Lily King Sets Two State Records In One Swim, Mount Pleasant Sweeps Team Titles In PIAA 2A

2025 PIAA 2A State Meet

• March 12-13
• Lewisburg, PA
• SC (25 yards)
• Girls results; Boys results 

This gave a whole new meaning to the term “Two for one.”

Mount Pleasant senior Lily King, a North Carolina State signee, set two state records in one swim at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association 2A state meet earlier this month.

King won the 100 freestyle for the fourth straight year in a personal-best and state-record time of 47.31, breaking her own record of 47.65. She also happened to break the 50 freestyle state record during the swim, racing to a 22.54 split. The old record was 22.66.

King’s 100 free swim ranks her No. 8 all-time in the girls’ 17-18 age group.

Here is an updated top 10:

1. Simone Manuel, 46.09 — 2015
2. Abbey Weitzeil, 46.29 — 2014
3. Gretchen Walsh, 46.98 — 2020
4. Bella Sims, 47.01 — 2024
5. Anna Moesch, 47.11 — 2024
6. Missy Franklin, 47.17 — 2014
7. Jillian Crooks, 47.30 — 2014
8. Lily King, 47.31 — 2025
9. Minna Abraham, 47.34 — 2025
10. Torri Huske, 47.39 — 2021

Her performance helped Mount Pleasant win its third straight girls’ team title. The boys’ team had an even bigger reason to celebrate, winning its first-ever state championship.

GIRLS’ RECAP

In addition to her double record-setting swim in the 100 free, King won the 200 free in a time of 1:44.34. It was her third straight title in that event.

The other individual standout was Shady Side sophomore Ava Jochims, who won the 200 individual medley in a time of 2:00.49 and the 500 free in a time of 4:50.75.

Cathedral Prep won the 200 medley and 200 free relays. The team of Maria Costa, Jaslene Cage, Ellie Natemeier and Kendal Johnston won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:45.68, and then the team of Costa, Chloe Borrero, Aubrey Bender and Cage won the 200 free relay in a time of 1:37.23.

Dallas Senior’s team of Maria-Lucia Priore, Audrey Haydu, Peyton Stauffer and Lydia Gonzales won the 400 free relay in a time of 3:33.15.

Other individual winners were:

• Westmont Hilltop freshman Rylee Kohan won the 50 free in a personal-best time of 23.22, besting her old time by .21.
• Hampton junior Gabby Elk improved on a second-place finish last year, winning the title this year with 433.00 points.
• Freeport senior Kira Schrecongost, a Duquesne signee, won the 100 fly in a time of 54.96.
• Mount Pleasant senior Kiersten O’Connor, a Connecticut signee, won the 100 back in a personal best time of 54.61, besting her previous best by one one-hundredths of a second.
• Indiana High School senior Peyton Scott won the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:03.15. She is an East Carolina signee.

Girls’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. Mount Pleasant, 189
2. Cathedral Prep, 173
3. Dallas Senior, 146
4. Freeport, 135
5. Indiana, 122

BOYS’ RECAP

Literally every point mattered to help Mount Pleasant make history. Mount Pleasant collected a meet-best 198 points, just one ahead of Indiana High School.

It came down to the last event.

Indiana’s team of Josh Reed, Rey Nunez, Joey Margita and Preston Kessler won the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:08.46, but Mount Pleasant did just enough to hold on.

Mount Pleasant’s team of Cody Fusco, Seth Painter, Gunnar Probst and David Mutter finished fourth with a time of 3:13.08, more than two seconds ahead of fifth-place Hampton to earn the necessary points for a title.

Mount Pleasant’s team of Painter, Joseph Gardner, Mutter and Probst won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1;34.45.

Indiana’s team of Reed, Matthew Blystone, Margita and Kessler won the 200 free relay in a time of 1:25.96.

The individual standouts were Kessler, Mutter and Gardner.

Kessler, who will swim in college for Navy, won the 200 free in a personal-best time of 1:37.82, besting his previous top time by 2.08 seconds. He also won the 100 free in a time of 43.38.

Mutter repeated as champion in the 100 butterfly in a time of 48.08 and won the 500 free in a personal-best time of 4:31.56.

Gardner, a Pittsburgh signee, won the 200 individual medley in a time of 1:49.52 and the 100 breaststroke in a time of personal-best time of 53.83, eclipsing his previous best by 1.94.

Other individual winners were:

• Blue Mountain senior and Virginia signee Noah Powers won the 50 free in a time of 19.83, improving on a second-place finish in the event last year.
• Interboro junior Caleb Arnot won the diving event with 518.75 points.
• Schuylkill Valley junior Owen Eisenhofer, a West Virginia commit, won the 100 backstroke in a personal-best time of 49.25, topping his previous best by 59 one-hundredths.

Boys’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. Mount Pleasant, 198
2. Indiana, 197
3. Cathedral Prep, 137
4. Schuykill Valley, 119
5. Tunkhannock, 117