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40 Butler YMCA swimmers advance

State meet set this weekend

The Butler YMCA Barracuda swim team won its fourth consecutive district championship last weekend at Penn State University.

Barracuda swimmers broke 13 meet records and 12 team records at the meet. Of the Butler Y’s 61 swimmers at the district meet, 40 advanced to this weekend’s state championships.

The top six placers in each event qualified for the state meet. The Butler Y state qualifiers follow:

Girls

15-over

400 IM: 1-Brooke Zukowski 4:38.27, 4-Rachel Ledford, 5-Emma Weiss

500 free: 1-Mallory Marzolf 5:09.76

200 medley relay: 1-Camryn Forbes, Brooke Zukowski, Jillian McElhaney, Abbie Jones 1:47.56 meet record

200 free: 1-Camryn Forbes 1:49.56 meet record, 5-Abbie Jones

50 free: 1-Taylor Petrak 23.59 meet record

100 back: 4-Jillian McElhaney

100 breast: 1-Abbie Jones 1:06.92

200 butterfly: 3-Emma Weiss

100 free: 1-Taylor Petrak 51.07 meet record, 3-Mallory Marzolf

200 back: 1-Mallory Marzolf 2:09.04, 2-Rachel Ledford, 3-Jillian McElhaney

200 breast: 1-Brooke Zukowski 2:22.74, 2-Abbie Jones

100 butterfly: 1-Camryn Forbes 56.09 meet record, 3-Emma Weiss

200 IM: Taylor Petrak 2:07.54

200 free relay: 1-Camryn Forbes, Brooke Zukowski, Mallory Marzolf, Taylor Petrak 1:35.72 meet record

13-14

200 free: 4-Lindsey Fanton

100 butterfly: 2-Lindsey Fanton

200 free relay: 5-Lindsey Fanton, Heather Wittmer, Grace Phillips, Emma Stewart

10-under

200 medley relay: 4-Emma Rose Seibel, Rachel Birch, Sarash Szebalskie, Grace Olshanski

200 free: 6-Sarah Szebalaskie

50 free: 6-Grace Olshanski

100 butterfly: 1-Sarah Szebalskie 1:12.96

50 butterfly: 6-Sarah Szebalskie

200 free relay: 3-Rachel Birtch, Emma Rose Seibel, Ann-Katherine Burns, Grace Olshanski

11-12

200 medley rel;ay: 6-Katie Ravasio, Savannah Holt, Abbie Griffith, Sophia Znosko

200 free: 2-Abbie Griffith

100 butterfly: 3-Abbie Griffith

100 breast: 4-Savannah Holt

50 butterfly: 3-Abbie Griffith

Boys

13-14

400 IM: 4-Braden Zukowski

500 free: 1-Andrew Pierre 4:58.38

200 free: 2-Andrew Pierre

100 breast: 3-Braden Zukowski, 4-Zachary Wilson

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

200 free relay: 4-Zachary Wilsdon, Michael Phillips, Braden Zukowski, Andrew Pierre

15-over

400 IM: 1-Nathan Callithen 4:27.42, 2-James Pierre

200 medley relay: 2-Nathan Callithen, John Wilson, James Pierre, Derek Ekas

100 back: 4-Nathan Callithen

100 breast: 1-John Wilson 58.74, 5-Ian Schirra

200 butterfly: 1-Matthew Karenbauer 2:09.41

200 back: 1-James Pierre 1:58.87, 2-Nathan Callithen, 5-Matthew Karenbauer

200 breast: 1-John Wilson 2:08.31 meet record, 4-Matt Cummings, 6-Ian Schirra

200 free relay: 3-Derek Ekas, John Wilson, Matthew Karenbauer, James Pierre

10-under

200 free: Gideon Goettler 2:14.64, 3-Bryce Sebring

50 back: 2-Drew Griffith

100 free: 1-Drew Griffith 1:01.87, 3-Bryce Sebring

100 back: 1-Drew Griffith 1:10.97

100 breast: 4-Gideon Goettler

100 IM: 1-Gideon Goettler 1:12.49

200 free relay: 2-Drew Griffith, Bryce Sebring, Landon Kelly, Gideon Goettler

11-12

200 free: 1-David Bocci 1:55.20

50 back: 6-Benjamin Borvendeg

100 back: 1-Sam Deemer 58.67 meet record, 2-Dacvid Bocci

50 butterfly: 1-Sam Deemer 26.54

200 IM: 1-David Boccio 2:11.22 meet record

200 free relay: 1-Sam Deemer, Benjamin Borvendeg, Justin Walls, David Bocci 1:45.57

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