Jay tops Union City for fifth win

The Jay County Summer Swim Team moved to 5-0 on the season Tuesday, defeating a small Union City squad, 1,369.5-380.5.
Five swimmers were triple-event winners for Jay County.
Morgan DeHoff and Maddy Snow each earned a trio of victories in the 8-and-younger girls division. DeHoff won the long freestyle, backstroke and short freestyle, with Snow finishing first in the butterfly, individual medley and breaststroke.
Mara Bader and Josh Monroe were 9-10-year-old triple winners. Bader won the long and short freestyle races as well as the backstroke. Monroe claimed the top spot in the long freestyle, IM and breaststroke.
Elizabeth McDowell won the backstroke, IM and short freestyle in the 13-14-year-old girls division.
Levi Muhlenkamp (8-and-younger) and Sophie Saxman (9-10-year-old) each won a pair of events in their respective age groups. Lilli Clemmons, Eliza Bader and Ashlyn Dow earned two wins apiece in the 11-12-year-old division, with Jason Minnich and Christopher McDowell both earning two wins in the 13-14-year-old age group. Alex Bader and Anne Vormohr also won two events in the 15-and-older age group.
A total of 13 swimmers picked up individual wins. Those included Juan Pablo Wiggins (11-12-year-old), Jesse Brown (8-and-younger), Erica Hathaway (13-14-year-old), Sophie Bader (15-and-older), Jamie Valentine (15-and-older), Kaitlyn Dow (13-14-year-old) and Bennett Weitzel (11-12-year-old).
Also winning single events were Jake Nichols (15-and-older), Konner Sommers (11-12-year-old), Tayler Smeltzer (13-14-year-old), Kaitlyn Hicks (13-14-year-old), Luke Nichols (13-14-year-old) and Damian Hicks (11-12-year-old).
Jay County also won 17 of the 20 relay events.