By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - Ada junior Klava Katayama finished second in two events at the Div. II swim districts hosted by Bowling Green State University Friday evening to qualify for a third consecutive visit to the state meet at Canton.

Katayama took second in the 50-yard freestyle and second in the 100 butterfly race to qualify for the state meet at Canton in both events.

Katayama will compete Feb. 21-22 at the 43rd annual girls Ohio state meet. The boys state meet is being held for the 92nd time.

Girls Div. II swim preliminaries start at 5 p.m. Thursday, February 21 at Canton's C.T. Branin Natatorium. The top 16 in an event make it to the Div. II race finals starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22.

The top two finishers in any race from the various district meets automatically made it to Canton. The next fastest times filled out the at-large qualifiers to state in each event.

Katayama's exploits helped Ada finish 18th in the district team standings. Toledo St. Ursula Academy took the team crown. Lexington captured the boys team title.
In 2018, Katayama completed the 50-yard free B finals in a time of 24.71 to finish eighth in that heat, and 16th overall.

Last year, Katayama also tied for 18th among a field of 24 in the 100 butterfly semifinal prelims with a time of 58.49.

As a freshman, Katayama made it to the state meet at Canton in the 50 free, where she finished 17th.

Ada junior Isaac Spar finished 25th at the district meet in the 100 butterfly. Last year he came in 26th at the district event in the 100 fly. This year, he shaved .89 off his time.
 
Ada girls BGSU Div. II district finishes:
50 yard freestyle:
1    Kaylee Nagel    So    Napoleon    :23.53
2    Klava Katayama    Jr    Ada    :23.7

100 yard butterfly:
1    Corinne Staneart So    Toledo St. Ursula    :56.32
2    Klava Katayama    Jr    Ada    :56.34

Ada boys BGSU Div. II district finishes:
100 yard butterfly:
25th    Isaac Spar    Jr    Ada    1:00.02

Girls district team standings:
    1    Toledo St. Ursula Academy 442 points
     2    Napoleon    255    
     3    Lexington    201
     4    Celina    184
     5    Wauseon    151    
     6    Bryan      148    
     7    Oak Harbor    94    
     8    North Robinson Colonel Crawford    83    
     9    Ottawa-Glandorf    82    
     10    Ontario    77    
     11    Shelby    61    
     12    Galion    59
     13    Sandusky Perkins 53    
     14    Upper Sandusky    51    
     15    Sandusky    45    
     16    Tiffin Calvert    42    
     17    Coldwater    41    
     18    Ada    34    
     18    Huron    34    
     20    New Bremen    29    
     21    Toledo Maumee Valley Country Day School    27    
     22    Fort Recovery    22    
     23    Port Clinton    19    
     24    Lima Shawnee    17    
     25    Minster    14    
     26    Defiance Tinora    13    
     26    Lima Bath    13
     28    Castalia Margaretta    12    
     28    Defiance    12
     30    Lima Central Catholic    5    
     31    Van Wert    3    
     32    Norwalk    2