Tigers swim past Jay

The first home meet of the season did not go as well as the Patriots would have hoped.

Jay County High School's girls swim team suffered its first loss of the year 155-138 to the visiting Bluffton Tigers. The meet was the home opener for the Patriots boys, and they fell by a 173-138 final.

Senior Aaron Hudson was the lone double winner for JCHS as he led throughout the 100-yard butterfly and fought off Sam Walburn by just over a second with a winning time of 1 minute, 0.23 seconds. He was also first by nearly four seconds in 1:07.69 in the 100 breaststroke.

Hudson teamed with Neal Fennig, Wiley Young and Richard Osterholt to take the 200 medley relay in 1:52.21.

In the girls 100 butterfly, Michelle Landfair, Caitlin Ruchgy and Jocelyn Mann had the top three positions 50 yards into the race. Landfair pulled away for a five-second win in 1:08.19, and Mann and Ruchgy traded places to complete the sweep in second and third respectively.

Landfair and Ruchgy also joined Mary Hudson and Eme Miller in posting a time of 4:08.7 to win the 400 freestyle relay.

Young dominated the boys 50 freestyle with a time of 25.5 to lead a Patriot sweep ahead of Luke Holcomb and Charles Burress. Neal Fennig was first in the 100 backstroke in the time of 1:01.92.

Mary Hudson had a slight edge over Haley Huffman midway through the 50 freestyle before pulling away to win by more than a second in 26.98. Miller pulled away in the second half of the 100 freestyle as she won with a time of 1:00.9.

Megan Taylor scored 163.95 points to pick up the uncontested diving win.[[In-content Ad]]