Pirate swimmers 6th at Bluffton Invitational
Bowlus wins 2 races, Downey 1
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Pirate swim teams competed well in the annual 26-team Bluffton Holiday Invitational meet at the Lima YMCA on December 27.
The Pirates finished sixth in the combined boys/girls team standings with 286 points.
Ottawa-Glandorf won the overall meet with 552 points. Shawnee was second with 490, followed by St. Marys (389.5), Bryan (347) and Bluffton (286).
The Bluffton boys finished a strong fifth with 164 points. Shawnee captured the boys team crown with 322 points, followed by Findlay with 266.
The Pirate girls came in eighth with 122 points. O-G won the girls team title with 287 points. St. Marys was second with 230.
Pirate junior Jackson Bowlus won the boys 100 butterfly by 1.13 ticks in 55.52. He also touched first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.17, 3.98 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Bluffton junior Jenna Downey touched first in the girls 50-yard freestyle in a time of 25.69.
Downey also finished second in the girls 100 free in 57.1, 1.35 off the winning time.
Top-10 Pirate finishers (Name Yr School Finals Time)
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1st 25.69 20 Downey, Jenna JR BLUF
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
1st 55.52 20 Bowlus, Jackson JR BLUF
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
2nd Downey, Jenna JR BLUF 57.1
Boys 200 Yard IM
6th Ungashick, Aaron SO BLUF 7 2:19.5
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
6th Diller, Kari FR BLUF 6:20.72
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
7th Diller, Xavier SR BLUF 24.822
8th Wright, Charles SR BLUF 25.03
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
7th 12 Diller, Xavier SR BLUF 54.93
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
9th Ungashick, Aaron SO BLUF 72.68
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
3rd BLUF A 1:39.87
Diller, Xavier SR 2) Wright, Charles SR 3) Armstrong, Owen FR
4) Bowlus, Jackson JR
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay Team Relay Finals Time
3rd BLUF A 1:48.93
Bowlus, Jackson JR 2) Ungashick, Aaron SO 3) Diller, Xavier SR 4) Wright, Charles SR 4
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay Team Relay Finals Time
5th BLUF A 2:07.13
Diller, Kari FR 2) Geiser, Karden SO 3) Downey, Jenna JR 4) Shank, Zoe SR
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
5th BLUF 4:14.05
A 1) Diller, Kari FR 2) Geiser, Karden SO 3) Essinger, June SR
4) Downey, Jenna JR