{"id":49641,"date":"2014-03-18T06:31:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T11:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=49641"},"modified":"2014-03-18T06:31:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T11:31:56","slug":"marlins-do-well-at-championship-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/03\/18\/marlins-do-well-at-championship-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins do well at championship meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports<\/i><\/p>\n

FREMONT — The Van Wert YMCA Marlins\u2019 qualifiers from Sectionals competed at the Northwest Ohio YMCA Swim League Championships at Fremont on March 15-16.<\/p>\n

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Emma Pollock competes in the 100-yard individual medley race at the championship meet in Fremont. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a team, the Marlins finished fourth in Division 3. In 9-10 girls, Jamie Burenga took second in the 50-yard backstroke, while Emma Pollock finished third in the 50-year butterfly. In 11-12 girls, Katie McVaigh took third in the 50-yard backstroke. Sam Easley finished first in 13-14 Boys 50-yard freestyle and second in the 100-yard butterfly. Eric Easley took first in the 15 and over boys\u2019 200 individual medley race.<\/p>\n

In order to compete at the YMCA Great Lake Zones (seven-state regional), each swimmer must finish under a pre-determined time by age group and event. Four Van Wert swimmers qualified to compete. In 9-10 girls, Jamie Burenga advanced in the 50-meter backstroke and 100-meter freestyle, while Emma Pollock qualified in the 100 IM. Sam Easley (13-14 boys) qualified in four events while brother Eric Easley (15 & over boys) qualified in two.\u00a0 Zones will take place this weekend, March 21-23, at The Ohio Sate University McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.<\/p>\n

Van Wert at Northwest Ohio YMCA Championships\u00a0 <\/b>(all distances in yards)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

8 & Under Girls: <\/b>Sofia Houg \u2013 8th<\/sup> 25 Back; 10th<\/sup> 25 Free; 14th<\/sup> 25 Fly; 16th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

8&Under Boys:<\/b> Luke Miller \u2013 12th<\/sup> 50 Free; 13th<\/sup> 25 Free.\u00a0 Sam Houg \u2013 12th<\/sup> 25 Free; 16th<\/sup> 25 Fly.<\/p>\n

9-10 Girls:<\/b> Jamie Burenga \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Back; 5th<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Breast; 6th<\/sup> 100 Free; 8th<\/sup> 50 Free. Emma Pollock \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 50 Fly; 4th<\/sup> 200 Free and 100 IM; 5th<\/sup> 50 Free; 8th<\/sup> 50 Breast.<\/p>\n

9-10 Boys<\/b>: Daniel Miller \u2013 8th<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free; 9th<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Breast.\u00a0 Ian Rex \u2013 12th<\/sup> 200 Free 16th<\/sup> 50 Back; 18th<\/sup> 100 Free. Jayden Welker \u2013 16th<\/sup> 50 Fly.<\/p>\n

11-12 Girls<\/b>:\u00a0 Katie McVaigh \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 50 Back; 5th<\/sup> 100 Free and 100 IM; 7th<\/sup> 50 Free; 10th<\/sup> 50 Fly. Risa Pollock \u2013 7th<\/sup> 500 Free; 10th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 11th<\/sup> 100 IM; 17th<\/sup> 200 Free.<\/p>\n

13-14 Girls: <\/b>Erin Miller \u2013 20th<\/sup> 100 Breast; 24th<\/sup> 100 Back; 34th<\/sup> 100 Free. Kathryn Wray \u2013 27th<\/sup> 200 Free; 45th<\/sup> 50 Free. Skylar Lehman \u2013 20th<\/sup> 100 Fly; 42nd<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n

13-14 Boys:<\/b> Aaron Stant \u2013 14th<\/sup> 100 Fly; 18th<\/sup> 500 Free; 22nd<\/sup> 100 Back; 25th<\/sup> 200 Free; 35th<\/sup> 50 Free. Sam Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free; 2nd<\/sup> 100 Fly. Dylan Neate \u2013 21st<\/sup> 200 Free and 100 Breast; 27th<\/sup> 100 Free; 33rd<\/sup> 50 Free. Brendan Browning \u2013 26th<\/sup> 100 Breast; 32nd<\/sup> 100 Free.<\/p>\n

15 & Over Boys: <\/b>Eric Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 200 IM; 7th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports FREMONT — The Van Wert YMCA Marlins\u2019 qualifiers from Sectionals competed at the Northwest Ohio YMCA Swim League Championships at Fremont on March 15-16. As a team, the Marlins finished fourth in Division 3. In 9-10 girls, Jamie Burenga took second in the 50-yard backstroke, while Emma Pollock finished third in […]<\/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-49641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 17:32:29","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\/49641","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=49641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}