The road to Canton started Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th for the members of Team Champ. The locations of the schools took them to different venues around the area to compete at their respective Sectionals.
On Friday, the Graham Aqua Falcons, Triad Swimming Cardinals, Urbana Hillclimbers, and West Liberty-Salem Swimming Tigers made their way to the Dayton Raiders Aquatic Center (DRAC) in Beavercreek. Saturday took the remainder of the swimmers to their locations. The ladies of Graham, Urbana, and West Liberty-Salem swam at the DRAC. The lads of London swam at the Columbus Academy in Gahanna. Then in the afternoon, the ladies of Mechanicsburg and London swam at the Columbus School for Girls in Columbus.
* denotes personal best
*** denotes school record
^ denotes District Qualifier/Alternate
^^ denotes automatic bid with 1st Place finish
Results from the meets are as follows:
DAYTON RAIDERS AQUATIC CENTER (DRAC) SECTIONAL
Triad Cardinals Swimming:
Grayden Edwards
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 200y Freestyle* - 01:55.76 - 1st Place (20pts)^
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 500y Freestyle* - 05:16.06 - 2nd Place (17pts)^
West Liberty-Salem Swimming Tigers:
Kam Hissong
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 50y Freestyle* - 25.13 - 7th Place (11.5pts)***
- 100y Freestyle - 57.34 - 3rd Place (16pts)
West Liberty-Salem Lady Swimming Tigers:
Lydia Schmidt
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 50y Freestyle* - 29.23 - 10th (7pts)***
- 100y Freestyle - 01:06.57 - 8th Place (11pts)
Graham Aqua Falcons:
Braden Bost
- 200y Individual Medley* - 02:32.43 - 13th (4pts)
- 500y Freestyle* - 06:00.32 - 5th Place (14pts)
Caleb Owens
- 50y Freestyle* - 24.57 - 5th Place (14pts)^
- 100y Freestyle* - 54.58 - 2nd Place (17pts)^
Joshua Ryman
- 50y Freestyle* - 25.13 - 7th Place (11.5pts)
- 100y Breaststroke* - 01:14.33 - 6th Place (13pts) ^(alternate)
Sully Uhl
- 50y Freestyle - 26.42 - 13th Place (4pts)
- 100y Freestyle - 01:01.49 - 8th Place (11pts)
Gabe Woomer
- 100y Butterfly - 01:03.53 - 6th Place (13pts)^
- 100y Breaststroke - 01:12.87 - 5th Place (14pts)^
200y Medley Relay: Owens, Ryman, Woomer, Uhl
- 01:54.24 - 2nd Place (34pts)^
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
400y Freestyle Relay: Woomer, Uhl, Ryman, Owens
- 03:46.45 - 1st Place (40pts)^^
Graham Lady Aqua Falcons:
Ella Parke
- 50y Freestyle - 32.51 - 21st
- 100y Freestyle - 01:12.92 - 15th Place (2pts)
Grace Smith
- 100y Freestyle - 01:09.10 - 10th Place (7pts)
***SCHOOL RECORD ALERT***
- 100y Breaststroke* - 01:19.36 - 4th Place (15pts)^
Hannah Volp
- 50y Freestyle - 31.97 - 18th Place
- 100y Backstroke* - 01:15.41 - 9th Place (9pts)
Urbana Hillclimbers Swimming:
Nathan Gravitt
- 200y Freestyle - 02:45.83 - 7th Place (12pts)
- 50y Freestyle* - 31.82 - 34th Place
Logan Groby
- 100y Freestyle - 01:31.10 - 28th Place
Owen MacKendrick
- 50y Freestyle - 27.60 - 18th Place
- 100y Freestyle* - 01:00.54 - 7th Place (12pts)
Xavier Phillips
- 50y Freestyle - 31.76 - 33rd Place
