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NATO Marlin Sophie Mercier swims the backstroke in the 13-year-old girls 200-meter individual medley during the European Forces Swim League Short-Distance Championships on Feb. 11, 2024, at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion at the Nationaal Zwemcentrum de Tongelreep in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

NATO Marlin Sophie Mercier swims the backstroke in the 13-year-old girls 200-meter individual medley during the European Forces Swim League Short-Distance Championships on Feb. 11, 2024, at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion at the Nationaal Zwemcentrum de Tongelreep in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Matt Wagner/Stars and Stripes)

SWIMMING

European Forces Swim League Short-Distance Championships

Saturday and Sunday in Eindhoven, Netherlands

GIRLS

8-Under

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Ella Woodmansee (Brun) 1:56.00 McKenna Rowe (Kais) 1:59.92 Adeline Rollins (Sig) 2:03.23
200 IM Irene Gutierrez (SHAPE) 4:27.34 Emilia Charnoubi (Paris) 4:45.82
50 free Woodmansee 43.13 Olivia Thomas (Stut) 43.94 Rollins 44.51
100 free Woodmansee 1:43.85 Thomas 1:49.18 Callie Sullivan (Avi) 1:49.46
50 butterfly Rowe 55.39 Woodmansee 58.65 Emilia Charnoubi (Paris) 59.76
50 breaststroke Grace Lannan (Kais) 59.38 Rowe 1:00.04 Paula Ysart (NATO) 1:02.78
50 backstroke Woodmansee 51.04 Rollins 51.73 Thomas 52.57

9

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Emma Heaphy (Kais) 1:38.10 Ezra Kralick (Stut) 1:42.04 Raiden Spencer (Rota) 1:49.98
200 IM Heaphy 3:05.61 Addy Pierre-Louis (Kais) 3:32.04 Anna Alderlieste (NATO) 3:39.32
50 free Pierre-Louis 33.53 Heaphy 34.62 Savannah Abrams (Kais) 38.33
100 free Heaphy 1:17.98 Pierre-Louis 1:21.10 Alderlieste 1:25.65
50 butterfly Heaphy 36.91 Pierre-Louis 38.33 Abrams 46.85
50 breaststroke Heaphy 42.60 Pierre-Louis 50.35 Shona O'Malley (Eifel) 50.79
50 backstroke Heaphy 42.07 Pierre-Louis 45.13 Abrams 45.60

10

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Pierce Cameron (Lis) 1:27.90 Callan Spencer (Rota) 1:45.28 Kenny Wier (Sig) 1:49.42
200 IM Benthe de Beer (Brun) 2:58.90 Cadence Sell (Paris) 3:18.03 Emily Welsh (SHAPE) 3:24.49
50 free de Beer 33.07 Sell 35.85 Welsh 36.28
100 free de Beer 1:11.45 Sell 1:21.16 Emery Koon (Vic) 1:24.53
50 butterfly de Beer 36.89 Welsh 41.52 Bella Wassmuth (SHAPE) 44.30
50 breaststroke de Beer 42.70 Amelia Accinelli (Vic) 50.58 Abby Miller (Stut) 50.74
50 backstroke de Beer 39.88 Sell 41.43 Welsh 44.34

11

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Madeline Sexton (Lis) 1:20.69 Greta Olson (Nap) 1:22.45 Hannah Raum (Rota) 1:27.46
200 IM Sexton 3:04.47 Siena Spencer (Rota) 3:13.96 Jill Jennings (unattached) 3:21.09
50 free Sexton 30.53 Raum 33.50 Martina Ruiz (Rota) 33.69
100 free Sexton 1:11.57 Spencer 1:16.85 Jennings 1:17.30
200 free Sexton 2:41.18 Jennings 2:44.54 Olson 2:47.60
50 butterfly Olson 33.38 Sexton 34.48 Jennings 38.37
50 breaststroke Sexton 43.54 Selin Defne Karakas (Brun) 45.65 Olson 45.73
50 backstroke Sexton 30.53 Raum 33.50 Ruiz 33.69

