All-Delco Swimming: Notre Dame makes All-Delco team a family affair
In addition to Swimmers of the Year Katya Eruslanova of Haverford and Shane Eckler of Ridley, the All-Delco team includes:
Tori Abruzzo, Notre Dame: The third of four swimming siblings, Tori is already a two-time All-Delco as a sophomore thanks to a stellar Eastern Interscholastic Championships. She won the 200 individual medley in 2:00.87, an automatic All-American time. She added a win in the 500 freestyle in 4:53.11, an All-American consideration cut that was six tenths off the auto cut. Abruzzo anchored the Irish 200 medley relay that finished second at Easterns and the 400 free foursome that took home fourth. Both times were All-American consideration. She won the 200 IM and finished second in the 100 backstroke at the Inter-Ac Championships.
Kaitlyn Kolessar, Notre Dame: The freshman is the third Kolessar named All-Delco – Madison graduated in 2020 and is at the University of Florida; 2022 grad Ashley is at UCLA. They combined for six All-Delco nods. Kaitlyn is next up. She finished third at Easterns in the 200 IM, with her best time coming in prelims at 2:05.27. She was fifth in the 500 free, at 5:00.20 in the morning session. She swam the breaststroke leg on the Irish’s runner-up medley relay and medaled at Inter-Acs in sixth in the 200 free and sixth in the 100 breast.
Zoey Rogers, Garnet Valley: The sophomore set herself up for the postseason with a great performance at the Central League championships. There, she finished second in the 100 fly (55.93 seconds) and third in the 100 back (56.51), while helping the Jaguars to a pair of relay bronze medals. She wouldn’t quite match those times at the District 1 Class AAA meet, tying for seventh in the 100 fly and finishing 14th in the 100 back. But the fly time earned a trip to states, where she finished 12th in 57.36. She also helped the Jaguars finish 13th in the 200 medley relay at states (they had been 11th at districts).
Emma Lunn, Episcopal Academy: The versatile senior helped EA land sixth at Easterns in the combined team standings. Lunn finished third in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.12. She won the B final of the 100 free in 52.43. She also helped Episcopal into seventh place in the 200 free relay and 10th in the 400 free. Lunn took third in the 200 free and third in the 100 back at the Inter-Ac Invitational. She has committed to the University of Miami (Florida).
Devyn Sargent, Notre Dame: The junior is on the All-Delco team for the second time. She delivered one of the top swims of the season by finishing second in the 100 back at Easterns. Her time of 54.75 is an automatic All-American time. She also led off the Irish’s 200 medley relay with a time of 25.59, the fastest in the A final at Easterns, on the way to a silver medal and a time that buzzes within a second of the Delaware County record. Sargent swam on the fourth-place 400 free relay. She tied Kolessar for sixth in the 200 free and claimed fourth in the 100 breast at Inter-Acs. The Irish finished sixth in the girls team standings at Easterns.
Jolie Torrens, Ridley: The senior excelled on the boards for the Green Raiders, scoring 317.40 points over 11 dives at the District 1 Championships to punch her ticket to states, one of two states qualifiers from Ridley and three finishers in the top nine. She was even better at Bucknell, scoring 211.75 (six dives) to grab the final medal in eighth. She finished with the third-best six-dive score in the Central League at 375.80 points. Torrens has signed to play softball at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Kylie Arnot, Interboro: The freshman made history in the postseason to win the school’s first states gold medal since 1982. Arnot, who dives in boys competition with the name Caleb, won the PIAA Class 2A title with a six-dive score of 254.30, nearly 20 points clear of the competition. She had similarly distanced herself from the field at the District 1 meet, scoring 414.75 over 11 dives, just shy of 50 points more than anyone else. (It’s a total that would’ve just missed states in Class 3A, finishing ninth). Arnot is the first Interboro athlete named to the swimming All-Delco team since Holly Parcell in 1997-98.
