Franklin Regional swimmers compete at PIAA meet
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Monday, March 19, 2018 | 11:00 PM
Franklin Regional swimmers took part in five events at the PIAA Class AAA championships last week at Bucknell.
The Panthers had a trio of swims on Day 1, and the girls 200-yard freestyle relay of seniors Lily Wang and Michelle Lopes, along with juniors Abigail Ramey and Baylee Horvath just missed a spot in the consolation finals with an 18th-place finish in 1 minute, 39.56 seconds.
The quartet only was 39 one-hundredths of a second away from 16th.
Also swimming on Day 1 was junior Patrick Cavanaugh. He placed 21st in the 200 individual medley in 1:57.62.
Ramey also had an individual swim Day 1, and she took 25th in the girls 200 IM in 2:11.29.
Day 2 saw Cavanaugh and Ramey take part in the 100 breaststroke.
Cavanaugh finished 27th in 59.93, while Ramey was 30th (1:08.99).
Michael Love is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at mlove@tribweb.com or via Twitter @Mlove_Trib.
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