Mercury All-Area: 2023-24 Girls’ Swimming Teams
FIRST TEAM
Maddy Deeney, Jr., Phoenixville
Brynn Lewis, Fr., Phoenixville
Kaitlyn McGuire, Jr., Owen J. Roberts
Kenzie Padilla, Sr., Phoenixville
Audrey Schroeder, Sr., Owen J. Roberts
Madison Wimmer, Sr., Methacton
SECOND TEAM
Liza Barbash, Sr., Phoenixville
Shae Gonzales, Jr., Pope John Paul II
Mackenzie Gorman, Sr., Owen J. Roberts
Meredith Hummel, Fr., Owen J. Roberts
Sydney Koehler, Sr., Spring-Ford
Beatriz Santos, So., Upper Perkiomen
HONORABLE MENTION
Boyertown: Margaret Connor, Tamara Engler, Evelyn Lacock, Elisabeth Seip
Daniel Boone: Shailla Mejia
Methacton: Truly Sommer, Lucy Michel, Izzy Ketterer, Sam Cancro
Owen J. Roberts: Addison Cooper, Olivia Cooper, Jane Hummel
Perkiomen Valley: Claire Mages, Laney Dittmar
Pope John Paul II: Molly Houchins
Pottsgrove: Bayley Richard, Colbie Richard, Elsa Lucas, Kennedy Krock, Ava Reicher, Sara Yost, Ava Fazekas, Olivia Chapman
Spring-Ford: Abby Koehler, Kaia Griffith, Chloe Fennimore
Upper Perkiomen: Katie Kovalenko, Ellianna Smith, Charlotte Forte
Coach of the Year
Dan Weinstein, Phoenixville
Weinstein’s fab four of seniors Kenzie Padilla and Liza Barbash, junior Maddy Deeney and freshman Brynn Lewis starred in the postseason under Weinstein, Phoenixville’s head swimming coach since 2012. The quartet took home a state medal in the 400 freestyle relay, finishing eighth, while Padilla won two individual medals in the 100 butterfly (fourth) and 100 freestyle (fifth) after medaling in both the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle as a junior. Lewis made it to the ‘B’ final at states in the 200 individual medley (12th) and 500 freestyle (16th), while Deeney nabbed a ninth-place finish in the 200 freestyle at districts. The 400 freestyle and 200 medley relay teams secured fifth and seventh-place finishes, respectively, at the district meet.
