On 1/27 The Patriots traveled to Lakewood HS for the Great Lakes Conference Championship. Sophomore Lorelai Nemes finished 9th in the 50 free. On the boy’s side, in the 200 IM, Senior Nate Demarest finished 10th. Sophomore Donovan Moriarty finished 12th in both of his individual events, the 200 IM and 100 Breastroke.

The following relays also scored points for the Patriots:

11th place Girls 200 Medley Relay: Sophomores Gina Cessna, Grace McDonald, Nemes, and Irie Fleisher

12th place Girls 200 Free Relay: Nemes, Fleisher, McDonald, and Natalie Babcock (FR)

10th place Boys 200 Medley Relay: Seniors Drew Porter, Demarest, Anastas Raykov

10th place Boys 200 Free Relay: Moriarty, Demarest, Raykov and Porter

11th place Boys 400 Free Relay: SR Jason Tober, FR Travis Seese, SR Alec Porter, and FR Aaron Krankowski.

On 1/29 and 1/30 Valley Forge Boys and Girls Swim Team wrapped up the regular season with a a pair of dual meets against Cuyahoga Heights and Padua. The boys claimed a victory against Cuyahoga Heights, while our smaller girl’s team was not able to overcome the depth of their team. The following night both teams secured the win in our senior night celebration over Padua.

On Saturday, 2/10, at Akron University, the Patriots ended the swim season with the Division I Sectional meet. Most of the team swim individual best times. On the girl’s side, both the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay finished 14th. On the boy’s side, the 200 Medley Relay finished 10th, while the 200 Free and 400 Free relays finished 11th. The team is young so we expect most to return next year. We will miss our 6 seniors: Nate Demarest, Jacob Liegl, Alec & Drew Porter, Anastas Raykov, and Jason Tober, and we wish them the best of luck with the rest of the school year and their future endeavors.