By Cort Reynolds

FREMONT - Led by junior Klava Katayama, the Ada swim team competed well in the 16-team St. Joseph Invitational meet Saturday, December 15 at the Fremont Ross High School natatorium.

The purple and gold girls finished eighth out of 16 squads, while the Bulldog boys came in 11th out of 15 squads.

Upper Sandusky won both the boys and girls team titles.

"We had a lot of time improvements; the biggest one of the day was (that) Klava broke two of her previous records for the Fremont Invite in the 50 free and 100 fly," said Ada head coach Stephanie McMahon.

Ada junior Klava Katayama won the 50-yard freestyle race (24.89), and also took first in the 100 butterfly (59.19), breaking her own previously-set meet records in each race.

Katayama individually scored 40 of the 55 Lady Bulldog team points with her two first-place finishes.

Sophomore Paige Cole captured fifth in the 100 fly, while junior Sidney Gossard came in ninth in the 100 backstroke to post other top Ada girls individual finishes.

Bulldog junior Isaac Spar touched home fifth in the 100 fly and ninth in the 200 free to register the top Ada boys individual showings.

Top 16 finishers in each event scored points, with 20 points for first place in individual races, and 40 for firsts in relay events.

 

Girls team scores:

1. Upper Sandusky 328 points

2. Norwalk 266

3. Shelby 254

4. Maragaretta 229

5. Huron  159

6. Fremont Ross 140

7. Bucyrus 130

8. Ada 118

9. St Mary's Central Catholic 89

10. St. Joseph Central Catholic 86

11. Willard 81

12. Tiffin Columbian High School 67

13. Norwalk St. Paul 60

14. Fostoria High School 53

15. Lima Central Catholic 47

16. St. Peter's 17

 

Scoring Ada girls finishes (top 16):

50-yard freestyle

1st Katayama, Klava JR  24.89

 

100 butterfly

1st Katayama, Klava JR 59.19

5th Cole, Paige SO  1:12.57

 

200 medley relay

6th Ada A 2:12.9

1) Gossard, Sidney JR 2) Hiester, Olivia FR

3) Cole, Paige SO 4) Katayama, Klava Jr

 

100 backstroke

9th Gossard, Sidney JR Ada 1:18.11

 

200 freestyle rely

9th Ada  A 2:06.92

1) Cole, Paige SO 2) Temple, Melina JR

3) East, Bella JR 4) Katayama, Klava JR

 

100 freestyle

10th Gossard, Sidney JR 1:08.24

 

100 breaststroke

13th Cole, Paige SO 1:26.75

 

Boys team scores:

1. Upper Sandusky 293 points

2. Huron High School 269

3. Tiffin Columbian 245

4. Maragaretta 213

5. Norwalk St. Paul 209

6. St Mary's Central Catholic 203

7. Fremont Ross 180

8. Willard 127

9. Shelby 117

10. Norwalk 90

11. Ada 55

12. St. Peter's 35

13. Fostoria High School 27

14. Bucyrus 17

15. St. Joseph Central Catholic 2

 

Scoring Ada boys finishes (top 16):

100 butterfly

5th Spar, Isaac JR 1:03.67

 

200 freestyle

9th Spar, Isaac JR 2:11.20

 

200 freestyle relay

11th Ada A 1:53.70

1) Amburgey, Austin SR 2) Dellifield, Ian SO

3) Ferguson, Brice SR 4) Spar, Isaac JR

 

200 medley relay

12th Ada A 2:09.43

1) Wells, Hunter JR 2) Dellifield, Ian SO

3) Spar, Isaac JR 4) Ferguson, Brice SR

 

Ada swims next in the Lima Holiday Invitational at the YMCA Thursday, Dec. 27 starting at 10 a.m.