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By Brett Smith, Sports Editor, bsmith@cumberlink.com

Last updated: Sunday, March 2, 2008 12:30 AM EST

Leah Gingrich sings while she swims.

She won’t tell you anything specific about what or who she sings, but she does play an apparent catalog of songs in her head while she cuts through the water.

Whatever the East Pennsboro swimmer was singing at Saturday’s District 3-AA swim championships, it worked. The senior literally had about a pool’s length lead on her closest competitor in the 500 free.

And to a standing ovation, Gingrich crushed her old D3-AA record time in the endurance event by more than eight seconds with her time of 4:46.64 — her previous meet record was 4:56.94, set in 2006.

Gingrich was one of two Sentinel-area swimmers to win district gold Saturday, as Trinity’s Steph Kinsey won the 100 back for the second consecutive year and the Shamrock girls finished second in the team standings to Muhlenberg, the team’s 11th team win since 1993.

Hershey took home the boys’ team title.

“I was able to see my times while I was swimming, so I was checking on that, but I sing too,” said Gingrich, referring to what she thinks about while swimming. “It’s exciting to hear everyone cheering for you. I wanted to get a record today, especially after (Friday) when I missed out on breaking one (in the 200 IM). I swam the 500 free at states two years ago a second faster, so today still wasn’t my fastest time.”

Gingrich’s record time came after waking up at 6 a.m. to get in an early practice before the second day of the competition.

“I swam about 7,000 (yards) today. So about two hours,” she said. “When I really started dedicating time to swimming and getting up every morning to swim, that’s when I saw my times start to drop.”

And while Gingrich accepted her win for the 500, Kinsey was preparing for her victory in the 100 back, along with teammate Adrienne Phillips, who went on to finish second.

“Well I was really nervous,” said Kinsey, who swam a 58.83. “I won it last year so there was pressure on me to win again. Plus, I was swimming against Adrienne, who’s been my best friend for 10 years. I wanted to win, but I knew to do that, I’d have to beat her.”

Phillips came in right behind Kinsey with a time of 1:01.79. She was followed by James Buchanan’s Rachel Reeder and Millersburg’s Kasey Travitz. Reeder and Travitz tied for third with a time of 1:01.79 and later were forced to have a swim-off to determine which swimmer received the automatic bid to the PIAA meet, which was won by Reeder.

Phillips finished in third in the 500 free, and joined Kinsey, Kim Jerzerick and Brittany Neifert in placing second in the 400 free.

Kinsey just narrowly missed out on completing a comeback against Muhlenberg in the final leg.

Muhlenberg finished in 3:37.44. Trinity was 3:37.64.

“I honestly didn’t think I would be able to catch up when I dove in the water,” said Kinsey. “We really wanted to win going in, but we were pleased with beating York Suburban. Our coach told us this morning that we were close behind them.”

Trinity did creep into the Top 3 for the boys when David Shedleski touched the wall third in the 100 breast with a time of 1:01.85. Hershey’s David Nolan won the race at 58.67, but Shedleski continued to cut his time and approach his goal to go under a minute.

“I think I can do it,” said Shedleski. “I have been practicing hard and I’m looking forward to swimming at states. I think I need to work on my flip turns and my underwater pulls if I want to get faster.”

The Boiling Springs boys’ 400 free relay team also cracked the Top 8 by placing seventh with a score of 3:26.20. The Bubblers’ Eddie LaNoue went on to finish 11th in the 100 free with a time of 49.34.

Notes: Big Spring’s Emily Shumaker was ninth in the 100 back, while Trinity’s Noelle Hoffer placed sixth... Boiling Springs’ Ben Jumper finished the 100 back in 17th place with a time of 1:00.65... Big Spring’s Sierra Beecher was 14th in the 100 breast... Big Spring’s Sean Garrity placed 15th in the 100 breast.

2008 PIAA District III Class AA Championships

Top 3 Automatically Qualify for PIAA Meet

* meet record

Girls - Team Scores

1 Muhlenberg 355.50

2 Trinity 249

3 York Suburban 222

4 Wyomissing 214

5 Dover 186

6 Palmyra 163

6 Boiling Springs 129

8 Schuylkill Valley 108.50

9 Northern York 106

10 East Pennsboro 97

11 Big Spring 95

12 Lancaster Catholic 90

13 James Buchanan 77

14 Bishop McDevitt 71

15 Northeastern 58

16 West York 42

17 Susquehanna Twp 15

18 Shippensburg 6

19 Manheim Central 4

Boys - Team Scores

1 Hershey 354

2 York Suburban 259

3 Schuylkill Valley 248

4 Muhlenberg 184

5 Palmyra 173

6 Dover 169

7 Wyomissing 135

8 Lancaster Catholic 124

9 Boiling Springs 116

10 Big Spring 95

11 Trinity 88

12 Susquehannock 70

13 Susquehanna Twp 63

14 West York 57

15 Bishop McDevitt 52

16 Northeastern 33

17 East Pennsboro 21

18 Shippensburg 16

19 Milton Hershey 14

19 Manheim Central 14

21 Northern York 8

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1 Courey Schaefer SR Conrad Weiser 52.64

