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Katya Eruslanova’s final Central League championships was typically dominant.
The Haverford senior won the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle, setting a meet record in the former, at the meet hosted by Ridley on Friday and Saturday.
Eruslanova was pushed in the IM, her time of 2:02.37 just .19 seconds ahead of Lower Merion’s Alexa Conner. The 500 held no such drama, the Penn signee winning by more than 13 seconds in 4:56.70.
Haverford finished second in both the boys and girls standings, swept by unbeaten league champ Conestoga. The Pioneers girls scored 555 points, easily outdistancing Haverford’s 277. The boys scored 481 to coast by Haverford at 349.5.
Conestoga dominated most of the way, but Radnor snuck in to win the medley relay. Marina Wang, Skyler Semisch, Anne Lindgren and Sophia Mlodzienski went 1:47.68 to edge Stoga by a quarter-second. Wang finished third in the 50 and fifth in the 100 backstroke.
Conestoga otherwise controlled matters. Lily Robinson swept the sprints. Aubrey Langanelli won the 200 free and was second in the 100. Naomi Furman and Reilly Dolan went 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke. The Pioneers eased to victory in both free relays. (Eruslanova split 23.84 off the front of Haverford’s runner-up 200 free squad.)
Springfield finished third as a team, led by Michelle Kubiak in second in the 200 free and Mary Kubiak in second in the 50 free. Michelle was third in the 500 free, Mary fourth in the 100 back. They teamed with Alena Chung and Avya Christie to finish second in the 400 free relay.
Garnet Valley’s Zoey Rogers placed second in the 100 butterfly and third in the 100 backstroke, both won by Harriton’s Kate Levensten and with Conner second in back.
All eyes were on the boys sprinters. Ridley’s Shane Eckler bested Springfield’s Jake Kennedy in the 50 free, with a time of 20.24 that set a Ridley pool, Ridley school and meet records. Kennedy was second in 20.43, his brother Luke Kennedy fourth.
Eckler added the 100 free title, again downing the three marks, in 44.81.
The Cougars got the final say in the sprint relay, the team of Alex Chan, Jacob Johnson and the Kennedys going 1:24.22 to win by more than three seconds. That’s a meet record, Jake Kennedy bringing it home in 20.14. Springfield was also second to Conestoga in the 400 free relay, Tristan Ronayne in for Chan.
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