ESSEX — The Vergennes Champs and Middlebury Marlins swim teams both had some strong individual and relay performance at this past weekend’s Champlain Valley Swim League Championship Meet, which was held Friday and Saturday at the Sand Hill Pool in Essex.
The Vergennes team earned fifth place with 714.5 points and Middlebury was right behind in sixth place with 681.5 points.
The Edge Swim Club of Williston, the defending state champions, won the eight-team meet with 2,714 points, followed by the Town of Essex Swim Team (2,006.5), Burlington Tennis Club (1,751.5) and Burlington Country Club (944). St. Albans garnered 632 points and Winooski tallied 307.
Vergennes, which moved up from sixth place last year, was named Most Improved Team. The Champs boasted only one champion — Noah Konczal won the 10-and-under boys 25-yard breaststroke — but they also scored a number of critical second- and third-place finishes from Will Clark, Carlyn Rapoport, Max Ratti-Bicknell, Anna Rakowski, Nate Muzzy, Noah Engvall and Olivia Hawkins.
Two Vergennes relays earned second place: girls U-12 free relay team (A. Rakowski, Emma Huestis, Jordan Jewell and Grace LeBeau) and boys U-10 free relay team (Nate Muzzy, Calder Rakowski, Konczal and Parker Kayhart).
Vergennes Swim Team President Martha Kenfield received the CVSL’s Allen Cummings Most Valuable Supporter Award.
The Marlins saw one swimmer claim two titles: 11-year-old Thomas Denton won the U-12 100-yard individual medley and the 50-yard fly. Other Middlebury winners were Mary Ann Eastman (U-14 girls 200 free), Ellie Ross (U-12 girls 50 fly), Aidan Chance (U-10 boys 25 back) and Fraser Milligan (U-12 boys 100 free).
Earning seconds and thirds for the Marlins were Nora Wootten, Courtney White, Kess Moulton, Eastman and Ross on the girls’ side, and, for the boys, Charlie Hodson, Chance, Milligan and Denton.
In the relays, the Marlin quartet of Spencer Doran, Denton, Devon Kearns and Milligan were second in the U-14 boys 200 medley.
The CVSL Championship meet featured 547 swimmers.
Vermont swim teams will gather this coming weekend in Hartford at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center for the season-ending Vermont Swim Association summer championship meet.
The Champs and Marlins posting top individual or relay results this past weekend were:
Individual medley
• U-10 girls 100: 2. Nora Wootten, M; 17. Carlyn Rapoport, V; 20. Maddie Crowne, M.
• U-10 boys 100: 5. Calder Rakowski, V.
• U-12 boys 100: 1. Thomas Denton, M, 1:16.58; 7. Jarret Muzzy, V; 12. Adam Clark, V.
• U-14 girls 100: 13. Rachel Merrill, M.
• U-18 girls 100: 3. Courtney White, M; 8. Olivia Hawkins, V.
BUTTERFLY
• U-8 girls 25: 10. Amelia LaMothe, V; 11. Amelia Giroux, V.
• U-10 girls 25: 4. N. Wootten, M; 10. Bee Eckels, V; 13. Hadley Harris, V; 14. Acadia Clark, V; 22. Madelyn Giroux, V; 30. Siobhan Potter, V.
• U-10 boys 25: 3. Aidan Chance, M; 5. C. Rakowski, V; 10: Noah Konczal, V; 11. Parker Kayhart, V; 13. Patrick Stone, M; 15. (tie) Clyde Malhotra, M.; 18. Jackson Coffey, V.
• U-12 girls 50: 1. Ellie Ross, M, 32.37; 3. Anna Rakowski, V; 4. Grace LeBeau, V; 7. Jordan Jewell, V; 10. Sydney Jewell, V; 14. Emma Huestis, V; 15. Ivy Kate Doran, M; 21. Mischa Yurista, M; 22. Katrina Yurista, M; 24. Sierra Bertrand, V; 25. Amanda Kearns, M; 26. Amanda Cook, V; 30. Olivia Brooks, V.
• U-12 boys 50: 1. T. Denton, M, 34.81; 7. Nathan Stone, M; 9. Noah Engvall, V; 11. Levi Ryan, M.
• U-14 girls 50: 5. Mary Ann Eastman, M; 10. Merrill, M; 15. Emma Beauchemin, V; 18. Siobhan Eagan, M; 20. Adelaide Brooks, V.
• U-14 boys 50: 6. Devon Kearns, M; 10. Spencer Doran, M.
• U-18 girls 50: 8. Kess Moulton, M; 11. Alyse Beauchemin, V; 12. Sadie Kass, V; 13. Anna Hodson, M; 14. Kristin DeGraaf, V; 16. Georgie Pistilli, M.
• U-18 boys 50: 6. Ethan Sausville, V; 11. Jacob Brookman, M; 14. Tim Ferguson, M.
• U-18 boys 100: 12. Tucker Stearns, V.
