NTL BOYS SWIMMING: DEPTH CARRIES ATHENS TO TEAM TITLE AT LEAGUE MEET (11 PHOTOS) (February 12, 2020)

Valley Sports Report
TOWANDA "" Athens only won three events, but used superior depth to win the team title here Wednesday afternoon at the NTL Boys Swimming & Diving Championships.

Athens claimed the top spot with 340 points, while runner-up Towanda had 287 points, third-place Wellsboro had 53 points, and fourth-place North Penn-Mansfield had 28 points.

Athens sophomore Kaden Gorsline won the 1-meter diving competition with 214.75 points, and junior James Benninger-Jones was fourth with 144.45 points.

Junior Zac Gowin won the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 6:00.39, and freshman Ethan Denlinger was second in 6:03.41.

Freshman Chris DeForest, juniors Mason Henderson and Joe Toscano, and senior Nate Gorsline teamed to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:42.61.

DeForest finished second in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.72 seconds, and Nate Gorsline was third in 25.74 seconds.

DeForest also finished second in the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 55.47 seconds, while Joe Toscano was third in 59.3 seconds, and Nate Gorsline was fourth in 59.43 seconds.

Kaden Gorsline was second in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:10.1, and Joe Toscano was third in 1:19.78.

Senior T.J. Toscano finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:18.7, and freshman Travis Webster was fourth in 1:27.17.

Denlinger was third in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:12.78, and Gowin was fourth in 2:13.76.

Henderson was third in the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:30.56, and Webster was fourth in 2:56.5. Henderson was also third in the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:06.11.

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IN PHOTO 1: Athens sophomore Kaden Gorsline. ... PHOTOS BY MATT PATTON.