Eleven meet records set 

The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim team competed on Saturday, January 21 in the Allen County Invitational hosted by Bath High School at the Lima YMCA. The girls team finished in first with 453 points, ahead of Elida’s 447 points. The Lima Shawnee team finished in third place with 351 points. 

The boys team finished third with 304 points. Shawnee boys won with 551 points, with Bath in second with 334 points.

Combined, the Bluffton Pirates finished second with 757 points. Shawnee finished in first with 902 points and finishing in third overall was Elida with 595 points. 

Bluffton joined five other teams from Bath, Elida, Lima Central Catholic, Lima Shawnee and McComb. This was the first year for the Allen County meet.

Points earned for the Pirates by event were:

Girls 200 yard medley relay: 

Bluffton A Relay finished in second place with 34 points: Jenna Downey, Allison Diller, June Essinger, Izzy Stechschulte

Bluffton B Relay finished in fourth place with 30 points: Lillian Dagani, Makenna Mohr, Zoe Shank and Ella Armstrong

Boys 200 yard medley relay: 

Bluffton A Relay finished in first place with 40 points: Jackson Bowlus, Riley Verb, Xavier Diller and Charles Wright and also holds the meet record for this event. 

Girls 200 freestyle:

Izzy Stechschulte finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event.

Lillian Dagani finished fourth with 15 points

Boys 200 freestyle:

Riley Verb finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event.

Jacob Lehman finished third with 16 points

Girls 200 IM:

Allison Diller finished second with 17 points 

Rory Youngpeter finished fourth with 15 points

Boys 200 IM:

CJ McCall finished third with 16 points

Girls 50 yard free:

Jenna Downey finished second with 17 points

Makenna Mohr finished fourth with 15 points

Zoe Shank finished 10th with 7 points

Lena Brown finished 11th with 6 points

Boys 50 yard free:

Xavier Diller finished second with 17 points

Girls 100 butterfly:

Jenna Downey finished second with 17 points

June Essinger finished third with 16 points

Boys 100 butterfly:

Charles Wright finished third with 16 points

Girls 100 free:

Izzy Stechschulte finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event.

Boys 100 free:

Jackson Bowlus finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event.

Girls 500 free:

June Essinger finished third with 16 points

Boys 500 free:

Xavier Diller finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event.

Girls 200 free relay:

Bluffton A relay finished first with 40 points: Jenna Downey, Allison Diller, Ella Armstrong and Izzy Stechschulte and holds the meet record for this event.

Bluffton B relay finished sixth with 26 points: Rory Youngpeter, Lillian Dagani, Lena Brown, Makenna Mohr

Boys 200 free relay:

Bluffton A finished second with 34 points: Riley Verb, Jacob Lehman, CJ McCall and Charles Wright

Girls 100 backstroke:

Rory Youngpeter finished second with 17 points

Lillian Dagani finished fourth with 15 points

Lena Brown finished ninth with 9 points

Boys 100 backstroke:

Jackson Bowlus finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event.

CJ McCall finished sixth with 13 points

Girls 100 breaststroke:

Allison Diller finished third with 16 points

Makenna Mohr finished fifth with 14 points

Boys 100 breaststroke:

Riley Verb finished first with 20 points and holds the meet record for this event

Girls 400 free relay:

Bluffton A finished first with 40 points: June Essinger, Rory Youngpeter, Zoe Shank, Ella Armstrong and holds the meet record for this event.

Boys 400 free relay:

Bluffton A finished first with 40 points: Jackson Bowlus, Xavier Diller, Jacob Lehman and Charles Wright and holds the meet record for this event.

Mixed 200 yard freestyle relay (a non-scored event for this meet) 

Bluffton A finished first: Grady Schaublin, Izzy Stechshulte, Allison Diller and Riley Verb.

The Pirate swim team will compete Tuesday, January 24 in Defiance against the Ayersville Pilots. The team will then compete in their conference championships on Saturday, January 28 at Colonel Crawford High School in Crestline, Ohio.