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Butler YMCA swimmers net 5 state titles

Four Butler YMCA swimmers won titles and the team placed seventh overall at the Pennsylvania State YMCA Swimming Championships last weekend at Penn State University.

Laura Goettler won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 individual medley in the girls age 9-10 division while Camryn Forbes won the 500 freestyle in the girls age 13-14 division.

On the boys side, Alex Wigton claimed gold in the 100 breast stroke age 13-14 division and Chadd Cummings won the 200 breast stroke in the age 15-18 division.

Butler YMCA placers at the meet follow. The swimmers sent 15 team records at the event:

Girls9-10Laura Goettler: 1-200 free 2:12.84 team record, 1-100 IM 1:08.56 team record, 2-100 back 1:04.72 team recordEva Merhaut: 5-100 breast, 7-100 fly, 11-200 freeAbbie Griffith: 12-200 free

11-12Amanda Noellert: 4-200 freeHannah Knoll: 5-100 back, 7-50 backRegan Kelly: 9-50 free200 medley relay (Knoll, Noellert, Emma Weiss, Kelly) 8-2:02.87

13-14Camryn Forbes: 1-500 free 5:01.70 team record, 2-100 back 57.29 team record, 3-200 backAbbie Jones: 6-500 free, 7-200 backJill McElhaney: 12-50 free 25:50200 free relay (McElhaney, Jones, Cummings, Forbes) 3-1:40.20

15-18Taylor Campbell: 9-100 breast, 11-200 IMMacie Pennington: 9-400 IM, 11-50 free

Boys9-10David Bocci: 2-200 free 2:12.52 team record, 4-100 IMZach Wilson: 4-100 back, 10-100 breast, 11-50 backSam Schirra: 10-100 backSam Deemer: 11-50 back200 medley relay (Wilson, John Keelan, Bocci, Schirra): 5-2:22.05

11-12Alex Deemer: 3-50 back 29.29 team record, 3-100 back 1:06.26 team record, 6-100 flyTrent Donaldson: 8-100 flyMatt Karenbauer: 8-200 IM, 9-200 free, 11-50 flyMatt Cummings: 12-200 free200 medley relay (Deemer, Leo Merhaut, Donaldson, Karenbauer): 4-2:03.06

13-14Alex Wigton: 1-100 breast 1:02.93, 9-200 breastMax Merhaut: 3-400 IM 4:39.86 team record, 9-500 free, 11-200 flyNathan Callithen: 5-200 back 2:13.73 team record, 7-400 IMJohn Wilson: 7-500 free 5:11.04 team record, 9-200 free, 11-100 freeJoey Deemer: 9-200 back, 12-200 free, 12-200 flyIan Schirra: 11-100 breast, 11-200 breastNoah Gumto: 12-200 breast200 medley relay (Callithen, Wigton, Deemer, Wilson): 3-1:48.96

15-18Chadd Cummings: 1-200 breast 2:09.98 team record, 2-100 breast 59.73 team record, 3-200 IM 1:59.71Noah Donovan: 2-200 fly 1:57.21 team record, 3-400 IM, 6-200 IMIan Lindsey: 5-100 breast, 5-200 breastBrandon Bridges: 5-400 IMRyan Deemer: 7-500 freeAustin Wittmer: 10-500 freeTukker Uniatoski: 10-400 IM200 medley relay (Deemer, Linsey, Donovan, Wittmer): 3-1:39.65 team record200 free relay (Bridges, Cummings, Dante Cicco, Nathan walls): 12-1:31.57

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