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PIAA Swimming: Radnor’s Cullen shrugs off scratch, earns state bronze

Posted On: Monday, March 18, 2019
By: ldevlin

LEWISBURG — Casey Cullen’s is the classic tale of a first trip to the PIAA Championships.

The anticipation, the preparation, the freak accident that leaves you in the emergency room until 1 a.m., complete with a staple to close a cut in your head. All followed by a run to a bronze medal in the 100-yard butterfly for the gashed Radnor freshman.

Wait, what?

“It was kind of hard when I was at the ER,” Cullen said Friday. “I didn’t want to swim as much, but then when I got here, I was really happy to be here.”

While at dinner in Lewisburg Thursday night, Cullen somehow fell back and hit her head. That led to the ER scene, which led to a 1 a.m. lights out with girls warmups starting at 7:30.

“It was really stressful because we didn’t know if she’d be able to swim,” Radnor senior and older brother Patrick said. “We didn’t know what time she was going to get home. She was unable to prepare for this meet, and that was a big worry last night, but thank God she was able to.”

All Casey did was finish second in her heat in prelims to steal the fourth seed in finals at 56.20 seconds, then speed up to 55.74 for third place in finals.

“It’s just swim as fast as I can,” she said.

Her swim may have had a knock-on effect, with Patrick setting a Radnor record in the 50 free. He tied the mark of Greg Giannella with 20.66 in the event to take the fourth seed in finals, then went 20.58 off the front of the 200 free relay in prelims.

“It totally motivates me, seeing her do well,” Patrick said. “It gives everyone the confidence. If she as a freshman can go out there and crush it, so can we.”

Patrick fell to sixth in the evening with a time of 21.02. The event was highlighted by State College junior Matt Brownstead obliterating the field in 19.55 seconds, a state record that displaces David Nolan’s standard from 2011 (19.58) and challenges the national mark (Vladimir Morozov, 19.43).

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Radnor's Casey Cullen, second from left, poses with her third-place medal in the PIAA Class 3A 100-yard butterfly Friday at Bucknell University. First was Trinity Ward of Mount Lebanon, left.

Radnor’s Casey Cullen, second from left, poses with her third-place medal in the PIAA Class 3A 100-yard butterfly Friday at Bucknell University.

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