Butler YMCA swimmers 2nd at district meet
GENEVA, Ohio — The Butler YMCA Barracuda swim team placed second overall last weekend at the Western Pa. YMCA District Meet.
The boys team finished first, the girls team second. Butler’s run of five consecutive overall district championships was snapped by the Indiana YMCA Piranhas. Indiana tallied 1,340.5 points to Butler’s 1,272.
There were more than 30 YMCA teams from western Pennsylvania competing.
Winning district championships for Butler were Lindsey Fanton in the 400-yard individual medley, Samuel Schirra in the 200 butterfly, Bryce Dryden in the 200 freestyle, Gideon Goettler in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM, Ben Borvendeg in the 200 IM.
Goettler’s time of 1:09.45 in the boys 11-12-year-old 100 breast and Borvendeg’s time of 2:05.64 in the boys 13-14 200 IM set district meet records.
The boys 9-10 200-yard medley relay of Jackson Morgus, Adrian Lavorini, Cody Hartle and Daniel Birch placed first, as did the boys 11-12 unit of Drew Griffith, Goettler, Dryden and Landon Kelly in the same event.
Butler will move on to compete in the Pa. State YMCA Swim Championships Friday through Sunday at Penn State University.
Butler YMCA swimmers placing among the top eight at district in their respective events follow:
Girls
9-10
50 breast: 3-Giona Lavorini
100 breast: 5-Addison Vance, 7-Giona Lavorini
100 butterfly: 5-Tessa Szymanski
200 medleyrelay: 8-Abigail Vance, Giona Lavorini, Tessa Szymanski, Addison Vance
11-12
50 free: 5-Grace Olshanski
100 free: 7-Grace Olshanski
50 butterfly: 3-Sarah Szebalskie
100 butterfly: 5-Sarah Szebalskie
200 IM: 2-Sarah Szebalskie
200 medley relay: 7-Rachel Birch, Ann-Katherine Burns, Sarah Szebalskie, Grace Olshanski
13-14
50 free: 7-Katelyn Reott
100 free: 2-Alyssa Olshanski
100 back: 2-Bailey Trettel
200 back: 3-Bailey Trettel
200 IM: 3-Alyssa Olshanski
400 IM: 4-Alyssa Olshanski
200 free relay: 3-Bailey Trettel, Lilah Marzolf, Alyssa Olshanski, Katelyn Reott
15-over
100 free: 7-Regan Kelly
200 free: 4-Lindsey Fanton, 6-Regan Kelly
100 back: 7-Rachel Ledford
200 back: 6-Rachel Ledford
100 butterfly: 6-Emma Weiss
200 butterfly: 2-Emma Weiss
400 IM: 1-Lindsey Fanton 4:50.27, 2-Emma Weiss
200 medley relay: 4-Rachel Ledford, Josephine Reott, Emma Weiss, Rachel Shoemaker
400 free relay: 4-Lindsey Fanton, Ellie Weiss, Rachel Ledford, Regan Kelly
Boys
9-10
50 back: 3-Daniel Birch, 8-Jackson Morgus
100 back: 5-Daniel Birch, 7-Jackson Morgus
50 breast: 4-Adrian Lavorini
200 medley relay: 1-Jackson Morgus, Adrian Lavorini, Cody Hartle, Daniel Birch 2:28.27
200 free relay: 4-Nicholas Olshanski, Cody Hartle, Jackson Morgus, Daniel Birch
11-12
50 free: 5-Gideon Goettler
100 free: 2-Bryce Dryden
200 free: 1-Bruce Dryden 2:02.14, 2-Drew Griffith
50 back: 5-Drew Griffith
100 back: 3-Bryce Dryden, 5-Drew Griffith
100 breast: 1-Gideon Goettler 2:13.39
200 IM: 1-Gideon Goettler 2:13.39
200 medley relay: 1-Drew Griffith, Gideon Goettler, Bryce Dryden, Landon Kelly 2:00.99
13-14
50 free: 5-Ben Borvendeg
100 free: 2-Ben Borvendeg
200 IM: 1-Ben Borvendeg 2:05.64
15-over
100 breast: 4-Zach Wilson
200 breast: 3-Zach Wilson, 4-Braden Zukowski
100 butterfly: 5-Samuel Schirra
200 butterfly: 1-Samiel Schirra 2:15.47
200 IM: 4-Zach Wilson
400 IM: 3-Braden Zukowski, 6-Michael Phillips
400 free relay: 6-Brwden Zukowski, Samuel Schirra, Tanner Vietmeier, Zach Wilson