Saturday, January 25th, the Central Buckeye Conference Swimming Championships were held at the Wright State University Student Union. Unlike other sports, conference teams are determined by the outcome of each race: 1st place = 1st Team, 2nd place = 2nd Team, 3rd place = Honorable Mention. Along with Conference honors, many school records were rewritten and personal bests were obtained.
Results from the meet are as follows:
Graham Aqua Falcons:
Braden Bost
- 200 Individual Medley - 02:42.50 - 3rd Place (12pts) HONORABLE MENTION!
- *500 Freestyle - 06:14.66 - 4th Place (11pts)
Caleb Owens
- *50 Freestyle - 24.77 - 4th Place (11pts)
- *100 Freestyle - 54.94 - 2nd Place (13pts) 2ND TEAM!
Joshua Ryman
- *50 Freestyle - 24.77 - 7th Place (7pts)
- *100 Breaststroke - 01:17.29 - 6th Place (9pts)
Sully Uhl
- 50 Freestyle - 26.59 - 10th Place (3pts)
- 100 Freestyle - 58.45 - 6th Place (9pts)
Gabe Woomer
- 100 Butterfly - 01:04.11 - 3rd Place (12pts) HONORABLE MENTION!
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 100 Breaststroke - 01:11.39 - 1st Place (16pts) 1ST TEAM!
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
200y Medley Relay - 01:53.97 - 1st Place (32pts) 1ST TEAM!
Owens (29.81), J. Ryman (32.54), Woomer (27.18), Uhl (24.44)
400y Freestyle Relay - 03:47.50 - 1st Place (32pts) 1ST TEAM!
Woomer, Uhl, j. Ryman, Owens
The CBC guidelines dictate that for a team champion to be awarded in the boys and girls meets, there needs to be seven (7) teams competing. The boys meet only had three (3) teams that met the threshold. Even with those guidelines, the Graham Aqua Falcons scored a total of 167 points. This would have been enough for the Falcons to secure a 3rd Place finish in the CBC.
Graham Lady Aqua Falcons:
Ella Parke
- 50 Freestyle - 32.75 - 16th Place
- 100 Freestyle - 01:13.86 - 11th Place (2pts)
Grace Smith
- 100 Freestyle - 01:09.87 - 8th Place (5pts)
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 100 Breaststroke - 01:20.54 - 4th Place (11pts)
Hannah Volp
- 50 Freestyle - 31.94 - 13th Place
- 100 Backstroke - 01:21.48 - 14th Place
The Lady Falcons scored 18 total points.
London Aqua Raiders:
Wyatt Baldwin
- *50 Freestyle - 39.46 - 27th Place
- *100 Backstroke - 01:40.11 - 12th Place (1pt)
Aidan Cooney
- *50 Freestyle - 26.94 - 12th Place (1pt)
- *100 Freestyle - 01:00.94 - 8th Place (5pts)
Griffin Lotton
- 200 Freestyle - 01:54.29 - 1st Place (16pts) 1ST TEAM!
- 500 Freestyle - 05:01.30 - 1st Place (16pts) 1ST TEAM!
Caelen Mars
- 200 Freestyle - 02:26.14 - 5th Place (10pts)
- 500 Freestyle - 06:17.85 - 5th Place (10pts)
Gabe Scholl
- *100 Freestyle - 01:03.42 - 12th Place (1pt)
- *100 Backstroke - 01:15.94 - 6th Place (9pts)
James Thompson
- *200 Individual Medley - 02:45.25 - 5th Place (10pts)
- *100 Breaststroke - 01:22.37 - 10th Place (3pts)
Luke Thompson
- 50 Freestyle - 24.55 - 3rd Place (12pts) HONORABLE MENTION!
***SCHOOL & CLUB RECORD ALERT***
- 100 Backstroke* - 59.10 - 2nd Place (13pts) 2ND TEAM!
