Tankers fall at Yorktown

YORKTOWN — The girls ran into a buzzsaw, while the boys' effort wasn’t quite enough.

The Jay County High School swim teams lost to the Yorktown Tigers in Tuesday’s meet, which was moved to Yorktown due to issues with the JCHS pool. The boys fell 100-83, while the girls were defeated 106-64.

The boys (3-5) claimed eight out of the 12 events, but depth proved to be a problem for them. The girls (6-2) struggled as they won a season-low two events.

Maria Laux and Lauren Fisher secured the only victories for the JCHS girls. Laux won the 50-yard freestyle in 26.78 seconds. Fisher beat the field in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1 minute, 21.65 seconds.

Cooper Glentzer, Grady Warvel and Carson Westgerdes all won two events for Jay County.

Glentzer topped the 200 freestyle with a swim of 1:55.55 and a time of 5:17.33 earned him first in the 500 freestyle.

Warvel opened his day with a win in the 200 individual medley (2:14.37) before claiming the 100 butterfly in 57.02 seconds.

Westgerdes picked up his first win in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.08. Four events later, Westgerdes claimed his second first-place finish with a time of 1:08.18 in the breaststroke.

The Patriot boys also won a pair of relay races. Warvel, Westgerdes and Glentzer were joined by Peyton Yowell to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:38.12. The same group swam a 3:39.68 to take the 400 freestyle relay as well.

While the girls only won two events, they claimed the runner-up spot in seven, including all three relays.