The Torrington Sharks posted 51 PRs at the Bridgeport meet on Saturday.
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BRIDGEPORT – A successful weekend for the Torrington Sharks swim team at the Bridgeport meet on June 28 climaxed with 51 new personal records and six gold medals.
Taelyn Stokes clinched bronze in the girls’ 50-meter freestyle for the 9-10-year-old bracket with a new meet record of 39.88 seconds. The previous record stood at 40.58 seconds and was set in 2016.
Stokes went on to capture gold in the 25-meter breaststroke, clocking in at 25.40 seconds and crossing the finish line 0.12 seconds ahead of the runner-up from Alliance.
Lexi Wilkie garnered gold in two individual events for the girls’ 13-14-year-old division. The race for the top two spots in the 50-meter breaststroke came down to three-hundredths of a second. Wilkie won with a time of 51.85 seconds while the second-place finisher from Bridgeport timed in at 51.88 seconds.
On the opposite end of the distance spectrum, Wilkie collected gold in the 400-meter freestyle at 6 minutes, 59.18 seconds. Wilkie beat the runner-up from Bridgeport by 1.61 seconds.
Madyson Banister scooped up her first gold for the season in the girls’ 50-meter breaststroke (15-18 age bracket). Banister won the event with a time of 45.04 seconds.
In the boys’ 100-meter individual medley (11-12-year-old), Cooper Walter snagged gold at 1:53.43. Walter reached the finish line 0.43 seconds ahead of the competition from Alliance.
Trinity Martin swam into first place in the girls’ 50-meter freestyle (15-18 age division), clocking in at 35.42 seconds.
The Sharks take the weekend off before diving into the final competition at the medal meet hosted by Hemingford on Saturday, July 12.
Relay results
• 100-medley (8U): Evelyn Courtney, Logan Snarr, Ellie Posten and Justin Dunn sixth at 3:21.19.
• 100-medley (9-10): Dyllen Pierce, Taelyn Stokes, Alexis Martin and M.J. Snarr fourth at 1:44.12 and Delaney Sinner, Samara Nunnes, Gavin Harrison and Caylee Mann ninth at 2:17.37.
• 200-medley (11-12): Rhyann Clarke, Cooper Walter, Emily Milner and Sarah Snarr third at 3:24.22.
• 200-medley (13-14): Addison Mann, Lexi Wilkie, Taven Reimers and Jordan Bullington third at 3:20.19.
• 200-medley (15-18): Tiffany Krueger, Madyson Banister, Trinity Martin and Skylen Smith fourth at 2:58.37.
• 100-free (8U): Justin Dunn, Ellie Posten, Evelyn Courtney and Logan Snarr fifth at 2:49.88.
• 100-free (9-10): Taelyn Stokes, M.J. Snarr, Dyllen Pierce and Alexis Martin second at 1:24.97; Peyton Bullington, Zaelynn Hand, Skyler Ludwig and Delaney Sinner eighth at 1:46.07 and Amelia Dunn, Gavin Harrison, Samara Nunnes and Delaney Martin ninth at 1:51.35.
• 200-free (11-12): Deaglan Smith, Sarah Snarr, Faith Dunn and Deklin Harrison sixth 3:20.51.
• 200-free (13-14): Lexi Wilkie, Taven Reimers, Isabel Mann and Ari Posten third at 2:35.28.
• 200-free (15-18): Tiffany Krueger, Madyson Banister, Madyn Clarke and Trinity Martin fourth at 2:48.07.
Individual results
Girls 8U
• 25-backstroke: Evelyn Courtney ninth at 48.88 seconds and Ellie Posten 11th.
• 25-breaststroke: Ellie Posten 16th at 1:10.41.
• 25-free: Ellie Posten 13th at 38.28 seconds.
Girls 9-10
• 25-backstroke: Alexis Martin fourth at 25.50 seconds, Dyllen Pierce eighth at 27.51, Peyton Bullington 10th at 28.89, Zaelynn Hand 11th at 29.00, Delaney Sinner 12th at 30.48, Skyler Ludwig 13th at 31.19, Amelia Dunn 15th at 32.92 and Delaney Martin 16th at 32.97.
• 25-breaststroke: Alexis Martin fifth at 29.60 seconds and Delaney Sinner ninth at 32.18.
• 25-butterfly: Taelyn Stokes second at 24.83 seconds.
• 25-free: Alexis Martin second at 20.50 seconds, Delaney Martin 11th at 24.22, Zaelynn Hand 12th at 24.70, Samara Nunnes 13th at 24.80 and Skyler Ludwig 15th at 25.72.
