Team Champ swimmers competed at sectionals over the weekend.
Graham and West Liberty-Salem swam in the Southwest District Sectional at the Dayton Raiders Aquatic Center (DRAC) in Beavercreek.
Qualifying for Districts was Graham’s Jack Boggs in the 50 Freestyle in a time of 24.48 (7th place) and the Falcons 400 Freestyle Relay team of Boggs, Caleb Owens, Braden Bost, and Thomas Neff in a new school record time of 3:57.90 (2nd).
Also competing for Graham in the sectional meet were:
50 Freestyle – Caleb Owens (26.69) 15th, Malachi Teets (31.68) 34th and Weston Helman (33.84) 39th
200 Freestyle – Tyler Shefbuch (3:08.66) 14th
100 Freestyle – Weston Helman (1:23.57) 29th and Tyler Shefbuch (1:26.94) 30th
100 Backstroke – Malachi Teets (1:30.07) 21st
100 Butterfly – Thomas Neff (1:04.91) 5th
200 Freestyle Relay – Jack Boggs, Caleb Owens, Braden Bost, and Thomas Neff (1:47.03) 6th
For the WL-S:
50 Freestyle – Kam Hissong (30.75) 30th and Peyton Hull (32.12) 36th
100 Freestyle – Kam Hissong (1:11.31) 24th and Peyton Hull (1:16.14) 28th
The Lady Falcons and Tigers also swam at the DRAC on Saturday.
Graham:
200 Medley Relay – Jordan Monaghan, Grace Smith, Hannah Volp, and Emma Bost (2:33.71) 9th
200 Freestyle – Nora Uhl (3:03.47) 21st
200 Individual Medley – Hannah Volp (3:19.66) 12th
50 Freestyle – Emma Bost (33.14) 27th, Jordan Monaghan (34.24) 32nd, Grace Smith (35.46) 36th, and Eliza Blosser (47.36) 45th
100 Freestyle – Emma Bost (1:15.09) 19th, Jordan Monaghan (1:20.07) 25th, Hannah Volp (1:23.25) 29th, and Ella Wensing (1:23.57) 30th
500 Freestyle – Nora Uhl (8:22.91) 16th
200 Freestyle Relay – Emma Bost, Jordan Monaghan, Nora Uhl, and Hannah Volp (2:23.50) 9th
100 Breaststroke – Grace Smith (1:35.54) 18th
West Liberty-Salem:
200 Medley Relay of Tina Douthwaite, Lilly Smith, Lydia Schmidt, and Laney Craig (2:35.21) 10th
200 Freestyle – Lilly Smith (2:26.21) 8th and Laney Craig (3:00.42) 20th
50 Freestyle – Tina Douthwaite (31.40) 21st and Lydia Schmidt (33.26) 28th
100 Freestyle – Tina Douthwaite (1:10.50) 13th and Lydia Schmidt (1:20.76) 26th
500 Freestyle – Laney Craig (7:53.22) 12th
200 Freestyle Relay – Tina Douthwaite, Lydia Schmidt, Laney Craig, and Lily Smith (2:11.63) 8th
100 Breaststroke – Lilly Smith (a new school record of 1:24.37) 8th
The Mechanicsburg girls competed in the Central/East/Southeast District Sectional at the Columbus School for Girls in Bexley on Saturday.
Qualifying for Districts, which will be held at The Ohio State University on Thursday, February 16, was Alekah Daniels in the 50 Freestyle with a new school record time of 25.29 (2nd place) and the 100 Freestyle with a time of 55.86 (3rd).
Also competing for the Lady Indians were:
50 Freestyle – Asher Daniels (35.20) 25th and Bailey Stapleton (36.26) 27th
100 Freestyle – Bailey Stapleton (1:22.98) 25th
100 Backstroke – Asher Daniels (1:37.29) 21st