Fritsch wins 2 freestyle races

By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA__The Bluffton High School swim teams each finished second in a five-team meet at the Putnam County YMCA on Monday, February 2.

Ottawa-Glandorf swept to first in both the boys and girls team standings. The O-G girls won with 119 points, while the Pirate girls were a distant second at 40.

Bluffton sophomore Kari Diller touched first in the girls 100 backstroke.

The Titan boys won with 84 points, followed by the Pirate boys (54).

Freshman Max Fritsch won the grueling 500-yard freestyle and the 50-yard free sprint to pace the Pirate boys.

Senior Jackson Bowlus touched first in the 100 freestyle. Freshman Camden Verb also captured the 200 free.

 

Pirate top 2 finishers:

Event Place School Yr Name Finals Time Splits

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle 

1 BLUF FR Verb, Camden 2:00.81 

32.18 38.11 46.10 4.42

 

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay 

1 A BLUF  1:55.45 

1) Verb, Camden FR 2) Armstrong, Owen L SO 

3) Bowlus, Jackson T SR 4) Ungashick, Aaron T JR 

29.84 33.35 25.00 27.26

 

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle 

1 BLUF FR Fritsch, Max 1 26.88

 

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle 

1 BLUF SR Bowlus, Jackson T 50.0

23.44 26.56

 

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle 

1 BLUF FR Fritsch, Max 6:01.18 

30.44 34.44 36.30 37.31 38.57 36.47 37.66 38.72 37.78 33.49 

 

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke 

1 BLUF SO Diller, Kari E 1:08.84 

33.26 35.58 

 

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly 

2 BLUF FR Stanfield, Aiden 1:13.11 

33.33 39.78

 

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle 

2 BLUF JR Geiser, Karden F 2:36.21 

33.55 40.40 41.62 40.64

 

Boys 200 Yard IM 

2 BLUF SR Bowlus, Jackson T 2:21.07 

28.36 36.62 42.43 33.66

 

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle 

2 BLUF SR Downey, Jenna M 26.26

 

Event 21 Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke 

2 BLUF JR Geiser, Karden F 1:20.46 

37.85 42.61 

3 BLUF FR Sterrett, Madelyn 1:20.92 

39.21 41.71

 

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 

2 A BLUF 2 3:50.67 

1) Bowlus, Jackson T SR 2) Verb, Camden FR 

3) Fritsch, Max FR 4) Ungashick, Aaron T JR 

26.18 55.39 27.10 55.48 28.92 1:03.11 25.75 56.69

 

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 

2 A BLUF 4:36.05 

1) Diller, Kari E SO 2) McGuire, Kailey R JR 

3) Luginbill, Selah SO 4) Downey, Jenna M SR 

30.82 1:03.75 36.47 1:18.76 35.49 1:15.13 27.20 58.41

 

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay 

2 A BLUF 2:06.71  

1) Geiser, Karden F JR 2) McGuire, Kailey R JR 

3) Luginbill, Selah SO 4) Sterrett, Madelyn FR

 

Women 200 Yard Medley Relay Varsity 

2 A BLUF 2:03.60 

1) Diller, Kari E SO 2) Sterrett, Madelyn FR 

3) Downey, Jenna M SR 4) Geiser, Karden F JR 31.29 36.80 27.72 27.79

 

Girls team scores

1. Ottawa-Glandorf 119 points

2. Bluffton 40 

3. Lima Bath 6 

4. Cory Rawson 2 

 

Boys scores

1. Ottawa-Glandorf 84 points

2. Bluffton 54 

3. Lima Bath 13 

3. Miller City 13 

5. McComb 4