PENNSBURY:Falconettes capture regional title

The Pennsbury Falconettes 13-15 Synchronized Swim Team swam their way to victory at regionals, earning a trip to the National Age Group Championships to be held in Gainesville, Florida from June 26 to July 4.
Competing against champions from three other associations, the Falconettes won the first two places in each event entered except for team, where they entered only one team. Leading the way with three gold medals was Brianna Kimble. Brianna earned gold in the figure, trio with Hannah Schapiro and Michaela Vommoro and added Madison Buckley, Shannah Conroy and Megan Krier for gold in the team event.
Adele Goldberg rounded out the gold medal sweep by winning the solo and duet event with Alison Frank. Brianna and Michaela were second in the duet event, while Adele, Madison and Shannah were second in the trio event.
Tori Stanhope led the Falconettes to two gold medals in the 16-17 events, winning the trio event with Alison Frank and Taylor Zaccaro and adding Chaitra Nataraj to the mix to win the team title. Missing teammate Meredith McGann due to treatments for Hodgkin’s Disease, Taylor stepped up and fulfilled the winning role. Tori was second and Chaitra placed fourth in the solo event.
Rena Li won the 11-12 solo event and was second in the trio title with Abigail Oliver and Barbara Garcia-Stam.
All swimmers placing in the top four earn the right to compete against the same qualifiers from 12 other regions across the USA. The Falconettes will be working hard for the next month in preparation for their 39th annual show on June 13 and 14 and their trip to Florida.

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.