We had another great meet this weekend with lots of broken records and even more personal bests. Lexi Wilkie (11-12-year-old) has now broken the backstroke record at each meet this summer. Marshall Patrick broke the meet record in the (under eight) 200-freestyle by more than three minutes. We look forward to one more week of the regular season before the medal meet in Torrington on July 6.”

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The Sharks compete at a swim meet in Hemingford on Saturday, June 29.

BRIDGEPORT – The Torrington Sharks swim team returned from the June 22 meet in Bridgeport with 58 top-three medals and plenty of new PRs in individual events and relays. The Sharks’ haul from Bridgeport included 19 first-place finishes and seven meet records.

“We had another great meet this weekend with lots of broken records and even more personal bests,” coach Baxter Greenwald said. “Lexi Wilkie (11-12-year-old) has now broken the backstroke record at each meet this summer. Marshall Patrick broke the meet record in the (under eight) 200-freestyle by more than three minutes. We look forward to one more week of the regular season before the medal meet in Torrington on July 6.”

New meet records

Marshall Patrick set four new meet records in the boys under-eight (8U) division. Patrick opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle, clocking in with a record-breaking time of 53.39 seconds. The previous record, set in 2021, stood at 55.45 seconds.

In the 100-freestyle, Patrick crossed the finish line in first place with a time of 1 minute, 58.37 seconds. He shaved more than 24 seconds off the eight-year-old record of 2:22.66.

Patrick went on to set a meet record and garner gold in the 100-meter individual medley (IM), posting a time of 2:23.68 and beating the 2016 record of 2:36.09.

Clocking the 200-freestyle in at 4:01.35, Patrick snagged gold in the event and shattered the 2021 record of 7:57.84.

Nathaniel Stull set two meet records in the boys’ 15-18 age bracket. In the 50-meter butterfly, Stull captured gold with a record-breaking time of 32.23 seconds. The old record, set in 2016, was 33.37 seconds.

Stull broke the meet record in the 50-freestyle, reaching the finish line in first place at 29.94 seconds. The former record (2016) stood at 29.85 seconds.

Stull also picked up gold in the 50-backstroke, clocking in at 35.77 seconds.

Lexi Wilkie won the 50-backstroke in the girls’ 11-12 division and set a new meet record of 45.26 seconds. The previous record (2015) was 48.61 seconds.

Wilkie went on to clinch gold in the 200-individual medley, timing in at 3:48.30.

First-place finishes

Atana Walter bagged three golds in the 11-12-year-old girls’ division. Reaching the finish line for the 200-freestyle in 3:05.50, Walter earned first place.

Atana Walter went on to garner gold in both the 50-breaststroke, posting a time of 47.03 seconds and the 400-freestyle at 6:46.58.

Tiffany Krueger snapped up gold in the 50-freestyle for the girls’ 15-18 bracket, reaching the finish line in 34.10 seconds. On the opposite end of the distance spectrum, Krueger won the 400-freestyle with a time of 6:45.09.

In the boys’ 9-10 classification, Cooper Walter secured gold in the 100-meter IM, clocking in at 2:15.83, before winning the 25-meter breaststroke at 27.75 seconds.

Mason Patrick also struck gold in two events in the boys’ 11-12-year-old bracket. Timing the 100-freestyle in at 1:28.68, Patrick crossed the finish line in first place before winning the 200-freestyle, posting a time of 3:22.48.

Laney Walter pulled into first place in the 50-meter butterfly for the girls’ 15-18 division, clocking in at 39.72 seconds.

The 15-18-year-old 200-medley relay team – Stull, Krueger, Madyson Banister and Laney Walter – snagged gold with a time of 2:33.50. 

 Additional relay results

• 100-freestyle, 8U: Alexis Martin, Peyton Bullington, Hazel Parker and Marshall Patrick third at 1:57.25.

• 100-freestyle, 9-10: C. Walter, Kelsey Otten, Amelia Patrick and Taelyn Stokes third at 1:30.84; Claire Cottrell, Isla Edmunds, Ella Parker and Slate Vaughan fourth at 1:42.50 and Zaelynn Hand, Garrett Otten, Gavin Harrison and Deaglan Smith eighth at 2:07.21.

• 100-medley, 8U: P. Bullington, Delaney Martin, A. Martin and Marshall Patrick fourth at 2:27.35.

• 100-medley, 9-10: A. Patrick, C. Walter, K. Otten and T. Stokes third at 1:44.64.

• 200-free, 11-12: Mason Patrick, Addison Mann, Makenzee Bugher and Tayce Martinez third at 3:09.13 and Emily Milner, Jaylynn Grant, Deklin Harrison and Harmony Woehlecke eighth at 3:54.83.

• 200-free, 13-14: L. Wilkie, Payton Matthews, Isabel Mann and Ariana Posten third at 2:55.11.

• 200-free, 15-18: N. Stull, T. Krueger, L. Walter and Madyson Banister second at 2:13.82.

• 200-medley, 11-12: E. Milner, Paisley Martin, T. Martinez and Mason Patrick third at 3:29.94.

• 200-medley, 11-12: M. Bugher, A. Mann, D. Harrison and H. Woehlecke sixth at 4:45.28.

• 200-medley, 13-14: L. Wilkie, A. Posten, Trinity Martin and I. Mann third at 3:07.81.

Additional individual results

Girls 8U

• 25-backstroke: Peyton Bullington third at 32.92 seconds, Hazel Parker sixth at 34.14, Caylee Mann seventh at 34.55 and Delaney Martin eighth at 34.61.

