Radnor High School | Archive | March, 2019

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.

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RADNOR — Audrey Rosenblum is missing softball practice, but she finds time to get some hacks in after school.

“Sometimes I hit for about 15 minutes before basketball practice,” the Radnor senior guard said. “But there’s a no-practice rule when you’re in states.”

Rosenblum is the only softball player on the girls basketball team at Radnor (20-6), which is returning to a PIAA tournament for the fourth time in six years.

“It’s sad to think it’s almost over. Our fourth-grade team, the Radnor Rush, has been together all the way through, especially the three of us seniors (Rosenblum, Holly Holtsberg, Cara Camposano). Going into the last game, and now, we feel that we have nothing to lose,” Rosenblum said. “It could be the last time we go out there together, so we don’t want to go out there without a fight.”

Most of “RGB” is comprised of lacrosse players, including junior forward Ellie Mueller, who recently eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career.

“Everything since the first round of districts until now has been extra,” Mueller said. “Everyone has their spring sports we should be at right now, but we’re all here in the gym and loving it, while everyone else is practicing outside in the cold. … It’s really exciting.”

Radnor coach Mark Jordan is also busy juggling responsibilities. Jordan is back coaching the Radnor baseball team after his historic run at Marple Newtown. Last spring he guided the Tigers to a PIAA championship, the first by a Delaware County baseball program.

But Jordan is not ready to hang up the clipboard yet. He prepared for this occasion by getting T-shirts made for his players. On the front reads, in bold-blue lettering, “RGB 2019 PIAA 5A.” And on the back it says, “We’re Baaack #notfakenews.”

The shirts speak to Jordan’s quirky humor as well as the mindset of his team before Saturday’s PIAA Class 5A tournament opener with Southern Lehigh (23-3) at Freedom High School.

The Raiders, who took fifth place in District 1, are relaxed and having fun.

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MEDIANEWS GROUP FILE Audrey Rosenblum is one of three seniors on Radnor. Despite their underdog persona, the Raiders claimed fifth place in District 1 and open the PIAA Class 5A tournament against District 11 champion Southern Lehigh Saturday afternoon at Freedom High.

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