butterfly |
7. |
Chris Craig |
26.34 |
| 6. |
Chris Craig |
1:03.60 |
14. |
Jon Faikish |
26.89 |
| 15. |
Jon Faikish |
1:07.05 |
100 M Breaststroke |
| 16. |
Pat Thompson |
1:07.71 |
1. |
Dominick Szabo |
*1:09.35 |
| 100 M Backstroke |
11. |
Chris Craig |
? |
| 2 . |
Steve Fleming |
1:01.17 |
400 M Individual Medley |
| |
|
|
7. |
Dominick Szabo |
5:10.35 |
A ranking of NP relays since the early
70s
For the first time, we put together a ranking
of the North Penn boys' best relays representing every season. The current
relays are placed respectably high having at least one team in each event
in the top three. Click on these links to view the lists.
200 Medley Relay
| 200 Free Relay
| 400 Free Relay
 As the youngest participant, Dominick Szabo swims lifetime best and makes
the bonus consols in the 100 meter breaststroke at the National Championships
in Long Island, New York
Dominick Szabo had some leftover energy
from districts, states, and junior nationals, and lowered his best time
in the 100 meter breaststroke by a second and a half. He has been struggling
with mononucleosis for about seven weeks. His time of 1:05.80 is 1.11 second
away from the Olympic trials qualifying standard. In his first national
appearance, Dominick made it to the bonus consols and finished 23rd out
of 51 swimmers. He was the youngest participant in the event and the only
16 year old in the evening finals of the 100 breaststroke.
Jeremy Bergman is Outstanding Swimmer
of the 1998-99 season; Stephen Pasquale and Devin Phillabaum are Academic
All-Americans
North Penn's swimming and diving special
awards were given out on March 25. Click here for a list
of the winners and a description of the awards,
as well as NP's All-Americans.
Updated tables:
North Penn boys win third state title
in a row!
Jeremy Bergman, Steve Fleming, and
the 400 free relay are gold medalists, and the 200 medley relay breaks the
state record
The NP boys beat arch rival Wilson 178 - 111 for the PIAA Swimming
and Diving Team Championships. It started with a surprise performance by
first-time state qualifier Ryan Hollenbach clinching 12th place in
the diving competition. The next day, in the first swimming event, the 200
medley relay (Steve Fleming, Dominick Szabo, Chris Craig, Stephen Pasquale)
broke the state record with a 1:35.02. That record was broken three more
times before the day ended. First by Wilson, then Hempfield, and Hempfield
again. The NP team finished 2nd with a new team record that was also within
the latest state record. Next, Jeremy Bergman had an outstanding
performance in the 200 freestyle, which he won in a team record time. Chris
Craig finished 4th in the same event. In the 200 IM , both Fleming and Szabo
swam their lifetime best. Szabo finished 3rd, and Fleming 8th in the event.
The next day brought more great performances by the NP boys team. There
were three 3rd place finishes by Bergman (100 free), Craig (500 free), and
Szabo (100 breast), and two state championships by Steve Fleming and the
400 free relay team of Craig, Fleming, Szabo, and Bergman. Pasquale came
in 16th in the 50 freestyle, 17th in the 100 back, Chris Houchins
17th in the 500 freestyle, and Ricky Schillow finished 22nd in the
100 backstroke.
Records broken
STATE RECORD
200 medley relay (Fleming, Szabo, Craig, Pasquale), 1:35.02
TEAM RECORDS
200 medley relay (Fleming, Szabo, Craig, Pasquale), 1:35.02 and 1:34.50
200 freestyle, Bergman, 1:41.41
200 individual medley, Szabo, 1:52.94
100 backstroke, Fleming, 51.47 and 51.28
100 breaststroke, Szabo, 56.84 and 56.67
CLASS RECORDS
200 freestyle, Bergman, 1:41.41
100 backstroke, Fleming, 51.47 and 51.28
100 breaststroke, Szabo, 56.84 and 56.67
50 YARD SPLITS
50 breaststroke, Szabo, 25.54 and 25.53
Newly completed and/or updated tables from the history
of the North Penn Boys Swim Team
North Penn boys pool records from the 1970s
| 1980s | 1990s.
North Penn boys team records from the 1970s
| 1980s | 1990s.
North Penn boys league champions
since 1972.
North Penn boys state performances
since 1972.
 Matt Walsh, an admirable true leader by example, was
a friend and inspiration to many within and beyond his team
After more than a decade-long couragous battle with cancer, North Penn's
Matt Walsh died on February 4, 1999. He was 19 years old. Matt lost one
of his legs to cancer at age six, but he pressed on and became an accomplished
swimmer, skier, and golfer. Few people knew just how good he was. He ranked
third in the backstroke at the United States 1996 Paralympic trials, and
he was practicing hard to make the 2000 team. His teammates admired his
strength and were inspired by his uncompromising will and spirit searching
the limits of what's humanly possible. He will live on in our memories and
will continue to be an inspiration within and beyond his beloved North Penn
swim team.
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Top 12 seeds and final results at the 1999 PA State
Championship
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