Bluffton dominated the ACAC meet as expected, but Adams Central and South Adams swimmers had an excellent night in the Jay County pool.
Notes & Times:
-Damon Light broke his own school record again, winning the conference meet with six dives and a score of 232.35.
-The Jets’ medley relay team finished a respectable second place to Bluffton with a season-best time of 1:54.47. That team consisted of Logan Clark, Owen Connelley, Eli Wellman and Ethan Crockett.
-South Adams’ medley team also swam a season best, taking third place in 1:58.58. Ian Neuenschwander, Brayden Hough, Braylon Schoch and Haden Meyer were the team for the Starfish.
-Ethan Crockett cut 4.5 seconds from his time on Thursday against Bellmont and swam a season best to take fifth in the 200 Free.
-Meyer was eight seconds faster than his season best in a sixth-place finish in the 200 Free for South Adams.
-Brayden Hough was second in the IM with his best performance of the season. He was just .75 seconds from his career best, set in last year’s sectional prelims.
-Owen Connelley was fifth in the IM with a season-best time.
-The most impressive performance of the night was the 50 time turned in by Logan Clark. He won the heat by 1.25 seconds, setting a career best and turning in the fastest time of any swimmer from Adams or Wells county this season.
-Ian Neuenschwander swam a season best to take fourth place in the 50.
-Owen Connelley also took third in the butterfly with a season-best 1:04.29.
-Neuenschwander was fourth in the butterfly behind Connelley with his best time of the year.
-Eli Wellman (AC) was sixth in the 100 Free with a season-best time.
-Ethan Crockett cut 12 seconds from his best 500 time this season to take fifth place in 6:12.77.
-Haden Meyer (SA) took sixth in the 500 and swam a season best.
-Tristen Wurm of Adams Central trimmed 12 seconds from his season best in the 500 to take seventh place.
-Adams Central’s 200 Free Relay team of Connelley, Crockett, Wellman and Clark nearly pulled off a big upset, missing out on the conference title by .24 seconds and settling for second place with a season-best time of 1:42.78.
-Logan Clark was second in the backstroke with his best performance of the year.
-Logan Heiman (AC) also cut time from his season best and took sixth in the Back.
-Braylon Schoch also registered a season best for SA in the backstroke.
-Hough needed a season best to win the 100 Breaststroke and he delivered, taking the blue ribbon in 1:06.87.
-Eli Wellman also swam a season best in the Breast, taking sixth with a time of 1:20 flat.
Team Scores
1. Bluffton 508
2. Adams Central 285
3. Jay County 270
4. South Adams 134
1M Diving
1. Damon Light 232.35
2. Elija Robles-B 172
200 Medley Relay
1. Bluffton 1:49.82
2. Adams Central 1:54.47
Clark-Connelley-Wellman-Crockett
3. South Adams 1:58.58
Neuenschwander-Hough-Schoch-Meyer
6. Adams Central 2:12.23
Heiman-Wurm-Rathbun-Morgan
200 Free
1. Ashton Arnett-B 2:04.75
5. Ethan Crockett-AC 2:15.53
6. Haden Meyer-SA 2:15.62
8. Kale Rathbun-AC 2:27.83
9. Treyton Tomkinson-AC 2:37.36
200 IM
1. Isaac Wheeler-B 2:15.21
2. Brayden Hough-SA 2:23.91
5. Owen Connelley-AC 2:29.75
50 Free
1. Logan Clark-AC 23.86
2. Athan King-B 25.11
4. Ian Neuenschwander-SA 25.27
6. Titus Morgan-AC 28.42
8. Tristen Morgan-AC 30.04
100 Fly
1. Isaac Wheeler-B 58.10
3. Owen Connelley-AC 1:04.29
4. Ian Neuenschwander-SA 1:05.49
7. Kale Rathbun-AC 1:22.95
100 Free
1. Noah Brooks-B 54.45
3. Braylon Schoch-SA 58.69
6. Eli Wellman-AC 1:02.06
7. Logan Heiman-AC 1:04.44
8. Treyton Tomkinson-AC 1:05.43
500 Free
1. Griffin Linderwell-B 5:38.25
5. Ethan Crockett-AC 6:12.77
6. Haden Meyer-SA 6:20.06
7. Tristen Wurm-AC 6:28.40
200 Free Relay
1. Bluffton 1:42.54
2. Adams Central 1:42.78
Connelley-Crockett-Wellman-Clark
4. South Adams 1:48.90
Neuenschwander-Meyer-Hough-Schoch
6. Adams Central 1:53.79
Rathbun-Heiman-Morgan-Tomkinson
100 Back
1. Noah Brooks-B 59.10
2. Logan Clark-AC 1:00.59
6. Logan Heiman-AC 1:14.48
7. Braylon Schoch-SA 1:17.41
8. Titus Morgan-AC 1:24.26
100 Breast
1. Brayden Hough-SA 1:06.87
2. Elija Robles-B 1:07.13
6. Eli Wellman-AC 1:20.00
8. Tristen Wurm-AC 1:26.53
400 Free Relay
1. Bluffton 3:42.21
3. Adams Central 4:30.84
Morgan-Morgan-Tomkinson-Wurm