Jay County junior high swim teams sweep Bellmont

DECATUR — The Patriot girls are on a roll.

The Jay County Junior High School girls team won its fifth straight meet by defeating Bellmont 126-57, while the boys team picked up an 86-73 victory over the Braves on Monday.

As part of the Patriot girls’ dominant run, they won 11 of 12 events against the Braves.

Elly Bryum, Maria Laux and Kali Wendel led the way with two victories apiece. Bryum focused on the 100-yard and 200 freestyles, Laux added first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and Wendel finished on top in the 100 individual medley and 100 backstroke.

Jay County got two more individual victories from Gabby Gibson in the 50 butterfly and Gillian Keller in the 1-meter diving. The rest of the first-place finishes came from the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 300 freestyle relay teams.

Matching a top trio of girls, Grant Glentzer and Grady Warvel both picked up a pair of wins as well. Glentzer took care of the 100 freestyle and 100 individual medley, while Warvel swam the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.

Supporting the duo’s effort were Ben Fisher by picking up a 100 backstroke victory and Lyle Beiswanger with a 50 freestyle win.

The boys also claimed the 200 medley relay and 300 freestyle relay events.