{"id":34691,"date":"2013-02-08T06:08:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T11:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=34691"},"modified":"2013-02-08T06:08:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T11:08:19","slug":"marlins-do-well-in-3-area-swim-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/02\/08\/marlins-do-well-in-3-area-swim-meets\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins do well in 3 area swim meets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Van Wert Marlins competed in three matches since mid-January.<\/p>\n

On January 19, the Marlins traveled to Defiance for a dual meet at the Defiance YMCA, where the locals dropped a close match to a larger team.<\/p>\n

Sam Easley finished first in all four of his individual events. Also claiming first place finishes were Gracie Mull (2); Luke Miller (3); Emma Pollock (3); Jamie Burenga (1); Daniel Miller (3); Risa Pollock (2); Erin Miller (3); Aaron Stant (1); Dylan Neate (2); Skylar Lehman (1) and Bethany Fast (3).<\/p>\n

In relay action, the girls\u2019 200-yard freestyle team (Emma Pollock, Jamie Burenga, Risa Pollock, Erin Miller) finished first, as did the boys\u2019 200-yard freestyle team (Aaron Stant, Colton Deschner, Dylan Neate, Sam Easley).<\/p>\n

On January 26, four Marlin swimmers made the trip to Temperance, Mich., to compete in the Francis YMCA Border Battle Invitational. The two girl swimmers (Emma and Risa Pollock) representing Van Wert finished in 11th place out of 15 teams.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, February 2, the Marlins traveled to Tiffin to compete in the Tiffin YMCA Invitational.\u00a0 This was the final Invitational of the regular season and featured more than 320 swimmers from 15 area YMCAs.<\/p>\n

The Marlins finished 10th overall as a team, with the girls taking 11th place and the boys taking eighth place.\u00a0 Sam Easley led Van Wert by finishing first in all five of his individual events. The girls\u2019 200-yard freestyle relay team (Emma Pollock, Erin Miller, Risa Pollock, Katie McVaigh) finished fourth.<\/p>\n

Details for all three meets are listed below.<\/p>\n

YMCA Marlins at Defiance YMCA <\/strong>(all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8&Under Girls: <\/strong>Gracie Mull \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Free; 2nd<\/sup> 25 Back; 3rd<\/sup> 25 Free and 25 Breast.\u00a0 Anna Wasson \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 25 Fly and 25 Breast; 4th<\/sup> 25 Free; 5th<\/sup> 50 Free and 25 Back.<\/p>\n

8&Under Boys<\/strong>: Luke Miller \u2013 1st<\/sup> 25 Free and 50 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 25 Back.<\/p>\n

9-10 <\/strong>Girls<\/strong>: Emma Pollock \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 IM, 50 Free and 50 Fly; 2nd<\/sup> 100 Free. Jamie Burenga \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Back; 2nd<\/sup> 200 Free, 50 Free and 50 Breast; 3rd<\/sup> 100 Free.<\/p>\n

9-10 Boys: <\/strong>Daniel Miller \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 Free and 50 Back.\u00a0 Ian Rex \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 100 Free; 4th<\/sup> 50 Bck; 5th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

11-12 Girls<\/strong>: Risa Pollock \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Back; 2nd<\/sup> 200 Free and 50 Fly.\u00a0 Erin Miller \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 IM, 50 Free and 50 Fly; 2nd<\/sup> 500 Free. Noelle Heffner \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 100 Free, 50 Back and 50 Breast; 3rd<\/sup> 200 Free and 50 Free.<\/p>\n

11-12 Boys<\/strong>: Aaron Stant\u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Back; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, 50 Fly and 200 Free. Dylan Neate \u2013 1st<\/sup> 200 Free and 100 Free; 2nd<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Breast.<\/p>\n

13-14 Girls<\/strong>: Skylar Lehman \u20131st<\/sup> 100 Fly; 3rd<\/sup> 200 Free, 50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Back. Bethany Fast \u20131st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 Back and 100 Breast; 2nd<\/sup> 200 Free and 100 Free.<\/strong><\/p>\n

13-14 Boys: C<\/strong>olton Deschner \u2013 <\/strong>2nd<\/sup> 200 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 100 Back and 100 Breast; 4th<\/sup> 50 Free.\u00a0 Sam Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free and 100 Back.<\/p>\n

YMCA Marlins at St Francis, Mich., Invitational (<\/strong>all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n

9-10 <\/strong> Girls<\/strong>: Emma Pollock \u2013 4th<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free; 5th<\/sup> 50 Fly; 6th<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Breast.<\/p>\n

9<\/strong>-10 Boys: Ian Rex \u2013 25th<\/sup> 50 Free and 21st<\/sup> 100 Free<\/p>\n

11-12 Girls<\/strong>: Risa Pollock \u2013 9th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 11th<\/sup> 100 IM, 50 Free and 100 Free; 19th<\/sup> 50 Back.<\/p>\n

13-14 Boys: C<\/strong>olton Deschner \u2013 <\/strong>9th<\/sup> 100 Free; 10th<\/sup> 100 Breast; 14th<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Free.<\/p>\n

YMCA Marlins at Tiffin Invitational <\/strong>(all distances in yards)<\/p>\n

8&Under Girls: <\/strong>Anna Wasson \u2013 11th<\/sup> 25 Breast; 13th<\/sup> 25 Fly and 50 Free; 14th<\/sup> 25 Free; 21st<\/sup> 25 Back.<\/p>\n

8&Under Boys<\/strong>: Luke Miller \u2013 6th<\/sup> 50 Free; 7th<\/sup> 25 Free; 11th<\/sup> 25 Back.<\/p>\n

9-11 <\/strong>Girls<\/strong>: Emma Pollock \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free; 5th<\/sup> 100 Free; 6th<\/sup> 50 Fly and 100 IM.<\/p>\n

9-10 Boys: <\/strong>Daniel Miller \u2013 4th<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free; 6th<\/sup> 100 IM; 8th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 11th<\/sup> 50 Back.\u00a0 Ian Rex \u2013 9th<\/sup> 50 Fly; 15th<\/sup> 50 Back; 16th<\/sup> 100 Free; 18th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

11-12 Girls<\/strong>: Risa Pollock \u2013 11th<\/sup> 200 Free and 50 Breast; 13th<\/sup> 100 Free; 20th<\/sup> 100 IM.\u00a0 Erin Miller \u2013 15th<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Back; 16th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 23rd<\/sup> 100 IM; 24th<\/sup> 50 Fly. Noelle Heffner \u2013 17th<\/sup> 100 Free; and 50 Back; 16th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 24th<\/sup> 100 IM; 28th<\/sup> 50 Free. Katie McVaigh \u2013 10th<\/sup> 100 Free amd 50 Back; 13th<\/sup> 50 Free; 14th<\/sup> 100 IM.<\/p>\n

11-12 Boys<\/strong>: Aaron Stant \u2013 7th<\/sup> 200 Free and 50 Back; 11th<\/sup> 50 Fly; 13th<\/sup> 100 Free; 16th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

13-14 Boys: C<\/strong>olton Deschner \u2013 <\/strong>9th<\/sup> 200 Free and 100 Back; 10th<\/sup> 100 Breast; 15th<\/sup> 100 Free; 17th<\/sup> 50 Free.\u00a0 Sam Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free and 100 Back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ROCKY McVAIGH\/for the Van Wert independent The Van Wert Marlins competed in three matches since mid-January. On January 19, the Marlins traveled to Defiance for a dual meet at the Defiance YMCA, where the locals dropped a close match to a larger team. Sam Easley finished first in all four of his individual events. Also […]<\/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-34691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 04:55:15","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\/34691","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=34691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}