Having a team so deep in capable swimmers, young and old, that finding a place for them all to be able to compete is a problem a lot of coaches would like to have.
That is the situation Ross swim coaches Phil Moran and Tina Moses are grappling with. They have to strike the right balance between getting everyone enough work to continue individual progress in their events, finding which events everyone is best-suited to do and making sure everyone has at least something to do.
While both coaches did some tinkering with their lineups, the result of the duel meet was as-expected: another win for both teams as the boys defeated Sandusky Perkins 117-98 and the Lady Giants won 154-64.
The boys had first-place finished from the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays, with Tate Williams, Williams Taylor and Andrew Evans swimming on all three with Dylan Weisenauer the fourth leg in the 200 events and Mitchell Mullholand taking part in the 400.
Williams won the 50 freestyle while Evans won the 100 freestyle and Zach Farrier won the 1-meter diving.
As for the girls’ competition, Olivia DeRodes and Alexis Prenzlin each won a pair of individual events. DeRodes won the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke while Prenzlin took first in the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke.
Rilee Overmyer won the 100 freestyle while MaKennah Fitzgerald won the 200 freestyle.
The Lady Giants also won all three relays. Fitzgerald, Lauren Zimmerman, AnneMarie Moses and Mara Brown combined to win the 200 medley relay; Brown, Overmyer, Zimmerman and Fitzgerald won the 200 freestyle; and Faith Zimmerman, Shelby Level, Overmyer and DeRodes won the 400 freestyle.