OREFIELD - Swimming on a big stage is such a different level of competition.

The adrenaline kicks in and seed times can often be disregarded.The Times News Area brought home a handful of medals, which included two first place finishes during the District 11 class AA swimming championship at Parkland High School on Friday.Three Marian Catholic representatives earned medals on day one.Katie Kurzinsky is the defending 100-yard backstroke champion, but took first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.89. She will look to win another backstroke title on Saturday.Freshman Danny Berlitz broke the District 11 record by a nose, posting a 1:57.62 time in the 200 IM.He said, "I'm used to USA to swimming where the last heat is a little exciting, but this environment is amazing," he said. "I love to swim here. I saw the distance record when I walked in today, I wasn't sure if I got it, but I thought I was really close. I wanted to win districts, make it to states and finish top-eight there, so tomorrow should be pretty exciting."The Lady Raiders' 200 medley team was a low seventh-seed, but brought an early excitement to the crowd when they finished second on Friday's initial event."I was hoping for a first in the relay, but I'll settle for a second," said Tamaqua head coach Al Bostdorff. "We set a goal this year of individual times, we know we didn't have the depth to compete on a team basis. We have five or six meets this year when we won nine out of 12 events or so, and we still lost."Rebecca Kanaskie was one of the Lady Raiders who was impressive in the silver medal relay."Our kids are doing well in practice, and here we are with our them doing well," explained the Tamaqua coach. "All of the kids have improved their times, and most of the kids are young, so we'll be able to work with them again. It's about the friendships and memories you make while you're doing it, too. I enjoy all of these kids, because I coach them all in the summer. A lot of these kids are toward to the top of their classes academically. They even challenge me sometime,s and it's fun to coach them."About an hour later, Kanaskie cut roughly seven seconds off of her seed time and earned a another silver medal, this time in the 200 IM.She said, "This week has been a roller coaster. It's been ridiculous. To swim that and get my best time of the season makes me beyond excited and proud. I put everything in the pool, there is nothing more I could have done and I'm just really happy. We weren't expecting that in the relay. Lexi (Kerstetter) came in first, then your mental state immediately changes. You're then thinking 'oh my', anything really is possible today. We can do anything that we want to do. "The other TN area second place belonged to Marian's Timmy Dando in the 200 freestyle."I was definitely going to try for second, I thought that I could get it," explained Dando. "My goal was to go under 1:50, but I didn't expect to go 1:47 today. Now that I have it, I feel really good. I think I can get to states with that. Obviously, Mahlon (Reihman) is an excellent swimmer. Everyone in that heat was great. I love it here, I really like the pool and I preform well at Parkland. In the 500 tomorrow, my goal is to go under five minutes."Jose Avila joined Dando on the podium with a solid third place finish in the 200, with a time of 1:49.65.Avila said, "I was really nervous to be honest. This was the race I was really worried about because everyone was really close. Last year, it hurt and I knew it was going to again. But, it felt good. I think I could have done better, but it was alright. My family and a bunch of friends were here. I was hoping to place higher than I did last year. I got third again but I'm happy with that."The class AA competition will continue at 10a.m. on Saturday at Parkland.ANOTHER NEW RECORD... Aside of Berlitz setting a new mark in the 200 IM, Salisbury's Mahlon Reihman swam a record setting 1:41.05 in the 200 freestyle.TWO-TIMERS... Moravian Academy's Kyra Manson and Kaylee Davis each earned two gold medals on