By Cort Reynolds
FREMONT - Led by junior Klava Katayama, the Ada swim team competed well in the 16-team St. Joseph Invitational meet Saturday, December 15 at the Fremont Ross High School natatorium.
The purple and gold girls finished eighth out of 16 squads, while the Bulldog boys came in 11th out of 15 squads.
Upper Sandusky won both the boys and girls team titles.
"We had a lot of time improvements; the biggest one of the day was (that) Klava broke two of her previous records for the Fremont Invite in the 50 free and 100 fly," said Ada head coach Stephanie McMahon.
Ada junior Klava Katayama won the 50-yard freestyle race (24.89), and also took first in the 100 butterfly (59.19), breaking her own previously-set meet records in each race.
Katayama individually scored 40 of the 55 Lady Bulldog team points with her two first-place finishes.
Sophomore Paige Cole captured fifth in the 100 fly, while junior Sidney Gossard came in ninth in the 100 backstroke to post other top Ada girls individual finishes.
Bulldog junior Isaac Spar touched home fifth in the 100 fly and ninth in the 200 free to register the top Ada boys individual showings.
Top 16 finishers in each event scored points, with 20 points for first place in individual races, and 40 for firsts in relay events.
Girls team scores:
1. Upper Sandusky 328 points
2. Norwalk 266
3. Shelby 254
4. Maragaretta 229
5. Huron 159
6. Fremont Ross 140
7. Bucyrus 130
8. Ada 118
9. St Mary's Central Catholic 89
10. St. Joseph Central Catholic 86
11. Willard 81
12. Tiffin Columbian High School 67
13. Norwalk St. Paul 60
14. Fostoria High School 53
15. Lima Central Catholic 47
16. St. Peter's 17
Scoring Ada girls finishes (top 16):
50-yard freestyle
1st Katayama, Klava JR 24.89
100 butterfly
1st Katayama, Klava JR 59.19
5th Cole, Paige SO 1:12.57
200 medley relay
6th Ada A 2:12.9
1) Gossard, Sidney JR 2) Hiester, Olivia FR
3) Cole, Paige SO 4) Katayama, Klava Jr
100 backstroke
9th Gossard, Sidney JR Ada 1:18.11
200 freestyle rely
9th Ada A 2:06.92
1) Cole, Paige SO 2) Temple, Melina JR
3) East, Bella JR 4) Katayama, Klava JR
100 freestyle
10th Gossard, Sidney JR 1:08.24
100 breaststroke
13th Cole, Paige SO 1:26.75
Boys team scores:
1. Upper Sandusky 293 points
2. Huron High School 269
3. Tiffin Columbian 245
4. Maragaretta 213
5. Norwalk St. Paul 209
6. St Mary's Central Catholic 203
7. Fremont Ross 180
8. Willard 127
9. Shelby 117
10. Norwalk 90
11. Ada 55
12. St. Peter's 35
13. Fostoria High School 27
14. Bucyrus 17
15. St. Joseph Central Catholic 2
Scoring Ada boys finishes (top 16):
100 butterfly
5th Spar, Isaac JR 1:03.67
200 freestyle
9th Spar, Isaac JR 2:11.20
200 freestyle relay
11th Ada A 1:53.70
1) Amburgey, Austin SR 2) Dellifield, Ian SO
3) Ferguson, Brice SR 4) Spar, Isaac JR
200 medley relay
12th Ada A 2:09.43
1) Wells, Hunter JR 2) Dellifield, Ian SO
3) Spar, Isaac JR 4) Ferguson, Brice SR
Ada swims next in the Lima Holiday Invitational at the YMCA Thursday, Dec. 27 starting at 10 a.m.
