Clarion County YMCA Riversharks Heading To Post Season – Swim At CENKEY League Championships
Photos courtesy of Maribeth Chesterfield and Wendy Snodgrass
Below is an article for the Riversharks (heading into post season now!). Article by Dan Clark and Photos by Maribeth Chesterfield and Wendy Snodgrass.
(Article by Dan Clark)
The Clarion County YMCA Riversharks swim team closed out the regular season at the 2026 CENKEY League Championships for the ten teams across the central keystone region held on February 14-15 at the State College Branch of the YMCA of Centre County. At this meet, individual events were awarded trophies for 1st-3rd place, medals were awarded for 4th-6th place, and ribbons for 7th-12th place finishers.
Younger Age Groups Shine on First Day
The first day of competition was for the younger age groups and the Riversharks had some exceptional performances. For the girls, Iylee Walter (8U) won the 25 yard Freestyle, Addyson Space (9-10) won three events: 50 yard Breaststroke, 100 yard Breaststroke, and 100 yard Individual Medley. For the boys, Dylan Space (9-10) won the 50 yard Backstroke.
In addition, all of the younger Riversharks award winners are as follows: Girls 8 and Under: Karly McAdoo placed 9th 25 yard Backstroke, 9th 25 yard Breaststroke, 8th 50 yard Freestyle; and Iylee Walter placed 1st 25 yard Freestyle. Girls 9-10: Hannah Lawrence placed 4th 200 yard Freestyle, 8th 50 yard Backstroke, 5th 100 yard Backstroke, 6th 100 yard Individual Medley; Leona Renninger placed 8th 100 yard Backstroke; and Addyson Space placed 3rd 50 yard Backstroke, 1st 50 yard Breaststroke, 1st 100 yard Breaststroke, 1st 100 yard Individual Medley.
Girls 11-12
Gabrielle Hummell placed 12th 100 yard Individual Medley; Brynn Hunsberger placed 3rd 200 yard Individual Medley, 3rd 50 yard Butterfly; and Emelia Larson placed 12th 50 yard Freestyle. Also, several Riversharks relays earned awards as follows: 2nd place for the Girls 8 and Under 100 yard Freestyle relay team of Merritt Wilson, Karly McAdoo, Macie Lawrence, and Iylee Walter; 4th place for the Girls 11-12 200 yard Medley relay team of Gabrielle Hummell, Lillian Oakes, Brynn Hunsberger, and Emelia Larson; and 6th place for the Girls 11-12 200 yard Freestyle relay team of Emelia Larson, Lillian Oakes, Gabrielle Hummell, and Brynn Hunsberger. In the Boys 8 and Under: Cody Chesterfield placed 5th 25 yard Freestyle, 7th 25 yard Backstroke, 5th 25 yard Breaststroke, 8th 50 yard Freestyle;
Boys 9-10
Klayton Bell placed 4th 200 yard Freestyle, 4th 50 yard Butterfly, 6th 100 yard Breaststroke, 5th 100 yard Individual Medley; Conner Chesterfield placed 5th 200 yard Freestyle, 7th 50 yard Backstroke, 3rd 100 yard Backstroke, 7th 100 yard Individual Medley; Dylan Space placed 2nd 200 yard Individual Medley, 1st 50 yard Backstroke, 3rd 50 yard Breaststroke, 3rd 100 yard Breaststroke; Boys 11-12: Jacob Bohlander placed 5th 50 yard Breaststroke, 6th 50 yard Butterfly, 5th 100 yard Breaststroke, 4th 100 yard Individual Medley; Declan Kelley placed 7th 50 yard Freestyle, 2nd 200 yard Backstroke, 6th 100 yard Freestyle, 3rd 100 yard Backstroke.
