January 10, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.
Outnumbered
JC swimmers overwhelm Bulldogs
Outnumbered
The Patriots simply had Celina outnumbered.
The visiting Bulldogs held their own against the Jay County High School swim teams in the races they were able to contest. But that wasn’t enough.
The Patriot boys picked up their second consecutive win after an 0-6 start, using wins in all three relays and four uncontested sweeps to cruise to a 204-49 victory.
“We had a lot of close races tonight, but to come up with the team win our numbers just overpowered them,” said Patriot coach Matt Slavik. “We’ve known that we’ve got some talented boys. … Our kids are seeing some reward from their hard work. I think they still have a little ways to go, but we’re showing improvement and swimming solid.”
The JCHS girls ran their record to 7-1 with a 174-114 win.
Jay County’s boys, who picked up their first win Tuesday over Bellmont, took control right away as they dominated the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay. Chase McFarland staked the Patriots to a lead of more than five seconds on the opening backstroke leg and Griffin Mann, Kyle Sanders and Reid Claycomb finished off the winning time of 1 minute, 51.2 seconds.
McFarland, Mann, Claycomb and Sanders went on to post a winning time of 1:40.7 as Jay County once again went one-two in the 200 freestyle relay, and Juan Pablo Wiggins, Damian Hicks, Sam Crump and Sommers won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:16.67 with no Celina swimmers in the pool.
The 400 freestyle relay was one of five events in which the Bulldogs did not compete because of their small roster, allowing JCHS to pick up 88 free points. Winning those events were Mann in the 200 freestyle, Sanders in the 100 butterfly, Wiggins in the 100 freestyle — he missed breaking the 1-minute mark by just 0.21 seconds — and McFarland in the 500 freestyle.
Sanders also took the top spot in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.34, finishing more than four seconds ahead of Celina’s Isaiah Watson.
“It opens up things dramatically rather than being a one-dimensional swimmer, to now having four races where he can legitly challenge people in our sectional,” said Slavik on the winning efforts from Sanders, who typically swims the freestyle sprints.
Eliza Bader and Ashlyn Dow each won two events for the girls team, with Dow fighting off Emma Guggenbiller by 0.21 seconds in the 50 freestyle in 25.89 and Zoe Rolfes by just over a second in the 100 freestyle in 56.83. Bader dominated 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke with times of 2:21.74 and 1:12.87, respectively.
Other wins for the girls came from Mara Bader (1:07.1) in the 100 butterfly and Erica Hathaway (5:55.88) in the 500 freestyle.
Beyond those top spots, where Slavik mixed up his lineup to get swimmers away from their specialty events, the coach complimented a long list of Patriots — Emily Strausburg, Ralph Link, Elayna Paro, Aaron Funkhouser, Avalyne Carter, Brooklyn Mattingly, Grace Lavy and Raine Keen — who all took significant chunks off of their previous career-best times in the 100 freestyle.
“It’s just a testament to their hard work over the holidays,” he said. “It’s starting to pay off, despite the fact that we’re swimming sore and tired right now. … It was nice coming through and seeing some kids just pushing themselves … dropping time, when really they didn’t have anybody pushing them.”
The Patriots are hitting the home stretch of their season, literally, as they will not swim on the road again until the state finals. The run continues with the Jay County High School Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday. (Diving will be contested beginning at 5:30 tonight.)
Two weeks later, Jay County will host the Allen County Athletic Conference Championships. And two weeks after that, the sectional meet will also be at JCHS.
“In those meets we have the opportunity to swim against some pretty good competition,” said Slavik. “Saturday we’ve got a lot of good competition from Ohio as well as Bluffton, Oak Hill and Centerville.
“This is kind of a make it or break it time.”The Patriots simply had Celina outnumbered.
The visiting Bulldogs held their own against the Jay County High School swim teams in the races they were able to contest. But that wasn’t enough.
The Patriot boys picked up their second consecutive win after an 0-6 start, using wins in all three relays and four uncontested sweeps to cruise to a 204-49 victory.
“We had a lot of close races tonight, but to come up with the team win our numbers just overpowered them,” said Patriot coach Matt Slavik. “We’ve known that we’ve got some talented boys. … Our kids are seeing some reward from their hard work. I think they still have a little ways to go, but we’re showing improvement and swimming solid.”
The JCHS girls ran their record to 7-1 with a 174-114 win.
Jay County’s boys, who picked up their first win Tuesday over Bellmont, took control right away as they dominated the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay. Chase McFarland staked the Patriots to a lead of more than five seconds on the opening backstroke leg and Griffin Mann, Kyle Sanders and Reid Claycomb finished off the winning time of 1 minute, 51.2 seconds.
