The Bellmont Braves hosted Columbia City for a rare Christmas break meet Tuesday and the two NE8 schools split the meet with nearly identical team scores, with the host boys grabbing victory, while the away girls won theirs.
The meet included the first performance on the diving board for Bellmont sophomore Braelyn Radecki, who has been working all season to complete enough dives to be eligible under the tutelage of head coach Drew Norby.
Boys’ Meet
Team Score: Bellmont 116 Columbia City 56
1M Diving
1. Logan Whitacre-B 231.40
200 Medley Relay
1. Bellmont 1:51.65
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2. Columbia City 1:56.17
3. Bellmont 2:02.23
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200 Free
1. Owen Garcia-B 2:13.42
2. Emmett Rumschlag-B 2:16.84
3. Colten Gerber-B 2:29.14
-Owen Garcia swam a season best for the Braves to win the 200 Free.
200 IM
1. Hudson Krull-B 2:19.56
2. Isaiah Wake-CC 2:30.00
3. Samson Owens-B 2:35.35
4. Samuel Juengel-B 2:42.70
50 Free
1. Kylan Parker-CC 24.88
2. Zayne Roop-B 25.26
3. Oliver Werling-B 26.05
4. Gavin Short-B 28.44
100 Fly
1. Ben Goble-B 1:04.24
2. Owen Garcia-B 1:06.10
3. Oliver Goble-B 1:12.27
-Ben Goble beat out his classmate and his brother to swim a season best and win the fly.
100 Free
1. Oliver Werling-B 56.82
2. Silas Ward-CC 1:03.11
3. Gavin Short-B 1:04.18
4. Colten Gerber-B 1:08.28
-Oliver Werling won the 100 Free with a season best after swimming his season best in the 50, as well.
500 Free
1. Reed Alexander-CC 5:45.40
2. Emmett Rumschlag-B 5:49.69
3. Samson Owens-B 6:10.83
-Bellmont freshman Emmett Rumschlag took a big step forward in his season progression in the 500, taking second with a time 17 seconds better than his previous career best.
200 Free Relay
1. Bellmont 1:42.25
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2. Bellmont 1:57.94
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4. Bellmont 2:16.33
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100 Back
1. Zayne Roop-B 1:04.64
2. Reed Alexander-CC 1:08.88
3. Logan Whitacre-B 1:11.47
4. Oliver Goble-B 1:11.91
100 Breast
1. Hudson Krull-B 1:06.67
2. Kylan Parker-CC 1:10.07
5. Ben Goble-B 1:23.59
6. Hayden Whittenbarger-B 1:44.89
400 Free Relay
1. Columbia City 3:54.99
2. Bellmont 3:56.09
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3. Bellmont 4:12.01
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4. Sponseller-Adams-Miller-Gerber
Girls’ Meet
Team Score: Columbia City 108 Bellmont 56
1M Diving
1. Braelyn Radecki-B 137.25
200 Medley Relay
1. Columbia City 2:03.71
2. Bellmont 2:24.01
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200 Free
1. Holly Oelschlager-CC 2:12.54
4. Tori McCullough-B 2:31.79
5. Sophia Silva-B 3:14.21
200 IM
1. Clarice Joseph-CC 2:21.75
3. Sydney Bessesen-B 2:56.26
-Freshman Sydney Bessesen swam her career best for the Braves in the IM.
50 Free
1. Ella Hockemeyer-B 29.22
2. Kate Alexander-CC 30.16
4. Braelyn Radecki-B 32.58
5. Chloe Post-B 32.85
100 Fly
1. Erin Devito-CC 1:04.15
3. Izabella Werling-B 1:20.73
-Werling’s butterfly time was the best of her high school career.
100 Free
1. Evelyn Schaekel-CC 1:03.64
2. Brooke Landers-CC 1:05.48
3. Sydney Bessesen-B 1:06.46
4. Ella Hockemeyer-B 1:06.56
6. Tori McCullough-B 1:09.46
500 Free
1. Erin Devito-CC 5:49.54
3. Izabella Werling-B 6:38.70
4. Noelle Hippensteel-B 7:21.76
200 Free Relay
1. Columbia City 2:00.50
2. Bellmont 2:09.21
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3. Bellmont 2:22.05
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100 Back
1. Lilly Joseph-CC 1:11.37
4. Langley Murray-B 1:25.17
5. Noelle Hippensteel-B 1:40.32
6. Collins Vossler-B 1:46.91
100 Breast
1. Clarice Joseph-CC 1:11.61
2. Madeline Witte-B 1:31.05
3. Chloe Post-B 1:39.82
-Madeline Witte swam the breaststroke for the first time in her freshman season as a varsity swimmer and posted the second-best time on the team so far this season, behind only sophomore Tori McCullough.
400 Free Relay
1. Columbia City 4:07.35
3. Bellmont 4:33.46
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4. Bellmont 5:25.17
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