Swimmers dominate combined squad

A lack of numbers caused Adams Central and Bellmont to combine swim teams for the summer.

The new squad was still at a disadvantage against Jay County.

Victories in all but three relays and 51 of the 62 individual events garnered the Jay County Summer Swim Team a crushing win on Thursday, 1,378-326 at Jay County High School.

Two boys and a pair of girls each grabbed three individual victories for Jay County. Ben Fisher (8-and-younger) and Creed Beiswanger (11-12-year-old) did so for the boys while Lani Muhlenkamp (9-10-year-old) and Eliza Bader (15-and-older) were the females.

Fisher was first in the long freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke events, as Beiswanger won the long freestyle, backstroke and short freestyle. Muhlenkamp took first place in the butterfly, individual medley and breaststroke races, and Bader beat the field in the 200 freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.

Maria Laux (8-and-younger), Finn Hemmelgarn (8-and-younger), Raif Beiswanger (9-10-year-old), Aubrey Millspaugh (11-12-year-old), Kenzie Huey (11-12-year-old), Emily Dues (13-14-year-old), Mara Bader (13-14-year-old), Ralph Link (13-14-year-old), Josh Monroe (13-14-year-old) and Erica Hathaway (15-and-older) had two wins apiece.

A total of 19 swimmers got single victories. They were Charlee Peters, Gabby GIbson, Jordyn Champ, Tony Beiswanger, Kaitlyn Fisher, Brooklynn Byrum, Kali Wendel, Maddy Snow, Morgan DeHoff, David Keen, Hannah Laux, Abby Johnson, Joseph Dow, Cohen Henry, Elayna Paro, Natalie Blakely, Chase McFarland, Kyle Sanders and Griffin Mann.