2 Alli Pucul SR Schuylkill Val 52.93

3 Mary Moser SO Wyomissing 53.22

4 Lauren Schmittle JR York Suburban 53.41

5 Haley Miller SR Dover 54.10

6 Keri Chandler SR Donegal 55.08

7 Elise Kanegawa SR Brandywine Hgts 55.32

8 Ashley Purnell SO Palmyra 55.95

9 Aimee Snyder SR Muhlenberg 56.18

10 Kimberly Jerzerick JR Trinity 56.54

11 Brianna Sieck SO Muhlenberg 57.29

11 Courtney Dacheux FR Dover 57.29

13 Katelyn Schmittle SR York Suburban 57.51

14 Monica Henn FR Schuylkill Val 57.57

14 Carli Rapp SO Muhlenberg 57.57

16 Carrie Whisel SO Boiling Springs 57.63

16 Kara Millhouse SR Boiling Springs 57.63

18 Molly Handley JR Northern York 58.32

19 Shannon Milstead JR East Pennsboro 58.37

20 Lauren Bauer FR Muhlenberg 58.76

21 Amanda Wilt SR Northeastern 59.24

22 Christine McGrath SR Manheim Central 59.27

23 Ellinore Ahearn FR Bermudian Sprgs 59.86

24 Lena Miller SO Big Spring 59.87 1:00.46

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1 Zach Chow SO Muhlenberg 47.47

