"We looked at our times from last year and I think we can do better this year and try to keep with the best from AAA," said Dover senior Andy Woods, seen above.
Woods is talking about the Friday and Saturday's District 3 swimming championships with the Eagles being bumped up to Class AAA this year.
"We can't look back, we have to look forward," fellow senior Stephen Cashman said. "We just have to put it all out on the line. It is time that matters, so hopefully we will get there."
The there is the PIAA meet which takes place in two weeks at Bucknell University, a place that Dover senior Eric Naylor not only knows well, but has brought back plenty of hardware from.
When it comes to accolades, Naylor could be one of the hardest-luck cases. Despite being one of the state's best swimmers, he (and his teammates) have been constantly overshadowed by three-time champ York Suburban and all-everything senior Kevin Marsteller, who has a drawer full of state gold, with more to come.
But in true fashion, Naylor never complains. In fact, he understands it.
"They have been state champions the last three years, it is hard for us to compete with that," he said. "We have been good, we haven't been at that level. They deserve all the attention."
Click below to check out YAIAA Top 10 seeds for this weekend's District 3 championships, listed by school:
Girls' Class AA:
Dover: 200 medley relay (6), 200 free relay (7), 400 free relay (7); Christina Janosky 100 free (6) and 100 backstroke (4); Christy Cashman 100 back (10); Sarah Evans 100 breast (6)
York Suburban: 200 medley relay (8), 200 free relay (2), 400 free relay (2); Lauren Schmittle 200 free (1) and 100 free (1); Rachel Buchanan 200 free (5); Jenna Bentz 200 free (6); Katherine Triggs 200 IM (9) and 500 free (6); Patricia Manning 200 IM (10); Jessica Hawk 100 butterfly (8)
Delone Catholic: Andrea Staub 200 IM (2) and 500 free (1); Enya Messersmith 200 IM (8) and 100 back (9)
Susquehannock: Christine Hammond 200 IM (3) and 500 free (2);
York Country Day: Shannon Mulcahy 100 butterfly (7) and 500 free (5)
West York: Maria Kinney 100 breast (9)
Boys' Class AA:
York Suburban: 200 free relay (1), 400 free relay (1); Kevin Marsteller 200 free (1) and 100 fly (1); Ben Appleby 200 free (2) and 100 free (1); Ben Hassinger 200 free (8); Andrew Grubbs 200 free (10) and 500 free (6); Ian Kruper 100 fly (4) and 500 free (3)
West York: Brian Strathmeyer 200 IM (7) and 100 back (8)
Northeastern: Dan Dierdorff 50 free (7) and 100 free (10)
Girls' Class AAA
Dallastown: 200 medley relay (5), 200 free relay (4), 400 free relay (3); Julie Brown 50 free (9); Caroline Bixler 100 fly (3) and 500 free (4); Morgan Oberlander 100 fly (6)
Spring Grove: 200 medley relay (9); Allie Jenkins 200 free (10)
William Penn: Morgan Pfaff 200 IM (4) and 100 back (2)
Central York: Kelly Dvoryak 100 fly (9) and 100 back (3)
Boys' Class AAA
Dover: 200 medley relay (4), 200 free relay (5), 400 free relay (8); Eric Naylor 100 fly (1) and 100 back (2); Stephen Cashman 100 fly (5); Andy Woods 100 fly (10)
Dallastown: 400 free relay (6); Scott Paine 500 free (5)
South Western: Brandon Shaffer 500 free (10)
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