By Cort Reynolds
Two Ada High School swimmers competed at the Div. II state swim meet preliminaries at Canton's C.T. Branin Natatorium Thursday, February 24.
Ada freshman Lily Baumgartner participated in two races at Canton. She advances to the B finals in both events while gaining valuable experience as one of the meet's youngest swimmers.
Baumgartner finished 16th in the state preliminary 100-yard butterfly heats out of 24 swimmers. She qualified for the B Finals race on Friday. The top eight finishers made it to the A finals race.
Baumgartner swam the 100 butterfly in 58.56. She was seeded 13th amid the 24-girl field in the 100 fly.
Baumgartner placed 15th in the 100 backstroke preliminary heats, making it to the B Finals race Friday with a time of 59.95.
Baumgartner bettered her number 20 state seeding in the 24-swimmer 100 backstroke field with her time.
Ada junior Carlie Oldfield finished 24th in the 50 freestyle preliminaries at the state meet in a time of 25.17. Taplin Seelbach of Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown was the top 50 free finals qualifier at 23.33.
Div. II finals events will take place Friday, Feb. 25 from 5-8:30 p.m.
Ada preliminary results at 2022 state meet:
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
1st Ella Jo Piersma Sr Seven Hills 53.46
13th Lily Baumgartner Fr Ada 58.56
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1st Jessica Eden SR Hawken 55.06
15th Lily Baumgartner FR Ada 59.95
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1st Taplin Seelbach JR Hathaway Brown 23.33
24th Carlie Oldfield Jr Ada 25.17
Complete list of preliminary results in these events are below.