200 Freestyle Relay - 01:42.67 - 2nd Place (26pts) 2ND TEAM!
L. Thompson, Cooney, J. Thompson, Lotton
400 Freestyle Relay - 03:52.11 - 2nd Place (26pts) 2ND TEAM!
Lotton, Mars, Scholl, L. Thompson
The London Aqua Raiders accumulated 159 points which would have given them 4th Place in the CBC.
Urbana Hillclimbers Swimming:
Nathan Gravitt
- *200 Freestyle - 02:43.42 - 8th Place (5pts)
- 50 Freestyle - 33.08 - 25th Place
Logan Groby
- 100 Freestyle - 01:32.65 - 21st Place
- 100 Breaststroke - 02:11.50 - 15th Place
Owen MacKendrick
- *50 Freestyle - 27.17 - 13th Place
- *100 Freestyle - 01:01.03 - 9th Place (4pts)
Xavier Phillips
- 50 Freestyle - 32.40 - 23rd Place
- 100 Freestyle - 01:15.74 - 18th Place
400 Freestyle Relay - 05:08.48 - 7th Place (14pts)
MacKendrick, Gravitt, Groby, Phillips
The Hillclimbers finished the day with 23 points which was 10th overlal.
Urbana Lady Hillclimbers Swimming:
Aubrie Cayten
- *100 Backstroke - 01:55.23 - 25th Place
- * 100 Breastroke - 02:20.28 - 24th Place
Paris Grim
- 50 Freestyle - 33.95 - 20th Place
- 100 Freestyle - 01:19.85 - 20th Place
Hazel Lightle
- 100 Freestyle - 01:16.23 - 18th Place
- 100 Breaststroke - 01:26.15 - 7th Place (7pts)
Peyton Longstreath
- 500 Freestyle - 07:32.68 - 10th Place (3pts)
- 100 Backstroke - 01:20.23 - 12th Place (1pt)
Mollie McDonald
- *50 Freestyle - 36.80 - 25th Place
- *100 Breaststroke - 01:36.27 - 16th Place
Samantha Rohrer
- 200 Freestyle - 02:47.54 - 10th Place (3pts)
- 100 Freestyle - 01:15.77 - 17th Place
Corynn Ryan
- 50 Freestyle - 32.66 - 18th Place
- 100 Freestyle - 01:10.33 - 9th Place (4pts)
Avery Smith
- 50 Freestyle - 37.96 - 26th Place
- *100 Backstroke - 01:45.73 - 22nd Place
Natalie Turner
- 200 Freestyle - 02:28.89 - 5th Place (10pts)
- 500 Freestyle - 06:52.56 - 6th Place (9pts)
200 Medley Relay - 02:19.27 - 6th Place (18pts)
Longstreath, Lightle, Turner, Ryan
200 Freestyle Relay - 02:26.07 - 8th Place (10pts)
Rohrer, Grim, Smith, McDonald
400 Freestyle Relay - 04:48.53 - 6th Place (18pts)
The Lady Hillclimbers swam their way to 83 points. This was enough to finish 7th in the CBC.
* denotes personal best
** denotes Team Champ Club record
*** denotes School record
The Ohio Heritage Conference schools (Mechanicsburg, Triad, and West Liberty-Salem) along with the schools of the Metro Buckeye Conference and Three Rivers Conference swim Saturday, February 1st at Wright State's Student Union for their conference championships. Then post-season swim begin that take Team Champ to different venues determined by their location in the state. Friday, February 7th, the Southwest Div 2 Sectional will take place at the Dayton Raiders Aquatic Center (DRAC) for the gentlemen of Graham, Triad, Urbana, and West Liberty-Salem. The gentlemen of London will swim Saturday February 8th in the Central Div 2 Sectional at Columbus Academy, On Saturday, February 8th, the ladies of the Southwest swim at the DRAC and that evening, the ladies of London and Mechanicsburg will swim at the Columbus School for Girls.
Written by Ashlee Anaya
Graham junior, Grace Smith, breaking the school record in the 100-yard breaststroke.