By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton Swim Club competed in the annual 23-team Holiday Invitational meet at the Lima YMCA Monday.
The Bluffton girls swimmers finished 21st out of 23 schools, while the Bluffton boys came in 10th out of 22 by scoring 80.5 points.
Freshman Riley Verb took second in the 100 breaststroke and also finished third in the 100 backstroke to pace the Bluffton swimmers.
Allison Diller came in 11th in the 500 free to register the top Bluffton girls individual finish.
Wapakoneta took the boys team crown with 541 points, while Lima Shawnee ended up second with 480.
Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls team title with 273 points to out-point second-place Celina (245) and third-place New Bremen (237).
Wapakoneta finished first in the boys/girls combined team standings, with Shawnee second and O-G third. Bluffton finished 16th.
Scoring Bluffton finishes:
Event Place Swimmer Time
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
2nd Verb, Riley 1:04.81
14th Armstrong, Landon 1:14.24
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
3rd Verb, Riley 58.60
Boys 200 Yard Individual Medley
9th Armstrong, Landon 2:28.91
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
Team Relay Finals Time
10th 2:02.96
1) Verb, Riley 2) Nygaard, Eric
3) McCall, CJ 4) Armstrong, Landon
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
10th 1:48.62
1) Verb, Riley 2) Nygaard, Eric
3) McCall, CJ 4) Armstrong, Landon
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
11th Diller, Allison 6:38.26
Girls 200 Yard IM
Name Yr School Finals Time
16th Diller, Allison 2:42.35
Girls team results:
1 Ottawa-Glandorf 273 points
2 Celina 245
3 New Bremen 237
4 Wapakoneta 216
5 Fort Recovery 180
6 Lima Shawnee 177
7 Coldwater 153
8 Ada 135
9 Upper Sandusky 95
10 Lima Bath 83
11 Huber Heights Wayne 77
12 Elida 64
13 Maria Stein Marion Local 45
14 Minster 44
15 Lima Senior 42
16 Kenton 38
17 St. Marys Memorial 15
18 Milford Center Fairbanks 11
19 Lima Central Catholic 10
19 St. Henry 10
21 Bluffton 7
22 Tiffin Calvert 4
23 Fort Loramie 3
Boys team results:
1 Wapakoneta 325 points
2 Lima Shawnee 303
3 Upper Sandusky 243
4 St. Marys Memorial 182
5 Elida 167
6 Minster 152
7 Ottawa-Glandorf 148
8 Kenton 110
9 Lima Senior 84
10 Bluffton 80.5
11 Ada 51
12 New Bremen 47
13 Maria Stein Marion Local 38
14-tie Miller City & Celina 35
16 Lima Central Catholic 24
17 Botkins 15
18 Milford Center Fairbanks 14
19 Lima Bath 13
20 Fort Recovery 12
21 Coldwater 9
22 Huber Heights Wayne 6
Combined boys/girls team scores:
1. Wapakoneta 541 points
2. Lima Shawnee 480
3. Ottawa-Glandorf 421
4. Upper Sandusky 338
5. New Bremen 284
6. Celina 280
7. Elida 231
8. St Marys 197
9. Minster 196
10. Fort Recovery 192
11. Ada 186
12. Coldwater 162
13. Kenton 148
14. Lima Senior 126
15. Lima Bath 96
16. Bluffton 87.5
17. Wayne 83
17. Marion Local 83
19. Miller City 35
20. Lima Central Catholic 34.5
21. Fairbanks 25
22. Botkins 15
23. St. Henry 10
24. Tiffin Calvert 4
25. Fort Loramie 3
