March 11, 2023 at 4:26 a.m.
Record breakers
Glentzer and Laux set new ACAC?standards
Record breakers
Cooper Glentzer didn’t just break records.
He pulverized them.
And Maria Laux joined in the fun.
Glentzer obliterated two Allen County Athletic Conference records and Laux knocked down one as well Friday night as the host Jay County Junior High School swim teams finished as runners-up at the conference championships.
The Patriot boys won eight of 12 events for 400 points but still couldn’t quite match champion Bluffton, which scored 453 points. Adams Central (100) and South Adams (60) rounded out the four-team field.
Jay County had 380 points in the girls competition, in which it also finished second to the Tigers. Adams Central had 142 and South Adams’ solo competitor finished with 11.
After anchoring a Patriot victory in the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay, Glentzer was right back in the pool for the 200 freestyle. If he was tired, he didn’t show it.
He was more than four seconds ahead of the field after the first 100 yards and just kept pulling away, winning in 2 minutes, 7.82 seconds. He was more than 16 seconds faster than runner-up Graham Linderwell of Bluffton.
Glentzer’s time broke the ACAC record of 2:14.65 second in 2018. It also surpassed the Jay County middle school record of 2:10.13 set by James Keen, who was an eighth grader in 2011.
In his second individual race, Glentzer was just as impressive. He blew away the field by 55 seconds in the 400 freestyle as he finished in 4:32.82. The effort again blew away the previous record of 4:50.68 set in 2018.
The record-breaking result from Laux came in between Glentzer’s spectacular swims as she dominated her way to the ACAC title in the 100 freestyle. She beat runner-up GenaMarie Summersett of South Adams by nearly five seconds in 1:01.77. That surpassed the previous record of 1:03.92 that was set by Isabel VonGunten of the Starfires in 2016.
Laux was also the ACAC champion in the 50 freestyle, posting a time of 27.63 to beat Summersett by more than a second.
Raif and Rockland Beiswanger each added two individual conference titles for the Patriot boys. The former won the 100 individual medley in 1:09.79 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:20.07 while the latter had winning times of 1:03.28 in the 100 freestyle and 1:13.87 in the 100 backstroke.
The only other individual win for the girls team came from Brooklyn Byrum, who finished first in the 100 backstroke in 1:15.72.
Glentzer and the Beiswangers teamed with Carson Westgerdes to earn victories in the 200 medley relay in 2:09.38 and the 300 freestyle relay in 2:59.92.
Kaitlyn Fisher, Elly Byrum, Brooklynn Byrum and Laux reached the wall in 1:56.04 to take the top spot in the 200 freestyle relay.
Westgerdes was second in the 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly for the boys time.
Recording runner-up finishes for the girls team were Elly Byrum in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, Brooklyn Byrum in the 50 butterfly, Kali Wendel in diving and Fisher in the 100 individual medley.
He pulverized them.
And Maria Laux joined in the fun.
Glentzer obliterated two Allen County Athletic Conference records and Laux knocked down one as well Friday night as the host Jay County Junior High School swim teams finished as runners-up at the conference championships.
The Patriot boys won eight of 12 events for 400 points but still couldn’t quite match champion Bluffton, which scored 453 points. Adams Central (100) and South Adams (60) rounded out the four-team field.
Jay County had 380 points in the girls competition, in which it also finished second to the Tigers. Adams Central had 142 and South Adams’ solo competitor finished with 11.
After anchoring a Patriot victory in the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay, Glentzer was right back in the pool for the 200 freestyle. If he was tired, he didn’t show it.
He was more than four seconds ahead of the field after the first 100 yards and just kept pulling away, winning in 2 minutes, 7.82 seconds. He was more than 16 seconds faster than runner-up Graham Linderwell of Bluffton.
Glentzer’s time broke the ACAC record of 2:14.65 second in 2018. It also surpassed the Jay County middle school record of 2:10.13 set by James Keen, who was an eighth grader in 2011.
In his second individual race, Glentzer was just as impressive. He blew away the field by 55 seconds in the 400 freestyle as he finished in 4:32.82. The effort again blew away the previous record of 4:50.68 set in 2018.
The record-breaking result from Laux came in between Glentzer’s spectacular swims as she dominated her way to the ACAC title in the 100 freestyle. She beat runner-up GenaMarie Summersett of South Adams by nearly five seconds in 1:01.77. That surpassed the previous record of 1:03.92 that was set by Isabel VonGunten of the Starfires in 2016.
Laux was also the ACAC champion in the 50 freestyle, posting a time of 27.63 to beat Summersett by more than a second.
Raif and Rockland Beiswanger each added two individual conference titles for the Patriot boys. The former won the 100 individual medley in 1:09.79 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:20.07 while the latter had winning times of 1:03.28 in the 100 freestyle and 1:13.87 in the 100 backstroke.
The only other individual win for the girls team came from Brooklyn Byrum, who finished first in the 100 backstroke in 1:15.72.
Glentzer and the Beiswangers teamed with Carson Westgerdes to earn victories in the 200 medley relay in 2:09.38 and the 300 freestyle relay in 2:59.92.
Kaitlyn Fisher, Elly Byrum, Brooklynn Byrum and Laux reached the wall in 1:56.04 to take the top spot in the 200 freestyle relay.
Westgerdes was second in the 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly for the boys time.
Recording runner-up finishes for the girls team were Elly Byrum in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, Brooklyn Byrum in the 50 butterfly, Kali Wendel in diving and Fisher in the 100 individual medley.
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