ROCKY McVAIGH\/<\/b>for the Van Wert independent<\/i><\/p>\n
This past week, the Van Wert YMCA Marlins traveled to Kenton and hosted Ada Lost Creek Community Pool Club at the Van Wert YMCA.\u00a0 At Hardin County Pool, two Van Wert swimmers, Tyra McClain and Katie McVaigh, won all five of the individual events.\u00a0 Also claiming first place finishes were (number of events): Ian Rex (2); Jayden Welker (4); Emma Pollock (1); Daniel Miller (1); Risa Pollock (2) and Noah Arend (1).\u00a0 Jamie Burenga took second in all five of her events.<\/p>\n
Against Ada, three swimmers won all of their individual events: Katie McVaigh (3); Sam Houg (5) and Jay Welker (5).\u00a0 Also with first place finishes were: Lilie Mull (2); Mandy Burenga (1); Emma Miller (2); Tyra McClain (2); Sofia Houg (2); Jamie Burenga (2); Emma Pollock (1); Rickie Welker (1); Noelle Hefner (2); Risa Pollock (2); Erin Miller (1); Aaron Stant (1); Bethany Fast (1); Eric Easley (2) and Sam Easley (1).\u00a0 All four of Van Wert\u2019s 200 Free relay teams took First Place.<\/p>\n
Details for both meets are listed below.<\/p>\n
YMCA Marlins at Hardin County Pool <\/b>(all distances in meters)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
8&Under Girls: <\/b>Emma Miller \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 25 Fly; 3rd<\/sup> 25 Free and 25 Back; 4th<\/sup> 50 Free. Mandy Burenga \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free and 25 Fly; 4th<\/sup> 25 Free; 5th<\/sup> 25 Back. Rory Youngpeter \u2013 5th<\/sup> 25 Free; 6th<\/sup> 25 Back; 7th<\/sup> 50 Free. <\/b><\/p>\n 9-10 Girls<\/b>: Tyra McClain \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 50 Fly, 50 Back, 100 Free and 50 Breast.<\/b><\/p>\n 9-10 Boys: <\/b>\u00a0Ian Rex \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Back and 100 Free; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Breast. Jayden Welker \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast and 50 Fly; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Back. Luke Miller \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Fly and 100 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free; 4th<\/sup> 50 Back.<\/p>\n 11-12 Girls<\/b>: Katie McVaigh \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly, 50 Back and 100 Free.\u00a0 Emma Pollock \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Breast; 2nd<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Fly; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free. Jamie Burenga \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Free and 50 Breast; 3rd<\/sup> 100 IM.<\/p>\n 11-12 Boys<\/b>: Daniel Miller \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Fly; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Breast. Rickie Welker \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Back; 4th<\/sup> 100 Free; 5th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n 13-14 Girls<\/b>: Risa Pollock \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Breast; 4th<\/sup> 100 IM. Noelle Heffner \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Fly. Kathryn Wray \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free, 4th<\/sup> 50 Breast; 5th<\/sup> 50 Back. Erin Miller \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Fly; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Back; 5th<\/sup> 100 IM.<\/p>\n 13-14 Boys: <\/b>Aaron Stant \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Fly and 100 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free. Noah Arend \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Breast; 3rd<\/sup> 100 Free; 4th<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Back<\/p>\n RELAYS:\u00a0 <\/b>Boys 11-12 200 Medley (L. Miller, I. Rex, D. Miller. R. Welker) 2nd<\/sup> Place. Girls 13-14 200 Medley (E. Miller, R. Pollock, N. Heffner, K. Wray) 2nd<\/sup> place. Girls 13-14 200 Free (E. Miller, R. Pollock, N. Heffner, K. Wray) 1st<\/sup> place. Boys 13-14 200 Free (D. Miller, R. Welker, N. Arend, A. \u00a0Stant) 1st<\/sup> place.