Patriots dominate Braves

The girls took 11 events. The boys topped 12.

Both teams dominated.

The Jay County Junior High School swim team dominated the Bellmont Braves on Monday, as the Patriot boys swept to win 148-87 while the girls only dropped one event en route to a 194-95 beatdown.

Seven Patriots ended as dual-event winners. Cooper Glentzer was the first Patriot to notch a pair of victories, as he took the 50-yard freestyle in 25.83 seconds and two events later he claimed the 50 butterfly in 29.1 seconds.

Three more tankers from the boys team took two for Jay County. Carson Westgerdes accomplished the feat by winning the 100 freestyle (59.3 seconds) and the 100 breaststroke (1 minute, 18.15 seconds).

Raif and Rocky Beiswanger were the other multi-event winners for the boys. Raif Beiswanger came out on top of the 200 freestyle (2:22.24) and 100 backstroke (1:09.91) while Rocky Beiswanger captured the 100 individual medley (1:11.64) and 400 freestyle (5:07.59).

Brooklynn Byrum was the first Patriot to put two wins on the board for the girls team. Early on, she topped the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:24.44, and later pulled away with the 100 freestyle in 1:01.24.

Elly Byrum followed both of Brooklynn’s events with victories in the 100 IM (1:11.22) and the 400 freestyle (5:03.54).

Maria Laux ended as the only other Patriot to claim two individual events in 50 butterfly (32.03) and the 100 backstroke (1:18.35).

Other victories came from:

•Boys 200 medley relay team (2:02.10)

•Girls 200 medley relay team (2:14.65)

•Boys 200 freestyle relay team (1:56.67)

•Girls 200 freestyle relay team (1:56.08)

•Boys 300 freestyle relay team (2:55.22)

•Kaitlyn Fisher in the 50 freestyle (30.14 seconds)

•Gillian Keller in the 1-meter diving (92.3 points)

•Tony Beiswanger in the diving (92.5 points)

•Gabrielle Gibson in the 100 breaststroke (1:26.81)

The only event Bellmont won was the girls 300 freestyle relay, in which they dominated Jay County’s top team by 21.15 seconds. Later this week, Jay County will host the ACAC tournament on Friday. 

The final meet of the year will be held at Blackford on March 11.