McFarland, Mann, Claycomb and Sanders went on to post a winning time of 1:40.7 as Jay County once again went one-two in the 200 freestyle relay, and Juan Pablo Wiggins, Damian Hicks, Sam Crump and Sommers won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:16.67 with no Celina swimmers in the pool.
The 400 freestyle relay was one of five events in which the Bulldogs did not compete because of their small roster, allowing JCHS to pick up 88 free points. Winning those events were Mann in the 200 freestyle, Sanders in the 100 butterfly, Wiggins in the 100 freestyle — he missed breaking the 1-minute mark by just 0.21 seconds — and McFarland in the 500 freestyle.
Sanders also took the top spot in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.34, finishing more than four seconds ahead of Celina’s Isaiah Watson.
“It opens up things dramatically rather than being a one-dimensional swimmer, to now having four races where he can legitly challenge people in our sectional,” said Slavik on the winning efforts from Sanders, who typically swims the freestyle sprints.
Eliza Bader and Ashlyn Dow each won two events for the girls team, with Dow fighting off Emma Guggenbiller by 0.21 seconds in the 50 freestyle in 25.89 and Zoe Rolfes by just over a second in the 100 freestyle in 56.83. Bader dominated 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke with times of 2:21.74 and 1:12.87, respectively.
Other wins for the girls came from Mara Bader (1:07.1) in the 100 butterfly and Erica Hathaway (5:55.88) in the 500 freestyle.
Beyond those top spots, where Slavik mixed up his lineup to get swimmers away from their specialty events, the coach complimented a long list of Patriots — Emily Strausburg, Ralph Link, Elayna Paro, Aaron Funkhouser, Avalyne Carter, Brooklyn Mattingly, Grace Lavy and Raine Keen — who all took significant chunks off of their previous career-best times in the 100 freestyle.
“It’s just a testament to their hard work over the holidays,” he said. “It’s starting to pay off, despite the fact that we’re swimming sore and tired right now. … It was nice coming through and seeing some kids just pushing themselves … dropping time, when really they didn’t have anybody pushing them.”
The Patriots are hitting the home stretch of their season, literally, as they will not swim on the road again until the state finals. The run continues with the Jay County High School Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday. (Diving will be contested beginning at 5:30 tonight.)
Two weeks later, Jay County will host the Allen County Athletic Conference Championships. And two weeks after that, the sectional meet will also be at JCHS.
“In those meets we have the opportunity to swim against some pretty good competition,” said Slavik. “Saturday we’ve got a lot of good competition from Ohio as well as Bluffton, Oak Hill and Centerville.
“This is kind of a make it or break it time.”
The visiting Bulldogs held their own against the Jay County High School swim teams in the races they were able to contest. But that wasn’t enough.
The Patriot boys picked up their second consecutive win after an 0-6 start, using wins in all three relays and four uncontested sweeps to cruise to a 204-49 victory.
“We had a lot of close races tonight, but to come up with the team win our numbers just overpowered them,” said Patriot coach Matt Slavik. “We’ve known that we’ve got some talented boys. … Our kids are seeing some reward from their hard work. I think they still have a little ways to go, but we’re showing improvement and swimming solid.”
The JCHS girls ran their record to 7-1 with a 174-114 win.
Jay County’s boys, who picked up their first win Tuesday over Bellmont, took control right away as they dominated the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay. Chase McFarland staked the Patriots to a lead of more than five seconds on the opening backstroke leg and Griffin Mann, Kyle Sanders and Reid Claycomb finished off the winning time of 1 minute, 51.2 seconds.
McFarland, Mann, Claycomb and Sanders went on to post a winning time of 1:40.7 as Jay County once again went one-two in the 200 freestyle relay, and Juan Pablo Wiggins, Damian Hicks, Sam Crump and Sommers won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:16.67 with no Celina swimmers in the pool.
The 400 freestyle relay was one of five events in which the Bulldogs did not compete because of their small roster, allowing JCHS to pick up 88 free points. Winning those events were Mann in the 200 freestyle, Sanders in the 100 butterfly, Wiggins in the 100 freestyle — he missed breaking the 1-minute mark by just 0.21 seconds — and McFarland in the 500 freestyle.
Sanders also took the top spot in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.34, finishing more than four seconds ahead of Celina’s Isaiah Watson.
“It opens up things dramatically rather than being a one-dimensional swimmer, to now having four races where he can legitly challenge people in our sectional,” said Slavik on the winning efforts from Sanders, who typically swims the freestyle sprints.
Eliza Bader and Ashlyn Dow each won two events for the girls team, with Dow fighting off Emma Guggenbiller by 0.21 seconds in the 50 freestyle in 25.89 and Zoe Rolfes by just over a second in the 100 freestyle in 56.83. Bader dominated 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke with times of 2:21.74 and 1:12.87, respectively.
Other wins for the girls came from Mara Bader (1:07.1) in the 100 butterfly and Erica Hathaway (5:55.88) in the 500 freestyle.
