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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

LHS boys unbeaten

Liberty’s boys’ swim team wrapped up its regular season against Freedom on Feb. 20, finishing undefeated in the Northampton County Division of the East Penn Conference.

The Hurricanes’ last meet included a new Liberty pool record, a just-missed pool record, hopeful district qualifiers, and new personal records.

Patrick Gilhool broke Liberty’s pool record in the 100 fly with a time of 52.2.

In the 200 medley relay, Danny Lehr, Gilhool, Malcolm Collins, and Addison Collins missed setting a new Liberty pool record by .16 seconds, finishing the relay with a time of 1:38.88.

Sean McGuire and Ben Service set personal records in the 100 free.

“Sean came out of nowhere Saturday and put himself in the top eight for districts,” said Liberty coach Reik Foust. “He’s eighth right now.”

McGuire’s time was 50.96, and Service’s time was 51.14.

“Saturday was the last meet I’m ever going to swim here, so I tried to put it all on the line,” said Service. “I’m working on sprint stuff for districts, so I’m hoping my start is going to give me that extra little bit of time.”

District XI qualifiers will need every bit of time they can get since only the top eight in each event will be allowed to compete this year.

“It sort of sucks because everyone on the team worked really hard, and a ton of people are on the cusp of making it, so a lot of people aren’t going to have the chance to go to districts this year,” Service said.

The District XI Swimming Championships are scheduled for March 6-7 at Parkland High School.