By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Ada swim teams competed at the annual, 21-school Lima Holiday Invitational meet Thursday, December 27 at the YMCA natatorium.
Ada junior Klava Katayama captured first in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle races to score all 40 Lady Bulldog points.

The purple and gold girls finished 15th out of 21 teams, while the Bulldog boys came in 17th out of 20 squads.

Shawnee won both the boys (372.5 points) and combined team titles (639). Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls team crown with 304 points.

Ada sophomore Paige Cole finished 17th in the 100 breaststroke (1:23.02) to just miss scoring by one place.

Bulldog junior Isaac Spar took 10th in the 100 butterfly and 16th in the 200 free to pace the Ada boys.

Scoring Ada girls finishes (top 16):
100-yard freestyle
1st Klava Katayama Jr  54.28

200 freestyle:
1st Klava Katayama Jr 2:01.34

Girls team scores:
1    Ottawa-Glandorf    304    
2    Lima Shawnee 266.5    
3    Celina 227    
4    Upper Sandusky    204
5    New Bremen    200.5    
6    Wapakoneta    184
7    Fort Recovery 143    
8    Coldwater    120
9    Minster 107
10    Tiffin Calvert 87    
11    Versailles    57    
12    Lima Bath    50    
13    Lima Central Catholic     46    
14    Lima Senior 43    
15    Ada 40    
16    Marion Local 30    
17    St. Henry    26    
18    Fort Loramie 17    
19    Toledo Central Catholic 12    
20    Elida     4    
21    St. Marys Memorial 2

Scoring Ada boys finishes (top 16):
100 butterfly:
10th Isaac Spar    Jr    Ada    1:04.11

200 freestyle:
16th    Isaac Spar    Jr    Ada    2:15.32

Boys team scores:
1    Lima Shawnee 372.5 points    
2    Upper Sandusky 275    
3    Ottawa-Glandorf    231
4    Wapakoneta    229    
5    Versailles    194    
6    St. Marys Memorial 187.5    
7    Minster 140    
8    Celina 109
9    Kenton 101    
10    Elida    88.5    
11    Coldwater 48    
12    Lima Bath 39    
13    Lima Senior 38    
14    Miller City 36    
15    New Bremen    30    
16    Marion Local 13    
17    Ada 7.5    
18    Lima Central Catholic    6    
19    Botkins 5    
20    Tiffin Calvert 2

Ada swims next at Colonel Crawford on Saturday, January 12 starting at 10 a.m.