Beyond those top spots, where Slavik mixed up his lineup to get swimmers away from their specialty events, the coach complimented a long list of Patriots — Emily Strausburg, Ralph Link, Elayna Paro, Aaron Funkhouser, Avalyne Carter, Brooklyn Mattingly, Grace Lavy and Raine Keen — who all took significant chunks off of their previous career-best times in the 100 freestyle.
“It’s just a testament to their hard work over the holidays,” he said. “It’s starting to pay off, despite the fact that we’re swimming sore and tired right now. … It was nice coming through and seeing some kids just pushing themselves … dropping time, when really they didn’t have anybody pushing them.”
The Patriots are hitting the home stretch of their season, literally, as they will not swim on the road again until the state finals. The run continues with the Jay County High School Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday. (Diving will be contested beginning at 5:30 tonight.)
Two weeks later, Jay County will host the Allen County Athletic Conference Championships. And two weeks after that, the sectional meet will also be at JCHS.
“In those meets we have the opportunity to swim against some pretty good competition,” said Slavik. “Saturday we’ve got a lot of good competition from Ohio as well as Bluffton, Oak Hill and Centerville.
“This is kind of a make it or break it time.”The Patriots simply had Celina outnumbered.
The visiting Bulldogs held their own against the Jay County High School swim teams in the races they were able to contest. But that wasn’t enough.
The Patriot boys picked up their second consecutive win after an 0-6 start, using wins in all three relays and four uncontested sweeps to cruise to a 204-49 victory.
“We had a lot of close races tonight, but to come up with the team win our numbers just overpowered them,” said Patriot coach Matt Slavik. “We’ve known that we’ve got some talented boys. … Our kids are seeing some reward from their hard work. I think they still have a little ways to go, but we’re showing improvement and swimming solid.”
The JCHS girls ran their record to 7-1 with a 174-114 win.
Jay County’s boys, who picked up their first win Tuesday over Bellmont, took control right away as they dominated the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay. Chase McFarland staked the Patriots to a lead of more than five seconds on the opening backstroke leg and Griffin Mann, Kyle Sanders and Reid Claycomb finished off the winning time of 1 minute, 51.2 seconds.
McFarland, Mann, Claycomb and Sanders went on to post a winning time of 1:40.7 as Jay County once again went one-two in the 200 freestyle relay, and Juan Pablo Wiggins, Damian Hicks, Sam Crump and Sommers won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:16.67 with no Celina swimmers in the pool.
The 400 freestyle relay was one of five events in which the Bulldogs did not compete because of their small roster, allowing JCHS to pick up 88 free points. Winning those events were Mann in the 200 freestyle, Sanders in the 100 butterfly, Wiggins in the 100 freestyle — he missed breaking the 1-minute mark by just 0.21 seconds — and McFarland in the 500 freestyle.
Sanders also took the top spot in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.34, finishing more than four seconds ahead of Celina’s Isaiah Watson.
“It opens up things dramatically rather than being a one-dimensional swimmer, to now having four races where he can legitly challenge people in our sectional,” said Slavik on the winning efforts from Sanders, who typically swims the freestyle sprints.
Eliza Bader and Ashlyn Dow each won two events for the girls team, with Dow fighting off Emma Guggenbiller by 0.21 seconds in the 50 freestyle in 25.89 and Zoe Rolfes by just over a second in the 100 freestyle in 56.83. Bader dominated 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke with times of 2:21.74 and 1:12.87, respectively.
Other wins for the girls came from Mara Bader (1:07.1) in the 100 butterfly and Erica Hathaway (5:55.88) in the 500 freestyle.
Beyond those top spots, where Slavik mixed up his lineup to get swimmers away from their specialty events, the coach complimented a long list of Patriots — Emily Strausburg, Ralph Link, Elayna Paro, Aaron Funkhouser, Avalyne Carter, Brooklyn Mattingly, Grace Lavy and Raine Keen — who all took significant chunks off of their previous career-best times in the 100 freestyle.
“It’s just a testament to their hard work over the holidays,” he said. “It’s starting to pay off, despite the fact that we’re swimming sore and tired right now. … It was nice coming through and seeing some kids just pushing themselves … dropping time, when really they didn’t have anybody pushing them.”
The Patriots are hitting the home stretch of their season, literally, as they will not swim on the road again until the state finals. The run continues with the Jay County High School Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday. (Diving will be contested beginning at 5:30 tonight.)
Two weeks later, Jay County will host the Allen County Athletic Conference Championships. And two weeks after that, the sectional meet will also be at JCHS.
“In those meets we have the opportunity to swim against some pretty good competition,” said Slavik. “Saturday we’ve got a lot of good competition from Ohio as well as Bluffton, Oak Hill and Centerville.
“This is kind of a make it or break it time.”
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