Silver Championship Results - Madison Mariners

Members of the YMCA Mariners swim team placed in the top 10 in two dozen events at the YMCA Silver Championships, a statewide competition held on February 14 and 15 at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell, NJ. In all, 29 Mariners swam at this highly competitive meet, and four individuals and two relay teams swam so well that they qualified for the YMCA New Jersey State Championship meet.

Alison Barton won the 50-yard freestyle for 13- and 14-year-old girls with a short-course-yards time of 26.30 seconds, fast enough to qualify for the state championship.

The Mariners’ 9- and 10-year-old girls and boys had an exceptional meet individually and as relay teams. Julia Jadro finished second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:11.34 and third in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 1:20.26 – fast enough to qualify for the state championship in both events. She also placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke and ninth in the 200-yard freestyle. Lola Morrison took third in the 50-yard breast stroke, qualifying for the state meet with a time of 43.18 seconds, and also placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke. And Emily Bohl took third place in the 100 breaststroke. The girls relay team of Jadro, Bohl, Juliana McGrath and Emilie Feldstein took fifth in the 200-yard medley relay in that age group. And Jadro, Feldstein, McGrath and Anya Rodrigo Candappa took fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

For the boys in that age group, Will Von Doussa took third place in the 200-yard individual medley, qualifying for the state championship with a time of exactly 3 minutes, and he also took sixth in the 50-yard backstroke. He and his teammates Carter Smith, Owen Chow and Tainosuke Ikeda took fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Von Doussa, Chow, Ikeda and Ian Faigenbaum came in 10th in the 200-yard medley relay. Both of those teams qualified for the state tournament. Smith also took sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke and 8th in the 200-yard individual medley.

For the 15- to 18-year-old men, James Lord came in second in the 50-yard freestyle and qualified for the state championship with a time of 22.92 seconds. He also took 8th in the 100-yard freestyle. In that same age group, Atticus Chang placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly and 10th in the 200-yard individual medley. Ransom Chang placed 8th in the 200-yard breaststroke among 13- and 14-year-old boys.

The 11- and 12-year-old girls’ relay team of Grace Mulligan, Emily Houng, Isabella Tapkas and Samantha Soltis took 10th place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, and the same girls also took 10th in the 200-yard medley relay.

Recognizing the challenges and limitations of its current facility, the Madison Area YMCA has launched a community fundraising campaign to expand the Y – building a new competitive, eight-lane pool – and to continue its mission of providing financial assistance to those in need. The Y’s goal is to sell 500 personalized pavers that will be used to create the sidewalk to the second entrance. The pavers, which cost $250 each, are four inches by eight inches and fit three lines of text that can honor family and friends. For more information about financial assistance or to make a donation, call 973-822-YMCA (9622) or go to madisonareaymca.org.