Two Ada High School swimmers competed at the Div. II state swim meet preliminaries at Canton's C.T. Branin Natatorium Thursday, February 24.
Ada freshman Lily Baumgartner participated in two races at Canton. She advances to the B finals in both events while gaining valuable experience as one of the meet's youngest swimmers.
Baumgartner finished 16th in the state preliminary 100-yard butterfly heats out of 24 swimmers. She qualified for the B Finals race on Friday. The top eight finishers made it to the A finals race.
Baumgartner swam the 100 butterfly in 58.56. She was seeded 13th amid the 24-girl field in the 100 fly.
Ada senior Cayden Murphy was named honorable mention All-Northwest Conference in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Murphy led Ada in scoring and rebounding as the Bulldogs finished 4-19 overall this season, and 0-8 in the NWC.
Senior Mason Brandt of Leipsic was named NWC Player of the Year.
Todd Boblitt of league co-champion Bluffton was voted NWC Coach of the Year. Crestview tied the Pirates at 7-1 for the league title.
Spencerville finished third at 6-2, followed by Columbus Grove (5-3), Leipsic (4-4), AE and Lincolnview (3-5) in a tie for sixth, Delphos Jefferson (1-7) and Ada (0-8).
Ohio Northern got off to a quick start and pulled away late to win 62-46 at Otterbein in the quarterfinals of the OAC Women's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, February 22, at the Rike Center.
The fifth-seeded Polar Bears (17-7) advance to the semifinals Thursday at top-seeded and No. 12-ranked John Carroll.
The fourth-seeded Cardinals end their season at 18-7.
Senior Lexi Jacobs (Wapakoneta) scored 15 points, senior Jaidyn Hale (Lima/Bath) added 14 points and junior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) chipped in 10 points for ONU.
