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Cavalier Boys-Pioneer Girls Take Wendy Arth Swim Meet

Chillicothe's Ryan Blum swims in the Fly in a meet during the 2022-23 season. Photo courtesy Roger Blum

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The annual Wendy Arth Memorial Swim Meet was held at the Ross County YMCA Wednesday night.

The Chillicothe Boys were dominant in outdistancing second place Zane Trace 54-19 with Unioto finishing third with 14 points.

The Girls Meet had a closer battle for the win with Zane Trace edging Chillicothe 40-36. Unioto tallied 17.

Top performers included Chillicothe’s Ryan Blum and Aidan Montgomery for the Boys and Zane Trace’s Gabriella Tisi taking the Girls Meet. All three scoring 8 points each.

Blum won the Boys 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke while Montgomery took the 200 intermediate and 100 free. Both were on the winning 200 Medley Relay.

Tisi won the Girls 100 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke and was on the winning 200 Freestyle Relay team and the second place 200 Medley Relay team.

200 Yard Medley Relay: Girls – 1st Chillicothe (2:30.21), 2nd Zane Trace A, 3rd Zane Trace B, 4th Unioto; Boys – 1st Chillicothe A (2:07.71), 2nd Zane Trace, 3rd Chillicothe B

200 Yard Freestyle: Girls – 1st Reina Cunningham (C) (2:50.61), 2nd Malia Vick (ZT), 3rd Annah Reisinger (UN), Kylie Arthur (ZT); Boys – Noah Hickman-Beck (C) (2:19.97, 2nd Josh Young (ZT), 3rd Matthew Remley (C), Charley Clyne (ZT)

200 Yard Intermediate: Girls – 1st Caitlin DiBenedetto (3:13.46), 2nd Mariska Wax (ZT)m Addison Gibson (C), Mackenzie Scaggs (C); Boys – 1st Aiden Montgomery (C) (2:33.7), 2nd Tim Kessler (C)

50 Yard Freestyle: Girls – 1st Zoe Neff (UN) (30.88), 2nd Siri Lincke (C), 3rd Layla Scarberry (UN), 4th Kylie Arthur (ZT), 5th Hannah Karwatske (ZT), 6th Meilah Stangle (C); Boys – 1st Ryan Blum (C) (23.60), 2nd Wyatt Vick (ZT), 3rd Malachi Allsop (UN), 4th Charlie Lewis (UN), 5th Isaac Crawford (C), 6th Koah Skaggs (ZT)

100 Yard Butterfly: Girls – 1st Gabriella Tisi (ZT) 1:29.82, 2nd Reina Cunningham (C), 3rd Mariska Wax (ZT); Boys – 1st Ian Montgomery (C) (1:02.99), 2nd Keegan Fisk (UN), 3rd Malachi Upshaw (C)

100 Yard Freestyle: Girls – 1st Anne Maimone (C) (1:09.88), 2nd Caitlin DiBenedetto (ZT), 3rd Hannah Karatske (ZT), 4th Mackenzie Scaggs (C); Boys – 1st Aiden Montgomery (C) (56.96), 2nd Malachi Allsop (UN), 3rd Josh Young (ZT), 4th Tim Kessler (C), 5th Isaac Detty (ZT)

500 Yard Freestyle: Girls – 1st Anne Maimone  (C) (1:09.88), 2nd Caitlin DiBenedetto, 3rd Hannah Karwatska (ZT), 4th Mackenzie Scaggs (C); Boys – 1st Thomas Kessler (C) (5:40.10), 2nd Ian Montgomery (C)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay: Girls – 1st Zane Trace A (2:13.11), 2nd Unioto, 3rd Chillicothe, 4th Zane Trace B; Boys – 1st Zane Trace (1:50.36), 2nd Chillicothe A, 3rd Chillicothe B

100 Yard Backstroke: Girls – 1st Gabriella Tisi (ZT) (1:19.69), 2nd Addison Gibson, 3rd Kayla Brown (UN); Boys – 1st Keegan Fisk (UN) (1:06.79), 2nd Wyatt Vick, 3rd Isaac Crawford (C), 4th Noah Hickman-Beck (C), 5th Koah Skaggs (ZT)

100 Yard Breaststroke: Girls – 1st Siri Lincke (C) (1:39.96), 2nd Zoe Neff (UN), 3rd Anne Maimone (C), 4th Malia Vick (ZT), 5th Summer Cacciatore (ZT); Boys – 1st Ryan Blum (C) (1:16.83), 2nd Charlie Lewis (UN), 3rd Thomas Kessler (C), 4th Isaac Detty (ZT), 5th Charley Clyne (ZT)

400 Yard Freestyle Relay: Girls – 1st Chillicothe (5:40.14), 2nd Zane Trace; Boys – 1st Chillicothe B (4:31.83)

*Results from Swim Meet