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Butler YMCA swimmers 2nd at district meet

GENEVA, Ohio — The Butler YMCA Barracuda swim team placed second overall last weekend at the Western Pa. YMCA District Meet.

The boys team finished first, the girls team second. Butler’s run of five consecutive overall district championships was snapped by the Indiana YMCA Piranhas. Indiana tallied 1,340.5 points to Butler’s 1,272.

There were more than 30 YMCA teams from western Pennsylvania competing.

Winning district championships for Butler were Lindsey Fanton in the 400-yard individual medley, Samuel Schirra in the 200 butterfly, Bryce Dryden in the 200 freestyle, Gideon Goettler in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM, Ben Borvendeg in the 200 IM.

Goettler’s time of 1:09.45 in the boys 11-12-year-old 100 breast and Borvendeg’s time of 2:05.64 in the boys 13-14 200 IM set district meet records.

The boys 9-10 200-yard medley relay of Jackson Morgus, Adrian Lavorini, Cody Hartle and Daniel Birch placed first, as did the boys 11-12 unit of Drew Griffith, Goettler, Dryden and Landon Kelly in the same event.

Butler will move on to compete in the Pa. State YMCA Swim Championships Friday through Sunday at Penn State University.

Butler YMCA swimmers placing among the top eight at district in their respective events follow:

Girls

9-10

50 breast: 3-Giona Lavorini

100 breast: 5-Addison Vance, 7-Giona Lavorini

100 butterfly: 5-Tessa Szymanski

200 medleyrelay: 8-Abigail Vance, Giona Lavorini, Tessa Szymanski, Addison Vance

11-12

50 free: 5-Grace Olshanski

100 free: 7-Grace Olshanski

50 butterfly: 3-Sarah Szebalskie

100 butterfly: 5-Sarah Szebalskie

200 IM: 2-Sarah Szebalskie

200 medley relay: 7-Rachel Birch, Ann-Katherine Burns, Sarah Szebalskie, Grace Olshanski

13-14

50 free: 7-Katelyn Reott

100 free: 2-Alyssa Olshanski

100 back: 2-Bailey Trettel

200 back: 3-Bailey Trettel

200 IM: 3-Alyssa Olshanski

400 IM: 4-Alyssa Olshanski

200 free relay: 3-Bailey Trettel, Lilah Marzolf, Alyssa Olshanski, Katelyn Reott

15-over

100 free: 7-Regan Kelly

200 free: 4-Lindsey Fanton, 6-Regan Kelly

100 back: 7-Rachel Ledford

200 back: 6-Rachel Ledford

100 butterfly: 6-Emma Weiss

200 butterfly: 2-Emma Weiss

400 IM: 1-Lindsey Fanton 4:50.27, 2-Emma Weiss

200 medley relay: 4-Rachel Ledford, Josephine Reott, Emma Weiss, Rachel Shoemaker

400 free relay: 4-Lindsey Fanton, Ellie Weiss, Rachel Ledford, Regan Kelly

Boys

9-10

50 back: 3-Daniel Birch, 8-Jackson Morgus

100 back: 5-Daniel Birch, 7-Jackson Morgus

50 breast: 4-Adrian Lavorini

200 medley relay: 1-Jackson Morgus, Adrian Lavorini, Cody Hartle, Daniel Birch 2:28.27

200 free relay: 4-Nicholas Olshanski, Cody Hartle, Jackson Morgus, Daniel Birch

11-12

50 free: 5-Gideon Goettler

100 free: 2-Bryce Dryden

200 free: 1-Bruce Dryden 2:02.14, 2-Drew Griffith

50 back: 5-Drew Griffith

100 back: 3-Bryce Dryden, 5-Drew Griffith

100 breast: 1-Gideon Goettler 2:13.39

200 IM: 1-Gideon Goettler 2:13.39

200 medley relay: 1-Drew Griffith, Gideon Goettler, Bryce Dryden, Landon Kelly 2:00.99

13-14

50 free: 5-Ben Borvendeg

100 free: 2-Ben Borvendeg

200 IM: 1-Ben Borvendeg 2:05.64

15-over

100 breast: 4-Zach Wilson

200 breast: 3-Zach Wilson, 4-Braden Zukowski

100 butterfly: 5-Samuel Schirra

200 butterfly: 1-Samiel Schirra 2:15.47

200 IM: 4-Zach Wilson

400 IM: 3-Braden Zukowski, 6-Michael Phillips

400 free relay: 6-Brwden Zukowski, Samuel Schirra, Tanner Vietmeier, Zach Wilson

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