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The Main Line produced a fine number of outstanding swimmers this past winter. At Conestoga, senior Jake Wang, who was named the Boys Swimmer of the Meet at the PIAA 3A Swimming and Diving Championships for the second year in a row, led the Pioneer boys team to a best-ever second-place finish. Lower Merion, led by senior Alexa Conner, who finished second in two individual events at States, finished ninth in the PIAA 3A girls team competition
The Malvern Prep swimming team, under the direction of first-year coach Paul Edwards, closed its 2023-24 season on a high note, winning a medal and posting an All-American consideration time in the final event of the meet at the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships at Franklin & Marshall College Saturday.
Facing a couple of perennially strong teams in host Malvern Prep and Villa Maria Academy, the Conestoga High School swim teams earned a couple of dual meet victories Monday. The boys won by a score of 99-79, while the girls prevailed 109-72
The Chester County high school swimming season has begun, and the local scene looks strong again. Downingtown East, which finished 9-0 last winter, returns a strong group of swimmers, and Conestoga also returns a strong crop, led by senior Jake Wang, who was the Daily Local News 2022-23 Boys Swimmer of the Year.