PENNSBURY:Goldberg captures gold for the Falconettes

Adele Goldberg led the Pennsbury Falconettes to victory by winning the gold medal in the 13-15-year-old age group solo competition in the East Zone Invitational championship for 15-and-under swimmers.

Goldberg had a three-point lead after the figure portion of the meet and lost 2/10th of a point during the routine portion, but was a definite winner when the scores were totaled.

Shannah Conroy took third and Hannah Schapiro placed fifth.

The Hamden Heronettes of Connecticut hosted the East Zone Invitational Synchronized Swimming Championship where over 300 swimmers from states north of Maryland and west to Ohio competed in four events by age group and skill levels.

Brianna Kimble and Michaela Vommoro placed third and fourth in the 13-15 figure phase and swam well enough to capture the silver medal in the duet competition.

Adele and Ali Frank placed fourth in the event.

Hannah joined Brianna and Michaela to gain fourth place in the trio event, but were topped by Adele, Shannah and Madison Buckley who placed third.

Megan Krier joined the Madison, Shannah, Hannah, Brianna and Michaela to form a team which placed 3rd overall after doing a super job in the figure phase of the sport.

Pennsbury also had an 11-12-year-old team of Cheyenne Furhman, Barbara Garcia-Stam, Marina Heffelfinger, Rena Li, Susha Nataraj and Abby Oliver who placed third in the intermediate team event.

Cheyenne, Marina and Susha earned fourth place in the trio event and Rena placed fourth in the solo event.