Hershey senior Meaghan Raab finished off a busy four days at last week's Middle Atlantic Long Course Senior Championships at Bucknell by finishing first in the women's 100 butterfly.
Raab, the three-time defending PIAA Class AAA champion and state record holder in the 100 freestyle, clocked a 1:02.03 in the 100 fly final to edge Warwick grad and incoming Georgia freshman Emily Cameron by .27 seconds.
Raab's intensive program will gear her toward the Speedo Junior National Meet the first week of August. It'll be another chance for the Trojans' standout to see how she stacks up on the national stage as she continues to contemplate her college choice.
RAAB'S INDIVIDUAL FINISHES (at Senior Championships):
100 breaststroke - 1:15.40, 5th
50 freestyle - 27.63, 8th
100 freestyle - 58.66, 8th
400 freestyle - 4:33.44, 15th
200 freestyle - 2:07.18, 5th
400 IM - 5:06.03, 7th
100 butterfly - 1:02.03, 1st
100 backstroke - 1:07.43, 7th
*Raab qualified for second swims in all eight individual events and made the championship final in seven of the eight events.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
- Hershey Aquatic Club's Vinny Tafuto, an incoming University of Michigan freshman, won the 50 freestyle and 200 butterfly and took second in the 100 breaststroke. Tafuto, won the state title in the 50 free at the PIAA meet back in March, also took second in the 100 fly.
- Tafuto's younger sister, Vivian, made a strong showing by finishing second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast.
- West Shore YMCA's Caroline Finkbeiner, a Tennessee sophomore, just missed out on winning the 200 free. The Trinity grad clocked a 2:05.31 and finished just .05 seconds behind Mia Nonnenberg. Finkbeiner, the 2012 PIAA Class AA champion in the 500 free, added eighth place finishes in the 200 fly and 400 free.
- Finkbeiner also anchored a WSY 400 free relay team that finished fifth. Her relay mates were Becca Luft (Northern so), Cami Cook (Cedar Cliff so) and Samantha Shirtliff (Trinity sr). HAC's Mary Lee, Tafuto, Steph Maurer and Raab finished 12th.
- Other notable finishes: WSY's Sabrina Mortell (Cumberland Valley sr) was ninth in the 800 free, HAC's Will Drexler took seventh in the 200 back, eighth in the 400 IM, eighth in the 100 back and eighth in the 200 IM; HAC's Meghan Miller was sixth in the 200 fly.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
July 25-28 - Middle Atlantic Junior Olympics @Penn State
July 29-Aug. 2 - YMCA National Meet @Georgia Tech
July 30-Aug. 3 - NCSA Summer Championships @IUPUI
July 30-Aug. 3 - U.S. Open in Irvine, Calif.
Aug. 1-4 - Speedo Super Sectionals in Buffalo, N.Y.
Aug. 5-9 - Speedo Junior National Championships in Irvine, Calif.
Aug. 7-10 - Long Course Age Group Championships in Richmond, Va.