BACKSTROKE
• U-8 girls 25: 15. Aislynne McGill, M; 24. Ellie Brooks, V; 30. A. Giroux, V; 32. Lila Cook Yoder, M; 33. A. LaMothe, V; 34. Ellie Eckels, V; 39. Abigail Flint, V.
• U-8 boys 25: 9. Will Clark, V; 31. Grey Fearon, V.
• U-10 girls 25: 20. B. Eckels, V; 28. M. Giroux, V; 35. Ava Holmes, V; 36. Ila Collette, V; 37. Siobhan Potter, V; 41. Alaina LeBeau, V; 48. Mackenzie Flint, V.
• U-10 boys 25: 1. Chance, M, 20.27; 9. P. Kayhart, V; 12. Malhotra, M; 13. P. Stone, M; 18. Coffey, V; 19. Gideon Palmer, V.
• U-12 girls 50: 13. I. Doran, M; 15. Holly Staats, M; 20. M. Yurista, M; 21. A. Kearns, M; 26. S. Jewell, V; 29. K. Yurista, M; 43. O. Brooks, V.
• U-12 boys 50: 2. T. Denton, M; 8. Charlie Hodson, M; 11. Ryan, M; 13. Adam Clark, V.
• U-14 girls 50: 17. S. Eagan, M; 18. Karyn Kenfield, V; 21. Lexi Grant, V.
• U-14 boys 50: 4. S. Doran, M; 7. Robert Kenfield, V.
• U-18 girls 50: 3. Moulton, M; 8. DeGraaf, V.
• U-18 boys 50: 6. Archie Milligan, M; 7. Julian Schmitt, M.
• U-18 boys 100: 4. Max Ratti-Bicknell, V.
BREASTSTROKE
• U-8 girls 25: 5. A. Giroux, V; 6. Cook Yoder, M.
• U-8 boys 25: 2. W. Clark, V.
• U-10 girls 25: 2. Rapoport, V; 4. Acadia Clark, V; 6. Meghan Denton, M; 12. Harris, V; 15. M. Giroux, V; 17. B. Eckels, V; 24. Collette; 27. A. LeBeau, V; 29. M. Flint, V.
• U-10 boys 25: 1. N. Konczal, V, 22.05; 3. Nate Muzzy, V; 5. Tyler Kimball, V; 9. Palmer, V.
• U-12 girls 50: 2. Ross; 6. Staats; 7. Anna Rakowski, V; 9. G. LeBeau, V; 15. Huestis, V; 16. Jordan Jewell, V; 22. Jordan Kimball, V; 30. I. Doran, M; 32. Cook, V; 35. Bertrand, V; 38. Reagan Kayhart, V.
• U-12 boys 50: 2. C. Hodson, M; 3. Engvall, V; 4. T. Stearns, V; 5. N. Stone, M.
• U-14 girls 50: 9. Merrill, M. 11. E. Beauchemin, V; 13. A. Brooks, V; 15. K. Kenfield, V; 17. Grant, V.
• U-14 boys 50: 5. D. Kearns, M; 9. R. Kenfield, V; 12. Max Konczal, V.
• U-18 girls 50: 3. Hawkins, V; 4. Harriet Milligan, M; 5. Kass; 9. A. Beauchemin, V; 13. A. Hodson, M.
• U-18 boys 50: 9. Schmitt, M; 12. Sausville, V; 13. Brookman, M; 14. Ferguson, M.
• U-18 girls 100: 5. H. Milligan, M; 8. Kass, V; 9. Hawkins, V; 12. Merrill, M; 14. Allyson Stearns, V.
• U-18 boys 100: 12. Fraser Milligan; 13. Adam Clark, V.
FREESTYLE
• U-8 girls 25: 19. Cook Yoder, M; 23. E. Brooks, V; 25. LaMothe, V; 26. A. Giroux, V; 38. McGill, M; 41. E. Eckels, V; 46. A. Flint, V.
• U-8 boys 25: 4. W. Clark, V; 12. Fearon, V; 21. Reed Grant, V; 30. Julian Potter, V.
• U-8 boys 50: 9. Fearon, V.
• U-10 girls 25: 7. N. Wootten, M; 18. B. Eckels, V; 19. Rapoport, V; 20. Crowne, M; 22. Harris; 25. M. Denton, M; 27. Acadia Clark, V; 41. Holmes, V; 44. Collette, V; 48. A. LeBeau, V; 49. M. Flint, V.
• U-10 boys 25: 4. P. Kayhart, V; 5. Chance, M; 8. (tie) N. Muzzy, V; 12. N. Konczal, V; 15. Malhotra, M; 17. T. Kimball, V; 21. Coffey, V; 23. Palmer, V.
• U-10 girls 50: 14. M. Denton, M; 24. Holmes, V; 26. M. Giroux, V; 34. S. Potter, V; 35. A. LeBeau, V.
• U-10 boys 50: 2. Chance, M; 7. N. Muzzy, V; 12. P. Stone, M; 13. C. Rakowski, V; 15. Coffey, V.
