Patriot JH swim sweeps Bluffton

The Patriots came up short in three events, but it didn’t matter.

The Jay County Junior High School swim team cruised past the Bluffton Tigers on Thursday, as the boys team won all but one event for a 165-115 win and the girls took the meet by a score of 188-117 with all but two victories.

The boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay broke a school record. Previously, Brad Fisher, Derek Arnold, Kyle Weaver and Caleb Dann combined to swim a 1 minute, 47.16 seconds time back in 1988. On Thursday, Rock Beiswanger, Carson Westgerdes, Raif Beiswanger and Cooper Glentzer put together a swim of 1:45.68 to shave 1.48 seconds off of the school record.

Five Patriots ended as dual-event winners. For the boys, Cooper Glentzer swam a time of 1:06.15 in the 100 backstroke to claim the win, while taking on the 50 freestyle in only 26.1 seconds.

Westgerdes also picked up a pair with a 1:08.33 in the 100 individual medley and a 1:19.46 in the 100 breaststroke.

The girls had one extra tanker take two events, as Maria Laux, Elly Byrum and Brooklynn Byrum each captured a pair.

Laux’s victories came in the 100 and 200 freestyle with times of 1:00.87 and 2:23.48 respectively.

Elly Byrum came out on top in the 50 freestyle (27.46) and 100 backstroke (1:12.26), while Brooklynn Byrum won the 400 freestyle (4:52.78) and 100 breaststroke (1:22.02).

Both the boys and girls teams won the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay, while the boys also won the 200 freestyle relay.

Other victories for the boys include Grady Warvel in the 200 freestyle, Raif Beiswanger in the 50 butterfly, Rock Beiswanger in the 100 freestyle and Grant Glentzer in the 400 freestyle.

Other victories for the girls include Jordyn Champ in 1-meter diving and Kaitlyn Fisher in the 50 butterfly.