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- Athletics
Mercersburg hosted the November USA Swimming Invitational at the Lloyd Aquatic Center November 5 and 6. Blue Storm swimmers won several events, and Deniel Nankov '23 set two school records by winning the 50 Free in 20.12 and taking the 100 Free in 44.50.
Nankov also won the 200 Free and 100 Fly, so he ended the meet with four first place finishes. Other winners for the Blue Storm boys included Juan Mora '23 in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke and Mark Van Eybergen '23 in the 1000 Free and 200 Fly. For the girls' team, Crystal Yuen '24 won the 200 Free and 200 IM, Ingrid Janney '24 took the 200 Back, and Maddie Weiss '25 won the 1000 Free.
The Blue Storm's winter season gets underway on Saturday, December 10 with a home meet against MAPL rival the Hill School at 1 pm.
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