The Maricopa swim team hosted their first home meet Saturday against Globe. The meet was held at the Rotary Community Swimming Pool and featured more than 60 swimmers from Maricopa (see related story).
Swimmers cheered on their fellow teammates.
The butterfly stroke was part of the Medley Relay for nine and 10 year-old girls.
Swimmers competed in many different races, including two relays, the backstroke, the breaststroke, the butterfly stroke, freestyle and the three-man medley race.
Boys, ages 9-10, prepare for their Medley Relay to start.
This young swimmer put forth his best effort during his portion of the relay.
The Maricopa Barracudas, coached by Ed Goldstein, swam extremely well, as evidenced by them scoring more than 90 first, second and third place finishes.
Among the 1st place winners were:
Sydnee Akers – medley relay, free relay
Samantha Arrellano – backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, medley relay
Danae Baker – free relay
Matt Baker – freestyle, free relay
Garrett Bonefield – free relay
Preston Bonefield – backstroke, free relay
Karissa Browning – free relay, breaststroke
Ryan Cook – breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke
Samantha Cook – butterfly, backstroke
Victoria Dittmar – freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly
Lauren Farrow – free relay, medley relay
Mason Fortunato – free relay
Kaylyn Fulton – freestyle
Benjamin Hauth – free relay
Grace Hauth – breaststroke, butterfly
Bridger Parham – breaststroke
Alexis Ramirez – medley relay, free relay
Rylan Roberts – freestyle
Amber Schroeder – breaststroke, freestyle
Rachael Turnre – free relay
Jared Turner – breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, free relay
Katelyn Wilson – free relay
The Barracudas’ next meet is against Kearny this Saturday. The team’s next home meets are July 1 and July 8.
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