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Abington Heights sophomore Hadley Pallman claimed four gold medals Feb. 27-28 at the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center to lead a championship effort by the Lady Comets in the District 2-4 Class 3A Subregional Girls Swimming and Diving Championships.
The Lady Comets finished second in the team standings, but won the District 2 title because the only team they trailed was Williamsport from District 4.
Williamsport won the subregional title with 283 points.
Abington Heights had 261 points, 59 ahead of Hazleton Area, the next-best District 2 team and the third-highest finisher out of 12 teams.
Pallman won the 100-yard butterfly in 58.36 as the only swimmer to break a minute. She also won the 100-meter freestyle in 54.92 and was part of the 200- and 400-meter freestyle relay teams.
Gianna Vacchino and Kaitlyn Giermanski each earned three gold medals, including the two freestyle relays.
Vacchino won the 50-meter freestyle and was second to Pallman in the 100-meter freestyle.
Giermanski won the 100 breaststroke and was third in the 50-meter freestyle, which Vacchino won.
Ella Bannon was the other member of the relay team that won. She also took fifth in both the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter breaststroke.
Audra Wimmer, Reese Azar, Elise Brown and Kacey Johnson formed the fourth-place 200-meter medley relay team.
Johnson was fourth in the 200-meter IM and fifth in the 500-meter freestyle. Brown took fifth in the 200-meter IM and seventh in the 100-meter butterfly. Azar was fifth in diving, which was contested a week earlier, and ninth in the 200-meter freestyle. Wimmer placed seventh in the 100-meter backstroke.
Sydney Moyle added a ninth in the 100-meter breaststroke and a 10th in the 100-meter butterfly.
Class 2A
Rebecca Oakes won the maximum four events as Scranton Prep finished on top of the 12-team field with 266.5 points.
Dallas was second with 253.
Sophia Galko, Eva Kaszuba, Oakes and Schofield got the title-winning effort started by winning the opening 200-meter medley relay. They later teamed for the gold in the 200 freestyle relay.
Oakes also won the 100-meter butterfly and 100-meter freestyle.
Kaszuba and Schofield finished 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke.
Galko was second in the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle, where Kaszuba placed third.
