Jay winter swim tops TAC Fall Invite

The Jay County swimmers have had no shortage of success at an individual level.

They have now found some as a team.

The Jay County Winter Swim team took first place at the TAC Fall Invite hosted by New Castle Middle School on Saturday, as the girls team claimed the top spot and the boys finished with the fourth-best score.

The girls ran away with the top spot, earning 322 points. The host Trojan Aquatic Club followed in second with 199. Jay County’s boys team finished with 115 points, trailing Cardinal Community Swim Club’s 253.

Jay County’s combined 437 points earned them the top spot, while the Trojans finished as the runner-up with 389.

They had three first-place high-point winners to lead them.

Hayden Guggenbiller dominated the 8-and-younger girls division, claiming first in the 25-meter breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 100 freestyle.

The other high-point swimmer was Aubrey Millspaugh, topping the 15-and-older girls. Millspaugh earned the top spot in the 200 individual medley, –which she also made a divisional cut in – 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.

The boys’ victory came from Grady Warvel in the 13-14-year-old boys division. Warvel found success in the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle.

In total, the Patriots had 26 first-place finishes. Others to hit the wall first were Brooklynn Byrum, Elly Byrum, Carsyn Guggenbiller, Isla Kaiser, Cooper Glentzer and Carson Westgerdes.

Along with Millspaugh, five more tankers made divisional cuts. They were:

•Brooklynn Byrum in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle

•Elly Byrum – 200 IM, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke

•Isabelle Byrum – 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke

•Roz Diller – 50 breaststroke

•Kaitlyn Fisher – 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle

•Gabby Gibson – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke

•Kali Wendel – 50 freestyle