Pirate swimmers sweep 4-team meet
By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA__The Bluffton High School swim teams swept all six dual meets in a four-team event at the Putnam County YMCA on February 1.
The Pirate teams defeated Elida, Ada and McComb convincingly. Bluffton also won all three combined team dual meets easily.
The only remotely close dual meet was their girls matchup vs. Elida, which the Pirates won by 16 points.
Bluffton sophomores Jackson Bowlus and Jenna Downey each won two individual races. Senior Izzy Stechschulte also touched first in a pair of races.
Bluffton 1st-place finishers
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay Team Relay Finals Time
A 1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:54.17
1) Ungashick, Aaron T FR
2) Bowlus, Jackson T SO
3) Wright, Charles A JR
4) Diller, Xavier D J
CONTINUES, LINK BELOW
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Yr Name School Finals Time
1st JR Diller, Xavier D 2:01.8
Girls 200 Yard IM Yr Name School Finals Time
1st JR Essinger, June B 2:39.84
Boys 200 Yard IM Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH JR Wright, Charles A 2:23.75
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SO Downey, Jenna M 26.20
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR Stechschulte, Izzy R 1:08.2
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR Lehman, Jacob L 1:06.15
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SO Downey, Jenna M 57.84
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SO Bowlus, Jackson T 54.2
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Team Relay Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:50.55
1) Stechschulte, Izzy R SR
2) Downey, Jenna M SO
3) Essinger, June B JR
4) Mohr, Makenna P SO
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Team Relay Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:40.24
1) Wright, Charles A JR
2) Lehman, Jacob L SR
3) Diller, Xavier D JR
4) Bowlus, Jackson T SO
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR 1 Stechschulte, Izzy R 1:18.6
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke Yr Name School Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH SO 1 Bowlus, Jackson T 1:09.28
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Team Relay Finals Time
1st Bluffton Swim Team-OH 4:22.41
1) Ungashick, Aaron T FR
2) Diller, Xavier D JR
3) Fenzl, Levi D JR
4) Wright, Charles A
Boys dual team scores
Bluffton 71, Elida 11
Bluffton 68, McComb 16
Bluffton 69, Ada 37
Girls dual team scores
Bluffton 80, Ada 25
Bluffton 83, McComb 0
Bluffton 65, Elida 49
Combined team scores
Bluffton 151, McComb 16
Bluffton 136, Elida 60
Bluffton 149, Ada 62
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