MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Marlins youth swim team opened their 2018 Champlain Valley Swim League season on June 26 with a setback against one of the league’s top teams.
On a sunny and warm Tuesday evening visiting Burlington Country Club dominated the closing free relays to stretch a 10-point lead into a 215-170 victory.
Three Marlins won three races apiece: 18-and-under swimmer Oliver Poduschnick, Eliot Schneider (U-14) and Ava Schneider (U-12). Winning twice was U-14 swimmer Holly Staats.
Details on the Marlins’ meet at The Edge in South Burlington on Thursday were not available before deadline. The Marlins will next host the Vergennes Champs on this Thursday evening, July 5.
NORA WOOTEN TAKES the butterfly leg of the U-14 medley relay last Tuesday night in Middlebury.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Marlins recording top-three finishes were:
BUTTERFLY
•  U-8 girls: 2. Aurora Foley.
•  U-10 girls: 1. A. Schneider, 15.21.
•  U-14 girls: 1. Staats, 30.72; 2. Nora Wootten.
•  U-14 boys: E. Schneider, 30.09; 2. Aidan Chance.
•  U-18 boys: 1. Poduschnick, 28.02; 2. Devon Kearns.
BACKSTROKE
•  U-8 girls: 1. Sadie Chance, 23.37; 3. Elle MacIntyre.
•  U-8 boys: 1. Daniel Power, 28.13.
•  U-10 girls: 3. Ella Kozak.
•  U-10 boys: 3. Jase Kozak.
•  U-12 girls: 3. Lucy Poduschnick.
•  U-12 boys: 3. Indy Fetterolf.
•  U-14 girls: 3. Staats.
•  U-14 boys: 1. Chance, 35.64.
•  U-18 boys: 1. Archie Milligan, 28.38; 2. Will Carpenter.
BREASTSTROKE
•  U-8 girls: 1. Mitzi Poduschnick, 26.25; 3. S. Chance.
•  U-8 boys: 1. Constantin Bellman, 28.69.
•  U-10 girls: 1. A. Schneider, 19.84.
•  U-12 girls: 3. L Poduschnick.
•  U-12 boys: 3. Fetterolf.
•  U-14 girls: 1. Staats, 35.75.
•  U-14 boys: 1. E. Schneider, 37.22.
•  U-18 boys: 1. O. Poduschnick, 31.77; 2. Fraser Milligan.
MIDDLEBURY MARLIN MADDIE Crowne takes the freestyle leg of a medley relay at last week’s summer league meet with Burlington.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
FREESTYLE
•  U-8 girls: 2. Foley; 3. S. Chance.
•  U-8 boys: 1. Daniel Power, 23.38.
•  U-10 girls: 1. A. Schneider, 14.25.
•  U-10 boys: 3. J. Kozak.
•  U-12 girls: 3. Lila Cook Yoder.
•  U-12 boys: 3. Fetterolf.
•  U-14 girls: 2. Wootten.
•  U-14 boys: 1. E. Schneider, 27.19; 2. A. Chance.
•  U-18 boys: 1. O. Poduschnick, 24.40; 2. A. Milligan.
LILA COOK-YODER competes in the U-12 freestyle event at the Middlebury Marlins’ meet with Burlington last week.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell