Girls Division II
Gates Mills Hawken Wins 22nd-consecutive Girls State Swimming Title
CANTON, Ohio – Gates Mills Hawken claimed its 30th girls swimming title in school history at the 2020 OHSAA Girls Division II Swimming and Diving Championship Friday night at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. It marked Hawken’s 22nd-consecutive girls swimming championship since 1999. Hawken finished the meet with 14 top-five finishes for a total score of 399 points.
The Hawks started the championship meet off strong with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:44.22) with the team comprised of sophomore Jessica Eden, junior Sydney Bare and seniors Bainon Hart and Lauren Musbach. The Hawks also won the 200-yard freestyle (1:34.43) and placed second in the 400-yard freestyle relays (3:30.26) with sophomore Maggie Mallett, junior Ella Gilson, Hart, Eden and Musbach. Hawken broke the state and state tournament records in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Eden won the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.12) and placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (55.94). Meanwhile, Hart took home fifth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.64) and Bare placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.59). Senior Cate Ohaimhirgin took fourth (1:03.55) in the 100-yard breaststroke as well.
Hawken sophomore Tori Culotta had a pair of top-five finishes with taking second place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.93) and first place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.11). Culotta was not the only Hawken swimmer in the top five for the 500-yard freestyle as senior Sylvia Stewart-Bates placed second (4:56.14), junior Claire Pophal took third (4:56.17) and senior Julia Johnson (4:58.90) grabbed fourth. Gilson also finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.74).
Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown finished as the state runner-up for the third-consecutive year with five top-five finishes for a total of 217 points. The Blazers won the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:27.97) and placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.24) with the teams comprised with seniors Helen Sun and Rose Gaudiani, juniors Ellie MacPhail and Mairin O’Brien, and Stephanie Tropper. O’Brien finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.10) and second in the 100-yard freestyle (50.48). Sun took fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (56.38).
Worthington Christian junior Lena Morgan claimed the girls Division II one-meter diving competition with 448.35 points.
Boys Division II
Cincinnati Indian Hill Wins D2 Boys State Swimming Title
CANTON, Ohio – Cincinnati Indian Hill captured its first-ever boys state swimming title Friday night at the 2020 OHSAA Boys Division II Swimming and Diving State Championship at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton.
Indian Hill gathered six top-five finishes for 224 total points, edging out perennial power Hunting Valley University School by eight points (216). The Braves started out slow before rattling off three top-five finishes in the 200-yard freestyle relay, taking first (1:26.02), grabbing second in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:10.02) and placing fourth in the 200-yard medley relay (1:37.50) with teams comprised of freshman Gibson Holmes, juniors Dan Edmonson, Will Ford, and Gabe Yin, and seniors Nick Bules, Will Taylor, Josh Pearson and Devin Edwards.
Holmes won the 100-yard butterfly (48.37) and 200-yard freestyle (1:39.25). Taylor placed third in the 500-yard freestyle (4:39.61) and took fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.45).
University School totaled seven top-five finishes to take home the state runner-up trophy. The Preppers claimed first place in the 200-yard medley (1:33.67) and 400-yard freestyle (3:09.56) relays while taking third in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:27.05) with teams comprised of seniors Nicolas Tekieli, Colin Savage, Frank Applebaum, Prajwal Guruprasad, Carter Faulkner and Jack O’Brien.
Tekieli finished first in the 100-yard backstroke (48.33) and took second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.32). Applebaum finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (48.80) while Savage grabbed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle (21.50).
Columbus Wellington School junior George Callanan won the boys Division II one-meter diving competition with 469.50 points.
Girls Division I
Dublin Coffman Wins First Girls State Swimming Title
CANTON, Ohio - Dublin Coffman secured its first girls state swimming title in school history in Saturday night’s 2020 OHSAA Girls Division I Swimming and Diving State Championship at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton.
Coffman tallied eight top-five finishes, totaling 214 total team points in a close finish among the top three teams. The Shamrocks started the night off strong by taking first place in the 200-yard medley relay (1:41.88) then finished the evening with a first place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:27.71) with the teams of freshman Gretchen Schneider, juniors Hannah Bailey, Ava Warren and Ellie Andrews and senior Emma Bowman.
Bailey and Andrews had more top-five finishes. Bailey took third in the 100-yard butterfly (54.82) and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.57). Andrews won the 200-yard individual medley (1:47.77) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.12). Senior Kristyn Sabol grabbed two second place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle (50.20) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.77).
New Albany collected five top five finishes for 205 team points to finish as the state runner-up. The Eagles had three top-five finishes with taking first in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:25.16), second in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:34.96) and third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.31) with the teams of freshman Carly Meeting, sophomores Olivia Hovorka, Ava Lachey, junior Sydney Boals and seniors Lexi Elkovitch and Mia Lachey. Meeting took third placed in the 100-yard backstroke (55.67) and Ava Lachey finished fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (51.11).
Powell Olentangy Liberty junior Olivia Lynch won the girls Division I one-meter diving competition with a score of 428.55.
Boys Division I
Cincinnati St. Xavier Wins 41st Boys State Swimming Title
CANTON, Ohio – Cincinnati St. Xavier continued its boys swimming domination with the school’s state-record 41st boys state swimming championship victory Saturday night at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. Saturday’s win also marked St. Xavier’s 21st-consecutive swimming title since 1999. St. Xavier compiled 310 total points and had 10 top-five finishes.
The Bombers claimed first place in all of the relay events, including the 200-yard medley relay (1:27.97), 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.86) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (2:59.30) with teams of junior Owen Taylor and seniors Nate Buse, Scott Sobolewski, Jean-Pierre Khouzam and Ian Van Gorp. St. Xavier broke the state tournament and state records in the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays.
Khouzam took home first place and set new state tournament and state records in the 100-yard butterfly (47.01). Buse finished third in the 100-yard butterfly (48.71) as well. Van Gorp took third in the 200-yard individual medley (1:48.82) while Taylor finished third in the 100-yard freestyle (44.94). Sobolewski finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.89) and fourth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.62). Senior Kellen Roddy placed third in the 500-yard freestyle (4.26.66).
Upper Arlington had eight top-five finishes helping them score 201 team points to be the state runner-up. The Golden Bears finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:02.91), fourth in the 200-yard freestyle realy (1:23.10) and fifth in the 200-yard medley relay (1:33.19) with the teams of freshman Grant Gooding and Grant Kennedy, juniors Jackson Gooding, Avery Voss and Hayden Jay and seniors Antonio Ventresca and Jake Meyer.
Jay and Voss had a pair of top-two finishes. Voss took second (44.51) and Jay placed fourth (45.55) in the 100-yard freestyle. Jay also finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.33) while Voss placed third in the 50-yard free (20.27).
New Albany senior Noah Duperre won the boys Division I one-meter diving competition with a score of 582.85.