The Butler YMCA Barracudas recently took part in the Western Pennsylvania Novice Swimming Championships at Indiana (Pa.) University.

The novice age group is 8 and under. The boys placed third out of 17 teams while the girls placed seventh.

Barracuda results follow:

Girls

100-yard medley relay:

7-Maggie Drennen, Caroline Pacey, Hannah Shoemaker, Macie Pennington

100 freestyle relay:

9-A unit of Abby Jones, Blasie Neigh, Maggie Drennen, Macie Pennington; 17-B unit of Abby Bagley, Jillian McElhaney, Madalyn Holt, Elizabeth Smialek

25 freestyle (ages 7-8):

19-Marcie Pennington, 35-Maggie Dreenen, 47-Abby Bagley, 63-Madalyn Holt

25 freestyle (ages 6-under):

5-Abby Jones, 8-Jillian McElhaney, 12-Elizabeth Smialek

100 IM (ages 7-8):

5-Hannah Shoemaker, 10-Caroline Pacey

25 butterfly (ages 7-8):

4-Hannah Shoemaker, 29-Blasie Neigh, 36-Abby Bagley, 40-Madalyn Holt

50 freestyle (ages 7-8):

6-Hannah Shoemaker, 18-Caroline Pacey, 22-Macie Pennington

50 backstroke (ages 7-8):

16-Blasie Neigh, 26-Maggie Drennen, 32-Abby Bagley, 34-Madalyn Holt

25 backstroke (ages 6-under):

20-Blasie Neigh

25 breaststroke (ages 6-under):

2-Jillian McElhaney, 4-Abby Jones

Boys

100 medley relay:

2-Noah Donovan, Dante Cicco, Chad Cummings, Zecharia Castillo

25 freestyle (ages 7-8):

9-Dante Cicco, 19-Zecharia Castillo

100 IM (ages 7-8):

6-Chad Cummings, 12-Dante Cicco

25 butterfly (ages 7-8):

7-Noah Donovan

50 freestyle (ages 7-8):

5-Chad Cummings, 7-Noah Donovan, 20-Zecharia Castillo

50 backstroke (ages 7-8):

3-Noah Donovan, 9-Zecharia Castillo

25 breaststroke (ages 7-8):

40-Chad Cummings, 11-Dante Cicco