Some solid times emerged particularly for the first meet of the season.

One of those came during the final event of the evening. The Wheeling Park 4X100 freestyle relay team of Ronan Maxwell, Malachi Smith, Brady Bowie and Levi Parker swam a 3:38.43 — only four seconds slower than the group finished at the state tournament in February.

Other strong swims came from Smith in the 50 free (23.07) and Linsly’s Jasmine Lourenco (26.75). In the 500 freestyle, Linsly senior Greta Temporin had a solid 5:39.65 while Linsly sophomore Emilio Soto touched the wall at 5:13.8.

In the 100 breaststroke, Linsly sophomore Sebastian Jayakumar (1:12.31) out-touched Wheeling Park sophomore Brady Biehl (1:12.95) for the win.

photo by: John McCabe

Wheeling Park High School junior Malachi Smith swims the 100 butterfly during Thursday’s opening meet of the season against The Linsly School. The Park boys won the meet, 86-82.

Other swims of note came from a pair of freshmen in the women’s 200 free: Wheeling Park’s Ella Green (2:31.5) held off a late charge by Linsly’s Grace Norman (2:33.67); in the boy’s 200 individual medley, Park senior Levi Parker posted a strong season-opening time of 2:16.22 in the 200 IM and 52.95 in the 100 free; and in the 100 free for the girls, Linsly’s Lourenco, a senior, won with a 58.49.