ROCKY McVAIGH\/<\/b>for the Van Wert independent<\/i><\/p>\n
TIFFIN — This past Saturday, February 1, the YMCA Marlins traveled to Tiffin to compete in the Tiffin Community YMCA Invitational. The Invitational is the last large meet of the season and is highly competitive, with 14 YMCA teams and 252 athletes competing. The meet serves as an excellent challenge prior to YMCA sectionals.<\/p>\n
Highlights for Van Wert were as follows: in 8 & Under Girls, Karis Holloway finished with a second in the 25-yard backstroke; in 8 & Under Boys, Luke Miller took second in the 50-yard freestyle; in 9-10 Girls and Boys, Emma Pollock finished second in the 100-yard individual medley and Ian Rex finished second in the 200-yard freestyle and teammate Jayden Welker took third; in 11-12 Girls, Risa Pollock took third in the 200-yard freestyle while teammate Katie McVaigh claimed third in the 100-yard freestyle and 50-yard backstroke.<\/p>\n
Van Wert at Tiffin Community YMCA Invitational <\/b>(all distances yards)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
8 & Under Girls: <\/b>Karis Holloway \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 25 Back; 15th<\/sup> 25 Fly; 20th<\/sup> 25 Free and 50 Free. Emma Miller \u2013 19th<\/sup> 25 Back; 25th<\/sup> 25 Free; 26th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n 8 & Under Boys<\/b>: Luke Miller \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free; 6th<\/sup> 25 Free; 15th<\/sup> 25 Back.<\/p>\n 9-10 Girls:<\/b> Emma Pollock \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 100 IM; 4th<\/sup> 50 Fly; 5th<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free.<\/p>\n 9-10 Boys<\/b>: Ian Rex \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 200 Free; 6th<\/sup> 50 Back; 12th<\/sup> 100 Free; 13th<\/sup> 50 Free. Jayden Welker \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 200 Free; 10th<\/sup> 50 Free; 11th<\/sup> 100 Free. Daniel Miller \u2013 4th<\/sup> 50 Free; 5th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 7th<\/sup> 100 IM and 100 Free. Kaden Woolbright \u2013 12th<\/sup> 50 Fly; 14th<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Back; 18th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n 11-12 Girls<\/b>: Risa Pollock \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 200 Free; 9th<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Back; 13th<\/sup> 50 Free. Katie McVaigh \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Back; 4th<\/sup> 50 Free; 5th<\/sup> 100 IM.<\/p>\n 13-14 Girls: <\/b>Erin Miller \u2013 8th<\/sup> 200 Free; 12th<\/sup> 100 Back; 14th<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free.<\/p>\n 13-14 Boys:<\/b> Dylan Neate \u2013 7th<\/sup> 100 Breast; 6th<\/sup> 200 IM; 21st<\/sup> 100 Free; 23rd<\/sup> 50 Free. Aaron Stant \u2013 11th<\/sup> 50 Fly; 12th<\/sup> 100 Back; 15th<\/sup> 200 Free; 23rd<\/sup> 100 Free.<\/p>\n Next Saturday, the Marlins travel to Marion for a dual meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ROCKY McVAIGH\/for the Van Wert independent TIFFIN — This past Saturday, February 1, the YMCA Marlins traveled to Tiffin to compete in the Tiffin Community YMCA Invitational. The Invitational is the last large meet of the season and is highly competitive, with 14 YMCA teams and 252 athletes competing. The meet serves as an excellent […]<\/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-48179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 22:55:01","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\/48179","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=48179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}