Pirate swim teams sweep five-team home meet
By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA__The Pirate swim teams swept a five-team home meet at the Putnam County YMCA in Ottawa on Thursday, January 29.
The Bluffton boys won with 92.5 points, while the Pirate girls finished first with 92. The Pirates won the combined meet easily over second-place Ada, 184.5-106.5.
The Ada girls scored 56 points to come in second, and the Ada boys also ended up second with 50.5 points.
Pirate senior ace Jenna Downey touched first in two races. Sophomore Kari Diller also captured two individual first-place finishes.
Junior Aaron Ungashick and senior Jackson Bowlus both won a pair of races to pace the victorious Pirate boys.
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Bluffton swims at the Margaretta Invitational on Saturday, February 7.
Pirate 1st-place winners:
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH 2:03.88
- Diller, Kari SO 2) Sterrett, Madelyn FR
3) Downey, Jenna SR 4) Geiser, Karden JR
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH 1:53.02
- Bowlus, Jackson SR 2) Armstrong, Owen SO
3) Ungashick, Aaron JR 4) Verb, Camden FR
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH JR Ungashick, Aaron 2:04.33
2 FR Stanfield, Aiden 2:20.60
Boys 200 Yard IM
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH FR Verb, Camden 2:19.94
2 Bluffton Swim Team-OH FR Fritsch, Max 2:28.57
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR Downey, Jenna 26.07
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR Bowlus, Jackson 22.43
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR Downey, Jenna 1:02.56
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH FR Stanfield, Aiden 1:11.72
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH SO Diller, Kari 1:01.23
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH SO Diller, Kari 1:08.74
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH SR Bowlus, Jackson 58.39
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH JR Geiser, Karden 1:21.51
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH JR Ungashick, Aaron 1:13.25
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 Bluffton Swim Team-OH 4:36.36
1) Diller, Kari SO 2) McGuire, Kailey JR 3) Luginbill, Selah SO
4) Downey, Jenna SR
Team scores:
Combined Team Scores
1. Bluffton Swim Team 184.5 points
2. Ada High School 106.5
3. Lima Bath Swim Team 50
4. Lima Senior High 30
5. McComb 9
Girls scores
1. Bluffton Swim Team 92 points
2. Ada High School 56
3. Lima Senior 25
4. Lima Bath 21
Boys Scores
1. Bluffton 92.5 points
2. Ada High School 50.5
3. Lima Bath 29
4. McComb 9
5. Lima Senior 5
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