Boys 3rd, Girls 9th at Southwest Ohio District (Swimming) Classic

From HL:

The Southwest Ohio District Classic is the one of the largest and most competitive meets in the state. It is especially challenging for a team like Wyoming, because 3000 swimmers from 110 Division I and II teams all compete together. Our Boys' Team finished 3rd (same as last year) behind St. Xavier and Centerville and our Girls' Team finished 9th (up from last year's 11th place finish).


For the Girls, Celia Oberholzer (3rd - 100 Back, 12th 200 Back), Mariah Akinbi (8th - 100 Breast) and Rachel Theiler (12th - 100 Breast) qualified for finals. All four relays returned for finals. The 200 medley relay (Oberholzer, Akinbi, Theiler, A Gibbons) was 5th, the 400 medley relay (Oberholzer, Akinbi, Theiler, S Gibbons) 7th, the 200 free relay (Theiler, LeBuhn, A Gibbons, Oberholzer) 8th and the 400 free relay (Theiler, LeBuhn, S Gibbons, Oberholzer) finished 14th.

For the Boys, 5 boys qualified for an individual event at Finals. Top scorer was AJ Burt (5th - 200 Breast; 6th - 100 Breast; 8th - 200 Free; 15th - 200 IM), followed by Eric Lethander (3rd - 100 Fly; 10th - 200 IM), Pat Dierker (8th - 100 Free; 9th - 50 Free) and Owen Dunbar (12th - 100 Free). Freshman Jonathan Rutter made an impressive debut in his first Classic (7th - 200 Breast; 8th - 100 Breast).

The relay team of Owen Dunbar, AJ Burt, Pat Dierker and Eric Lethander placed 3rd in the 200 Free Relay, the 400 Free Relay and the 200 Medley Relay. They were 4th in the 400 Medley Relay. The relays were very exciting to watch and Pat is to be admired for continuing to swim after he broke his thumb during his finish on the 200 Medley Relay Sunday evening. He still put up a great split in the 400 Free Relay! The free relays will be very exciting to watch at state this year.

Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed this weekend!