- 100y Freestyle* - 01:12.27 - 19th Place
200y Freestyle Relay: MacKendrick, Gravitt, Groby, Phillips
- *02:13.23 - 8th Place (22pts)
400y Freestyle Relay: MacKendrick, Gravitt, Groby, Phillips
- 05:08.52 - 8th Place (22pts)
Urbana Lady Hillclimbers Swimming:
Aubrie Cayten
- 100y Breaststroke* - 02:19.49 - 20th Place
Hazel Lightle
- 100y Freestyle - 01:15.41 - 16th Place (1pt)
- 100y Breaststroke - 01:23.77 - 7th Place (12pts)
Peyton Longstreath
- 100y Freestyle - 01:09.51 - 11th Place (6pts)
- 100y Backstroke - 01:18.08 - 10th Place (7pts)
Mollie McDonald
- 200y Freestyle - 03:01.29 - 14th Place (3pts)
- 100y Breaststroke - 01:35.76 - 10th Place (7pts)
Samantha Rohrer
- 200y Freestyle - 02:50.31 - 13th Place (4pts)
- 100y Freestyle - 01:17.26 - 18th Place
Corynn Ryan
- 50y Freestyle - 32.38 - 20th Place
- 100y Freestyle - 01:12.09 - 14th Place (3pts)
Avery Smith
- 50y Freestyle - 36.79 - 29th Place
- 100y Backstroke* - 01:42.74 - 22nd Place
Natalie Turner
- 50y Freestyle - 30.31 - 13th Place (4pts)
- 500y Freestyle - 06:53.42 - 3rd Place (16pts)
200y Medley Relay: Longstreath, Lightle, Turner, Ryan
- 02:18.22 - 5th Place (28pts)
200y Freestyle Relay: Rohrer, Cayten, Smith, McDonald
- 02:32.86 - 7th Place (24pts)
400y Freestyle Relay: Longstreath, Ryan, Lightle, Turner
- *04:45.40 - 5th Place (28pts)
COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Mechanicsburg Lady Aqua Indians:
Emma Moore
- 50y Freestyle - 26.21 - 8th Place (5pts)^
- 100y Freestyle - 58.40 - 10th Place (3pts)^
London Lady Aqua Red Raiders:
Riley Meyers
- 50y Freestyle* - 32.88 - 41st Place
- 100y Freestyle* - 01:15.81 - 42nd Place
COLUMBUS ACADEMY
London Aqua Red Raiders:
Wyatt Baldwin
- 50y Freestyle* - 37.81 - 66th Place
- 100y Freestyle - 01:41.94 - 34th Place
Aidan Cooney
- 50y Freestyle* - 26.79 - 28th Place
- 100y Freestyle* - 59.24 - 18th Place
Griffin Lotton
- 200y Freestyle - 01:55.15 - 6th Place (9pts)^
- 500y Freestyle - 05:02.31 - 2nd Place (13pts)^
Caelen Mars
- 200y Freestyle - 02:27.47 - 27th Place ^(alternate)
- 500y Freestyle - 06:17.89 - 21st Place
Gabe Scholl
- 100y Freestyle - 01:03.92 - 24th Place
- 100y Backstroke - 01:20.96 - 27th Place
James Thompson
- 50y Freestyle* - 27.19 - 31st Place
- 500y Freestyle* - 06:42.02 - 24th Place
Luke Thompson
- 50y Freestyle - 24.38 - 15th Place^
- 100y Backstroke - 01:00.43 - 12th Place (1pt)^
200y Freestyle Relay: L. Thompson, Cooney, Scholl, Lotton
- 01:44.47 - 9th Place (8pts)^
400y Freestyle Relay: Lotton, Mars, J. Thompson, L. Thompson
- 03:53.44 - 9th Place (8pts)^
The District qualifiers will spend the week training and preparing for their trips this weekend. The Southwest District (Triad and Graham) event is to be held at Miami University in Oxford on Friday, February 14th. and the Central District (London and Mechanicsburg) event is to be held at Ohio University in Athens on Friday, February 14th.
Graham junior, Grace Smith, swimming her school record breaking Breaststroke. Grace will compete at Miami University at the Southwest District meet.
photo by Nathan Parke
Written by Ashlee Anaya