VERGENNES — The host Vergennes Champs swim team used its depth to overcome the Middlebury Panthers on Thursday, 267-212, in Champlain Valley Swim League action. The result left both teams with 1-1 records.
The Champs won 10 of 14 relays, none of which were contested, to rack up a 98-28 advantage in those events, enough to overcome the Panthers’ slight edge in individual races at the Vergennes city pool. 
Helping Middlebury to earn that edge were two athletes who swept their four age-group races, under-10 swimmer Thomas Denton and under-18 swimmer Nick Merrill.
Two Panthers also won three events each. Annie Bolton prevailed in the U-14 girls’ butterfly, backstroke and freestyle, and sister Reubie Bolton took the U-18 butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle.
Matching that feat for the champs was U-10 swimmer Anna Rakowski, who finished first in the girl’s backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.
Two Champs also won twice: Noah Konczal in the U-8 boys’ breaststroke and butterfly, and Emerson Rice in the U-8 girls’ backstroke and freestyle.
Middlebury’s Ellie Ross touched first in the girls’ U-12 butterfly and breaststroke.
Scoring points for their teams with top-three finishes on Thursday were:
BUTTERFLY
• U-8 girls: 1. E. Rice, V, 23.60; 2. Frances Eckels, V; 3. Ella Tucker, M.
• U-8 boys: 1. Konczal, 34.81; 2. Connor McNamara, M.
• U-10 girls: 1. Ivy Kate Doran, M, 17.89; 2. Nora Wootten, M; 3. Alex Rice, V.
• U-10 boys: 1. Denton, M, 16.66; 2. Ian Henderson, V; 3. Sam Crawford, V.
• U-12 girls: 1 Ross, M, 33.67; 2. Mary Ann Eastman, M; 3. Leah Croke, V.
• U-12 boys: 1. Oliver Poduschnick, M, 35.25; 2. Robert Kenfield, V; 3. Jeffrey Stearns, V.
• U-14 girls: 1. A. Bolton, M, 34.05; 2. Calista Carl, M; 3. Sophie Rippner-Donovan, V.
• U-14 boys: 1. Jacob Brookman, M, 35.59; 2. Brody King, V; 3. Dylan Rapoport, V.
• U-18 girls: 1. R. Bolton, M, 35.12; 2. Harriet Milligan, M; 3. Ally Stearns, V.
• U-18 boys: 1 Merrill, M, 27.65; 2. Josh Cook, V; 3. Max Bicknell, V.
BACKSTROKE
• U-8 girls: 1. E. Rice, V, 24.04; 2. Madelyn Giroux, V; 3. Tucker, M.
• U-8 boys: 1. Patrick Stone, M, 25.53; 2. Calder Rakowski, V; 3. Sam Wootten, M.
• U-10 girls: 1. A. Rakowski, V, 17.62; 2. Allison Croke, V; 3. Doran, M.
• U-10 boys: 1. Denton, M, 18.28; 2. Lucius Karki, V; 3. Carson Hoffman, V.
• U-12 girls: 1. Emily Rooney, V, 34.43; 2. Eastman, M; 3. L. Croke, V.
• U-12 boys: 1. Spencer Doran, M, 38.31; 2. Kenfield, V; 3. Will Carpenter, M.
• U-14 girls: 1. A. Bolton, M, 36.32; 2. Olivia Hawkins, V; 3. Ciera Eagan, M.
• U-14 boys: 1. Archie Milligan, M, 35.63; 2. Ezekiel Palmer, V; 3. Devon Kimball, V.
• U-18 girls: 1. H. Milligan, M, 37.63; 2. R. Bolton, M; 3. A. Stearns, V.
• U-18 boys: 1. Merrill, M, 32.21; 2. Bicknell, V; 3. Cook, V.
BREASTSTROKE
• U-8 girls: 1. Acadia Clark, V, 26.56; 2. Carlyn Rapoport, V; 3. Meghan Denton, M.
• U-8 boys: 1. Konczal, V 24.81; 2. S. Wootten, M; 3. Parker Kayhart, V.
• U-10 girls: 1. A. Rakowski, V, 20.28; 2. Holly Staats, M; 3. Elizabeth Stevens, V.
• U-10 boys: 1. T. Denton, M, 19.43; 2. Adam Clark, V: 3. Nate Muzzy, V.
• U-12 girls: 1. Ross, M, 39.44; 2. Rooney, V; 3. Grace LeBeau, V.
• U-12 boys: 1. J. Stearns, V, 41.17; 2. Poduschnick, M; 3. Carpenter, M.
• U-14 girls: 1. Hawkins, V, 39.03; 2. Sadie Kass, V; 3. Anna Hodson, M.
• U-14 boys: 1. Julian Schmitt, M, 37.88; 2. Kimball, V; 3. Peter Foley, V.
• U-18 girls: 1. R. Bolton, M, 38.93; 2. H. Milligan, M; 3. Stearns, V.
• U-18 boys: 1. Merrill, M, 35.96.
FREESTYLE
• U-8 girls: 1. C. Rapoport, V, 20.88; 2. E. Rice, V; 3. M. Denton, M.
• U-8 boys: 2. S. Wootten, M, 22.66; 2. Stone, M; 3. Konczal, V.
• U-10 girls: 1. A. Rakowski, V, 14.92; 2. A. Croke, V; 3. I. Doran, M.
• U-10 boys: 1. Denton, M, 15.83; 2. Hoffman, V; 3. Clark, V.
• U-12 girls: 1. Eastman, M, 29.04; 2. Rooney, V; 3. E. Ross, M.
• U-12 boys: 1. Kenfield, V, 31.16; 2. J. Stearns, V; 3. Poduschnick, V.
• U-14 girls: 1. A. Bolton, M, 30.13; 2. Hawkins, V; 3. Kass, V.
• U-14 boys: 1. Palmer, V, 29.50; 2. Brookman, V; 3. Foley, V.
• U-18 girls: 1. R. Bolton, M, 32.25; 2. Milligan, V; 3. Stearns, V.
• U-18 boys: 1. Merrill, M, 26.76; 2. Silas Mullin, V; 3. Bicknell, V.