February 24, 2023 at 6:23 p.m.
Record-breaking finish
Indians close season by bettering relay mark in state preliminaries
Record-breaking finish
CANTON, Ohio — The Indians broke a record.
Even that was not quite enough to earn them one more race.
Fort Recovery High School’s girls swim team’s season came to an end Thursday evening as it competed in the preliminary round of the OHSAA Division II Girls Swimming and Diving State Finals at C.T. Branin Natatorium.
The Indians’ best finish in their three events came in the 200-yard medley relay, in which they broke their school record set at last weekend’s district meet by 0.02 seconds with a time of 1 minute, 53.1 seconds. Teigen Forktamp, Audra Bubp, Joelle Kaup and Paige Guggenbiller finished in 18th place, matching their seed.
The top 16 finishers in each event advanced to the championship and consolation races, which begin at 5 p.m. tonight. Indian Hill took the No. 16 spot at 1:52.95, just 0.15 seconds faster than the Tribe quartet.
The FRHS record prior to last week was 1:53.28 set by Alexis Bubp, Paige Fortkamp, Sophie Timmerman and Cassy Martin.
Teigen Fortkamp, a junior, entered the meet as the No. 14 seed in the 100-yard backstroke but was unable to hold that spot. After posting a time of 59.04 at the district meet, she came in at 1:00.03 at the state finals, falling about a half-second short of the top 16.
Oak Harbor junior Paige Krupp finished 16th in the preliminaries in 59.52.
Fortkamp also competed in the 50 freestyle, finishing in 24.6 seconds. That put her in 21st place, matching her seed heading into the meet.
Rylee Jackson, a freshman, of Archbishop Hoban earned the final spot in today’s consolation finals. She tied with Marina Oria of Cincinnati Indian Hill at 24.42 and won the second swim-off 24.19 to 24.57 after tying at 24.38 in the first swim-off.
Fort Recovery’s Midwest Athletic Conference rival Versailles will compete in three championship races tonight, led by senior Tiana Mescher as the No. 3 seed in the 50 freestyle. She is also the No. 6 seed for the 100 freestyle and joined teammates Ava Shardo, Lydia Hecht and Alayna Rindler in earning the No. 7 seed for the 200 freestyle relay. The same Tiger group is also the No. 12 seed in the 200 medley relay, and Shardo is the No. 15 seed for the 100 butterfly.
MAC?schools New Bremen, Marion Local and Minster also competed Thursday, but none reached the top 16.
Even that was not quite enough to earn them one more race.
Fort Recovery High School’s girls swim team’s season came to an end Thursday evening as it competed in the preliminary round of the OHSAA Division II Girls Swimming and Diving State Finals at C.T. Branin Natatorium.
The Indians’ best finish in their three events came in the 200-yard medley relay, in which they broke their school record set at last weekend’s district meet by 0.02 seconds with a time of 1 minute, 53.1 seconds. Teigen Forktamp, Audra Bubp, Joelle Kaup and Paige Guggenbiller finished in 18th place, matching their seed.
The top 16 finishers in each event advanced to the championship and consolation races, which begin at 5 p.m. tonight. Indian Hill took the No. 16 spot at 1:52.95, just 0.15 seconds faster than the Tribe quartet.
The FRHS record prior to last week was 1:53.28 set by Alexis Bubp, Paige Fortkamp, Sophie Timmerman and Cassy Martin.
Teigen Fortkamp, a junior, entered the meet as the No. 14 seed in the 100-yard backstroke but was unable to hold that spot. After posting a time of 59.04 at the district meet, she came in at 1:00.03 at the state finals, falling about a half-second short of the top 16.
Oak Harbor junior Paige Krupp finished 16th in the preliminaries in 59.52.
Fortkamp also competed in the 50 freestyle, finishing in 24.6 seconds. That put her in 21st place, matching her seed heading into the meet.
Rylee Jackson, a freshman, of Archbishop Hoban earned the final spot in today’s consolation finals. She tied with Marina Oria of Cincinnati Indian Hill at 24.42 and won the second swim-off 24.19 to 24.57 after tying at 24.38 in the first swim-off.
Fort Recovery’s Midwest Athletic Conference rival Versailles will compete in three championship races tonight, led by senior Tiana Mescher as the No. 3 seed in the 50 freestyle. She is also the No. 6 seed for the 100 freestyle and joined teammates Ava Shardo, Lydia Hecht and Alayna Rindler in earning the No. 7 seed for the 200 freestyle relay. The same Tiger group is also the No. 12 seed in the 200 medley relay, and Shardo is the No. 15 seed for the 100 butterfly.
MAC?schools New Bremen, Marion Local and Minster also competed Thursday, but none reached the top 16.
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