Pirate girls 2nd, boys 3rd at NCOSL swim meet
Bowlus wins 2 races, Downey & Diller 1 each
By Cort Reynolds
NORTH ROBINSON – The Bluffton High School girls swim team finished second at the 10-team North Central Ohio Swim League championship meet hosted by Colonel Crawford Saturday, while the Pirate boys came in a strong third.
Perennial power Colonel Crawford swept the boys, girls and combined team titles.
Pirate Jackson Bowlus rolled to two individual league titles, both in meet-record times. He touched first in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
Bowlus broke his own 2024 NCOSL record in the 50 free by .37. Bowlus shaved .09 off the league meet record in the 100 backstroke set in 2023.
Bluffton’s Jenna Downey raced to first in the girls 50 free. Xavier Diller also won the 100 butterfly.
CC won the combined 11-team NCOSL championship with 656 points, followed by Upper Sandusky (462) and Bluffton (393).
CC won the girls team crown with 357 points, while Bluffton was second with 214.
The Eagles also captured the boys title with 299 points to edge out the Rams of US by 15 points and Bluffton (179).
The CC girls have won nine straight league championships. The Eagle boys have won three of the last five NCOSL crowns.
Bluffton is slated to swim against Ada at the Putnam County YMCA Thursday, January 23 at 6 p.m.
Top Pirate finishers
(Event, Place, Swimmer, Age, Team, Time, Splits)
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Downey, Jenna M 17 BLUF-OH 25.47
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
1 Diller, Xavier D 17 BLUF-OH 58.90 27.07 31.83
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Bowlus, Jackson T 17 BLUF-OH 22.58
4 Wright, Charles A 17 BLUF-OH 24.69
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1 Bowlus, Jackson T 17 BLUF-OH 55.69 26.96 28.73
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
2 Diller, Kari E 14 BLUF-OH 1:04.70 31.01 33.69
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
1 BLUF-OH A 1:48.27 32
1) Bowlus, Jackson T 17
2) Ungashick, Aaron T 15
3) Diller, Xavier D 17
4) Wright, Charles A 17
25.64 32.82 25.23 24.58
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2 BLUF-OH A 1:40.10 26
1) Diller, Xavier D 17
2) Armstrong, Owen L 14
3) Wright, Charles A 17
4) Ungashick, Aaron T 15
24.33 26.55 24.48 24.74
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle
2 BLUF-OH A 4:12.95
1) Downey, Jenna M 17
2) Diller, Kari E 14
3) Essinger, June B 17
4) Geiser, Karden F 15
27.34 56.83 28.39 59.58 30.22 1:04.04 33.41
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
2 BLUF-OH A 2:00.80 26
1) Diller, Kari E 14
2) Geiser, Karden F 15
3) Essinger, June B 17
4) Downey, Jenna M 17
29.84 35.62 30.38 24.96
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
2 BLUF-OH A 3:40.30
1) Diller, Xavier D 17
2) Armstrong, Owen L 14
3) Wright, Charles A 17
4) Bowlus, Jackson T 17
5.37 53.33 28.42 1:00.63 26.26 56.02 24.04 50.32
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
3 Downey, Jenna M 17 BLUF-OH 1:03.07 29.12 33.95
4 Essinger, June B 17 BLUF-OH 1:10.05
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
4 Essinger, June B 17 BLUF-OH 1:07.48 31.66 35.82
5 Geiser, Karden F 15 BLUF-OH 1:07.77 32.21 35.56
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
4 Geiser, Karden F 15 BLUF-OH 1:22.43 37.88 44.55
5 Schneck, Lyla A 15 BLUF-OH 1:25.32 39.96 45.36
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
4 Diller, Kari E 14 BLUF-OH 2:13.84 29.88 33.84 35.70 34.42
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
4 Armstrong, Owen L 14 BLUF-OH 2:20.22 11 30.81 35.39 37.29 36.73
Boys 200 Yard IM
5 Ungashick, Aaron T 15 BLUF-OH 2:18.97 29.79 35.35 42.59 31.24
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
5 Ungashick, Aaron T 15 BLUF-OH 1:13.84 34.86 38.98
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
6 Shank, Zoe K 18 BLUF-OH 7:02.87
NCOSL meet team scores
Combined Boys/Girls Team Scores 1. North Robinson Colonel Crawford 656 points 2. Upper Sandusky High School 462 3. Bluffton Swim Team 393 4. Ada High School 227 5. Mt Gilead Swim Team 166 6. Loudonville High School 74 7. Fostoria High School 72 8. Crestview High School 28 9. McComb Swim Team 22 10. Bucyrus Wynford Swim Team 16 11. Crestline High School 1 |
Boys Team Rankings 1. Colonel Crawford 299 2. Upper Sandusky 284 3. Bluffton 179 4. Ada 99 5. Mt Gilead 95 6. Loudonville 29 6. Fostoria 29 8. McComb 22 9. Bucyrus Wynford 12
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Girls Team Rankings 1. Colonel Crawford 357 2. Bluffton 214 3. Upper Sandusky 178 4. Ada 128 5. Mt Gilead 71 6. Loudonville 45 7. Fostoria 43 8. Crestview 28 9. Bucyrus Wynford 4 10. Crestline 1 |
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