Wednesday, March 13, 2013

BOYS SWIMMING: Upper Perk takes third in 200 medley relay for second straight year

Photo by Craig Himmelwright Mason Cassel touches the wall on the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay as teammate Kyle Himmelwright leaves the block for the freestyle leg on Wednesday.

By Rosemarie Ross
rross@pottsmerc.com

LEWISBURG — With time running out on their high school swimming careers, the Upper Perkiomen seniors came here determined to make the best of their last chance.
The Tribe veterans — with a few new faces mixed in — did just that on Day 1 of the PIAA Class AA Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University.
The 200 medley relay team of Kyle Himmelwright, Quinn Perlstein, Mason Cassel and Brandon Umstead finished third in the finals with a time of 1:38.64. It was the second straight bronze in the event for the Tribe at states, and set a new school record in the event.

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