By Cort Reynolds
More than 450 swimmers and their families will descend on Kenton July 9-10 for the 39th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League championship.
The WOAL is for swimmers aged four to 18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
The Kenton Municipal Swimming pool is the site for the 2021 Swim Championships and will host eight teams from Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2021 league title.
Alligator boys team improves to 4-3 • girls squad ends 2-5 in dual meets
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 1, 2021
By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada swim team won the overall and boys meets at Van Wert in the final West Ohio Aquatic League regular season dual event of the summer season Monday night.
Ada beat the Marlins 340-255 in the combined boys/girls team score to lift the overall Alligator summer record to 3-4.
The Gator boys defeated the Msrlin males 196-111, while the Ada girls were edged 161-144 by the hosts indoors at the Van Wert YMCA.
The Alligator boys team improved to 4-3 with the victory, while the Ada girls squad ended up 2-5 in dual meets this summer.
Top 16 schools in each region will qualify for playoffs beginning Oct. 29-30
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football region assignments for the upcoming 2021 season on Tuesday.
Ada will be in Division VII, Region 26. See map below -
The 10-week regular-season begins the week of August 16, with the top 16 schools in each region qualifying for the playoffs that begin October 29-30.
As previously announced, schools’ divisional assignments for the upcoming 2021-22 school year will remain the same as the 2020-21 school year in all sports.
Carlie Oldfield won 4 events in the girls 15-18 age bracket • Landry Harriger was first in 4 8-and-under boys races • Ada's Tea Griffith captured 3 1st-place finishes in the girls 9-10 division
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, June 27, 2021
Story and photos by Cort Reynolds Lots of photos and complete meet
results at bottom of story
ADA - The host Ada swim team lost a close meet to county and West Ohio Aquatic League rival Kenton Thursday night in the final Alligator home meet of the season.
The Stingrays edged Ada by just 23 points (371.5 to 348.5) in the combined boys/girls team score to drop the overall Alligator summer record to 2-4.
The Gator boys defeated Kenton 174.5-154.5, while the Ada girls lost to the Stingrays by a score of 217-174.
EUGENE, Ore. — Ohio Northern alumnus Emily Richards ran her third fastest time in the past three years on Thursday, finishing eighth in her heat and 32nd out of 42 overall in the first round of the US Olympic Trials Women's 800-Meter Run at the University of Oregon's Haywood Stadium.
Richards ran a 2:03.88 in her first ever US Olympic Trials competition - which is her second-fastest time this season and her third-fastest time since 2018.
The top two finishers in each of the five heats plus the next six best times advanced to the semifinals, which took an amazingly fast time of 2:01.42.
Alligator ace Carlie Oldfield won four races in the girls 15-1 age division. Gator Tea Griffith touched first during three events in the girls 9-10 bracket
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Ada summer swim team lost to Westside in West Ohio Aquatic League action Monday night at the Westside Swim and Racquet Club in Lima.
Ada fell to the host Waves 524-247 in the combined boys/girls team score to lower their season record to 2-3.
The Alligator girls were defeated by Westside 266-114, while the Gator boys lost to the Waves by a score of 258-133.
Both the Ada boys and girls teams are now 2-3 in their respective dual meets this summer.