12

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Summer Abrams (Kais) 1:21.19 Lina Aul (Nap) 1:23.18 Frida Tischbier (Ber) 1:24.02
200 IM Abrams 3:04.61 Tischbier 3:06.43 Carson Kester (Vic) 3:09.35
50 free Aul 31.48 Addison Klawonn (Nap) 31.73 Emma Starkie Alves (Brus) 32.75
100 free Klawonn 1:10.78 Starkie Alves 1:12.93 Abrams 1:13.68
200 free Aul 2:37.69 Starkie Alves 2:38.63 Klawonn 2:39.58
50 butterfly Abrams 36.16 Tischbier 37.35 Alessandra Mura (Paris) 39.00
50 breastroke Moriah Hoyt (Rota) 43.80 Hattie Welsh (SHAPE) 44.12 Tischbier 44.12
50 backstroke Gemma Spencer (Rota) 39.20 Paloma Russell (Kais) 39.80 Tischbier 41.07

13

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM Sophie Mercier (NATO) 2:39.66 Anna Heaphy (Kais) 2:46.64 Hannah Cooper (Kais) 2:56.29
50 free Mercier 30.30 Heaphy 30.62 Cooper 30.96
100 free Mercier 1:03.47 Cooper 1:05.75 Heaphy 1:06.62
200 free Mercier 2:20.92 Cooper 2:27.32 Heaphy 2:27.54
400 free Mercier 4:51.83 Cooper 5:13.72 Heaphy 5:18.77
100 butterfly Mercier 1:13.33 Heaphy 1:17.50 Sky Lynn Abrams (Kais) 1:21.12
100 breaststroke Cooper 1:24.12 Heaphy 1:28.92 Mercier 1:30.03
100 backstroke Mercier 1:12.67 Heaphy 1:20.61 Anniston Coleman (Stut) 1:20.62

14

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM Joscelin Tarpen (Kais) 2:48.12 Alice Jung (Berlin) 2:50.99 Autumn Sundberg (Rota) 2:55.76
50 free Sundberg 29.54 Taylor Westcott (Wies) 30.39 Jung 30.53
100 free Tarpen 1:07.17 Westcott 1:07.26 Sundberg 1:07.73
200 free Tarpen 2:28.26 Sundberg 2:32.56 Westcott 2:34.39
400 free Tarpen 5:10.28 Westcott 5:27.27 Sundberg 5:31.95
100 butterfly Jung 1:17.79 Tarpen 1:19.78 Africa Montilla (SHAPE) 1:20.23
100 breaststroke Westcott 1:29.57 Jung 1:29.87 Tarpen 1:30.84
100 backstroke Natalia Krygiel (NATO) 1:16.75 Westcott 1:20.91 Tarpen 1:21.84

15-16

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM hannon Buckley (Nap) 2:37.74 Luisa Pato (Lis) 2:43.53 Brisa Mills (unattached) 2:45.98
50 free Pato 29.09 Mills 29.11 Buckley 29.50
100 free Buckley 1:03.01 Pato 1:03.07 Cecilia Parkinson (Ber) 1:04.34
200 free Ioana Vasilescu (Brus) 2:15.93 Buckley 2:16.37 Parkinson 2:23.45
400 free Vasilescu 4:43.09 Buckley 4:47.03 Ella Yost (Kais) 5:05.03
100 butterfly Buckley 1:09.10 Eliza Furqueron (Kais) 1:09.12 Parkinson 1:12.28
100 breaststroke Furqueron 1:23.53 Pato 1:24.31 Sofia Dunham (Kais) 1:26.28
100 backstroke Furqueron 1:10.80 Vasilescu 1:14.41 Mills 1:14.63

17-19

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM Grace Cooper (Kais) 2:41.42 Gina Heinio-Widell (Lis) 2:45.42 Eva Mercier (NATO) 2:48.09
50 free Heinio-Widell 29.10 Elyse Le Mintier (Lis) 29.25 Brooke Ralston (Nap) 29.43
100 free Heinio-Widell 1:04.29 Le Mintier 1:04.69 Ralston 1:05.50
200 free Mercier 2:25.20 Allison Barrie (Stut) 2:26.21 Cooper 2:26.24
400 free Mercier 5:09.35 Barrie 5:12.19 Cooper 5:18.62
100 butterfly Ralston 1:11.38 Cooper 1:13.18 Heinio-Widell 1:14.16
100 breaststroke Cooper 1:16.85 Natalie Schroer (Kais) 1:27.58 Heinio-Widell 1:27.66
100 backstroke Heinio-Widell 1:14.42 Le Mintier 1:15.75 Rebecca Reynolds (Brun) 1:18.04

