COLUMBUS – Swimming against some of the potential competition they could face in the state meet, Fremont Ross’ swimmers had plenty to feel good about their weekend.
Taking part in one of the state’s biggest meets, the Ned Reeb Invitational at Ohio State, the Little and Lady Giants retuned home with a handful of personal-best times and a record-setting team performance as well.
The boys team totaled 135 points, giving it a ninth-place finish out of 35 teams – the program’s highest team finish at the Ned Reeb.
Among the highlights for the Little Giants –
–Andy Burroughs dropped 4.95 seconds in the 500 freestyle, going 5:20.96.
–Conner Colston turned in two PR’s, going 1:46.53 (fourth place) in the 200 freestyle, and 49.77 in the 100 freestyle (14th place).
–Braedyn Price PR’ed in the 100 freestyle, clocking a time of 51.47
–Case Stevenson just missed his personal bests in the individual medley (2:06.77) and 100 breaststroke (1:02.48, 15th place)
–Dylan Weisenauer came within one second of his times in last season’s district meet in both the 100 butterfly (52:25, 3rd place) and backstroke (56.6, 10th place).
As a team, the Lady Giants placed 10th out of 41 teams.
Top swims for the Lady Giants included –
–Mara Brown swam a lifetime best in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:01.58.
–Maddie Gallagher swam a lifetime best time in the 100 breaststroke, dropping 1.81 seconds off her state-qualifying time from last year, going 1:04.72.
–Alexis Prenzlin won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.91, just 0.26 over her state meet time, and she also swam 2:08.13 in the 200 individual medley (fifth place), just 0.59 off her best time.
Ross’ swimmers return to the pool Tuesday for a meet with Margaretta. Friday, Ross’ divers compete at the DHL-NWO Classic at BGSU while Ross hosts one of the prelim meets on Saturday for the DHL-NWO Classic.
Ned Reeb Invitational at Ohio State University
Girls results
Team scores: Fremont Ross finished 10th out of 41 teams with 117 points.
Top 20 finishers
200 medley relay: Faith Zimmerman, Maddie Gallager, Alexis Prenzlin, Mara Brown, 8th, 1:50.36
200 IM: Alexis Prenzlin, 5th, 2:10.72
200 freestyle relay: Mara Brown, Maddie Gallagher, Faith Zimmerman, Alexsis Prenzlin, 10th, 1:42.92
100 breaststroke: Alexis Prenzlin, 1st, 1:03.41; Maddie Gallagher, 4th, 1:04.88
Boys results
Team scores: Fremont Ross finished ninth out of 35 teams with 135 points
Top 20 finishers
200 medley relay: Conner Colston, Case Stevenson, Dylan Weisenauer, Braedyn Price, 7th, 1:41.31
200 freestyle: Conner Colston, 4th, 1:46.53
100 butterfly: Dylan Weisenauer, 3rd, 52:25
100 freestyle: Conner Colston, 14th, 49.77
200 freestyle relay: James Elder, Braedyn Price, Case Stevenson, Logan Weisenauer, 15th, 1:34.94
100 backstroke: Dylan Weisenauer, 10th, 56.6
100 breaststroke: Case Stevenson, 15th, 1:02.38
400 freestyle relay: Conner Colston, James Elder, Braedyn Price, Dylan Weisenauer, 10th, 3:30.40