By Cort Reynolds

MINSTER - The Bluffton High School swim teams competed in a tough four-team meet at the Auglaize/Mercer County YMCA on February 1.

The Pirate boys took second and Bluffton girls came in third.

St. Henry won the tightly-bunched girls meet with 133 points, followed by Bellefontaine/Ben Logan with 126 points. The Pirate girls totaled 113 points.

Bellefontaine/BL won the boys meet with 126 points. Bluffton finished second with 87 points. St. Henry ended up a distant third with 23 points. McComb was fourth with 16.

Pirate junior Jenna Downey won two individual races, the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly.

Bluffton freshman Kari Diller touched first in the 200 free and in the 100 backstroke.

1ST PLACE PIRATE FINISHERS

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle 

1 Diller, Kari E FR Bluffton Swim Team-OH 2:16.20 

31.69 34.79 35.35 34.37 

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle 

1 Diller, Xavier D SR Bluffton Swim Team-OH  2:04.51 

29.14 31.59 31.74 32.04 

Girls 200 Yard IM 

1 Essinger, June B SR Bluffton Swim Team-OH 2:40.41 

32.64 39.70 47.36 40.71 2

Boys 200 Yard IM 

1 Ungashick, Aaron T SO Bluffton Swim Team-OH 2:23.48 

29.57 37.72 43.22 32.97 

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle 

1 Bowlus, Jackson T JR Bluffton Swim Team-OH 23.60 

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly 

1 Downey, Jenna M JR Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:06.58  31.51 35.07  

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle 

1 Downey, Jenna M JR Bluffton Swim Team-OH  26.16 

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke 

1 Diller, Kari E FR Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:07.51   32.30 35.21

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke 

1 Geiser, Karden F SO Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:21.51   38.18 43.33 

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay 

1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH A 1:39.70 

1) Diller, Xavier D SR
2) Ungashick, Aaron T SO
3) Wright, Charles A SR 
4) Bowlus, Jackson T JR 

25.41 25.66 25.28 23.35 

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay 

1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH A 1:52.04  

1) Bowlus, Jackson T JR
2) Armstrong, Owen L FR
3) Diller, Xavier D SR
4) Wright, Charles A SR 

26.95 32.91 27.14 25.0

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 

1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH A 4:46.59 

1) Shank, Zoe K SR
2) Schneck, Lyla A FR
3) McGuire, Kailey R SO 
4) Essinger, June B SR 

33.02 1:10.69 33.63 1:24.52 25.58 1:06.84 30.48 1:04.54 

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 

1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH A 3:53.63 

1) Bowlus, Jackson T JR
2) Armstrong, Owen L FR
3) Wright, Charles A SR
4) Diller, Xavier D SR 

26.11 53.34 29.14 1:00.71 28.81 1:03.73 27.42 55.85