BOYS

8-Under

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Raylan Benton (Kais) 1:38.10 Ezra Kralick (Stut) 1:42.04 Raiden Spencer (Rota) 1:49.98
200 IM Benton 3:36.72 Kralick 3:39.97 Spencer 3:59.46
50 free Benton 37.81 Kralick 37.97 Clark Koehler (Brun) 39.62
100 free Benton 1:27.19 Kralick 1:27.84 Koehler 1:37.29
50 butterfly Benton 46.03 Spencer 53.69 K.J. O'Byrne 55.39
50 breaststroke Benton 55.86 Kralick 55.96 Samson Risvanoglu (Kais) 57.15
50 backstroke Benton 45.04 Spencer 48.30 Kralick 49.21

9

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Pierce Cameron (Lis) 1:27.90 Callan Spencer (Rota) 1:45.28 Kenny Wier (Sig) 1:49.42
200 IM Spencer 3:49.46 Christopher Rice Jr. (Rota) 4:01.61 Talon Harlan (Rota) 4:03.34
50 free Cameron 32.91 Jack Murphy (Kais) 38.76 Harlan 39.15
100 free Cameron 1:16.56 Murphy 1:30.07 Wier 1:33.24
50 butterfly Cameron 39.27 Murphy 49.31 Rice Jr. 51.43
50 breaststroke Cameron 49.09 Murphy 53.25 Timofiy Ivaniuta (NATO) 55.65
50 backstroke Cameron 42.22 Murphy 46.50 Ethan Hoyt (Rota) 48.64

10

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time 3rd (tie) Time
100 IM Chase Charnoubi (Paris) 1:27.66 Monty Welsh (SHAPE) 1:28.25 Fernando Mingorance (Brun) 1:30.97
200 IM Charnoubi 3:24.61 Thomas Thrun (Rota) 3:26.26 Tate Petrancosta (NATO) 3:27.94
50 free Welsh 33.99 Charnoubi 34.20 Thrun 35.64
100 free Welsh 1:15.37 Charnoubi 1:15.78 Thrun 1:20.85
50 butterfly Charnoubi 39.40 Brennan Andrious (Stut) 42.40 Welsh 44.61
50 breaststroke Mingorance 47.57 Welsh 48.72 Vlad Hrincu 49.63 Bowdyn Sarkkinen (Brun) 49.63
50 backstroke Welsh 40.40 Charnoubi 41.08 Zack Stickel (SHAPE) 42.72

11

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Elijah Love (Stut) 1:15.20 Alex Risvanoglu (Kais) 1:20.26 Harry Robertson (SHAPE) 1:25.80
200 IM Love 2:48.76 Risvanoglu 2:56.93 Robertson 3:10.97
50 free Love 30.83 Risvanoglu 31.80 Robert Woodhouse (Lis) 32.57
100 free Love 1:08.29 Risvanoglu 1:10.47 Woodhouse 1:13.56
200 free Risvanoglu 2:28.27 Love 2:28.61 Woodhouse 2:44.90
50 butterfly Love 33.38 Risvanoglu 35.14 Woodhouse 39.20
50 breaststroke Love 41.72 Risvanoglu 44.90 Daniel Carter (Wies) 47.44
50 backstroke Love 34.57 Robertson 38.44 Risvanoglu 39.45

12

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
100 IM Jason Dalope (Lake) 1:13.28 Liam Hughes (Kais) 1:20.20 Kurt Feldmann (Lis) 1:21.33
200 IM Dalope 2:47.10 Hughes 2:56.37 John Schade (Sig) 2:58.29
50 free Dalope 29.44 Schade 30.99 Hughes 32.08
100 free Dalope 1:05.52 Hughes 1:09.02 Feldmann 1:10.60
200 free Dalope 2:28.26 Hughes 2:29.82 Feldmann 2:32.87
50 butterfly Schade 32.96 Dalope 33.13 Hughes 33.95
50 breaststroke Dalope 38.19 Feldmann 43.13 Breck Lockhart (Stut) 43.73
50 backstroke Dalope 35.95 Schade 36.34 Hughes 38.57

13

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM Jacob Furqueron (Kais) 2:20.51 Theodore Kappas (Kais) 2:25.78 Arman Sonumut (NATO) 2:35.29
50 free Furqueron 26.83 Kappas 26.97 Jonathan Marsch (Berlin) 28.57
100 free Furqueron 57.98 Kappas 58.66 Sonumut 1:03.55
200 free Furqueron 2:06.70 Kappas 2:08.94 Sonumut 2:21.45
400 free Furqueron 4:27.76 Kappas 4:37.41 Sonumut 5:10.75
100 butterfly Furqueron 1:02.43 Kappas 1:07.87 Sonumut 1:12.81
100 breaststroke Kappas 1:17.48 Furqueron 1:18.35 Marsch 1:18.50
100 backstroke Furqueron 1:04.19 Kappas 1:09.85 Sonumut 1:11.18