• U-12 girls 50: 3. (tie) Ross, M; 5. G. LeBeau, V; 6. A. Rakowski, V; 9. J. Jewell, V; 10. S. Jewell, V; 11. I. Doran, M; 12. Huestis; 16. Staats, M; 21. M. Yurista, M; 27. Kimball, V; 29. Bertrand, V; 30. A. Kearns, M; 32. K. Yurista, M; 38. Cook, V; 54. O. Brooks, V; 55. R. Kayhart, V.
• U-12 boys 50: 2. F. Milligan, M; 6. C. Hodson, M; 8. N. Stone, M; 9. J. Muzzy, V; 10. T. Stearns, V; 11. Ryan; 13. Adam Clark, V; 14. Engvall, V.
• U-12 girls 100: Kimball, V.
• U-12 boys 100: 1. F. Milligan, M, 1:07.71; 7. J. Muzzy, V.
• U-14 girls 50: 3. Eastman, M; 18. E. Beauchemin, V; 19. K. Kenfield, V; 23. A. Brooks, V; 24. S. Eagan, M; 25. Grant, V.
• U-14 boys 50: 5. D. Kearns, M; 8. R. Kenfield, V; 12. S. Doran, M; 17. Max Konczal, V.
• U-14 girls 200: 1. Eastman, M, 2:15.77.
• U-18 girls 50: 3. White, M; 8. Hawkins, V; 9. Moulton, M; 12. H. Milligan, M; 13. Kass, V; 14. Carl, M; 17. A. Beauchemin, V; 21. Pistilli, M; 24. DeGraaf, V.
• U-18 boys 50: 8. Ratti-Bicknell, V; 12. Sausville, V; 14. Schmitt, M; 15. Brookman, M; 16. Ferguson, M.
• U-18 girls 100: 4. White, M; 9. Calista Carl, M.
• U-18 boys 100: 8. Ratti-Bicknell, V.
• U-18 boys 200: 2. Ratti-Bicknell, V.
RELAYS
• U-8 girls 100 freestyle: 9. Vergennes A (E. Brooks, Flint, E. Eckels, LaMothe).
• U-8 boys 100 freestyle: 6. Vergennes A (Grant, Potter, Fearon, W. Clark).
• U-8 girls 100 medley: 5. Vergennes A (E. Brooks, A. Giroux, LaMothe, Flint).
• U-10 girls 100 freestyle: 7. Vergennes A (Rapoport, B. Eckels, Acadia Clark, Harris); 8. Middlebury (McGill, Crowne, M. Denton, N. Wootten); 10. Vergennes B (Holmes, M. Flint, S. Potter, Collette).
• U-10 boys 100 freestyle: 2. Vergennes A (N. Muzzy, C. Rakowski, N. Konczal, P. Kayhart).
• U-10 girls 100 medley: 7. Vergennes A (Acadia Clark, Rapoport, M. Giroux, Harris); 9. Middlebury A (Cook Yoder, Crowne, N. Wootten, M. Denton); 11. Vergennes B (A. LeBeau, Collette, S. Potter, Holmes).
• U-10 boys 100 medley: 4. Vergennes A (C. Rakowski, N. Konczal, N. Muzzy, P. Kayhart).
• U-12 girls 200 freestyle: 2. Vergennes A (A. Rakowski, Huestis, J. Jewell, G. LeBeau); 8. Middlebury A (K. Yurista, A. Kearns, Ross); 10. Vergennes B (Bertrand, Cook, Kimball, S. Jewell).
• U-12 girls 200 medley: 3. Vergennes A (A. Rakowski, Huestis, S. Jewell, G. LeBeau); 6. Middlebury A (Ivy Kate Doran, Staats, A. Kearns, M. Yurista).
• U-12 boys 200 medley: 3. Middlebury A (Ryan, C. Hodson, N. Stone, Chance); 5. Vergennes A (Adam Clark, Engvall, J. Muzzy, T. Stearns).
• U-14 girls 200 freestyle: 7. Vergennes A (A. Brooks, Grant, K. Kenfield, E. Beauchemin).
• U-14 boys 200 freestyle: 3. Middlebury A (T. Denton, S. Doran, F. Milligan); 5. Vergennes A (T. Stearns, Engvall, M. Konczal, R. Kenfield).
• U-14 girls 200 medley: 6. Vergennes A (K. Kenfield, A. Brooks, E. Beauchemin, Grant).
• U-14 boys 200 medley: 2. Middlebury A (S. Doran, T. Denton, D. Kearns, F. Milligan).
• U-18 girls 200 freestyle: 3. Middlebury A (H. Milligan, Moulton, White, Eastman).
• U-18 boys 200 freestyle: 8. Middlebury A (Ferguson, C. Hodson, Brookman, Schmitt).
• U-18 girls 200 medley: 5. Middlebury A (Carl, H. Milligan, Moulton, White); 7. Vergennes A (A. Beauchemin, Kass, DeGraaf, Hawkins).
• U-18 boys 200 medley: 5. Middlebury A (A. Milligan, Schmitt, Brookman, Ferguson); 6. Vergennes A (Ratti-Bicknell, M. Konczal, Sausville, R. Kenfield).