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The most important result of the Championship Meet was Ashland being awarded the Len Everett Award for Sportsmanship for Division I. This award is granted to the team who displays the best sportsmanship in each division during the regular season as determined by a vote of teams in their division. This is the eighth time Ashland has won the award, but the first time in over a decade. Thank you to our swimmers, parents, and officials for the roles they played in helping to maintain sportsmanship as our central value.
Ashland placed ninth out of 28 teams at the Championship Meet.
- Kate Balut broke the team record in 15/18 girls’ 50 breast.
- Casey Dingman won 15/18 boys’ 50 back, 100 fly, and 100 back for the varsity division.
- Molly McCall won 8/under girls’ 25 free for the JV division.
- Selah Mauney won 11/12 girls’ 100 free for the JV division.
- The following swimmers had Golden Meets at the Championship Meet: Caden Arnold, Casey Dingman, Duke Flanagan, Dalton Holcombe, Eloise McCall, Amelia Smith, and Lucas Swager.
Congratulations to all of our Champs swimmers!
Best of luck to our Champs competitors this weekend.
Congratulations to our Jamie Hess Sportsmanship Award winners: Maddie Medei and Ben Morgan.
Congrats also to our Ron Des Roches Award winner Jennifer George-Morris.
Division breakdown was as follows:
- Novice: Church Run 529, Ashland 514
- Advanced: Church Run 326, Ashland 185
- Junior Varsity: Church Run 227, Ashland 73
- Varsity: Church Run 23, Ashland 108
- Senior Varsity: Church Run 221, Ashland 69
- Advanced Relays: Church Run 146, Ashland 48
- Senior Varsity Relays: Church Run 122, Ashland 48
Kate Balut broke the pool record in 15/18 girls’ 50 breast. 3 Church Run swimmers and 2 Church Run relays combined to break 6 pool records.
Triple winners were: Briar Blankenship, Theo Dingman, Duke Flanagan, Andrew McCall, Molly McCall, Skylar Metzinger, and Ben Morgan.
Golden Meet swimmers were: Sam Blaylock, Tristan Bullock, Keigen Des Roches, Emma Harris, Dalton Holcombe, Sylar Humes, Gabbi Luitjohan, Selah Mauney, Skylar Metzinger, Erin Myers, Addies Sandury, Lila Stirnaman, Grade Tidd, and Hailey Wilson.
In this week’s Barracuda Bits:
- Recap of the Hungary Creek Meet
- Info for the Church Run Meet
- Senior Night Stuff
- Reminders About the Swim Marathon
- Info for Champs Swimmers
- Brushing Up on Pool Rules
- Reminder About the Banquet
- Congrats to Our Seniors
Division breakdown was as follows:
Novice: Ashland 571.5, Hungary Creek 529.5
Advanced: Hungary Creek 221, Ashland 131
Junior Varsity: Hungary Creek 245, Ashland 63
Varsity: Hungary Creek 123, Ashland 95
Senior Varsity: Hungary Creek 154, Ashland 54
Advanced Relays: Hungary Creek 112, Ashland 102
Senior Varsity Relays: Hungary Creek 110, Ashland 48
Ava Fletcher qualified for the Championship Meet.
Quadruple winner was: Andrew Senfield.
Triple winners were: Eloise McCall, Molly McCall, Tyler McDaniel, Skylar Metzinger, and Ben Morgan.
These swimmers had Golden Meets: Avery Arnold, Sebastian Davidson, Keigen Des Roches, Ava Fletcher, Carmen Holcombe, Olive Inge, Linda Longest, Josh Masoka, Colton Meador, Sadie Meador, Olivia Parris, Andrew Senfield, Kennedy Smith, Payton Smithwick, and Annice Topich.
