Pirate swimmers third at 5-team Upper Sandusky meet
By Cort Reynolds
UPPER SANDUSKY – The Bluffton High School swim teams competed well in a five-team meet at Upper Sandusky on Saturday, January 25.
Lexington swept to first in the combined standings, as well as the boys and girls team races. The host Rams were second in the overall standings.
Bluffton finished third overall. The Pirate girls came in second, and took third in boys.
Ada ended up fourth in all three standings.
Bluffton’s Aaron Ungashick won the boys 200-yard individual medley.
Junior Jackson Bowlus touched first in the boys 50 freestyle.
Pirate Jenna Downey also captured first in the girls 50 free.
TOP PIRATE FINISHERS
Boys 200 Yard IM
1 Ungashick, Aaron T Bluffton High School 2:19.7
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Downey, Jenna M Bluffton High School 26.31
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Bowlus, Jackson T Bluffton High School 23.55
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
2 Bowlus, Jackson T Bluffton High School 53.02
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
2 Ungashick, Aaron T Bluffton High School 5:49.41
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
3 Schneck, Lyla A Bluffton High School 1:29.84
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
2 Bluffton High School A 2:06.19
Diller, Kari E 2) Essinger, June B 3) Downey, Jenna M
4) Geiser, Karden F
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
2 Bluffton High School A 1:55.30
1) Bowlus, Jackson T 2) Ungashick, Aaron T 3) Diller, Xavier D
4) Armstrong, Owen L
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2 Bluffton High School A 1:54.42
1) Downey, Jenna M 2) Geiser, Karden F 3) Essinger, June B 4) Diller, Kari E
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2 Bluffton High School A 1:42.79
1) Bowlus, Jackson T 2) Ungashick, Aaron T 3) Armstrong, Owen L
4) Diller, Xavier D
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
3 Diller, Kari E Bluffton High School 2:24.4
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
3 Essinger, June B Bluffton High School 1:10.04
4 Shank, Zoe K Bluffton High School 1:19.90
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
3 Geiser, Karden F Bluffton High School 1:06.6
Combined Team Scores
1. Lexington High School 159 points
2. Upper Sandusky High School 74
3. Bluffton High School 65
4. Ada High School 39
5. McComb Swim Team 3
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Girls team scores:
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Boys Team scores: 1. Lexington 77 2. Upper Sandusky 45 3. Bluffton 32 4. Ada 13 5. McComb 3 |
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