Newton YMCA Penguins head to postseason

Members of the Newton YMCA Penguins Swim Team are headed into their postseason which began over the weekend with the Iowa YMCA state meet at Marshalltown. Swimmers have had to qualify for the four postseason events.

On March 9 is the Greater Iowa Swim League (GISL) state meet, which is a non-YMCA meet, in Grinnell. The YMCA Regional swim meet is March 16-17 in Des Moines at the Wellmark YMCA then the MYAS Midwest Regional swim meet, March 22-24, in Minneapolis, Minn., in which teams may consist of both YMCA and non-YMCA teams. Members of the Newton YMCA swim team qualified are, not in order, Emma Anderson, Harper Barton, Temple Barton, Grace Benson, Paige Benson, Ethan Comer, Anna DeVries, Hailey Dickerson, Carmen Faidley, Clay Lamb, Drew Lamont, Evan Marshall, Kaden Marshall, Avery Meyer, Hudson Meyer, Kimberlee Miller, Alexandra Riney, Jackson Riney, Addison Van Maanen, Alexa Van Maanen, Victoria White and Lauren Zaabel.