Leopard Boys Earn 1st Win, Girls Fall Vs. Marlington – Swimming

By Leopard Nation · Published December 19, 2020 · Updated December 19, 2020

The Louisville Leopards Swim Teams hosted the Marlington Dukes Friday Evening at the Louisville YMCA. The Louisville Boys picked up their first victory of the season in extinguishing Marlington 54-38 to improve their record to 1-2 on the season. The Lady Leopards fell to the Lady Dukes 112-57 to drop to 0-3 on the season.

Boys: Louisville 54, Marlington 38

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The Leopards won 8 of the 11 events en rout to their first victory of the season.

Isaac Budinski and Michael Conway both won two individual events to lead Louisville. Budinski captured victories in the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter backstroke. Conway took first place in the 200 meter freestyle and 100 meter butterfly.

Mason Carrington joined Budinski and Conway as a trio that was part of both winning relay teams. Ty Hopkins was the other member of the 200 meter medley relay team that won and Bryson Puckett helped round out the winning 200 meter freestyle relay team.

Carrington also won the 400 meter freestyle and took second in the 100 meter backstroke individually. Likewise, Hopkins was victorious in the 100 meter freestyle while also placing second in the 200 meter freestyle. Puckett also earned second place in both the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle. ..

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Girls: Marlington 112, Louisville 57

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Marlington captured first place in 10 of the 11 events, which included winning all of the individual events.

The Lady Leopards only first place finish came in the 400 meter free relay. Louisville finished with a time of 5:19.70 which gave them a convincing victory over the second place Dukes 400 relay team that clocked in at 5:55.53. The LHS team consisted of Chloe Cole, Shaelyn Clark, Ashley Menegay, and Taylor Dimmerling.

Three Lady Leopards also placed second in individual events. They included Dimmerling in the 200 meter IM, Jenna McIntyre in the 100 meter butterfly, and Menegay in the 400 meter freestyle.

Clark, Cole, and Paige Anderson all achieved personal best times for the season as well.

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UP NEXT: The Leopards will next compete at the Cloverleaf Stampede on Wednesday, December 30. Meet is slated to begin at 10:00 AM from the Wooster YMCA.