CANTON – The dream of a state championship is still alive for four Fremont Ross swimmers.
The girls 200 medley relay team of MaKennah Fitzgerald, Alexis Prenzlin, AnneMarie Moses and Olivia DeRodes clinched a place on the podium at the Division I state swim meet Friday morning.
The three juniors and one sophomore finished eighth in the preliminary round with a time of 1:46.28, putting them in Saturday’s championship final.
The 200 medley relay was the only event to see Ross swimmers advance to the championship heat but two individuals will race Saturday in the consolation heat, clinching all-Ohio status after just missing the cut for their championship heats.
Prenzlin turned in a time of 1:04.05 in the girls 100 breaststroke, placing her ninth, finishing just .21 seconds outside the top eight and a place on the podium.
The boys breaststroke saw Andrew Evans swim a time of 55.94, also finishing ninth, and just .08 behind eighth place.
Freestyle swimmer Olivia DeRodes finished 17th and 20th in the 50 and 500 freestyles, respectively. She clocked a time of 24.15 seconds in the 50, just .02 seconds from qualifying for the consolation final and all-state honors.
The girls’ 200 freestyle relay took 19th after clocking a time of 1:38.95 while the 400 freestyle relay, consisting on Fitzgerald, Moses, Faith Zimmerman and Mara Brown finished 24th with a time of 3:34.76.
Dylan Weisenauer swam a time of 51.34 seconds in the 100 butterfly, finishing 17th, just .03 outside the top 16 and a place on the all-Ohio team. His time also just missed the Ross school record by only .07.
For more details, visit the Ross Sports Report.