Swimmers from the area competed in the preliminary heats at the Jay County sectional Thursday, with the top 16 in each event advancing to Saturday’s finals.
UPDATE: Due to the snow Friday, the Saturday session has been pushed back. No start time has been announced.
Notes & Times:
-Bellmont’s medley relay team of Oliver Werling, Hudson Krull, Zayne Roop and Logan Whitacre swam a season best to make the A Final.
-The Starfire medley team of Ian Neuenschwander, Brayden Hough, Braylon Schoch and Haden Meyer made the A Final with a season-best time.
-Haden Meyer (SA) cut six seconds from his season best to make the B final in the 200.
-Adams Central’s Ethan Crockett also cut a significant amount of time from his season best to make the B Final in the 200 also.
-Kale Meredith of Norwell took third in the IM with a season-best time.
-Oliver Werling of Bellmont made the A Final with a season best.
-Gage Reinhard (Norwell) swam a season best and made the A Final in the 50.
-Hudson Krull of Bellmont won himself a spot in the A Final of the 50 as well, swimming a career-best time of 24.88.
-Ian Neuenschwander (SA) turned in a season best, but was .02 seconds out of eighth place in the 50.
-Owen Connelley swam his best time of the year in the butterfly and made the B Final for the Jets.
-Braylon Schoch cut over three seconds from his season-best time in the 100 Free to make the B Final.
-Ethan Williamson trimmed 13 seconds from his best 500 time of the year to take third for Norwell.
-Gage Reinhard also cut significant time for Norwell in the marathon race and took fourth.
-AC’s Ethan Crockett cut 37 seconds from his season best and made the B Final for the Jets in the 500.
-Oliver Werling swam a career best to take third place for Bellmont in the backstroke.
-Zayne Roop will swim in the B Final for Bellmont after a season-best performance.
-Kale Meredith of Norwell took fourth in the breast with a season-best time.
-Hudson Krull also swam a career best in the breast and will swim in the A Final for Bellmont.
-Norwell’s 400 relay team took third in the prelims with a season-best performance from Hoag, Reinhard, Meredith and Heyerly.
-Adams Central’s 400 relay team also had a great performance and will swim in the A Final after Owen Connelley, Tristen Wurm, Ethan Crockett and Logan Clark also swam a season best.
-Bellmont coach Drew Norby moved Hudson Krull to the anchor leg of the 400 relay and the Braves swam a season best and made the A Final.
200 Medley Relay
1. Bluffton 1:46.02
2. Delta 1:47.84
5. Bellmont 1:54.15
Werling-Krull-Roop-Whitacre
6. Adams Central 1:54.80
Clark-Wellman-Connelley-Crockett
7. South Adams 1:55.18
Neuenschwander-Hough-Schoch-Meyer
200 Free
1. Rylan Heyerly-N 1:54.44
2. Cooper Kowalski-HN 1:55.15
4. Ashton Arnett-Blf 2:00.06
7. Jackson Moyer-Blf 2:03.95
8. Graham Linderwell-Blf 2:04.45
11. Joseph Dow-JC 2:06.26
12. Haden Meyer-SA 2:09.01
15. Ethan Crockett-AC 2:10.41
200 IM
1. Zachary Baty-D 2:05.76
2. James Isaac Wheeler-Blf 2:10.28
3. Kale Meredith-N 2:12.86
5. Oliver Werling-B 2:16.78
6. Logan Clark-AC 2:18.55
7. Dalton Rodgers-Blf 2:18.56
9. Braden Lemler-Blf 2:24.13
10. Brayden Hough-SA 2:24.49
11. Parker McCartney-N 2:25.64
50 Free
1. Oliver Moring-Burris 22.46
2. Samuel Stokes-D 23.69
4. David Wesley Frettinger-Blf 24.51
5. Athan King-Blf 24.74
6. Gage Reinhard-N 24.87
7. Hudson Krull-B 24.88
8. Owen Connelley-AC 24.92
9. Ian Neuenschwander-SA 24.94
13. Peyton Yowell-JC 25.15
14. Lincoln Rodgers-Blf 25.18
100 Fly
1. James Wheeler-Blf 57.20
2. Oliver Moring-Burris 58.09
4. Ashton Arnett-Blf 59.47
7. Colten Strunk-N 1:01.20
9. Owen Connelley-AC 1:03.45
10. Braden Lemler-Blf 1:04.34
12. Braden Hoag-N 1:05.38
13. Ian Neuenschwander-SA 1:05.65
14. Zayne Roop-B 1:06.00
15. David Keen-JC 1:06.07
100 Free
1. Rylan Heyerly-N 51.31
2. Noah Brooks-Blf 52.67
6. Rhett Gerber-Blf 54.02
8. Braylon Schoch-SA 54.97
13. Wes Frettinger-Blf 57.72
14. Peyton Yowell-JC 57.92
15. Keaton Blinn-N 58.10
16. Lincoln Clamme-JC 58.87
500 Free
1. Zach Baty-D 5:07.34
2. Griffin Linderwell-Blf 5:34.07
3. Ethan Williamson-N 5:37.77
4. Gage Reinhard-N 5:40.80
6. Jackson Meyer-Blf 5:41.25
8. Graham Linderwell-Blf 5:45.63
11. Joseph Dow-JC 5:52.04
14. Ethan Crockett-AC 6:02.60
15. Haden Meyer-SA 6:02.95
200 Free Relay
1. Delta 1:35.82
4. Bluffton 1:38.07
5. Norwell 1:38.25
Meredith-Strunk-Reinhard-Heyerly
8. South Adams 1:45.72
Schoch-Hough-Meyer-Neuenschwander
9. Adams Central 1:48.30
Wellman-Rathbun-Heiman-Wurm
11. Bellmont 1:55.79
Whitacre-Miller-Owens-Goble
100 Back
1. Noah Brooks-Blf 56.97
2. Logan Clark-AC 1:01.02
3. Oliver Werling-B 1:02.09
4. Dalton Rodgers-Blf 1:02.46
5. Rhett Gerber-Blf 1:03.20
7. Matthew Fisher-JC 1:05.66
10. Zayne Roop-B 1:07.55
11. Ethan Williamson-N 1:08.25
100 Breast
1. Cooper Kowalski-HN 1:04.77
2. Josiah Hotmire-D 1:05.12
4. Kale Meredith-N 1:06.60
5. Brayden Hough-SA 1:06.83
6. Hudson Krull-B 1:07.17
9. Eli Robles-Blf 1:08.53
10. Parker McCartney-N 1:10.42
12. Anthony Hartman-Blf 1:11.42
14. Lincoln Clamme-JC 1:14.63
400 Free Relay
1. Bluffton 3:35.34
3. Norwell 3:38.33
Hoag-Reinhard-Meredith-Heyerly
5. Adams Central 3:48.99
Connelley-Wurm-Crockett-Clark
6. Bellmont 3:51.28
Goble-Roop-Werling-Krull