The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team is in first place out of eight teams after the first day of the 40th annual Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet at the Wapakoneta Community Pool on Friday, July 8.
Bluffton leads the overall combined team standings, followed by meet host Wapak.
Over 500 swimmers on eight teams are competing in the two-day event.
Swimming resumes Saturday morning at Wapakoneta with the second and final day of competition.
Results are attached with Bluffton relay teams and individuals highlighted in green.
Bluffton University has named Connor Gulick as head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach. Gulick returns to Bluffton following two years of collegiate coaching experience at Heidelberg University. He also previously served as a volunteer assistant coach at Utica High School in summer 2019.
The NWO Lady Buckeyes fastpitch softball teams are holding tryouts for the 2022-2023 season at the Elida Varsity & JV Softball fields, 4500 Sunnydale St. The teams are a nonprofit traveling program.
WAPAKONETA, Ohio⎯More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Wapakoneta on July 8-9, 2022 for the 40th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) League Championship. League swimmers are ages 4-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
The Wapakoneta Community Swimming Pool is the host site for the 2022 Swim Champs. The facility will host eight teams: Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2022 league title.
Bluffton High School grad Trevor Bassitt has qualified for the 2022 World Championships in the 400 meter hurdles. He placed second at the USATF Outdoor Championships on June 26, running a personal best of 47.47 seconds. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Rai Benjamin came in first with a blazing 47.04.
Coverage of the USATF Outdoor Championships was broadcast on NBC, which tweeted the race HERE.
Bassitt was interviewed by CITIUS MAG, where he talks about the race and still being unsponsored. Watch the interview at
Bluffton High School grad Trevor Bassitt advances to the June 26 finals in the 400m hurdles at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, running a time of 48.38 seconds.
Bassitt will run at 4:14 p.m. on Sunday, June 26 on NBC. The top three finishers at this event will run at the World Outdoor Championships in July in Eugene, Oregon.
