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Honigford named to Women's Academic All-America at-large second team

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Ohio Northern junior Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) was named to the 2022-23 NCAA Division III Women's Academic All-America At-Large Second Team by College Sports Communicators.

The honor comes after Honigford earned Academic All-District honors from CSC in May. She is one of 45 NCAA Division III student-athletes divided among First, Second and Third teams. The mechanical engineering major is one of 22 Division III honorees to boast a 4.0 GPA.

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Ada Gators battle Kenton Stingrays in summer swim match

Posted by Staff on Friday, June 23, 2023

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada summer swim team competed hard against visiting county rival Kenton in a close Western Ohio Aquatic League meet on a cool, overcast Thursday night, June 22, at the municipal pool.

The visiting Stingrays won the overall boys/girls combined meet, 371 points to 316. 

The Ada boys won their dual 182-125, while the Alligator girls fell to Kenton by a 246-134 count. (Find complete results HERE.)

Gator Luke Harriger captured first place in five individual events in the 7-8 division to pace the winning boys effort.

Landry Harriger won four individual races in the boys 9-10 bracket. 

Gator girl Olivia Agozzino (11-12) came in first in four races.

Ada’s Kyleigh Nau took first in three races of the girls eight and under age group. Her sister Alyssa Nau (13-14) also touched the wall first in three individual races. 

Lincoln Harriger (11-12) won three races for the victorious Gator boys. The three Harrigan boys combined for 12 individual first-place finishes.

Adaite Kaitlyn Bowden (15-18) ended up first in two races.

Ada is scheduled to swim at WOAL rival Westside Monday evening, June 26. 

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Ada swimmers compete at Bluffton tri-meet 

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 22, 2023

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada summer swim team swam at Bluffton, and also against Westside in a Western Ohio Aquatic League makeup tri-meet Tuesday evening, June 20.

Ada at Bluffton was postponed twice last week due to unseasonably cool and rainy conditions, thus the meet was combined into a three-team outing.

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Elks Invitational Swim Meet and WOAL Championships, July 7-8

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, June 21, 2023

More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Kenton on July 7-8, for the 41st annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Championship. The WOAL meet is for swimmers aged 5-18 who are members of a league team.

The Kenton Municipal Swimming pool is the host site for the even, which will host teams from Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. These eight teams will compete for the 2023 league title.  

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Gator swimmers lose at Wapak

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Ada visits the Bluffton Tuesday in twice-postponed makeup meet

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada summer swim team lost at Wapakoneta in a Western Ohio Aquatic League dual meet Monday evening.

The Gators fell 766-341 in the combined boys/girls final team score. 

Wapak beat the Ada boys by a 357-168 score, while the Wapak girls defeated the Gator girls 409-173.

Landry Harriger touched first in five races in the boys 9-10 age bracket to lead the Gator boys. 

Lincoln Harriger (11-12) won three races, while Luke Harriger took first in two events of the 7-8 age division.

Ada’s Kyleigh Nau finished first in three eight and under division races to help lead the Gator girls.

Gator Livvy Vieira also won three races in the 9-10 girls bracket.

Adaite Isaac Agozzino won two events in the boys 11-12 age group.

The Ada boys fell to 2-1 with the loss, while the Gator girls drop to 0-3.

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Ada Gators outswim Findlay in June 15 home meet

Posted by Staff on Saturday, June 17, 2023

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada Gators summer swim team defeated the visiting Findlay Frogs on an unseasonably cool evening at the local pool Thursday, June 15.

The Gators defeated the Frogs 339-306 in the combined final team score. 

Ada won the boys meet by a score of 198-146, while the Findlay girls won a close girls dual meet, 160-141. (Score sheet HERE.)

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