• 25-breaststroke: C. Mann eighth at 50.51 seconds.

• 25-butterfly: Alexis Martin third at 34.49 seconds and D. Martin fifth at 34.93.

• 25-free: A. Martin second at 22.82 seconds, D. Martin fifth at 25.50, C. Mann ninth at 27.24, H. Parker 14th at 29.92 and P. Bullington 15th at 32.47.

• 50-freestyle: A. Martin fifth at 59.60 seconds, P. Bullington seventh at 1:07.64 and H. Parker ninth at 1:14.81.

Girls 9-10

• 25-backstroke: Taelyn Stokes second at 24.47 seconds, Isla Edmunds sixth at 27.87, Claire Cottrell seventh at 28.83 and Zaelynn Hand eighth at 29.37.

• 25-brasetstroke: Ella Parker sixth at 31.74 seconds, Kelsey Otten seventh at 32.48 and I. Edmunds eighth at 35.26.

• 25-butterfly: K. Otten seventh at 31.58 seconds and Z. Hand 11th at 47.42.

• 25-free: C. Cottrell fifth at 23.51 seconds, E. Parker ninth at 26.12 and Z. Hand 11th at 29.65.

• 50-free: T. Stokes second at 43.98 seconds, C. Cottrell third at 51.33, Amelia Patrick fourth at 51.34, E. Parker sixth at 55.53 and I. Edmunds seventh at 56.29.

• 100-free: A. Patrick fourth at 1:51.94 and K. Otten seventh at 2:10.73.

• 100-IM: K. Otten sixth at 2:28.79.

• 200-free: A. Patrick second at 4:09.68.

Girls 11-12

• 50-backstroke: Addison Mann fifth at 50.84 seconds and Makenzee Bugher seventh at 52.86.

• 50-breaststroke: Emily Milner sixth at 59.48 seconds, M. Bugher seventh at 1:00.91, Paisley Martin eighth at 1:02.63, Adley Birkley 12th at 1:09.72 and Harmony Woehlecke 15th at 1:23.74.

• 50-butterfly: Atana Walter second at 41.42 seconds, Tayce Martinez third at 56.43, A. Birkley sixth at 1:10.79 and H. Woehlecke ninth at 1:21.46.

• 50-free: E. Milner sixth at 44.99 seconds, A. Mann seventh at 45.49, T. Martinez eighth at 46.62, Jaylynn Grant 15th at 52.66, A. Birkley 19th at 56.32 and H. Woehlecke 21st at 1:07.58.

• 100-free: J. Grant seventh at 1:56.40 and Paisley Martin ninth at 2:07.28.

• 100-IM: E. Milner third at 1:57.67.

• 200-free: J. Grant sixth at 4:16.07.

Girls 13-14

• 50-backstroke: Ariana Posten fifth at 47.07 seconds and Payton Matthews 10th at 53.74.

• 50-breaststroke: Trinity Martin second at 48.31 seconds and A. Posten eighth at 54.79.

• 50-butterfly: T. Martin third at 45.57 seconds.

• 50-freestyle: T. Martin second at 36.93 seconds, A. Posten seventh at 41.64, Isabel Mann 10th at 44.21, P. Matthews 14th at 49.07 and Camilla Harrison 16th at 53.50.

• 100-free: A. Posten third at 1:34.77 and I. Mann fourth at 1:37.74.

• 200-IM: T. Martin third at 4:05.46.

• 400-free: C. Harrison sixth at 9:08.65.

Girls 15-18

• 50-backstroke: Catie Reimer fifth at 57.75 seconds.

• 50-breaststroke: Madyson Banister second at 45.91 seconds and C. Reimer eighth at 59.02.

• 50-free: M. Banister third at 36.65 seconds and C. Reimer seventh at 44.70.

• 100-free: Tiffany Krueger second at 1:20.90 and M. Banister third at 1:24.81.

• 100-IM: Laney Walter fifth at 1:56.05.

• 200-free: L. Walter third at 3:18.34. 

• 400-free: L. Walter third at 7:20.66.

Boys 8U

• 25-backstroke: Huck Walter second at 31.11 seconds.

• 25-breaststroke: H. Walter second at 26.37 seconds and Ames Birkley fourth at 53.89.

• 25-butterfly: A. Birkley second at 40.44 seconds.

• 25-free: A. Birkley fourth at 39.95 seconds.

Boys 9-10

• 25-backstroke: Cooper Walter second at 26.19 seconds, Slate Vaughan sixth at 33.02 and Deaglan Smith eighth at 34.62.

• 25-breaststroke: Garrett Otten seventh at 41.13 seconds.

• 25-butterfly: Gavin Harrison fifth at 53.27 seconds.

• 25-free: S. Vaughan 10th at 28.53, G. Otten 11th at 28.70 and D. Smith 14th at 31.35.

• 50-freestyle: C. Walter third at 47.14 seconds, D. Smith sixth at 59.74, G. Otten 10th at 1:11.90 and G. Harrison 12th at 1:29.68.

Boys 11-12

• 50-backstroke: Mason Patrick second at 51.62 seconds and Deklin Harrison seventh at 1:12.24.

• 50-butterfly: D. Harrison sixth at 1:45.00.

• 50-free: M. Patrick third at 41.26 seconds, Myles Matthews 12th at 1:03.48 and Kaden LeBar 14th at 1:08.74.

• 100-free: D. Harrison seventh at 2:17.97 and M. Matthews eighth at 2:26.34.

• 100-IM: D. Harrison third at 2:55.61.