Myers, Peterson reach states for Warren Dolphins
Moving on

Hayden Myers qualified for the Pennsylvania YMCA State Championship meet March 20-22 at the Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va., with their performances at the West District Championships this past weekend at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Joe Peterson
GENEVA, Ohio — Thirty-one teams from the western third of Pennsylvania competed in the YMCA West District Championships last weekend at SPIRE Academy.
Swimmers had to meet qualifying times to compete.
The Warren Dolphins finished the weekend with a pair of state qualifiers.
Emma Peterson qualified in the Senior Division in the 500-yard freestyle with a new team record of 5:33.60, good for 11th place.
Hayden Myers qualified in three events in the Preps Division. Myers took fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a new team-record time of 1:19.34; sixth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 27.88 seconds; and sixth in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 1:11.79.

Emma Peterson qualified for the Pennsylvania YMCA State Championship meet March 20-22 at the Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va., with their performances at the West District Championships this past weekend at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Joe Peterson
Peterson and Myers will compete at the Pennsylvania YMCA State Championship meet March 20-22 at the Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Peterson also took eighth in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a new team-record time of 20:06.53, 35th in the 50-yard freestyle (27.23), 17th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.25), ninth in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:51.25) and 31st in the 100-yard freestyle (58.19).
In the Juniors Division, Ellie Stanton was 47th in the 50-yard freestyle (28.55); Levi Peterson was third in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a new team-record time of 11:35.28, third in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a new team-record time of 19:49.16, 30th in the 50-yard freestyle (26.36), 21st in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.88), 35th in the 100-yard freestyle (58.34) and 14th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:33.50); Trey Retterer was 17th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.15), 10th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:21.02), 29th in the 100-yard freestyle (57.17) and ninth in the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.41); and Wesley Richard was 26th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.75).
Also in the Juniors Division, the boys 400-yard freestyle relay team of Levi Peterson, Dimitar Godpodinov, Richard and Retterer was 10th in the a new team-record time of 3:57.02, the boys 200-yard freestyle team of the same four swimmers was 11th in 1:46.58 and the boys 200-yard medley relay team — the same four swimmers — was 10th in 3:57.02.
In the Preps Division, Claire Peterson was 37th in the 50-yard freestyle (30.11); Braxton Maynard was 35th in the 50-yard backstroke (38.59); Myers was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:17.05), seventh in the 50-yard breaststroke (37.12) and 10th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:40.57); Noah Porier was 25th in the 50-yard breaststroke (41.82); Bennett Richard was 18th in the 50-yard freestyle (29.60); Isaac Stanton was fifth in the 500-yard freestyle with a team-record time of 6:20.85, 11th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:22.48), 27th in the 50-yard freestyle (30.07), 25th in the 100-yard freestyle (1:07.16) and 31st in the 50-yard backstroke (37.68); and Charlie Steber was 24th in the 50-yard freestyle (29.92).
Also in the Preps Division, the girls 200-yard freestyle relay team of Cheyenne Fox, Davina Goodwill, Grace Peterson and Claire Peterson was 18th in 2:12.16; the girls 200-yard medley relay team of the same four swimmers was 20th in 2:32.72; the boys 400-yard freestyle relay team of Stanton, Lucas Bosko, Steber and Myers was sixth in a team-record time of 4:30.26; the boys 200-yard freestyle relay team of Stanton, Bennett Richard, Bosko and Myers was ninth in 2:03.22; and the boys 200-yard medley relay team of Maynard, Porier, Myers and Stanton was ninth in 2:23.96.
Kalyan Gospodinov swam in the Cadets Division and finished 18th in the 50-yard freestyle (33.20) and 13th in the 50-yard breaststroke (44.57).
- Hayden Myers qualified for the Pennsylvania YMCA State Championship meet March 20-22 at the Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va., with their performances at the West District Championships this past weekend at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Joe Peterson
- Emma Peterson qualified for the Pennsylvania YMCA State Championship meet March 20-22 at the Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in Morgantown, W.Va., with their performances at the West District Championships this past weekend at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Joe Peterson





