By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Ada senior Klava Katayama won two races handily to pace the Bulldog swimmers in the annual 23-team Holiday Invitational meet at the Lima YMCA Monday.
The Lady Bulldog swimmers finished eighth out of 23 schools with 135 points, while the Bulldog boys came in 11th out of 22 by scoring 51 points.
Katayama touched first in the 50 freestyle by 1.16 seconds, and took first in the 100 butterfly by a whipping 3.34 seconds.
Freshman Carlie Oldfield posted a fifth-place finish in the 100 backstroke and came in seventh in the 50 free.
Ada junior Paige Cole captured sixth in the 100 fly.
Senior Isaac Spar finished fourth in the 100 butterfly and 10th in the 100 back to pace the Bulldog boys.
Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls team title with 273 points to out-swim second-place Celina (245) and New Bremen (237) in third.
Wapakoneta took the boys team crown with 325 points, with Lima Shawnee second with 303.
Top Ada girls finishes
Girls 50 free:
1st Klava Katayama Sr 24.76
7th Carlie Oldfield Fr 26.63
Girls 100 butterfly:
1st Klava Katayama Sr 58.96
6th Paige Cole Jr 1:07.40
Girls 100 backstroke:
5th Carlie Oldfield Fr 1:07.67
Girls 100 breaststroke:
12th Paige Cole Jr 1:21.58
Girls 200 free relay:
5th Ada A 1:49.42
Girls 200 medley relay:
8th Ada A 2:04.3
Girls team results:
1 Ottawa-Glandorf 273 points
2 Celina 245
3 New Bremen 237
4 Wapakoneta 216
5 Fort Recovery 180
6 Lima Shawnee 177
7 Coldwater 153
8 Ada 135
9 Upper Sandusky 95
10 Lima Bath 83
11 Huber Heights Wayne 77
12 Elida 64
13 Maria Stein Marion Local 45
14 Minster 44
15 Lima Senior 42
16 Kenton 38
17 St. Marys Memorial 15
18 Milford Center Fairbanks 11
19 Lima Central Catholic 10
19 St. Henry 10
21 Bluffton 7
22 Tiffin Calvert 4
23 Fort Loramie 3
Ada boys top finishes
100 butterfly:
4th Isaac Spar Sr 1:00.94
Boys 100 backstroke:
10th Isaac Spar Sr 1:09.67
Boys 200 medley relay:
11th Ada A 2:05.27
Boys team results:
1 Wapakoneta 325 points
2 Lima Shawnee 303
3 Upper Sandusky 243
4 St. Marys Memorial 182
5 Elida 167
6 Minster 152
7 Ottawa-Glandorf 148
8 Kenton 110
9 Lima Senior 84
10 Bluffton 80.5
11 Ada 51
12 New Bremen 47
13 Maria Stein Marion Local 38
14-tie Miller City & Celina 35
16 Lima Central Catholic 24
17 Botkins 15
18 Milford Center Fairbanks 14
19 Lima Bath 13
20 Fort Recovery 12
21 Coldwater 9
22 Huber Heights Wayne 6
The Ada swim team competes at the Celina Invitational meet Saturday, January 4 at 11:30 a.m.