14

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM Jake Jennings (unattached) 2:24.40 Janto Mueffke (NATO) 2:31.27 Kingston Baxter (Vic) 2:31.70
50 free Jennings 26.07 Joshua Raum (Rota) 26.33 Karson Matthey (Vil) 27.63
100 free Jennings 57.45 Karson Matthey 59.58 Mueffke 1:00.11
200 free Jennings 2:03.20 Baxter 2:11.95 Mueffke 2:12.30
400 free Jennings 4:24.69 Baxter 4:38.95 Mueffke 4:39.36
100 butterfly Jennings 1:04.47 Baxter 1:06.59 Matthey 1:06.59
100 breaststroke Jennings 1:15.84 Pierson Hartley (Rota) 1:16.31 Mueffke 1:18.56
100 backstroke Jennings 1:04.89 Baxter 1:12.05 Matthey 1:13.49

15-16

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
200 IM Spencer Jackson (Kais) 2:27.40 Viktor Osadsky (Kais) 2:29.35 Gabriele Di Lorenzo (NATO) 2:32.23
50 free Logan Villarroel (Stut) 26.46 Jackson 26.47 Santiago Liano Mock (Lis) 26.87
100 free Jackson 57.84 Villarroel 58.87 Osadsky 59.36
200 free Jackson 2:10.92 Osadsky 2:11.20 Emilio Rivera (Berlin) 2:15.11
400 free Jackson 4:42.13 Rivera 4:45.64 Osadsky 4:46.70
100 butterfly Jackson 1:03.27 Anton Krastanoff (LIs) 1:08.79 Osadsky 1:09.88
100 breaststroke Di Lorenzo 1:13.37 Osadsky 1:13.54 David Ritter (Berlin) 1:15.73
100 backstroke Jackson 1:08.40 Villarroel 1:08.87 Santiago Liano Mock 1:09.90

17-19

Event 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time 3rd (tie) Time
200 IM Benjamin Heath (Kais) 2:19.66 Svit Pavesic (NATO) 2:23.70 Ryan Stevenson (Stut) 2:28.53
50 free Heath 25.12 Keaton Tottle (Kais) 25.26 Stevenson 25.37
100 free Heath 54.34 August Stephens (Lake) 56.75 Jackson Cunningham (Lis) 57.15 Tottle 57.15
200 free Heath 2:02.28 Stephens 2:07.71 Stevenson 2:09.82
400 free Heath 4:30.18 Tottle 4:50.67 Reilly Payment (Wies) 4:56.96
100 butterfly Heath 1:00.72 Tottle 1:00.75 Stephens 1:01.90
100 breaststroke Svit Pavesic (NATO) 1:11.01 Heath 1:12.02 Grant Silva (Paris) 1:13.25
100 backstroke Heath 1:03.56 Tottle 1:07.45 Stephens 1:07.91

MIXED RELAYS

200 medley

Age group 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
10 and under Kaiserslautern 'A' 2:43.85 SHAPE 'A' 2:59.61 Stuttgart 'A' 2:59.65
11-12 Kaiserslautern 'A' 2:32.78 Naples 'A' 2:37.99 Rota 'A' 2:41.01
13-14 Kaiserslautern 'A' 2:10.47 NATO 'A' 2:15.36 Berlin 'A' 2:16.53
15-19 Kaiserslautern 'A" 2:02.28 Berlin 'A' 2:04.94 Lisbon 'A' 2:06.21

200 freestyle

Age group 1st Time 2nd Time 3rd Time
10 and under Kaiserslautern 'A' 2:28.09 SHAPE 'A' 2:33.67 Brunssum 'A' 2:33.67
11-12 Kaiserslautern 'A' 2:11.68 Stuttgart 'A' 2:15.00 Rota 'A' 2:16.94
13-14 Kaiserslautern 'A' 1:55.02 NATO 'A' 1:57.05 Rota 'A' 1:58.47
15-19 Kaiserslautern 'A' 1:49.20 Stuttgart 'A' 1:49.99 Lisbon 'A' 1:50.77
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Matt is a sports reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. A son of two career Air Force aircraft maintenance technicians, he previously worked at newspapers in northeast Ohio for 10 years and is a graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

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