<\/b><\/p>\n Ada Lost Creek Swim Club at VW YMCA Marlins <\/b>(all distances in meters)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n 8&Under Girls: <\/b>Lilie Mull \u2013 1st<\/sup> 25 Free and 25 Back. Mandy Burenga \u2013 1st<\/sup> 25 Breast; 2nd<\/sup> 25 Free, 25 Back and 50 Free. Kayson Hargett \u2013 4th<\/sup> 25 Back; 5th<\/sup> 25 Free. Emma Miller 1st<\/sup> 25 Fly and 50 Free. Rory Youngpeter \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free. <\/b><\/p>\n 8 & Under Boys \u2013 <\/b>Sam Houg \u2013 <\/b>1st<\/sup> 25 Free, 25 Fly, 25 Back and 50 Free.<\/p>\n 9-10 Girls<\/b>: Tyra McClain \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 IM ; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Breast. Sofia Houg \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Fly and 50 Back; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free and 100 Free. Gracie Mull \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Back; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free; 4th<\/sup> 50 Breast.<\/b><\/p>\n 9-10 Boys: <\/b>\u00a0Jayden Welker \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly and 50 Breast. Luke Miller \u2013 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, 50 Back and 100 Free.<\/p>\n 11-12 Girls<\/b>: Katie McVaigh \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Fly, 50 Back and 100 Free. Jamie Burenga \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Breast. 2nd<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Fly. Emma Pollock \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 IM; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, 50 Fly and 50 Breast.<\/p>\n 11-12 Boys<\/b>: Rickie Welker \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Back; 3rd<\/sup> 100 Free.<\/p>\n 13-14 Girls<\/b>: Noelle Heffner \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Back; 2nd<\/sup> 100 Free; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Fly. Kathryn Wray \u2013 3rd<\/sup> 100 IM and 50 Back; 4th<\/sup> 50 Free; 5th<\/sup> 100 Free. Risa Pollock \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 Free and 50 Breast; 5th<\/sup> 50 Free. Erin Miller \u2013 1st<\/sup> 100 IM; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Fly, 50 Back and 50 Breast.<\/p>\n 13-14 Boys: <\/b>Aaron Stant \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Back; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free and 50 Fly; 4th<\/sup> 100 Free. Noah Arend \u2013 4th<\/sup> 50 Free, 50 Back and 50 Breast; 5th<\/sup> 100 Free.<\/p>\n 15-18 Girls:<\/b> Bethany Fast \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Breast; 2nd<\/sup> 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly and 50 Back.<\/p>\n 15-18 Boys: <\/b>Eric Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Back and 50 Breast; 2nd<\/sup> 100 IM; 3rd<\/sup> 50 Free; 4th<\/sup> 100 Free. Sam Easley \u2013 1st<\/sup> 50 Fly; 3rd<\/sup> 100 IM, 50 Back and 100 Free; 4th<\/sup> 50 Free.<\/p>\n RELAYS:<\/b> Girls 9-10 200 Medley (G. Mull, L. Hargett, T. McClain, A. Wasson) 1st<\/sup> place. Girls 13-14 200 Medley (E. Miller, R. Pollock, K. McVaigh, N. Heffner) 1st<\/sup> Place. Boys 13-14 200 Medley (R. Welker, A. Noah, A. Stant, L. Miller) 2nd<\/sup> place. Girls 9-10 200 Free (G. Mull, A. Wasson, L. Hargett, T. McClain) 1st<\/sup> place.\u00a0 Girls 8 & Under 100 Free (E. Miller, K. Hargett, L. Mull, R. Youngpeter) 1st<\/sup> place.\u00a0 Boys 11-12 300 Free (S. Houg, R. Welker, L. Miller, J. Welker) 1st<\/sup> Place. Girls 13-14 200 Free (E. Pollock, J. Buremga, K. Mcvaigh, R. Pollock) 1st<\/sup> Place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ROCKY McVAIGH\/for the Van Wert independent This past week, the Van Wert YMCA Marlins traveled to Kenton and hosted Ada Lost Creek Community Pool Club at the Van Wert YMCA.\u00a0 At Hardin County Pool, two Van Wert swimmers, Tyra McClain and Katie McVaigh, won all five of the individual events.\u00a0 Also claiming first place finishes […]<\/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-53039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 18:56:36","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\/53039","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=53039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}