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