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Oatis Takes Gold at PIAA District XI AA Swimming Finals

Overall the Saucon boys finished fourth with 272.5 points and the Saucon girls finished seventh with 129 points.

Friday, March 4 - Day #1 highlights

  • Senior Zach Oatis wins gold and sets his own new PIAA District XI AA record in the 200m Freestyle with a time of 1:45.60.
  • Freshman Avery Soong wins silver in the 200m IM event with a time of 2:04.86.
  • Arkady Apelchuk, Roger Eldredge, Kyle Gertz and Paul Houck place 4th in the 200m Medley Relay with a time of 1:48.60.
  • Zach Oatis, Kyle Lascelle, Avery Soong and Paul Houck place 4th in the 200m Free Relay with a time of 1:33.95.
  • Dana Linsky, Amanda Long, Samantha DaSilva and Rebekah Evangelista place 4th in the 200m Medley Relay with a time of 1:59.89.

Saturday, March 5 - Day #2 highlights

  • Zach Oatis sets his own new PIAA District XI AA record in the 500m Freestyle event with a time of 4:43.75.
  • Avery Soong places 2nd and Arkady Apelchuck 3rd in the 100m Backstroke.
  • Zach Oatis and Avery Soong team with Patrick Miller and Adam Peterson to place 4th in the 400m Freestyle event.

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