“In the six or seven years I’ve been head coach, this is probably the most balanced we’ve been as far as numbers per age group,” said Hanover Stingrays coach Evan Kocon after the Stingrays scored their sixth win of the season last Thursday night.

“Every summer when you have registration you don’t really know what you’re going to get because being a high school coach and a Y coach, your focus changes completely, and you still have a lot of the same kids, and you get used to them being in an age group, but then summer, and with the birthday cutoff, everything fluctuates, so you don’t know who’s going to be where,” Kocon explained.

“This year, we’re very fortunate to have a lot of younger kids sign up from the local elementary schools, and we’re very balanced as far as age groups go, and we have between eight and 10 in each group, so that’s the biggest benefit.”

In relay events against Macungie last Thursday, first place finishers for the Stingrays were Salma Ismail, Leah Onia, Audrey Bloss-Ferry, and Stephanie Zheng in the 9-10 100 medley relay with a time of 1:28.46. In the 11-12 100 medley relay, Mattie Baluta, Natalie Brezinsky, Katie Bruno, and Georgia Kounoupis also won with a time of 1:19.01. In the 11-12 100 medley relay, Danny Lehr, Malcolm Collins, David Gabrielle, and Wade Wu were first with a time of 1:10.32.

In the 13 & over 200 medley relay, Anna Lehr, Natalie Richardson, Sabrina Krotzer, and Samantha Taylor were first in 2:12.50. Jake Evert, Chris Chambers, Robert Negron, and Jase Smith won the 13 & over 200 medley relay in 1:55.32.

Thursday’s meet ended with the crescendo relays.

For the girls, Sienna Kent, Brezinsky, Richardson, Sarah Park, and Audrey Bloss-Ferry took first place with a time of 2:20.03.

For the boys, Josh Baluta, Danny Lehr, Jase Smith, Addison Collins, and Logan Ritter took first place with a time of 2:11.75.

Hanover’s final dual meet is scheduled for Thursday at Soleco.

“Summer season is so hectic, it’s crazy, but it’s fun,” Kocon said.