BRUNSWICK

The Long Reach Swim Club of the Bath Area Family YMCA recently competed in the Maine Junior Olympics held at Bowdoin College.

The Portland Porpoises took first place, just 96 points ahead of LRSC.

The top 16 finishers in each event scored, and LRSC had several champions during the three-day event.

Winning for LRSC were the girls 11-and-over 200-yard medley relay team of Olivia Harper, Haily Harper, Talia Jorgensen and Ella Martin, Evan Willertz in the boys 13-14 100 butterfly, James Wells in the 15- and-over 100 fly, 100 backstroke, 200 back, 50 freestyle and 100 free, the boys 11-and-over 400 freestyle relay (Matthew Yost, Brandon Johnson, Wells, Brian Hess) and 200 free relay (Johnson, Hess, Wells, Yost), the boys 12-and-under 400 free relay (Aidan Saunders, Andrew Leighton, Keegan Rowe, Finn Weafer) and 200 free relay (Weafer, Saunders, Leighton, Rowe), Vanessa Albert in the girls 13-14 50 free, Olivia Harper in the 15-and-over 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke, Willertz in the 13-14 100 back and 200 back, the girls 11-and-over 400 free relay (Ella Martin, Haily Harper, Jorgensen, Olivia Harper) and the 200 freestyle relay (Ella Martin, Margie McLeod, Emily Buczkowski, Olivia Harper),

Individuals finishing in the top eight overall for LRSC were Gaffney McDonough (seventh) and Joshua Langworthy (eighth) in the 10-and-under boys division, and in the 11-12 boy division Leighton (sixth).

In the 13-14 girls division, Mt. Ararat High School swimmer Cora Spelke finished fifth, while Willertz of Morse came in second in the boys division of the same age group.

In the 15-and-older girls and boys groups, Morse Shipbuilder Olivia Harper finished third, Wells (third) and Brian Hess (sixth).

LRSC team records were set — Evan Willertz in the 100- yard freestyle, breaking Yost’s record (50.78) set in 2016, with a time of 50.61. He also set a team record of 54.19 in the 100 butterfly, breaking Wells’ time of 55.27.

Olivia Harper broke her own team records in the 100 and 200 backstroke. Her time of 54.37 is also a Maine state record and a Bowdoin College pool record. Her 200 backstroke time of 2:00.10 was also a state record.

“This was an exciting swim meet. Portland was very good and we put up a great effort to keep it within 100 points. Nicco Bartone qualified for YMCA Nationals in the 100 back with his time of 54.19,” said LRSC coach Jay Morissette.

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