Records Fall on Day Two
The second day of competition was for the older age groups and the Riversharks had some exceptional performances and set several new meet records. The Girls 15 and Over 200 yard Medley relay team of Callie Snodgrass, Maggie Snodgrass, Ashlyn Clark, and Lila Gourley set the tone for the session by winning the event with a new meet record time of 1:54.55. Callie Snodgrass won the 100 yard Backstroke and set a meet record time of 1:01.93. Megan Fenske was a two-event winner with the 200 yard Freestyle and the 200 yard Backstroke, and Ashlyn Clark won the 100 yard Butterfly. For the boys 15 and Over, Kevin Young was also a two-event winner while setting two meet records in the 200 yard Freestyle (new meet record time of 1:48.19) and the 1650 yard Freestyle (new meet record time of 17:33.09).
In addition to the first place winners, all of the Riversharks award winners are as follows: Girls 13-14: Aubree Conticelli 7th 50 yard Freestyle, 5th 100 yard Breaststroke, 5th 100 yard Freestyle; Samantha Lewis 7th 50 yard Freestyle, 5th 100 yard Backstroke, 3rd 200 yard Individual Medley; Audrey Oakes 4th 500 yard Freestyle, 7th 200 yard Backstroke; and Lillian Shifflet 6th 200 yard Freestyle. Girls 15 and Over: Ashlyn Clark 2nd 50 yard Freestyle, 1st 100 yard Butterfly; Megan Fenske 1st 200 yard Freestyle, 2nd 50 yard Freestyle, 1st 200 yard Backstroke, 3rd 100 yard Freestyle; Lila Gourley 2nd 200 yard Freestyle, 2nd 100 yard Freestyle; Callie Snodgrass 1st 100 yard Backstroke; and Maggie Snodgrass 2nd 200 yard Breaststroke. In the Boys 15 and Over: Kylan Clark 7th 50 yard Freestyle, 5th 100 yard Butterfly, 8th 100 yard Freestyle; and Kevin Young 1st 200 yard Freestyle, 2nd 100 yard Breaststroke, 1st 1650 yard Freestyle
Season Recognition
The Riversharks have had notable success throughout the regular season in addition to the CENKEY championship performances reported above. The following list serves to recognize individual swimmers whose times in specific events have either placed them on the season’s CENKEY League Top 12 Times Report (indicated with an asterisk (*)) or have met the YMCA District qualifying standard (indicated as (DIST)). Swimmers with district qualifying times and those placed on specific relay events will compete at the 2025 Pennsylvania YMCA Swimming West District Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Girls 8 and Under
Iylee Walter: 25 Free, 25 Back
Merritt Wilson: 25 Back*
Girls 9-10
Emalyn Carulli: 25 Free, 25 Back
Hannah Lawrence: 50 Free (DIST), 100 Free (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Back* (DIST), 100 Back* (DIST)
Leona Renninger:25 Back*, 50 Back (DIST)
Addyson Space: 50 Free (DIST), 100 Free (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Back* (DIST), 100 Back* (DIST), 50 Breast* (DIST), 100 Breast* (DIST), 50 Fly* (DIST), 100 IM* (DIST), 200 IM* (DIST)
Sutton Wilson: 50 Breast (DIST)
200 yard Medley Relay Team: Hannah Lawrence, Sutton Wilson, Addyson Space, and Leona Renninger (DIST)
200 yard Freestyle Relay Team: Cora Fink, Hannah Lawrence, Sutton Wilson, Addyson Space (DIST)
Girls 11-12 200 yard Medley Relay Team: Lorelei Casale, Gabrielle Hummell, Brynn Hunsberger, and Emelia Larson (DIST)
Girls 13-14
Aubree Conticelli: 50 Free* (DIST), 50 Breast, 100 Breast (DIST), 200 Breast* (DIST), 400 IM*
