Allentown Central Catholic junior Liam Fitzpatrick looked at the scoreboard after touching first in the District 11 Class 2A boys 50-yard freestyle Friday afternoon and was surprised with what he saw.
“I didn’t think it was that fast,” Fitzpatrick said. “The race felt good, but I thought I was a little slower.”
Fitzpatrick needed every bit of his sizzling 21.50-second clocking to defeat Pottsville senior Noah Bevan, who was second in 21.80 in the up-and-back race at Parkland’s natatorium…