Jay County sent seven to sectional finals

Thirty years ago this week, seven individuals made their way into championship races.

The Oct. 29, 1993, edition of The Commercial Review featured coverage of the preliminary round of the girls swimming sectional at South Adams as the Jay County High School girls swim team earned seven individual championship berths.

Sophomore Lisa Vold led the way for the Patriots as she set a new school record in the 100-yard backstroke to earn the No. 1 seed for the sectional finals in the 100-yard backstroke. She finished in 1 minute, 5.96 seconds, to improve on her own record and finish more than a second ahead of No. 2 seed Christi Tonak of South Adams.

Vold had led the Patriots in the 1992 sectional meet with a runner-up finish in the event.

She also qualified for the sectional finals with the No. 3 seed in the 100 freestyle.

The top six swimmers in each preliminary event advanced to the sectional finals with the next six making the consolation finals. 

Courtney VanSkyock and Nikki Johnston also qualified for championship finals in two events apiece, with the former making it in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle while the latter advanced in the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. VanSkyock was seeded third for the 500 freestyle.

The other Patriot to make it to a championship final was Sara McKee, a sophomore who picked up the No. 5 seed behind Vold in the 100 backstroke.

Making it to the finals in relays were Amy Klopfenstein, Vold, Johnston and VanSkyock in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle, as well as Jaime Fisher, Jennifer Miller, Shelli Gierhart and McKee in the 400 freestyle.