The girls traveled to Binghamton by way of Philadelphia in late June to compete against some of the top talent in the country at the eSynchro Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championship. With each zone allowed only 12 routines in each category, it’s often difficult just to qualify for the meet. Representing three age groups, PTX sent 17 swimmers to meet this year.

The seven-person ‘Magic’ team of Valeria Aceves, Emily Brown, Meghan Covert, Eleanor Dabrowski, Natasha Roquebert, Brooklyn Ward and Ana Warner finished 28th with a score of 54.417. Small routine finishes include Dick Tracy trio Aceves, Brown and Warner finishing 24th scoring 54.667. PTX duets of Rebecca Barlow/Covert, swimming to ‘Cats’ and Brown/Dabrowski swimming to ‘Dick Tracy’ tied for 36th with a score of 53.50. Solo finishes include Barlow’s ‘Violins’ routine in 34th with a 55.833 and Covert’s ‘Neverland’ routine rounding out the 11-12 category wih a 55.00.

In the tough 13-15 age group, PTX sent eight swimmers to compete. The ‘Pin-up’ team routine included swimmers, Katina Aceves, Victoria Acker, Barlow, Caroline Brown, Erin Flinchbaugh, Danielle Freeman, Devon Ivie and Haley McDaniel. The group finished with a score of 64.50 which put them in 33rd place. The ‘Chicago’ trio of Aceves, Acker and Flinchabaugh earned a score of 63.00, putting them in 36th place. Super Sleuth duet of Ivie and McDaniel swam to 41st with a score of 62.667. Rounding out the 13-15 group from PTX, Haley McDaniel finished in 33rd with the ‘Planets’ solo earning a score of 67.667. Joining the group a few days later, Shelby Patton’s ‘French’ routine finished 13th in the solo category with a score of 70.333. Patton also placed in the top 25 in figures in her last year of the 13-15 age group.

PTX had three more swims in the 16-17 age group with Claire Evans joining Patton to take 5th in the duet category swimming to ‘Pink Panther’. The pair earned a score of 81.166 at finals and moved up from their 6th place spot in prelims. Rounding out the competition, Evans’ ‘Roxanne’ routine also earned a 5th place spot in the solo category with a score of 82.834. Evans finished 10th in figures for the age group.