Members of the Union County YMCA AA championship qualifying team are pictured from left, front row, Wilson Bartlett, Mathis Bartlett and Harper Dietz; middle row, DJ Bartlett, Alan Bartlett, Fiona Sweeney, Aurora Matsuura, Emma Hubbard, Eva Bartlett, Rory Wirebaugh and Matthew Cadiang; back row, Connor Forgette, Reese Cordonnier, Brady Cordonnier, Rylan Brown and Cody Byrd.
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Union County YMCA swimmers recently put forth solid performances during the Zone Championship meet.
The event consisted of teams from a five-state area and athletes must qualify during the season in order to compete in it.
Local swimmers earned the following honors (top 16) in the meet:
-DJ Bartlett: third in the 100 IM, fourth in the 200 IM, fifth in the 50 breaststroke and 100 butterfly, sixth in the 100 breaststroke and 12th in the 50 backstroke.
In addition, he was part of the 11th-place foursome in the 200 medley relay. His teammates for the race were Matthew Cadiang, Alan Bartlett and Rory Wirebaugh.
-Brady Cordonnier: third in the 500 freestyle, eighth in the 50 and 200 freestyles, 10th in the 100 freestyle, 15th in the 200 IM and 13th in the 200 freestle relay with Connor Forgette, Rylan Brown and Cody Byrd.
-Reese Cordonnier: 12th in the 100 freestyle.
-Aurora Matsuura; 16th in the 50 butterfly.
-Brown: 12th in the 50 freestyle and 13th in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle.
“These athletes performed amazingly well and I am very proud of them,” said coach Beth DeLauter. “The times were more challenging in this meet.”
Local swimmers also competed in the AA championship meet.
Bartlett claimed a trio of first-place honors in the 100 IM, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke.
He also earned a pair of runner-up spots in the 100 freestyle and 50 breaststroke.
Barlett was third in the 00 backstroke.
“DJ achieved the top honors in the history of the Union County Family YMCA swim team program,” said DeLauter. “He dropped a significant amount of time in all of his events in order to achieve this goal.”
Brady Cordonnier placed first in the 200 freestyle. He added third-place spots in the 500 freestyle, 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
Cordonnier was sixth in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 100 breastroke.