High School Swimming

Manheim Township swept a Lancaster-Lebanon League swim meet over Warwick, winning 109-55 in boys and 115-55 in girls at the Lititz Rec Center on Tuesday night.

Elizabethtown swept a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two swim meet at the Lampeter-Strasburg YMCA on Monday afternoon, beating Lampeter-Strasburg 126-43 in boys and 98-72 in girls.

Even competitive swimmers spend more time on land than in water, so dryland training is an important aspect of any competitor’s development.

Ephrata continued its strong swimming campaign in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two on Thursday afternoon by sweeping Conestoga Valley, 109-59 in boys meet and 121-26 in girls.

LEBANON — Not every challenge a swimmer faces comes from the athletes in the other lanes, nor from the desire to post a new best time.

There is an almost universal feeling of sluggishness in the mid-afternoon. In the office, at home, on the road, wherever, people tend to feel drained in the middle of the day.

Two teams that were not quite recovered from Tuesday swim meets faced off at the Ephrata recCenter for a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two meet on Thursday.

Neither Lampeter-Strasburg nor Lancaster Catholic were particularly focused on wins or losses on Monday night when they met in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two swimming.

Kylie Wilkinson has not been the center of attention at her swimming meets this winter. Quite literally, she has not been at the center.

Swimming does not traditionally lend itself to the concept of baseball’s ninth-inning closer to protect a lead. Nevertheless, Warwick turned to its own closers to hold on to an 85-74 win in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section One girls swimming Thursday night.