UPDATED with girls team scores and interview with new Ada coach Ashley Robey.
By Cort Reynolds
NAPOLEON--The Ada swim team dove into its season Saturday with a solid performance at the Napoleon Wildcat Invitational.
“For being our first meet of the season, I feel we did very well,” said new Ada swim coach Ashley Robey. “Especially being a swimmer short, which resulted in us only having one girls relay team for the relay events instead of two.”
Sophomore Lily Baumgartner won the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle events to pace the Lady Bulldogs.
Senior Carlie Oldfield finished fourth in the 50 freestyle, and ended up fifth in the 100 backstroke. Classmate Kaitlyn Bowden touched ninth in the 100 back.
The Ada girls 200 medley relay quartet also came in a strong third. The Lady Bulldog 200 free relay foursome finished a solid sixth.
The Ada girls finished seventh at the meet. Bryan won the girls team crown with 410 points.
The Bulldog boys finished ninth out of 12 teams. Host Napoleon captured the boys team title.
In the combined team standings, Ada finished ninth with 187 points. Host Napoleon won the combined title with 786 points.
“We had some personal-best times and everyone tried their best,” Robey summed up. “They were also supportive of one another and helped cheer on other teams as well. I am very pleased with how they performed.”
Top Ada girls finishes:
Girls 100 Butterfly
1 Lily Baumgartner So Ada 58.64
5 Kaitlyn Bowden Sr Ada 1:12.7
Girls 200 Freestyle
1 Lily Baumgartner So Ada 2:03.5
Girls 200 Medley Relay
3 Ada A Ada 2:03.73
Girls 50 Freestyle
4 Carlie Oldfield Sr Ada 26.26
23 Kayla Wince Sr Ada 31.76
25 Lydia Demascio Fr Ada 31.98
Girls 100 Backstroke
5 Carlie Oldfield Sr Ada 1:06.68
9 Kaitlyn Bowden Sr Ada 1:15.59
Girls 200 Freestyle Relay
6 Ada A Ada 1:52.28
Girls 100 Breaststroke
13 Kayla Wince Sr Ada 1:25.94
Girls 100 Freestyle
18 Lydia Demascio Fr Ada 1:12.71
Wildcat Invite Girls team scores:
Bryan 410 points
Napoleon 378
Ottawa-Glandorf 335
Lima Shawnee 234
Walsh Jesuit 219
Elida 189
Ada 154
St. Marys 109
Defiance 75
Top Ada boys finishes:
Boys 100 Freestyle
14 Brayden Miller Sr Ada 1:02.99
Boys 100 Breaststroke
9 Brayden Miller Sr Ada 1:19.32
Boys 500 Freestyle
10 Jack Baumgartner Jr Ada 6:25.99
Boys 200 Medley Relay
13 Ada A Ada 2:32.15
Boys 200 Freestyle
15 Jack Baumgartner Jr Ada 2:22.10
Wildcat Invite boys team scores:
1 Napoleon 408 points
2 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 380
3 Lima Shawnee 340
4 Ottawa-Glandorf 291
5 Bryan 205
6 St. Marys 184
7 Lima Bath 163
8 Defiance 105
9 Ada 33
10 Lima Central Catholic 22
11 Elida 16
11 Wauseon 16
Ada swims in a tri-meet with Bluffton at the Putnam County YMCA Monday.
“I am looking forward to the meet Monday, we should have all our swimmers there so we can have four total relays for the girls,” said Robey.
The Bulldogs then compete in a tri-meet meet Thursday evening vs. Elida and Van Wert at the Van Wert YMCA.