• 50-free: Dyllen Pierce 10th at 49.87 seconds, Delaney Martin 15th at 55.44 seconds, Amelia Dunn 17th at 58.60, Peyton Bullingtonn 19th at 59.37 and Zaelynn Hand 20th at 1:03.24.
• 100-free: Alexis Martin sixth at 2:01.12, Delaney Sinner eighth at 2:17.13 and Samara Nunnes ninth at 2:23.43.
Girls 11-12
• 50-backstroke: Rhyann Clarke 11th at 56.83 seconds.
• 50-breaststroke: Sarah Snarr eighth at 1:04.46.
• 50-butterfly: Sarah Snarr fourth at 1:01.70.
• 50-free: Emily Milner seventh at 43.56 seconds, Faith Dunn ninth at 46.02, Rhyann Clarke 11th at 47.11 and Sarah Snarr 15th at 49.96.
• 100-free: Emily Milner fifth at 1:36.77 and Rhyann Clarke seventh at 1:45.94.
• 100-IM: Emily Milner fifth at 1:53.26.
• 200-free: Emily Milner second at 3:48.03.
Girls 13-14
• 50-backstroke: Ari Posten third at 43.38 seconds, Lexi Wilkie fourth at 45.78 and Sophie Sinner seventh at 55.94.
• 50-breaststroke: Isabel Mann fourth at 58.07 seconds and Sophie Sinner eighth at 1:02.02.
• 50-free: Ari Posten second at 37.39 seconds, Isabel Mann third at 42.36, Addison Mann fifth at 43.15 and Sophie Sinner sixth at 43.82.
• 100-free: Ari Posten third at 1:25.68, Addison Mann fourth at 1:34.06, Isabel Mann fifth at 1:34.81 and Sophie Sinner seventh at 1:39.28.
• 200-free: Addison Mann third at 3:26.55.
• 400-free: Addison Mann third at 7:25.01.
Girls 15-18
• 50-backstroke: Madyn Clarke seventh at 47.40 seconds.
• 25-breaststroke: Trinity Martin second at 47.35 seconds, Madyn Clarke 10th at 56.77 and Camilla Harrison 12th at 1:08.85.
• 50-butterfly: Trinity Martin third at 41.63 seconds.
• 50-free: Madyson Banister second at 36.05 seconds, Madyn Clarke seventh at 46.13 and Camilla Harrison eighth at 57.34.
• 100-free: Tiffany Krueger third at 1:19.61.
•100-IM: Madyson Banister third at 1:33.85 and Madyn Clarke fifth at 1:50.86.
• 200-IM: Trinity Martin second at 3:48.81.
• 400-free: Camilla Harrison fifth at 9:35.52.
Boys 8U
• 25-breaststroke: Logan Snarr second at 43.34 seconds.
• 25-free: Justin Dunn second at 28.13 seconds and Logan Snarr seventh at 42.95.
• 50-free: Justin Dunn third at 1:03.25.
Boys 9-10
• 25-backstroke: M.J. Snarr third at 28.78 seconds, Gavin Harrison seventh at 32.01 and Christian Sherrow ninth at 39.91.
• 25-free: M.J. Snarr eighth at 23.56 seconds and Christian Sherrow 12th at 38.14.
• 50-free: Christian Sherrow 11th at 1:36.88.
• 100-free: M.J. Snarr fifth at 2:05.81 and Gavin Harrison eighth at 2:47.44.
Boys 11-12
• 50-backstroke: Cooper Walter second at 50.40 seconds, Deklin Harrison fourth at 59.11 and Deaglan Smith fifth at 1:00.37.
• 50-breaststroke: Cooper Walter second at 1:00.40.
• 50-butterfly: Deaglan Smith eighth at 1:19.61.
• 100-free: Cooper Walter second at 1:35.71 and Deklin Harrison eighth at 1:59.66.
• 100-IM: Deklin Harrison fourth at 2:26.04.
Boys 13-14
• 50-backstroke: Jordan Bullington fifth at 1:00.81 and Kaden LeBar sixth at 1:13.98.
• 50-breaststroke: Jordan Bullington eighth at 1:04.71.
• 50-free: Taven Reimers seventh at 42.51 seconds, Jordan Bullington ninth at 43.64 and Kaden LeBar 11th at 56.78.
• 100-free: Taven Reimers third at 1:27.62.
• 200-free: Taven Reimers third at 3:22.04.
Boys 15-18
• 50-backstroke: Skylen Smith fifth at 1:21.59.
• 50-breaststroke: Skylen Smith sixth at 59.13 seconds.
• 50-free: Skylen Smith seventh at 50.99 seconds.