LEWISBURG — Luke Lamb wanted to shine in his main event. Giona Lavorini was out to make history.

Both succeeded in their quests by winning state championships Saturday on the final day on the PIAA Class 2A swim meet, hosted by Bucknell University.

Knoch junior Lavorini was seeded first going into the meet, second going into the finals of the 100 breaststroke. She won the event in 1 minute, 02.11 seconds, edging Indiana’s Peyton Scott, who posted a time of 1:02.30.

“From talking to previous coaches, we believe this is the first state swimming title in Knoch school history,” Knights swim coach Allison Clarke said. “We’ve had swimmers place at states before, but no individual had won a title until now.

“I am so proud of Giona. She worked hard for this.”

“It’s crazy to think I may be the first one. That’s exciting,” Lavorini said.

North Catholic junior Lamb won a state title in the 50 freestyle on Friday. He followed that up by winning the 100 backstroke on Saturday, doing so in record fashion.

Lamb swam the 100 back in 48.08 seconds, snapping the previous state record of 48.55, set by Joseph Roth of Riverside in 2022. Roth finished second to Lamb on Saturday, breaking his former state mark as well by swimming a 48.34.

“I knew he was going to be right there and he’d be going after his own record,” Lamb said. “It was going to take a big effort on my part to get this done, but this was my goal since before the season started.”

Lamb finished fifth in the 100 back and and 13th in the 100 free at the state meet last year.

“The 50 free just became my second event this year,” he said. “It worked out well for me. Now I want to come back and win them both again.”

Lamb said he plans to swim in college, but has not decided on a destination that way.

Lavorini placed third in the 100 breaststroke as a sophomore last season. She placed fifth in the 200 individual medley over the weekend.

“Her and Peyton are competitors, but good friends, too,” Clarke said. She (Scott) is a sweet girl and they have a lot of respect for each other.

“Peyton turned out to be great motivation for Giona. She knew she was capable of competing with her and it made her work harder. She put a lot more time in during the offseason.”

Lavorini said she’s been swimming against Scott “since fifth or sixth grade. We got to know each other over the years and have become friends.

“It’s nice knowing people you’re swimming against. We’ve had great races. Sometimes, she beats me, sometimes, I beat her. But we always talk before the race and the sportsmanship is always there afterward.”

Lavorini hopes to break the WPIAL record of 1:01.61 in the 100 breast next season. Her best time in the event is 1:01.90. She is barely off the state record of 1:00.84. Both records were set by Wilmington’s Bailey Bonnett in 2017.

“I feel like I can get them both. That’s my goal,” Lavorini said.

Freeport’s girls placed seventh in the 2A team standings with 111 points, largely on the performances of freshman Kasey and junior Kira Schrecongost, who left Bucknell as four-time medalists. Kasey placed fifth in the 100 freestyle, seventh in the 100 backstroke, swam a leg of the Yellowjackets’ seventh-place 400 free relay team and third-place 200 medley relay.

Kira swam a leg of both relays with her. Also swimming the 400 relay were Mary Anne Altman and Isabelle Barton. Kira won a pair of indivdual medals on Friday, taking second in the butterfly and seventh in the individual medley.

“Our car was a little more weighted down on the drive home with all of those medals in it,” said Freeport coach Sheryl Schrecongost, also Kira and Kasey’s mother. “I’m thrilled with what they were able to accomplish.”

The three medals Kasey won on Saturday, neither she nor the relay team were seeded to finish on the podium in any of those events.

“I call her (Kasey) my little midget,” Coach Schrecongost said. “Being a freshman, you expect her to be nervous, but she was here to swim. All of our girls were here to swim. We’re not a big school, we only brought four girls, nobody expected us to do anything, we didn’t come out here in any big, fancy bus ... We just came out here to swim.

“We broke some school records out here, too. Our girls’ effort was tremendous.”