Spring Grove's Kira Carlisle comes up for air during the girls' 200-yard breaststroke relay during Saturday's South Western Relays at Emory H. Markle Intermediate School. The Rockets earned their fifth victory in the event, but Dallastown won Saturday's meet with 263 points. (Evening Sun photo by Doug Baum)
For all of the domination that Dallastown High's swimmers have enjoyed over the history of the South Western Relays -- including two more team championships on Saturday -- one small crack in the armor exists.

When Spring Grove's foursome swam away to the 200-yard breaststroke relay championship, it marked the school's fifth victory in the event at Emory H. Markle Intermediate School in the past six years.

"Coming in today, (senior) Allie (Jenkins) is like, 'You know, this would be 4-for-4 for me,'" Spring Grove head coach Peggy Kile said. "I said, 'Well, then you guys do what you need to do.'

"And they did it."

The foursome of Kira Carlisle, Nicole Craver, Sara Garvick and Jenkins trailed Red Lion by .32 second after the first 50 yards, but Craver eased ahead by 1.1 seconds after the second leg, leaving Garvick and Jenkins to pull away.

"We practice all of the strokes, but for some reason, they just seem to be naturals at it," Kile said, "Those same four won last year, so they were excited to come back and do it again this year."

That is a theme at Dallastown, whose girls have now won the last six South Western Relays team championships.

However, Saturday's score of 263 points, was the smallest girls' championship total by any team in meet history, and the Wildcats won by a single point over York Suburban.

To head coach Rich Howley, that was a minor point compared to the opportunity the meet provides for his entire squad to compete.

"Kudos to (South Western coach) Bill Sterner for putting C relays in. We were so fortunate at Dallastown to have 60 kids, and every kid got in two events or more with that. That's huge for us," Howley said.

The contingent, which faces a showdown with Spring Grove for YAIAA Division I supremacy this week, was led by senior Julie Brown, who swam in five winning relays, including the meet-ending co-ed freestyle relay.

Meanwhile, Dallastown's boys captured their second straight crown with 314

Spring Grove's J.T. Crawmer swims during the boys' 200 breaststroke relay during Saturday's South Western Relays in Hanover. (Evening Sun photo by Doug Baum)
points, the most by a boys' champion since 2002. Including the co-ed freestyle relay, the Wildcats got five wins each from John Hudish, Gerard Woody, Alex Pandelidis and Ever Gonzalez.

Those Wildcats host an unbeaten Spring Grove boys' team on Thursday, so Saturday offered a glimpse between the rivals.

"Spring Grove's a quality program. Did I take a peek or two at their relays? Sure, you like to see what you're up against," Howley said.

Kile, who in turn watched Dallastown, said of her team, "It's going to be tough to keep them motivated, especially the boys. Our boys are 7-and-0, and this will be our toughest (challenge). ... They're looking at it as quality makes quality swim fast, so they're looking for district cut

South Western's Brandon Shaffer competes in the boys' 400 freestyle Saturday at the South Western Relays. (Evening Sun photo by Doug Baum)
times."

Meanwhile, South Western's boys, which lost to Spring Grove by six points in their dual meet, edged the Rocket boys for second place Saturday by five points to claim a long-desired trophy.

"I knew it was going to be tight, and I thought we had a shot at it," Sterner said of the duel with the Rockets. "We did a nice job up and down the line.

He added, "That was a goal. I'll admit it."

Dallastown claimed the Co-Ed Sprint Freestyle Trophy, presented for the total points awarded in the day's final event, the co-ed 200 freestyle relay. The Wildcats have won the trophy every year since 2001.

In other events, Dover's and York Suburban's girls each won two events. Dover was the only school to spoil Dallastown's victory parade among the boys, as the Eagles took the 200 butterfly relay.

