{"id":26690,"date":"2012-07-18T05:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T10:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=26690"},"modified":"2012-07-18T05:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T10:15:06","slug":"marlins-finish-6th-in-woal-swim-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/07\/18\/marlins-finish-6th-in-woal-swim-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins finish 6th in WOAL swim meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROCKY McVAIGH\/<\/strong>for the Van Wert independent<\/em><\/p>\n

BLUFFTON — The Van Wert YMCA Marlins traveled to Bluffton on July 13-14 to swim in the Western Ohio Aquatic League (WOAL) Championships.\u00a0 Even though Van Wert was the smallest team with 39 swimmers out of the total of 303 from eight northwest Ohio swim clubs, they finished sixth overall.<\/p>\n

The top six finishers in each event were awarded medals.<\/p>\n

In the 9-10 Girls Division, Katie McVaigh took second place in four events and won the 50 backstroke with a championship record time of 38.66. The record was previously held by teammate Addison Henkaline. Henkaline, swimming in the 11-12 Girls Division, finished second three times and won the 50 Free in a time of 31.33.\u00a0 In the 13-14 Boys Division, Sam Easley won the 50 Backstroke with a time of 31.37 and finished second twice and third once.\u00a0 Other swimmers with a top six finishes were: Tyra McClain placed sixth in the 25 Backstroke; Emma Pollock placed fifth in the 50 Butterfly and 100 Free, and sixth in the 100 IM; Daniel Miller placed fifth in the 50 Free; Andrew Henkaline finished fourth in 50 Butterfly and sixth in 50 Backstroke; Daniel Miller finished fifth in the 50 Free; Risa Pollock finished fourth in the 50 Breaststroke; Aaron Stant finished second in 50 Butter and a sixth in the 50 Backstroke; Eric Easley placed second in 50 Breaststroke, and fourth in 100 IM and the 50 Backstroke;\u00a0 Evan Stant took sixth in 50 Free.<\/p>\n

In the relays, two Van Wert teams medaled: The 11-12 Girls 200 Free Medley finished 2nd<\/sup> (Risa Pollock, Kathryn Wray, Erin Miller, Addison Henkaline) and the 15 & Over Boys team finished 3rd<\/sup> (Sam Easley, Brendan Marecic, Evan Stant, Eric Easley).<\/p>\n

The Marlins will hold their season ending banquet on Thursday, July 26, St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van Wert.<\/p>\n

Van Wert at WOAL championships-Bluffton Community Pool (distances in meters)<\/p>\n

(Medal winners in italics)<\/em><\/p>\n

8 & Under Girls: <\/strong>Tyra McClain \u2013 6th<\/sup> 25 Backstroke<\/em><\/strong>; 9th<\/sup> 25 Breaststroke; 12th<\/sup> 25 Free and 25 Butterfly. Kayla Krites \u2013 8th<\/sup> 25 Backstroke; 10th<\/sup> 25 Butterfly; 14th<\/sup> 25 Free and 50 Free. Anneliese Marecic \u2013 21st<\/sup> 25 Breaststroke; 26th<\/sup> 50 Free; 31st<\/sup> 25 Backstroke; 32nd<\/sup> 25 Free.\u00a0 Gracie Mull \u2013 23rd<\/sup> 50 Free; 24th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 36th<\/sup> 25 Free. Erin Schaufelberger \u2013 30th<\/sup> 50 Free; 50th<\/sup> 25 Free; 57th<\/sup> 25 Backstroke. Rory Youngpeter \u2013 53rd<\/sup> 25 Backstroke; 60th<\/sup> 25 Free.<\/p>\n

8 & Under Boys: <\/strong>Bobby Spath \u2013 11th<\/sup> 25 Free. Luke Miller \u2013 13th<\/sup> 50 Free; 17th<\/sup> 25 Backstroke; 18th<\/sup> 25 Free.<\/p>\n

9-10 Girls:<\/strong> Katie McVaigh \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Butterfly and 100 Free. <\/em><\/strong>Emma Pollock \u2013 5th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly and 100 Free; 6th<\/sup> 100 IM<\/em><\/strong>; 7th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke; 9th<\/sup> 50 Free. Jamie Burenga \u2013 8th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke; 9th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke and 100 Free; 11th<\/sup> 100 IM; 12th<\/sup> 50 Free. Rachel Spath \u2013 42nd<\/sup> 50 Free. Sydney Yoder \u2013 47th<\/sup> 50 Free; 32 50 Backstroke. Abby Buettner \u2013 54th<\/sup> 50 Free; 35 50 Backstroke. Alli Schaufelberger \u2013 44th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 55th<\/sup> 50 Free. Libby Price \u2013 30th<\/sup> 100 free; 45th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke.<\/p>\n

