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
