By Cort Reynolds

CANTON__Bluffton sophomore Jackson Bowlus finished a solid 16th overall in the 50-yard freestyle competition out of 32 swimmers at the OHSAA state meet on Friday, Februry 23. He touched the wall eighth in the B Finals 50 freestyle race with a time of 22.36. 

Eleven of the 16 A and B race finals in the 100 free were juniors or seniors, along with five sophomores. One soph made it to the A finals 50 free race.

In the 100-yard backstroke preliminaries on Thursday, Bowlus finished 18th of 32 with a time of 54.21. This made him one of two provisional alternates (17-18) in case of injury or illness for the final.

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle DIVISION 2

Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals  Time     

A - Final                      

  1 Mason Francis          JR Warren              20.54      20.19  

  2 Austin Hickok          JR Worth Christian     20.66      20.81  

  3 Truman Brun            JR Oakwood             21.18      20.91  

  4 Zach May               JR St Clairsville      21.52      21.26  

  5 Colin Addy             SR River View          21.62      21.35  

  6 Levi Priddy            SO River Valley        21.46      21.50  

  7 Henry Stimson          JR Seven Hills         21.49      21.55  

  8 Peter Guthrie          SR Bellbrook           21.59      21.85  

B - Final                      

  9 Andy Li                JR Columbus Academy    21.76      21.74  

 10 Brad Perry             JR University          21.88      21.85  

 11 PJ Koerwitz            SO Gilmour Academy     21.93      21.89  

 12 Grantham Trumpower     SO Ontario             21.96      22.05  

 13 Luke Delida            SR Howland             22.10      22.07  

 13 Jackson Newcomb        SO Celina              21.97      22.07  

 15 Trei Durstine          JR Smithville          22.02      22.16  

 16 Jackson Bowlus         SO Bluffton            22.09      22.36