It was a very competitive swim meet Thursday in the South Adams pool, with the Starfish taking the girls’ meet and the Tiger Sharks winning on the boys’ side.
Notes & Times:
-Ava Kinsey cut some major time from her career best and won the 200 Free in 2:11.70. Her previous best of 2:15 was already the fastest of any county swimmer this season.
-Calah Hill won the IM with a new season-best time.
-Freshman GenaMarie Summersett swam her best 50 this season and won in 27.85.
-Kinsey continued her strong night by eclipsing her best time of the season so far (59.51 against Adams Central) and winning in 59.47, just ahead of talented Bluffton freshman Ellie Coyne.
-Freshman KayLynn Grush bettered her score from earlier in the week for a new PR with her six dives Thursday night.
-Julia Arnold jumped into the pool and swam her 20 lengths for the first time this season in the 500 and won in 6:10.87, twenty seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
-Arnold also swam the backstroke for the first time this year and won that event in 1:19.06.
Girls Meet
South Adams 98 Bluffton 51
200 Medley Relay
1. Bluffton 2:20.67
2. South Adams 2:35.39
Bierbaum-Bollenbacher-Hill-Grush
200 Free
1. Ava Kinsey-SA 2:11.70
2. Zoey Schmidt-Blf 2:28.79
4. Elaina Miller-SA 2:47.70
200 IM
1. Calah Hill-SA 2:52.98
2. Anna Zurcher-Blf 2:55.08
50 Free
1. GenaMarie Summersett-SA 27.85
2. Kierstynn Reed-Blf 30.84
3. Addy Watson-SA 33.24
4. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 34.18
1M Diving
1. KayLynn Grush-SA 136.75
100 Fly
1. Anna Zurcher-Blf 1:30.05
100 Free
1. Ava Kinsey-SA 59.47
2. Ellie Coyne-Blf 1:00.33
3. GenaMarie Summersett-SA 1:06.11
4. Hannah Scott-SA 1:07.13
500 Free
1. Julia Arnold-SA 6:10.87
2. Zoey Schmidt-Blf 6:30.97
3. Calah Hill-SA 6:54.66
4. Elaina Miller-SA 7:26.57
200 Free Relay
1. South Adams 1:59.93
Watson-Scott-Summersett-Kinsey
2. Bluffton 2:04.75
3. South Adams 2:16.90
Miller-Bollenbacher-Bierbaum-Grush
100 Back
1. Julia Arnold-SA 1:19.06
2. Hannah Scott-SA 1:23.82
4. Aleena Bierbaum-SA 1:38.82
100 Breast
1. Ellie Coyne-Blf 1:16.58
2. Reagan Bollenbacher-SA 1:29.68
3. KayLynn Grush-SA 1:34.11
400 Free Relay
1. South Adams 4:40.17
Summersett-Scott-Arnold-Kinsey
2. South Adams 5:12.04
Watson-Hill-Miller-Bollenbacher
Notes & Times:
-The medley relay team swam an outstanding race to outswim all three Bluffton teams, cutting five seconds off the previous season best to win in 2:01.26.
-Ian Neuenschwander swam a season-best 26.11 Tuesday against Fort Recovery and then beat that time Thursday with a 26-flat to beat teammate Haden Meyer, who finished second.
-Haden Meyer swam his best 500 of the year and finished in 6:30.42.
-Neuenschwander anchored the 200 Free Relay team to a third-place finish with the team’s best time of the year (1:50.05).
-Neuenschwander won the backstroke, swimming it for the first time this year.
-Brayden Hough won the breaststroke with the exact same time as Tuesday.
Boys Meet
Bluffton 118 South Adams 48
200 Medley Relay
1. South Adams 2:01.26
Schoch-Hough-Neuenschwander-Meyer
2. Bluffton 2:04.10
200 Free
1. Graham Linderwell-Blf 2:20.61
2. Brayden Hough-SA 2:28.60
200 IM
1. Clayton Brubaker-Blf 2:46.98
50 Free
1. Ian Neuenschwander-SA 26.00
2. Haden Meyer-SA 29.10
1M Diving
1. Elija Robles-Blf 150.20
100 Fly
1. Evan Klopfenstein-Blf 1:18.76
100 Free
1. Braylon Schoch-SA 59.21
2. Grant Reifsteck-Blf 1:08.94
500 Free
1. Jackson Meyer-Blf 5:%1.29
4. Haden Meyer-SA 6:30.42
200 Free Relay
1. Bluffton 1:48.40
3. South Adams 1:50.05
Schoch-Hough-Meyer-Neuenschwander
100 Back
1. Ian Neuenschwander-SA 1:12.09
2. Braylon Schoch-SA 1:19.89
100 Breast
1. Brayden Hough-SA 1:12.57
2. Anthony Hartman-Blf 1:20.11
400 Free Relay
1. Bluffton 3:52.83