First Shartle Swim & Dive Invite Draws Dozen Schools

Top Two Photos by Mike Houser

Gathering to remember Tunkhannock swim coach Ernie Shartle at the first Ernie Shartle Swim & Dive Invite on Jan. 20 were (seated, from left) Tunkhannock faculty member Don Davis, family members Samantha Ruszin, Rose Shartle, Lisa Ruszin, and Rick Hiduk, (back) faculty member Alice Edwards, and former swimmers Jim Phillips, Steve Fisher, Levi Bonnice, Lynnelle Welch, Tim Mislevy, Nathan Edwards, Sara Crimmel, and Shawna Smith. Below, Ernie’s wife, Rose Shartle accepts flowers from Mislevy and a revised plaque highlighting his full career as coach in Towanda and Tunkhannock. Mislevy replaced Shartle as coach upon his 1999 retirement.

Photo above by Rick Hiduk

Local divers participating the first Ernie Shartle Swim & Dive Invite held at Tunkhannock Area High School included (back, from left) Hunter Whytashek, Nicolas Chaulet, Dyllan Henning and Sawyer Aitken of Tunkhannock; (middle) Demetrius Hill and Mary Smiley of Towanda; and Zachary Shields from Elk Lake High School.

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