9-10 Boys:<\/strong> Daniel Miller \u2013 5th<\/sup> 50 Free<\/em><\/strong>;<\/em> 8th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly; 9th<\/sup> 100 IM; 13th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke. Andrew Henkaline \u2013 4th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly; 6th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke<\/em><\/strong>; 7th<\/sup> 50 Free; 8th<\/sup> 100 Free. Evan Bowersock \u2013 14th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke; 17th<\/sup> 100 Free; 20th<\/sup> 50 Free; 24th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke. Sam Price \u2013 25th<\/sup> 100 Free; 16th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke; 29th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke.<\/strong><\/p>\n

11-12 Girls:<\/strong> Addison Henkaline \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free; 2nd<\/sup> 100 IM, 25 Butterfly and 50 Breaststroke<\/em><\/strong>. Erin Miller \u2013 7th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 11th<\/sup> 100 Free; 12th<\/sup> 50 Free; 13th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly. Risa Pollock \u2013 4th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke<\/em><\/strong>; 12th<\/sup> 100 IM and 100 Free; 14th<\/sup> 50 Free. Kathryn Wray \u2013 19th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke and 50 Breaststroke; 21st<\/sup> 100 Free.<\/p>\n

11-12 Boys<\/strong>: Alek Bowersock \u2013 7th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 8th<\/sup> 100IM; 9th<\/sup> 100 Free; 11th<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Breaststroke. Aaron Stant \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Butterfly; 6th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke<\/em><\/strong>; 8th<\/sup> 100 Free; 10th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

13-14 Girls:<\/strong> Anna Henkaline –\u00a0 11th<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke and 100 IM; 13th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 17th<\/sup> 50 Free; 20th<\/sup> 100 Free. Bethany Fast \u2013 9th<\/sup> 100 IM; 10th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke and 50 Breaststroke; 11th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly; 13th<\/sup> 100 Free. Madison Paquette \u2013 22nd<\/sup> 50 Butterfly and 50 Breaststroke; 23rd<\/sup> 100 Free; 25th<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Backstroke.<\/p>\n

13-14 Boys: <\/strong>Sam Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, and 100 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Butterfly<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

15 & Over Girls: <\/strong>McKenzie Agler \u2013 21st<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free; 25th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke. Hannah Stemen \u2013 15th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 20th<\/sup> 100 IM; 22nd<\/sup> 100 Free; 25th<\/sup> 50 Free. Meredith Arn \u2013 23 50 Breaststroke; 26th<\/sup> 100 Free; 33rd<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 36th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys 15 & Over:<\/strong> Eric Easley \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Breaststroke; 4th<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Backstroke<\/em><\/strong>; 9th<\/sup> 50 Free. Evan Stant \u2013 6th<\/sup> 50 Free<\/em><\/strong>; 8th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly and 100 Free.\u00a0 Trey Stemen \u2013 10th<\/sup> 100 IM; 12th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 13th<\/sup> 50 Free. Brendan Marecic \u2013 10th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly; 11th<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 14th<\/sup> 50 Free. Kory Schlatter \u2013 27th<\/sup> 50 Free; 19th<\/sup> 50 Butterfly. Jacob Scheidt \u2013 17th<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Breaststroke; 18th<\/sup> 100 IM; 22nd<\/sup> 50 Backstroke; 29th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

Relay Action: <\/strong>Girls 8&Under 100 Medley finished 7th<\/sup> (Erin Schaufelberger, Tyra McClain, Kayla Krites, Gracie Mull). Girls 9-10 200 Medley finished 9th<\/sup> (Alli Schaufelberger, Abbt Buettner, Rachel Spath, Sydney Yoder). 15 & Over Boys finished 4th<\/sup> (Brendan Marecic, Trey Stemen, Evan Stant, Kory Schlatter).\u00a0 Girls 8 & Under 100 Free finished 8th<\/sup> (Anneliese Mareic, Rory Youngpeter, Erin Schaufelberger, Gracie Mull). Boys 9-10 200 Free finished 5th<\/sup> (Daniel Miller, Sam Price, Evan Bowersock, Andrew Henkaline). Girls 11-12 200 Free finished 2nd<\/sup> (Risa Pollock, Kathryn Wray, Erin Miller, Addison Henkaline). Boys 15 & Over 200 Free finished 3rd<\/sup> (Sam Easley, Brendan Marecic, Evan Stant, Eric Easley).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ROCKY McVAIGH\/for the Van Wert independent BLUFFTON — The Van Wert YMCA Marlins traveled to Bluffton on July 13-14 to swim in the Western Ohio Aquatic League (WOAL) Championships.\u00a0 Even though Van Wert was the smallest team with 39 swimmers out of the total of 303 from eight northwest Ohio swim clubs, they finished sixth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 15:03:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}