Berkely Behrens, front, of the Marysville Stingrays, goes off the dive during the COSA meet in the 50 freestyle. The league meet was held Saturday in Worthington.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
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Cohen Burns of the Stingrays competes in the 12U butterfly at the COSA meet.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Kevin Behrens)
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The Marysville Stingrays swimming teams competed in the Central Ohio Swimming Association championship meet on Saturday at the Worthington Pool.
No team scores were kept for the meet.
The local boys and girls teams were entered in 66 total races.
Of that number, there were more than 20 first-place finishes, 34 heat winners and 58 best-time scores.
First-place finishes for Marysville were as follows:
Boys
-10 and under 25 freestyle: Berkley Behrens, 16.65;
-10 and under 50 yard freestyle: Behrens, 36.13;
-10 and under 100 freestyle relay: 1:11.04 (Oliver Loyer, Rylan Brown, D.J. Bartlett, Behrens);
-14 and under 50 freestyle: Danny Dougherty, 32.95;
-12 and under 50 breastroke: Kyle Markert, 45.60;
-8 and under 25 backstroke: Joey Taracko, 21.90;
-14 and under 50 backstroke: Dougherty, 40.56;
-15 and over 50 butterfly: Casey Rensel, 31.19;
-12 and under 200 freestyle relay: 3:03.87 (Austin McNamara, Alex McNamara, Madox Eagon, K. Markert);
-15 and over 50 breastroke: Rensel, 34.24;
-14 and under 100 freestyle: Mason Eagon, 1:24.26;
-13 and over 200 freestyle relay: 2:03.84 (Dougherty, Mason Eagon, Rensel, Jacob Markert).
Girls
-10 and under 25 freestle: Alemi Kruse, 17.64;
-10 and under 25 backstroke: Molly Murphy, 20.84;
-15 and over 50 backstroke: Sophie Taracko, 34.71;
-8 and under 25 butterfly: Emma Hubbard, 22.64;
-15 and over 50 butterfly: S. Taracko, 32.44;
-10 and under 50 freestyle: Addy Ross, 39.50;
-10 and under 100 freestyle relay: 1:20.56 (Murphy, Sadie Dove, Kruse, Lailynn Burns);
-13 and over 200 freestyle relay: 2:15.54 (Corey Acker, Gabi Moore, Eva Taracko, Sophie Taracko);
-10 and under 25 butterfly: Aurora Matsuura, 21.37;
-12 and under 50 butterfly: E. Taracko, 35.13.
Runner-up finishes for the Stingrays were as follows:
Boys
-10 and under 25 butterfly: Brown, 22.21;
-15 and over 50 butterfly: J. Markert, 32.87;
-8 and under 50 freestyle: J. Taracko, 51.22.
Girls
-10 and under 25 breastroke: Murhy, 24.79;
-8 and under 25 backstroke: Hubbard, 22.46;
-14 and under 50 breastroke: Acker, 45.25;
-8 and under 25 butterfly: Hannah Pierstorff, 32.39;