By Cort Reynolds
CANTON__Ada High School junior Lily Baumgartner qualified for the finals at the Ohio state Div. II meet with good preliminary showings Thursday, February 22, in both the 100-yard backstroke and 100 freestyle races.
Baumgartner touched sixth in the girls 100 backstroke (55.96) preliminary heats to make it to the A finals Friday night.
Baumgartner also finished seventh out of 32 swimmers in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries to advance to that A Finals race Friday.
She swam a time of 52.44 despite a sore left shoulder.
The top eight in the prelims of each event advance to the A Finals race. The second eight (places 9-16) qualify for the B Finals, along with two alternates (17-18).
The OHSAA Div. II finals start Friday at 3 p.m. in the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
Baumgartner has committed to swim at Ohio University.
ADA STATE PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle DIVISION 2
Name Year School Seed Time Prelims Time
Preliminaries
1 Carrie Furbee JR Grandview Height 50.14 50.71
2 Angie Wyand SR Tree of Life 51.52 51.42
3 Kami Periat SR Port Clinton 51.30 51.49
4 Rylee Jackson SO Hoban 51.73 51.97
5 Julia Shafer JR Cincinnati Hills 51.28 52.01
6 Lydia Sturgeon JR Granville 52.03 52.34
7 Lily Baumgartner JR Ada 51.87 52.44
8 Nina Newton SO Hawken 52.22 52.47
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke DIVISION 2
Name Year School Seed Prelims
Preliminaries
1 Josephine Piliang FR Hathaway Brown 53.94 54.25
2 Kami Periat SR Port Clinton 55.31 54.82
3 Claire Mehok SR Hathaway Brown 54.62 54.87
4 Emma Tenhundfeld JR Alter 56.37 55.49
5 Leah Guess SR Marlington 56.96 55.76
6 Lily Baumgartner JR Ada 56.32 55.96
7 Mirielle Trumpower FR Ontario 58.48 57.38
8 Caroline Ramirez SR Country Day 57.61 57.40