Henry Haupt, Episcopal Academy: The lone senior on the boys squad is on the All-Delco team for the second straight year thanks to a stellar Easterns. Haupt delivered a sensational finals swim in the 200 IM at Franklin & Marshall to go from sixth in prelims to the bronze medal in 1:52.73. Haupt finished sixth in the 100 breast with a time of 58.07 seconds. He propelled the Churchmen to a pair of relay A finals, leading off the eighth-place 400 free in 46.54 and anchoring the 200 free to sixth. At Inter-Acs, Haupt finished second in the 200 IM and fifth in the 500 free.
Jake Kennedy, Springfield: The three-time All-Delco and last year’s Swimmer of the Year was the only swimmer, boy or girl, to return from Bucknell with four medals. Kennedy finished second to his training partner Eckler in the 50 in 20.41 seconds, an automatic All-American time, then split 19.82 on the anchor leg of the 200 free in finals as Springfield won gold. Their time of 1:23.43 is an All-American time within three-tenths of the county record. Kennedy followed it by winning the 100 back in 49.43, an All-American consideration cut, then swimming on the Cougars’ fourth-place 400 free relay. At districts, Kennedy was third in the 50 free and second in the 100 back to go with gold in the 200 free relay and bronze in the 400 free.
Jonathan Hoole, Penncrest: States was a coming out party for the sophomore at a program without a ton of recent swimming success. Hoole won the B final of the 50 free in 20.84 seconds, jumping five spots from the morning prelims. He then took home the silver medal in the 100 back, going stroke-for-stroke with Jake Kennedy and finishing second in 49.66, an All-American consideration cut. At districts, Hoole had been 10th in the 50 free and third in the 100 back. He won the 100 back at Centrals in 50.00, ahead of Kennedy, and was third in the 200 IM.
Jacob Johnson, Springfield: Like Kennedy and Eckler, Johnson is just a junior, but he’s already on his second All-Delco team. Johnson produced arguably the swim of the season on the boys side with a time of 47.52 in prelims of the 100 fly at the PIAA Class 3A Championships. That is an automatic All-American time and thrashed the Delco record, set in 2020 by Episcopal’s Cole Whitsett, by 1.2 seconds. After setting the top seed in prelims in 2022 and falling to eighth in finals, Johnson steeled himself to win gold this time in 47.58. The next night, he won the B final of the 100 free in 45.98 for ninth place. In between he helped Springfield win the first Delco boys relay title since 2006 in the 200 free. Johnson won gold at districts in the 100 fly and 200 free relay to go with fifth in the 100 free and third in the 400 free relay. Johnson also won the 100 fly, was second in the 100 free and helped the Cougars set a meet record in the 200 free relay at the Central League Championships.
Max Marr, Haverford School: The versatile junior is on the team for the second straight year. He nearly did so with a gold medal at Easterns, waging a battle with Phillips Exeter Academy’s Ethan Guo. Marr finished second in 49.95 seconds, two-tenths back of Guo and good for both a silver medal and an All-American consideration time. Marr also took home silver in the 100 fly in 48.84, another All-American B cut that is just .12 off the auto standard. Marr anchored the Fords’ 400 free relay and swam fly on the 200 medley, both placing sixth at Easterns. Marr won the Inter-Ac 200 IM title in 1:52.26, the fastest in Delco this year and one that would’ve been third at Easterns. He also helped the Fords finish second in two relays at Inter-Acs.
AJ Rosenberger, Haverford School: The junior is on the All-Delco team for a third time, this time with the biggest prize in the high school calendar around his neck. Rosenberger won Easterns, scoring 486.90 points over 11 dives. He steeled his nerves to edge out Germantown Academy’s Brendan Hodgens by just over three points. He had been third at Easterns the year before, behind Malvern standout Nick Harris, now at the University of Texas. Rosenberger won the Inter-Ac title as well, his six-dive tally of 278.65 points clear of Hodgens by 11 points.
