VERGENNES — After losing at home on June 26 in a sunny Champlain Valley Swim League opener, the Vergennes Champs won big on Thursday in a cloudier Thursday meet moved to their home pool because their opponents’ pool is not ready for action.
On Tuesday last week visiting top CVSL team The Edge coasted past the Champs, 293-181, a misleading score considering the visitors treated the closing free relays as exhibitions and essentially forfeited all of them. Twelve-year-old Madelyn Giroux picked up two victories to become the only Champ to win more than once.
The Champs visit the Middlebury Marlins on July 5.
Champs posting top-three finishes on Tuesday last week were:
BUTTERFLY
•  U-10 boys: 2. Will Clark.
•  U-12 girls: 1. Giroux, 32.89.
•  U-12 boys: 1. Ethan Croke, 35.71; 3. Luke Davis.
•  U-14 girls: 3. Allison Croke.
•  U-14 boys: 3. Carson Hoffman.
•  U-18 girls: 3. Leah Croke.
BACKSTROKE
•  U-8 girls: 2. Eleanor Brooks.
•  U-8 boys: 2. Flint Crary.
•  U-10 girls: 3. Adrienne Smits.
•  U-10 boys: 2. W. Clark.
•  U-12 girls: 1. Hadley Harris, 36.97; 2. Carlyn Rapoport.
•  U-12 boys: 2. E. Croke; 3. Calder Rakowski.
•  U-14 girls: 3. A. Croke.
•  U-14 boys: 3. Adam Clark.
•  U-18 girls: 3. L. Croke.
•  U-18 boys: 2. Dylan Rapoport.
BREASTSTROKE
•  U-8 girls: 2. Sophia James; 3. Skylar Lamothe.
•  U-10 girls: 1. Eloise Eckels, 24.0.
•  U-10 boys: 3. Clark Clary.
•  U-12 girls: 1. C. Rapoport, 38.25; 2. Harris.
•  U-12 boys: 3. Grey Fearon.
•  U-14 girls: 3. Anna Doucet.
•  U-14 boys: 1. Noah Engvall, 34.87; 3. Hoffman.
•  U-18 girls: 3. Olivia Hawkins.
•  U-18 boys: 3. D. Rapoport.
FREESTYLE
•  U-8 girls: 2. Brooks; 3. Ella Bearor.
•  U-8 boys: 2. F. Clary.
•  U-10 girls: 3. Amelia Lamothe.
•  U-10 boys: 2. W. Clark.
•  U-12 girls: 1. Giroux, 30.31; 2. Rapoport.
•  U-12 boys: 2. E. Croke.
•  U-14 girls: 2. Anna Rakowski.
•  U-14 boys: 3. Engvall.
•  U-18 girls:  3. L. Croke; 3. Jordan Jewell.
•  U-18 boys: 3. D Rapoport.
CHAMPS WIN BIG
On Thursday the Champs swamped visiting Winooski, 318-150. Eleanor Brooks and Giroux won three races apiece, and Will Clark, Anna Rakowski and Dylan Rapoport picked up two wins each.
BUTTERFLY
•  U-8 girls: 1. S. James, 30.59.
•  U-10 girls: 3. Ad. Smits.
•  U-10 boys: 1. Quinn LeBeau, 22.00; 2. C. Crary.
•  U-12 girls: 1. Giroux, 32.78; 2. C. Rapoport.
•  U-12 boys: 2. E. Croke; 3. Grey Fearon.
•  U-14 girls: 1. A. Rakowski, 31.91; 2. A. Croke.
•  U-14 boys: 1. Hoffman, 31.72; 2. Engvall.
•  U-18 girls: 2. L. Croke; 3. Jewell.
•  U-18 boys: 1. Ethan Sausville, 28.43; 28.43; 2. Jarret Muzzy.
BACKSTROKE
•  U-8 girls: 1. Brooks, 24.47; 2. Annika Smits.
•  U-8 boys: 2. F. Crary.
•  U-10 girls: 3. Libby Ringer.
•  U-10 boys: 1. W. Clark, 18.12; 3. Rudolf Vorsteveld.
•  U-12 girls: 1. Giroux, 37.22; 2. Frances Eckels.
•  U-12 boys: 1. E. Croke, 38.66.
•  U-14 girls: 1. A. Croke, 34.40.
•  U-14 boys: 1. A. Clark, 36.07; 2. Jackson Coffey.
•  U-18 girls: 1. L. Croke, 32.47; 3. O. Hawkins.
•  U-18 boys: 1. D. Rapoport, 33.58.
BREASTSTROKE
•  U-8 girls: 1. Brooks, 27.70; 2. James.
•  U-10 girls: 2. E. Eckels.
•  U-10 boys: 1. W. Clark, 21.25; 2. C. Clary.
•  U-12 girls: 1. C. Rapoport, 37.72.
•  U-12 boys: 1. C. Rakowski, 50.37; 2. Grey Fearon.
•  U-14 girls: 2. A. Rakowski.
•  U-14 boys: 1. Engvall, 35.94; 2. Hoffman.
•  U-18 girls: 3. Hawkins.
•  U-18 boys: 1. Rapoport, 36.14; 2. Sausville.
FREESTYLE
•  U-8 girls: 1. Brooks, 20.27; 2. Ella Bearor.
•  U-8 boys: 1. F. Crary, 20.52.
•  U-10 girls: 3. A. Lamothe.
•  U-10 boys: 1 Cohen Howell, 17.66; 2. LeBeau.
•  U-12 girls: 1. Giroux, 30.65; 2. C. Rapoport.
•  U-12 boys: 2. W. Clark; 3. C. Rakowski.
•  U-14 girls: 1. A. Rakowski, 28.91; 3. A. Croke.
•  U-14 boys: 1. Engvall, 27.59; 2. Hoffman.
•  U-18 girls: 2. Croke; 3. Jewell.
•  U-18 boys: 1. Muzzy, 26.24; 3. Sausville, 26.25.