Pettitt Breaks Two Meet Record To Pace Strong Athens Showing At 'Keep The Beat Invite'
By: Tim Birney / January 3, 2026
DIMOCK, Pa. - Junior Brayden Pettitt won four events, and set a pair of new meet records to lead the Athens swim teams in a strong showing here Friday at the Keep the Beat Invitational at Elk Lake High School.
Pettitt set new meet records in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard individual medley, while the Lady Wildcat 200-yard freestyle relay foursome of seniors Olivia Thompson, Evelyn Panek and Elizabeth Denlinger and junior Kaitlyn Leonard also set a new meet record.
Panek eclipsed the former meet record in the 50-yard freestyle, but finished second by 0.01 seconds.
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Tim Birney
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