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SOUTH WESTERN RELAYS
Girls
   Team standings -- 1. Dallastown, 263 points; 2. York Suburban, 262; 3. Dover, 234; 4. South Western, 215; 5. Spring Grove, 206; 6. Red Lion, 204; 7. New Oxford, 116; 8. West York, 112; 9. Susquehannock, 88; 10. William Penn, 26.
   400 medley relay -- 1. Dover A (Christine Janosky, Bree Link, Aniella Janosky, Courtney Dacheux), 4:18.38; 2. Dallastown A; 3. Red Lion A; 4. York Suburban A; 5. Spring Grove, South Western A; Grades 9-10 200 medley relay -- 1. York Suburban A (Helen Gunn, Catherine Manning, Zowie Day, Katherine Triggs), 2:03.98; 2. Dover A; 3. Red Lion A; 4. Dallastown A; 5. South Western A; 6. York Suburban B; 200 free relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Julie Brown, Jen Flinchbaugh, Laura Miller, Shelley O'Conor), 1:44.09; 2. South Western A; 3. York Suburban A; 4. Dallastown B; 5. York Suburban B; 6. West York A; 400 medley relay -- 1. Dover A (C. Janosky, Dacheux, Link, A. Janosky), 4:28.61; 2. York Suburban A; 3. Spring Grove A; 4. South Western A; 5. Dallastown A; 6. West York A; 200 back relay -- 1. York Suburban A (Gunn, Jessica Hawk, Erin Merkle, Samantha Strickler), 2:01.15; 2. South Western A; 3. Red Lion A; 4. Spring Grove A; 5. York Suburban B; 6. Dallastown A; 500 crescendo relay -- 1. Dallastown (Karley Marquet, Brown, Flinchbaugh, O'Conor, Miller), 4:47.38; 2. York Suburban A; 3. Dover A; 4. South Western A; 5. Spring Grove A; 6. West York A; 200 fly relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Brown, Teresa Casolo, Jordan Haines, Laura Miller), 1:56.58; 2. Red Lion A; 3. York Suburban A; 4. Spring Grove A; 5. South Western A; 6. Dallastown B; Grades 9-10 200 free relay -- 1. York Suburban A (Gunn, Day, Rachel Mitts, Rebekah Buchanan), 1:48.69; 2. Dover A; 3. Dallastown A; 4. York Suburban A; 5. Dallastown B; 6. South Western A; 400 free relay -- 1. Dallastown A (O'Conor, Miller, Flinchbaugh, Brown), 3:50.06; 2. Dover A; 3. South Western A; 4. York Suburban A; 5. Spring Grove A; 6. Red Lion A; 200 breast relay -- 1. Spring Grove A (Kira Carlisle, Nicole Craver, Sara Garvick, Allie Jenkins, 2:16.59; 2. Red Lion A; 3. Dallastown A; 4. York Suburban A; 5. Dover A; 6. Dallastown B.
Co-Ed
   200 free relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Brown, Pandelidis, Flinchbaugh, Gonzalez, O'Conor, Hudish, Miller, Woody), 1:32.5; 2. Dover A; 3. Dallastown B; 4. York Suburban; 5. Red Lion A; 6. Spring Grove A.
   Co-Ed Sprint Relay Trophy -- 1. Dallastown, 56 points; 2. Dover, 28; 3. York Suburban, 26; 4. South Western, 24; 5. Red Lion, 20; 6. Spring Grove, 18; 7. West York, 8; 8. Susquehannock, 6.
SOUTH WESTERN RELAYS
Boys
   Team standings -- 1. Dallastown, 314; 2. South Western, 238; 3. Spring Grove, 232; 4. Dover, 192; 5. York Suburban, 176; 6. Red Lion, 158; 7. West York, 126; 8. New Oxford, 120; 9. Susquehannock, 104; 10. William Penn, 48.
   400 medley relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Gerard Woody, Derek Peiffer, Alex Pandelidis, Ever Gonzalez), 3:58.75; 2. South Western A; 3. Spring Grove A; 4. Dover A; 5. Red Lion A; 6. York Suburban A; Grades 9-10 200 medley relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Steven Paine, Graham Knaub, Chard Howley, John Hudish), 1:52.44; 2. Dover B; 3. Red Lion A; 4. South Western A; 5. Spring Grove A; 6. New Oxford A; 200 free relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Hudish, Gonzalez, Howley, Michael Godboldte), 1:34.6; 2. Spring Grove A; 3. York Suburban A; 4. West York A; 5. Dallastown B; 6. Dover A; 400 medley relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Brandon Flynn, Knaub, Pandelidis, Woody), 4:05.42; 2. South Western A; 3. West York A; 4. Spring Grove A; 5. Dover A; 6. Red Lion A; 200 back relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Paine, Braxton Erne, Ryan Fix, Keith O'Conor), 1:53.94; 2. Spring Grove A; 3. Dallastown B; 4. South Western A; 5. Susquehannock A; 6. York Suburban A; 500 crescendo relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Hudish, Gonzalez, Pandelidis, Woody, Godboldte), 4:25.61; 2. South Western A; 3. Dover A; 4. West York A; 5. York Suburban A; 6. Spring Grove A; 200 fly relay -- 1. Dover A (Scott Tilley, Dallas Sutton, Justin Geesey, Karl Mallorey), 1:48.84; 2. Dallastown A; 3. Spring Grove A; 4. West York A; 5. Dallastown B; 6. Red Lion A; Grades 9-10 200 free relay -- 1. Dallastown (Hudish, Godboldte, Flynn, Howley), 1:37.39; 2. Dallastown B; 3. South Western A; 4. Spring Grove A; 5. York Suburban A; 6. South Western B; 400 free relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Godboldte, Gonzalez, Pandelidis, Woody), 3:29.0; 2. South Western A; 3. Spring Grove A; 4. York Suburban A; 5. William Penn A; 3. Dover A; 200 breast relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Peiffer, Knaub, Grant Dube, Dakota Haines), 2:13.87; 2. Red Lion A; 3. South Western A; 4. Spring Grove A; 5. West York A; 6. Susquehannock A.
Co-Ed
   200 free relay -- 1. Dallastown A (Brown, Pandelidis, Flinchbaugh, Gonzalez, O'Conor, Hudish, Miller, Woody), 1:32.5; 2. Dover A; 3. Dallastown B; 4. York Suburban; 5. Red Lion A; 6. Spring Grove A.
   Co-Ed Sprint Relay Trophy -- 1. Dallastown, 56 points; 2. Dover, 28; 3. York Suburban, 26; 4. South Western, 24; 5. Red Lion, 20; 6. Spring Grove, 18; 7. West York, 8; 8. Susquehannock, 6.