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YOUTH SWIM

The Butler YMCA 8-under swim team won the WPYSL novice championship at Somerset High School over the weekend.

The team bested a field of 19 teams from across western Pennsylvania.

The boys 100-yard freestyle relay team of Drew Griffith, Gavin Quinn, Landon Kelley and Gideon Goettler took first place and set a team record time of 1:11.08.

Top-five finishes in the meet by Butler swimmers follow:

Boys

100 medley relay: 4-Jeremy Dawson, Blake McDeavitt, Connor Sloboda, Bryce Sebring

25-yard freestyle: 2-Gideon Goettler, 5-Landon Kelly

100-yard IM: 4-Gideon Goettler

50-yard freestyle: 4-Drew Griffith

25-yard backstroke: 2-Gideon Goettler

100-yard freestyle relay: 1-Drew Griffith, Landon Kelly, Gavin Quinn, Gideon Goettler 1:11.08

Girls

25-yard freestyle: 5-Ally Smith

50-yard freestyle: 5-Ally Smith

25-yard backstroke: 5-Emma Rose Seibel

100-yard freestyle relay: 2-Abbi Fennick, Emma Rose Seibel, Rachel Birch, Ally Smith

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