During our spring break on February 25 and 26, members of the swim team traveled to Lancaster, PA to compete in the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The event is one of the premier private school meets in the country and has been held annually since 1935. It was the first time the Bears returned to the event since 2019 following meet cancelations the last two years due to COVID-19.

Despite having only a handful of competitors compared to other teams, the Bears finished in a combined 30th place out of 39 teams. The girls were 24th out of 30 and the boys 25th out of 30.

Here are the Bears’ final results.

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Women 200 Medley Relay — 2:00.56 (22nd finals)

• Sofia Arrascue (30.16), Amelia Griffin (33.37), Naomi Crane (31.49), Ruthie Crane (25.54)

Men 200 Medley Relay — 1:48.71 (19th finals)

• Gavin Paton (26.94), Oliver Griffin (30.75), Hugo MacDonald (26.08), Sam Specht (24.94)

Women 200 Freestyle

• R. Crane — 2:00.79 (30th prelims)

Men 200 Freestyle

• Specht — 1:58.64 (53rd prelims)

Women 50 Freestyle

• Griffin — 25.80 (41st prelims)
• N. Crane — 27.11 (68th prelims)

Men 50 Freestyle

• Paton — 23.20 (50th prelims)
• Griffin — 23.58 (62nd prelims)
• James Wigington — 25.05 (86th prelims)
• William Tao — 25.27 (94th prelims)
• Chris Liu — 26.23 (103rd prelims)

Women 100 Butterfly

• Arrascue — 1:10.59 (57th prelims)

Men 100 Butterfly

• MacDonald — 1:00.42 (48th prelims)

Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1:46.21 (20th finals)

• Griffin (26.00), Arrascue (27.72), N. Crane (27.03), R. Crane (25.46)

Men 200 Freestyle Relay — 1:36.39 (21st finals)

• Paton (23.34), Specht (25.06), MacDonald (24.65), Griffin (23.34)

Women 100 Freestyle

• N. Crane — 59.38 (74th prelims)

Men 100 Freestyle

• Paton — 54.70 (96th prelims)
• MacDonald — 55.20 (99th prelims)
• Tao — 56.52 (103rd prelims)
• Wigington — 57.33 (105th prelims)
• Liu — 1:00.51 (112th prelims)

Women 500 Freestyle

• R. Crane — 5:22.25 (26th prelims)

Men 500 Freestyle

• Specht — 5:22.15 (40th prelims)

Women 100 Backstroke

• Griffin — 1:03.08 (37th prelims)
• Arrascue — 1:05.84 (48th prelims)

Men 100 Breaststroke

• Griffin — 1:07.95 (50th prelims)

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