Jay County claims second at conference

BERNE — Addisyn Champ put together a strong resume entering the final meet of the season.

She didn’t disappoint, but it just wasn’t enough to lift Jay County to the top spot.

The Jay County Summer Swim team wrapped up its season on Saturday with a second-place finish in the Wabash Valley Conference Championships on Saturday at Berne Public Pool.

Jay County tallied 2,396 points in the meet, only falling short to Wells Community which earned a score of 2,758. Host South Adams trailed behind with 1,381 points to finish third, while the combined team of Blackford and Marion could only manage 462.

Jay County claimed 27 of the 62 events and dominated the girls 9-10-year-old division. They swept the top three spots in the long and short freestyle events, took the top two spots in the breaststroke and had two of Jay County’s three triple-contest winners in the age group.

Ellie Wiggins swims the girls 9-10-year-old 50 freestyle during the Wabash Valley Conference Championships on Saturday at Berne Public Pool. Wiggins finished second to Addisyn Champ in the event as Jay County swept the top three spots. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

 

Champ was one of the two claiming the top spot in the 9-10-year-old long freestyle, backstroke and short freestyle. The wins secured Champ her fourth perfect season in which she has won every individual event.

Carsyn Guggenbiller claimed the other three individual events in the age group, winning the butterfly, individual medley and the breaststroke.

Cooper Glentzer ended up as the only Jay County boy with three wins. His victories came in the boys 13-14-year-old long freestyle and backstroke and the open 200-meter freestyle.

Five more swimmers finished with a pair of wins.

Out of the 8-and-younger divisions, Laynie Mann claimed the girls backstroke and short freestyle, while Graham Peterson picked up wins in the boys butterfly and backstroke.

Ethan Peterson had the best day for Jay County in the boys 9-10-year-old age group with first-place finishes in the long and short freestyle events.

Elly Byrum and Grady Warvel both secured a pair of wins from the 13-14-year-old divisions. Byrum won the girls butterfly and short freestyle, while Warvel topped the butterfly and individual medley.

Eight more swimmers earned conference championships:

•Adelynn Laurence in the girls 8-and-younger long freestyle

•Hayden Guggenbiller in the girls 8-and-younger butterfly

•Isabelle Byrum in the girls 11-12-year-old long freestyle

•Sophie Warvel in the girls 11-12-year-old breaststroke

•Sam Benirschke in the boys 11-12-year-old breaststroke

•Maria Laux in the girls 13-14-year-old backstroke

•Carson Westgerdes in the boys 13-14-year-old backstroke

•Brooklyn Byrum in the girls 15-and-older butterfly