Friday, as both were part of the winning 200 Medley team. Manson won the 100 butterfly, as Davis was victorious in the 200 IM.DISTRICT 11 AA SWIMMING(at Parkland Natatorium)GIRLSTEAM STANDINGS(after day one)1. Moravian Academy (MA) 166, 2. Blue Mountain (BM) 149, 3. Allentown Central Catholic (ACC) 147, 4. Southern Lehigh (SL) 142.5, 5. Salisbury (SAL) 121, 6. Schuylkill Haven (SH) 113.5, 7. Tamaqua (T) 112, 8. Saucon Valley (SV) 63, 9. Mahanoy Area (MAH) 62, 10. East Stroudsburg North (ESN) 55INDIVIDUAL EVENTS(top four; plus other locals)200 Medley Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Kaylee Davis, Sydney Posh, Kyra Manson, Zoe Manson) 1:53.95, 2. Tamaqua (Lexi Kersetter, Sarah Maue, Abigail Brickler, Rebecca Kanaske) 1:57.48, 3. Allentown Central Catholic (Nicole O'Neil, Mia Molnar, Erin Chlebove, Grace Johnson) 1:57.94, 4. Schuylkill Haven (Megan Ditzler, Taylor Felty, Kali Muthersbaugh, Mary Zimmerman) 1:58.11200 Free - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 1:58.35, 2. Paige Jackett (NDES) 2:04.38, 3. Angela Burns (SL) 2:06.80, 4. Grace Johnson (ACC) 2:09.34, 22. Emily Andrews (T) 2:23.10200 IM - 1. Kaylee Davis (MA) 2:13.96, 2. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 2:17.36, 3. Nicole O'Neil (ACC) 2:22.83, 4. Caroline Madigan (SV) 2:24.01, 8. Sarah Maue (T) 2:30.5750 Free - 1. Katie Kurzinsky (MC) 24.89, 2. Jill Spirk (BC) 24.97, 3. Sarah Bobeck (SAL) 25.35, 4. Angie Castano (ACC) 25.85, 5. Zoe Manson (MA) 26.10, 8. Abigail Brickler (T) 26.67, 21. Krista Carlin (PALM) 29.48100 Butterfly - 1. Kyra Manson (MA) 58.86, 2. Samantha Talecki (SL) 1:03.20, 3. Mia Molnar (ACC) 1:03.98, 4. Monica Hess (ESN) 1:05.88, 5. Erica Donohue (BM) 1:06.71, 7. Angela Krupko (MC) 1:07.45, 9. Abigail Brickler (T) 1:08.94200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Southern Lehigh (Samantha Talecki, Katerina Sawickij, Kylish Gwynn, Zoe Geis) 1:43.05, 2. Salisbury (Kaleigh Bobeck, Brooke Rogers, Rachel Costantini, Sarah Bobeck) 1:46.27, 3. Schuylkill Haven (Kali Muthersbaugh, Crystal Reber, Taylor Felty, Mary Zimmerman) 1:46.33, 4. Blue Mountain (Sofia Pascuzzo, Mallorie Dukman, Sara Zimmerman, Erica Donohue) 1:48.46, 10. Tamaqua (Emily Andrews, Jazmin Mena, Olivia Lattanzi, Maizy Troxell) 2:15.75BOYSTEAM STANDINGS(after day one)1. Allentown Central Catholic (ACC) 209, 2. Blue Mountain (BM) 188, 3. Salisbury (SAL) 140, 4. Pottsville (P) 114, 5. Mahanoy Area (MAH) 99, 6. Saucon Valley (SV) 97, 7. Moravian Academy (MA) 85, 8. Tamaqua (T) 82, 9. Schuylkill Haven (SH) 74.5INDIVIDUAL EVENTS(top four; plus locals)200 Medley Relay - 1. Blue Mountain (Mark Boran, Nick Yackenchick, Stephen Johnson, Christian Wilson) 1:39.44, 2. Allentown Central Catholic (Gabe Castano, Charlie Li, Zac Johnson, Danny Chlebove) 1:41.32, 3. Pottsville (Zachary Turnitza, Josh Howell, Charlie Botto, Ryan Scanlan) 1:45.44, 7. Tamaqua (Jeff Letterhouse, Jacob Rudy, Benjamin Turrano, Andrew Castagna) 2:03.28200 Free - 1. Mahlon Reihman (SAL) 1:41.05, 2. Timmy Dando (MC) 1:47.91, 3. Jose Avila (NL) 1:49.64200 IM - 1. Danny Berlitz (MC) 1:57.62, 2. Mark Boran (BM) 2:02.58, 3. Thomas Madigan (SV) 2:05.58, 4. Reginald Crawford (MA) 2:08.76, 5. Wyatt Delans (NL) 2:10.24, 11. Jacob Sirkot (WEA) 2:17.10, 16. Jeff Letterhouse (T) 2:25.9050 Free - 1. Gabe Castano (ACC) 29.96, 2. Stephen Johson (BM) 21.46, 3. David Webb (PAL) 22.91, 4. Zac Johnston (ACC) 23.16, 23. Jacob Rudy (T) 26.82100 Butterfly - 1. Daniel Bonge (SAL) 52.60, 2. Ryan Schreffler (NAT) 53.57, 3. Charlie Li (ACC) 55.38, 4. Zac Johnston (ACC) 56.40, 5. Benjamin Turrano (T) 58.32, 6. Mac Allen (PALM) 59.74, 10. Keith Cullen (WEA) 1:02.25200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Blue Mountain (Mark Borna, Nick Yackenchick, Christian Wilson, Stephen Johnson) 1:30.24, 2. Allentown Central Catholic (Gabe Castano, Charlie Li, Danny Chlebove, Zac Johnston) 1:30.75, 3. Mahanoy Area (Joseph Antolick, Reginald Crawford, Caleb Snyder, Liam Mansell) 1:31.12, 4. Pottsville (Noah Marx, Zachary Turnitza, Michael Smerlick, Ryan Scanlan) 1:32.85