Swimming: Lancaster’s Hensley & McMasters Qualify for State Meet

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Lancaster’s Will McMasters and Jack Hensley were the only local state qualifiers from Saturday’s D I Central-East-Southeast District Swim Meet at Ohio University. Prelims for the D I State Championships are Thursday with the Finals on Friday at Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium.

Hensley placed 3^rd in the Boys 200 IM and 100 Butterfly while McMasters placed 9^th in both the Boys 200 IM and 100 Backstroke. Hensley’s times seeds him 6^th in the state meet in the 200 IM and 7^th in the 100 Butterfly. McMasters is seeded 23^rd in the 100 Back and 24^th in the 200 IM.

Meanwhile, none of the local swimmers from the D II qualified for the State Championships.

Of the Southeast District swimmers in D II, Athens swimmers performed well while three others qualified individually: Warren’s Mason Francis, River Valley’s Levi Priddy and Wheelersburg’s Catie Boggs. Francis, the defending state champion in both the Boys 50 Free and 100 Free events last year, won both at the District Friday and his Warriors relay teams placed 4^th in the 200 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay.  Priddy placed second in both the Boys 100 Free and 100 Backstroke. Catie Boggs placed second in the Girls 100 Breaststroke and her 200 Medley Relay team placed 4^th.

The Athens Girls placed 3^rd in the District and the Boys tied for 4^th overall with DeSales. Among the Bulldogs qualifiers: (Girls) Violet Meckstroth (200 Free, 500 Free), Madison Koopal (50 Free, 100 Free), Katelin Fridrich (100 Butterfly, 500 Free), the 200 and 400 Free Relay teams of Fridrich, Meckstroth, Koopal and Isabelle Stowe. (Boys) Nico Benencia-Courreges (200 Free, 100 Backstroke), Tait McCarthy (500 Free), Jacob Gutekanst (100 Breaststroke) and the 400 Free Relay team of Benencia-Courreges, McCarthy, Gutekanst and Jack Benyal.

Performances among our local swimmers:

Bloom-Carroll: (Boys) 200 Medley Relay team of CJ Wolfe, Tucker Gortner, Chase Hamilton, Michael Chattin (19^th); CJ Wolfe, 100 Free (22^nd); 200 Free Relay team of Chase Hamilton, AJ Daron, Tucker Gortner, CJ Wolfe (20^th); Tucker Gortner, 100 Breaststroke (19^th); 400 Relay team of Chase Hamilton, Michael Chattin, Tucker GOrnter, CJ Wolfe (15^th)

Chillicothe: (Girls) 200 Medley Relay team of Reina Cunningham, Bella Flores, Sarah Johansen, Addison Gibson (18^th); Reina Cunningham, 200 Free (28^th) and 100 Backstroke (23^rd); Sarah Johansen, 50 Free (14^th) and 100 Butterfly (13^th); 400 Free Relay team of Addison Gibson, Anne Maimone, Reina Cunningham, Sarah Johansen (12^th). (Boys) 200 Medley Relay team of Jonathan Crawford, Matthew Remley, Aidan Montgomery, Noah Flores (13^th). (Boys) Isaac Crawford, 200 IM (25^th) and 500 Free (25^th); Aidan Montgomery, 50 Free (21^st) and 100 Butterfly (20^th); Noah Hickman-Beck, 100 Butterfly (24^th) and 500 Free (26^th); Jonathan Crawford, 500 Free (14^th); Malachi Upshaw, 100 Breaststroke (17^th); Matthew Remley, 100 Breaststroke (18^th); Noah Flores, 100 Breaststroke (30^th)

Fairfield Union: (Girls) 200 Medley Relay team of Megan McMahon, Allison Freeland, Katelyn McMahon, Abigal Pike (16^th); Megan McMahon, 50 Free (19^th) and 100 Backstroke (15^th); 400 Free Relay team of Nora Vail, Abigail Pike, Katelyn McMahon, Megan McMahon (20^th). (Boys) 200 Medley Relay team of (Laith Wolfe, William Denny, Angelo Galella, Anthony Barnecut (22^nd); Angelo Galella, 100 Butterfly (19^th); 200 Free Relay team of Laith Wolfe, Samuel Smith, Anthony Barnecut, Angelo Galella (21^st); William Denny, 100 Breaststroke (28^th)

Hillsboro: (Boys) 200 Medley Relay team of Jacob Seaman, Cameron Burkard, Robert Schneider, Cooper Swope (15^th); Cameron Burkard, 200 IM (16^th). (Boys) Robert Schneider, 100 Butterfly (22^nd);

Liberty-Union: (Girls) 200 Free Relay team of Brin-Leigh Hoisington, Masie Buskirk, Payton Hochradel, Suzie Shultz (22^nd); Cooper Swope, 100 Free (32^nd); 200 Free Relay team of Cooper Swope, Ryan Fender, Cameron Burkard, Robert Schneider (15^th); Cameron Burkard, 100 Breaststroke (20^th); 400 Relay team of cooper Swope, Jacob Seaman, Ryan Fender, Robert Schneider (18^th)

McClain: (Girls) Laura Barber, 200 Free (31^st) and 100 Free (32^nd); 400 Free Relay team of Jillian Arthurs, Allison Shope, Madison Knowles, Laura Barber (23^rd). (Boys) 200 Medley Relay team of Ethan Eakins, Nicolas Alvarez, Cole Walker, Zach Scales (17^th); Zach Scales, 50 Free (25^th) and 100 Free (21^st); Ethan Eakins, 50 Free (28^th) and 100 Backstroke (24^th); Cole Walker, 100 Butterfly (27^th); Eyan Hill, 500 Free (31^st); 200 Free Relay team of Ethan Eakins, Cole Walker, Julian Swan, Zach Scales (13^th); 400 Relay team of Eyan Hill, Peyton Alexander, Julian, Cole Walker (21^st)

Washington CH: (Girls) Alyson Foster, 200 Free (25^th); Brianna Parker, 500 Free (20^th). (Boys) Toby Lovett, 100 Butterfly (32^nd); Carter Liston, 100 Breaststroke (29^th) Zane Trace: (Girls) Malia Vick, 200 IM (23^rd) and 100 Butterfly (28^th). (Boys) Josh Young, 50 Free (20^th) and 100 Free (24^th)