Relay, junior earn berths

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Four Indians are headed to the state finals in three events.

Fort Recovery High School’s girls swim team posted a pair of third-place finishes in Friday’s district meet at Bowling Green State University and had three events qualify for the OHSAA Swimming and Diving Division II State Finals.

The season came to an end for Sage Wendel, the lone FRHS boy to qualify for the district meet.

The top 32 individual times and top 24 relay times from across all districts in the state move on to the state finals.

The Indians will compete in state preliminaries at 5 p.m. Thursday at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. (The finals will follow at 5 p.m. Friday.)

Junior Teigen Fortkamp had the top individual finish for FRHS as she placed third in the 100-yard backstroke. She finished in 59.04 seconds, trailing Kami Periat (55.63) of Port Clinton and Lily Baumgartner (58.55) of Ada.

The Indians were also third in the 200 medley relay. Audra Bubp, Joelle Kaup, Paige Guggenbiller and Fortkamp finished in 1:53.12, trailing only Oak Harbor and Lima Shawnee.

Fortkamp also placed fifth and qualified for state in the 50 freestyle.

She was one of seven swimmers at the district to break the 25-second mark, finishing in 24.55 seconds.

The Indians missed a state berth by less than a half second in the 200 freestyle relay. Fortkamp, Bubp, Kaup and Guggenbiller were seventh in 1:43.66 while the final state qualifier was Chagrin Falls at 1:43.19.

Audra Bubp was seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.22 and Joelle Kaup placed 24th in the 50 freestyle in 26.38.

Allison Knapke, Bubp, Kaup and Guggenbiller had a time of 4:07.65 for 16th in the 400 freestyle relay.

Wendel posted his best finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:01.32. He recorded a time of 2:16.59 for 29th in the 200 individual medley.