Parkland and Liberty met up in what was the Trojans' biggest challenge of the season. Both boys teams came into the meet undefeated and the only loss on the girls side was by Liberty, who stood at 7-1 compared to Parkland's 7-0 mark.

The Parkland girls jumped out to an early lead and stretched it quickly when Siena Salvaggio and Tori Connolly finished first and second in the 200 freestyle event. From there, the Parkland girls would place first in all but two events, including the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke, where swimmers from Liberty took the top three spots to help close the gap in scoring. The result was a 107-79 win for the Lady Trojans and a perfect 8-0 record.

"It wasn't as important to log a win more than it was to swim competitively at this point in the season," said coach Rob Robitaille. "A loss with a competitive effort would have been just as good as the win we got. A loss with poor effort would have been unacceptable."

In addition to her first place finish in the 200, Salvaggio also captured the 100 freestyle event, while Erika Freeman captured first in the 200 individually and the 100 backstroke.

On the boys side, Parkland took six of the 11 events, but a late surge from Liberty gave them enough points to pull out a slim 96-89 win over the Trojans.

Anthony Coates picked up first-place finishes in the 200 and 500 freestyle events, while Adam Sicinski took first in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Hyunbin Kim finished first in the 200 IM and second in the 100 butterfly for Parkland. Robitaille was pleased with the effort and felt the final result basically came down to a numbers game.

"Liberty is a talented team," said Robitaille. "I thought we swam them well. They just had two or three more guys than we did."

In diving, Parkland took first in both boys and girls diving. Kelsey German and Serena Johnson took first and second respectively on the girls side, while Parkland boys Chris Lehman, Jon Hansell and Devin Cahill swept the top three spots.

Both teams get another tough challenge this week when they face Nazareth at home this afternoon. The Blue Eagles come in with 7-1 records for both the boys and girls teams. Again, Robitaille is simply concerned about getting solid performances from his swimmers and just needs them to respond the right way for his team to be strong against Nazareth.

"If we come prepared to swim, we will be able to challenge Nazareth as best we can," said Robitaille. "If we come into the meet laxed, or content, we won't."