Butzler’s first race, the 100
yard butterfly, was against nationally ranked Marget Shelly of Chambersburg. Butzler took the race out fast and was ahead
of Shelly at the fifty yard mark by 2/10s of a second but was unable to keep the
fast pace and fell slightly behind in the second fifty yards. Shelly touched the wall about a second ahead
of Butzler, who took second overall.
Emma Butzler, third swimmer from top, with fast start to take the 50 yard butterfly at YMCA States |
Her final race of the day was in
the 200 yard individual medley where she was a second seed to Ally Armbruster
of Boyertown YMCA. Her first leg of the
race, the butterfly, had her out in front of the field by 1.2 seconds but
started losing ground in her backstroke.
She lost a little more ground to Armbruster in the breaststroke and
started to close the gap in the freestyle but ran out of water to finish
second.
Shore’s other point winner was
10-and-under, Taylor Fleming, who finished tenth in the 50 yard butterfly and
also swam the 100 yard individual medley later in the meet. Jersey Shore just missed placing another
swimmer when Gabbie Moore dropped 3.64 seconds in the 200 yard backstroke to
finish thirteenth. Other teammates that made YMCA States were Sam
Keegan in the 50 and 100 yard breaststroke, Jordan O’Connor in the 100
backstroke, Isabelle Griswold in the 50 breaststroke.
Lock Haven’s sole representative
was Ethan Dale who swam the 100 yard breaststroke and placed top twenty.
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