Mya Coradi: 50 Free (DIST)
Piper Hoover: 50 Fly, 100 Fly
Samantha Lewis: 50 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Back, 100 Back (DIST), 50 Breast, 100 Breast (DIST), 200 Breast* (DIST), 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 IM* (DIST)
Audrey Oakes: 50 Free (DIST), 500 Free*
200 yard Medley Relay Team: Mya Coradi, Aubree Conticelli, Samantha Lewis, and Lillian Shifflet (DIST)
200 yard Freestyle Relay Team: Aubree Conticelli, Mya Coradi, Audrey Oakes, and Samantha Lewis (DIST)
Girls 15 and Over
Ashlyn Clark: 50 Free* (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Breast, 100 Breast (DIST), 50 Fly, 100 Fly (DIST), 100 IM, 200 IM (DIST)
Megan Fenske: 50 Free* (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Back, 100 Back (DIST), 200 Back* (DIST), 100 Fly*
Lila Gourley: 50 Free (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 500 Free* (DIST), 1000 Free* (DIST), 1650 Free* (DIST), 100 Back, 200 Back
Callie Snodgrass: 50 Free* (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Back, 100 Back (DIST), 200 Back* (DIST), 50 Breast, 100 Fly (DIST), 200 Fly* (DIST), 100 IM, 200 IM (DIST)
Maggie Snodgrass: 50 Free* (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 50 Back, 100 Back (DIST), 200 Back* (DIST), 100 Breast* (DIST), 200 Breast* (DIST), 200 IM* (DIST), 400 IM* (DIST)
200 yard Medley Relay Team: Callie Snodgrass, Maggie Snodgrass, Ashlyn Clark, Lila Gourley (DIST)
200 yard Freestyle Relay Team: Maggie Snodgrass, Callie Snodgrass, Lila Gourley, and Ashlyn Clark (DIST)
400 yard Freestyle Relay Team: Maggie Snodgrass, Callie Snodgrass, Lila Gourley, and Ashlyn Clark (DIST)
Boys 8 and Under
Cody Chesterfield: 25 Free, 50 Free, 25 Back, 25 Breast
Boys 9-10
Klayton Bell: 50 Free (DIST), 100 Free (DIST), 50 Back (DIST), 200 Free, 100 Back, 50 Breast* (DIST), 100 Breast* (DIST), 50 Fly* (DIST), 100 IM* (DIST)
Conner Chesterfield: 50 Free (DIST), 100 Free (DIST), 50 Back (DIST), 100 Back*
Bryce Shick: 25 Free, 25 Back
Dylan Space: 50 Free* (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 50 Back* (DIST), 100 Back* (DIST), 50 Breast* (DIST), 100 Breast* (DIST), 50 Fly* (DIST), 100 Fly* (DIST), 100 IM* (DIST), 200 IM* (DIST)
200 yard Freestyle Relay Team: Connor Chesterfield, Klayton Bell, Bryce Shick, and Dylan Space (DIST)
Boys 11-12
Jacob Bohlander: 50 Free (DIST), 100 Free (DIST), 200 Free (DIST), 50 Back* (DIST), 100 Back, 50 Breast (DIST), 100 Breast* (DIST), 50 Fly* (DIST), 100 IM* (DIST)
Declan Kelley: 50 Free* (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free (DIST), 50 Back* (DIST), 100 Back* (DIST), 200 Back* (DIST), 50 Fly (DIST), 100 Fly, 100 IM (DIST)
Graeme Smith: 50 Free (DIST), 50 Back (DIST), 100 Back*
200 yard Medley Relay Team: Jacob Bohlander, Jayce Shick, Graeme Smith, and Declan Kelley (DIST)
200 yard Freestyle Relay Team: Graeme Smith, Jacob Bohlander, Declan Kelley, and Jayce Shick (DIST)
Boys 15 and Over
Kylan Clark: 100 Free (DIST), 100 Fly, 100 IM
Kevin Young: 50 Free * (DIST), 100 Free* (DIST), 200 Free* (DIST), 500 Free* (DIST), 1000 Free* (DIST), 1650 Free* (DIST), 100 Back* (DIST), 50 Breast, 100 Breast (DIST), 200 Breast* (DIST), 100 IM, 200 IM (DIST)
(Way to go, Riversharks!!!! Keep it Going!!!! Thanks to Dan Clark for this article and to Wendy Snodgrass and Maribeth Chesterfield for their photos!!)