FREDONIA, NY — Traveling to SUNY Fredonia this past weekend to compete in the North Western PA YMCA League Championships, the Bradford YMCA Barracudas boys and girls both took top ten finishes, with the boys claiming bronze and the girls earning sixth.
The Barracuda boys placed third out of nine teams and the girls placed sixth out of nine.
“We had a great team effort at the championship meet this year as 33 out of the 35 athletes we brought to the meet scored points for the team,” said Bradford head coach Patrick Hollenbeck. “We are still one of the smallest teams in the league, but we have a lot of talent and are able to compete with anyone.”
The successful weekend included 12 Barracudas being crowned league champions and five new team or league records. Bella Rhoades and Peyton Haight started off the weekend with first place finishes in the 1650 free while establishing new team and league records. Landon Johnson was a three-time champion and set two new team records, one of which was the 100 fly which was set by Bill Pierce in 1975. He also broke the 100 back record set by Tyler Sortore in 2016.
Kael Riekofsky continued the record setting weekend by breaking Johnson’s 11-12 boys 50 fly record and breaking his own 100 IM record. The other league champions for the team were Olivia Rhoades, Bodie Rhoades, Sammi Vecchio, Sean Storer, Micah Johnson, Quinlan Johnson, Quinn Irons, and Karsyn Gracey-Dalton.
The YMCA Barracudas will now have three weeks before they take 19 district qualifiers to Geneva, OH to compete in the Western PA YMCA District Championship meet from Thursday, March 7 to Saturday, March 9.
All scoring swimmers: Nolan Wilczewski — 2nd 1000 free, 2nd 500 free, 2nd 200 free; Coral Tronetti — 4th 100 free, 400 free relay and 200 medley relay, 5th 200 free; Siena Nagel — 4th 400 free relay, 6th 500 free, 8th 100 free, 9th 100 back; Mason James — 3rd 200 medley relay; Carter Jackson — 3rd 200 medley relay, 6th 100 back, 8th 50 back; Elias Engstrom — 3rd 200 medley relay, 3rd 200 free relay, 5th 50 back, 11th 100 free; Liam Young — 3rd 200 medley relay, 3rd 200 free relay, 12th 50 free; Bella Rhoades – 1st 1650 free, 1st 100 back 2nd 200 back, 4th 200 medley relay; Karsyn Gracey-Dalton – 1st 400 IM, 2nd 100 breast, 2nd 200 breast, 4th 200 medley relay; Kendall Gracey-Dalton — 4th 200 medley relay and 50 free, and 400 free relay, 9th 200 back; Sami Vecchio – 1st 100 fly, 3rd 200 IM, 3rd 100 breast; Blake Randall-Klouw — 2nd 400 free relay, 2nd 200 IM, 3rd 200 back, 4th 100 back; Phoenix Langdon — 4th 400 free relay, 8th 50 free, 10th 100 back, 11th 100 free; Peyton Haight – 1st 1650 free, 2nd 400 free relay, 3rd 100 back, 3rd 200 back; Kael Riekofsky – 1st 200 IM, 2nd 100 IM, 2nd 50 fly, 3rd 200 free relay; Samira Muhyee — 6th 100 back, 10th 100 free; Micah Johnson – 1st 50 free, 1st 200 free, 2nd 100 free, 3rd 200 free relay; Olivia Rhoades – 1st 500 free, 1st 100 IM, 2nd 200 breast; Sean Storer – 1st 500 free, 2nd 400 free relay, 3rd 100 fly; Landon Johnson – 1st 100 free, 1st 100 back, 1st 100 fly, 2nd 400 free relay; Bodie Rhoades – 1st 25 back, 3rd 100 free, 3rd 50 free; Nash Irons — 5th 25 back, 11th 25 free; Isla Nolan — 2nd 50 free, 3rd 200 free relay, 5th 50 back, 5th 100 free; Ella Schram — 9th 200 free relay, 10th 50 free, 12th 100 free; Madelyn Monroe — 8th 100 back, 9th 200 free relay, 10th 100 free, 12th 50 free; Paxton Fontes — 3rd 200 free relay, 4th 100 back, 6th 50 free, 7th 50 back; Carsten Tronetti — 3rd 200 free relay, 4th 50 breast, 5th 100 free, 8th 50 free; Nolan Irons — 3rd 200 free relay, 5th 100 back, 7th 100 free, 12th 50 free; Marcus Tom — 3rd 200 free relay, 7th 100 back, 11th 50 back; Kendyl Jackson — 3rd 200 free relay, 6th 50 breast, 7th 100 back, 8th 100 IM; Quinn Irons – 1st 200 free, 2nd 100 free, 3rd 200 free relay, 5th 100 breast; Quinlan Johnson – 1st 25 free, 1st 50 free, 3rd 200 free relay; Ryla Holzworth — 9th 200 free relay; Lucy Lasher — 9th 200 free relay