2 Harry Foster SR York Suburban 47.75

3 Christopher Stutzman JR Palmyra 47.92

4 Joe Huyett SO Fleetwood 48.02

5 Chad Houck SR Donegal 48.79

6 Doug Troutman FR Schuylkill Val 48.88

7 Zachary Wilt JR Pequea Valley 49.18

8 Patrick Hamill SR Susquehannock 49.25

9 Andrew Amato SR Hershey 49.32

10 Evan McCready JR Wyomissing 49.33

11 Eddie Lanoue JR Boiling Springs 49.34

12 Richard Janosky SR Dover 49.84

13 Jeffrey Young FR Hershey 50.24

14 Jeff Mikitka FR Fleetwood 50.34

14 Brian Strathmeyer JR West York 50.34

16 Dan Dierdorff JR Northeastern 50.45

17 Tony Florida SR Muhlenberg 51.10

18 Joseph Chubb SO Hershey 51.60

19 Evan Jarusewski SR Big Spring 52.04

20 Joshua Northrup FR Middletown 52.25

21 Patrick Kennedy SO Bishop McDevitt 52.50

22 Derek Lupia SR Muhlenberg 53.05

23 Kyle Buttermore SR Big Spring 53.15

24 Luke Benedict FR Bishop McDevitt 53.63

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

1 Leah Gingrich SR East Pennsboro 4:46.64*

2 Amanda Frees SR Muhlenberg 5:15.31

3 Adrienne Phillips JR Trinity 5:16.09

4 Kelly Geras JR Muhlenberg 5:20.36

5 Jenna Bentz JR York Suburban 5:21.96

6 Shannon Mulcahy SO Yk Country Day 5:22.13

7 Lauren Malloy SR Lancaster Cath 5:24.83

8 Rachel Buchanan JR York Suburban 5:24.85

9 Rebecca Irvine SR Northeastern 5:25.54

10 Rayell Heistand SR Hamburg 5:27.24

11 Sara Yoskoski SR Donegal 5:28.61

12 Ashley Bauer JR Muhlenberg 5:29.00

13 Karlee Hoke FR Trinity 5:30.07

14 Rose Mascoli JR Lebanon Cathlc 5:32.57

15 Jess Trgovic FR Northern York 5:32.74

16 Kaci Mentzer SR Boiling Springs 5:33.17

17 Jan Coyle SO York Suburban 5:33.37

18 Samantha Strickler SO York Suburban 5:34.72

19 Christina Lisella SO Reading Cc 5:35.20

20 Emily Robinson SR Lancaster Cath 5:38.56

21 Cara Shea-Miller SO Lancaster Cath 5:43.37

22 Catherine Collins FR Holy Name 5:44.15

23 Carolyn Nowak SO Lancaster Cath 5:45.63

24 Janelle Florida SO Muhlenberg 5:48.92

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

1 Ben Appleby JR York Suburban 4:43.74

2 Ryan Carey JR Fleetwood 4:47.99

3 Eric Troutman JR Schuylkill Val 4:48.74

4 Nicholas Pawlush JR Hershey 4:52.75

5 Ian Kruper JR York Suburban 4:58.77

6 Michael Lacroce FR Palmyra 5:03.76

7 Ben Bell SR Schuylkill Val 5:04.09

8 Steve Tunitis FR Palmyra 5:04.92

9 Nate Zmroczek SR Schuylkill Val 5:05.91

10 Bo Wagner JR Schuylkill Val 5:07.13

11 Eric Lee JR Northeastern 5:11.84

12 Andrew Grubbs JR York Suburban 5:13.62

13 Andrew Putt SR Lampter-Strasbg 5:13.70

14 Erik Deller SR Dover 5:15.13

15 Collin Gruin JR Hershey 5:15.81

16 Andrew McCollister SR Susquehannock 5:16.82

17 Jacob Robinson FR Lancaster Cath 5:19.51

18 James Hall JR Greencastle 5:21.37

19 Ian Logan FR Hershey 5:21.54

20 Ben Cambria SO Trinity 5:24.21

21 Zachary Rickens FR East Pennsboro 5:24.27

22 Jared Meyers JR Hershey 5:25.14

23 Michael Walker SO Bishop McDevitt 5:27.61

24 Eric Heintz SO Oley Valley 5:34.28

Girls 100

Yard Backstroke

1 Stephanie Kinsey SO Trinity 58.83

2 Adrienne Phillips JR Trinity 1:00.74

3 Rachel Reeder SR James Buchanan 1:01.79

3 Kasey Travitz JR Millersburg 1:01.79

5 Jena Marrinucci SR Muhlenberg 1:02.04

6 Noelle Hoffer SR Trinity 1:02.09

7 Enya Messersmith JR Delone Catholic 1:02.25

8 Katie Duggan FR Wyomissing 1:02.38

9 Emily Shumaker FR Big Spring 1:02.43

10 Brianna Bentz FR Wyomissing 1:02.85

11 Christina Janosky SO Dover 1:03.38

12 Brianna Sieck SO Muhlenberg 1:03.74

13 Aimee Snyder SR Muhlenberg 1:03.89

14 Kristin Motter SR Northeastern 1:05.08

15 Lindsay DuAime SR Wyomissing 1:05.78

16 Dana Belles JR East Pennsboro 1:06.26

17 Emily Anderson FR Lampter-Strasbg 1:06.32

18 Abby Copella SR East Pennsboro 1:06.70

19 Jessica Hawk FR York Suburban 1:06.78

20 Jayne Baehr SO Trinity 1:06.98

21 Liane Wilson JR James Buchanan 1:07.08

22 Kiri Hassett SR Living Word 1:07.59

23 Alexandra Goodson FR Boiling Springs 1:08.73

24 Rachel Neidlinger SO Annville Cleona 1:09.03

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1 Kevin Marsteller JR York Suburban 51.59*

2 Sean Grier SO Hershey 54.55

3 Eric Naylor JR Dover 54.62

4 Travis Bohn FR Annville Cleona 54.64

5 Jordan Bickhart JR Wyomissing 54.92

6 Adam Kurtz JR Hamburg 55.39

7 Brian Strathmeyer JR West York 55.65

8 Aryk Strunk SO Oley Valley 55.84

9 Ben Hagan FR Hershey 55.96

10 Austin Bohn SO Annville Cleona 56.55

11 Matt Falgoust SO Susquehanna Twp 57.96

12 Ben Annibali SO Palmyra 58.74

13 Madison O’Neil JR Kutztown 58.76

14 Nick Matthews SR Muhlenberg 59.41

15 Sean Weir SO Halifax 1:00.09

16 Jacob Robinson FR Lancaster Cath 1:00.34

17 Ben Jumper FR Boiling Springs 1:00.65

18 Andrew Salvalti JR Muhlenberg 1:00.70

19 B. Christopher Gebhart SO Delone Catholic 1:00.90

20 Joseph Dietrich SO Manheim Central 1:00.98 4

21 Travis Coady JR Halifax 1:01.17

22 Lawrence Kroner III SO Susq 1:02.54

23 Alex Kinsey SR Trinity 1:02.71

24 Andrew Koch SR Big Spring 1:04.79

Girls 100

Yard Breaststroke

1 Jessica Mape SR Bishop McDevitt 1:07.37

2 Zoe Sianis JR Wyomissing 1:09.31

3 Nicole Barry SO Palmyra 1:09.93

4 Kristina Ciatto SO Muhlenberg 1:10.18

5 Rose Kell SO Upper Dauphin 1:10.77

6 Andrea May SO Annville Cleona 1:11.91

7 Angela Klaczak JR Palmyra 1:12.53

8 Sarah Evans JR Dover 1:13.39

9 Maria Kinney SO West York 1:13.52

10 Hali Hess JR James Buchanan 1:13.65

11 Kaitlyn Druby SO Bishop McDevitt 1:13.69

12 Alison Luzik SO Halifax 1:13.86

13 Patricia Manning SO York Suburban 1:14.32

14 Sierra Beecher SR Big Spring 1:14.61 6

15 Caitlin DeAngelo JR Muhlenberg 1:14.89

16 Alyssa Daniel FR Manheim Central 1:15.31

17 Mary Gardner JR Annville Cleona 1:16.07

18 Madeline Bieber SR Wyomissing 1:16.08

19 Alex Leandri FR Trinity 1:16.12 2

20 Katie Yeity FR Muhlenberg 1:16.18

21 Katherine Bakowicz SR Upper Dauphin 1:17.01

22 Rachel Handley SO Northern York 1:17.79

23 Mackenzie Keck SO Boiling Springs 1:18.69

24 Jessica Witmer SO Big Spring 1:21.14

Boys 100

Yard Breaststroke

1 David Nolan FR Hershey 58.67

2 Chris Manning SR York Suburban 59.88

3 David Shedleski SR Trinity 1:01.85

4 Derek Nelson SO Donegal 1:02.63

5 Kyle Lincoln JR Schuylkill Val 1:03.57

6 Jimmy Twomey SR Susquehanna Twp 1:03.84

7 Benjamin Bauchwitz FR Hershey 1:04.87

8 Sam Tonneslan SO Wyomissing 1:05.04

9 Steven Breski SO Bishop McDevitt 1:05.11

10 John Hughes SO Lancaster Cath 1:05.14 9

11 Nate Zmroczek SR Schuylkill Val 1:05.78 7

12 Nick Perry JR Boiling Springs 1:06.41

13 Mitchell Veith FR Hershey 1:06.71

14 Jon Wolf SO Northern York 1:07.00

15 Sean Garrity SR Big Spring 1:07.33

16 Nicholas Ceneviva FR Hershey 1:07.44

17 Erik Deller SR Dover 1:07.46

18 Austin Stover SO Big Spring 1:07.72

19 Joey Bellissimo JR Bishop McDevitt 1:08.21

20 Tyler Rotkiske JR Schuylkill Val 1:09.74

21 Seth Gottlund SO Kutztown 1:09.86

22 Vincent Hall SO Greencastle 1:11.08

23 Christopher March SR West York 1:11.67

24 Michael Thatcher FR East Pennsboro 1:14.16

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1 Muhlenberg 3:37.44

2 Trinity 3:37.64

3 Wyomissing 3:41.36

4 York Suburban 3:41.95

5 Dover 3:43.25

6 Palmyra 3:44.80

7 Boiling Springs 3:46.63

8 Schuylkill Valley 3:48.27

9 Northern York 3:50.88

10 East Pennsboro 3:52.45

11 Lancaster Catholic 3:54.01

12 Northeastern 3:56.65

13 Bishop McDevitt 3:57.55

14 Big Spring 4:00.90

15 James Buchanan 4:02.38

16 Shippensburg 4:06.35

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1 York Suburban 3:12.09*

2 Hershey 3:14.80

3 Schuylkill Valley 3:19.15

4 Muhlenberg 3:20.47

5 Dover 3:20.76

6 Palmyra 3:26.07

7 Boiling Springs 3:26.20

8 Wyomissing 3:28.23

9 Bishop McDevitt 3:29.39

10 Big Spring 3:29.96

11 Trinity 3:31.44

12 Lancaster Catholic 3:34.56

13 West York 3:35.18

14 Shippensburg 3:37.62

15 Northeastern 3:37.80

16 Northern York 3:43.41