Pirate swimmers 4th at Celina meet
By Cort Reynolds
NEW BREMEN__The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim teams each finished a strong fourth at the 16-team Celina Invitational held in the New Bremen YMCA Saturday, January 13.
Ottawa-Glandorf swept both the boys and girls team titles.
O-G edged St. Marys 274-268.5 to claim the girls crown. The Titan boys also beat out the second-place Roughriders 229-204.5 to capture first.
The Pirate girls scored 115 points to tie Fort Recovery, while the boys tied Kenton for fourth with 107 points. The 222 combined points put Bluffton fourth in the final girls/boys standings.
O-G won the combined teams championship, with St. Marys second and Wapakoneta third. Kenton was fifth, 33 points behind Bluffton.
Top Pirate finishers
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Finals
2nd Downey, Jenna M 2:13.26
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Team Relay Finals Time Seed Time Points
2nd Bluffton Swim Team-OH 4:15.11 26 4:08.15
1) Stechschulte, Izzy R 18
2) Essinger, June B 16
3) Shank, Zoe K 17
4) Downey, Jenna M 16
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
Age Name Team Finals Time Seed Time Points
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 16 4 Bowlus, Jackson T 59.43 11 54.91
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
Age Name Team Finals Time Seed Time Points
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 16 4 Diller, Xavier D 1:01.74 11
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
Age Name Team Finals Time Seed Time Points
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 16 4 Downey, Jenna M 1:05.53 11
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
Age Name Team Finals Time Seed Time
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 16 4 Bowlus, Jackson T 24.0
Girls 200 Yard IM
Age Name Team Finals Time Seed Time
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 18 4 Stechschulte, Izzy R 2:31.50
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:42.68 22 1:48.30
1) Diller, Xavier D 16
2) Ungashick, Aaron T 14
3) Wright, Charles A 16
4) Bowlus, Jackson T
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
Team Relay Finals Time Seed Time Points
4th Bluffton Swim Team-OH 2:04.88 22 2:06.12
1) Downey, Jenna M 16
2) Geiser, Karden F 14
3) Essinger, June B 16
4) Stechschulte, Izzy
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