WAPAKONETA, Ohio⎯More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Wapakoneta on July 8-9, 2022 for the 40th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) League Championship.  League swimmers are ages 4-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.

The Wapakoneta Community Swimming Pool is the host site for the 2022 Swim Champs. The facility will host eight teams: Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2022 league title.

Events start at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 8 and will conclude around 2 p.m. Day two will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 9 and will conclude around 3 p.m. The league champs will be crowned at the end of day two. 

Each year the championships rotate between Bluffton, Kenton and Wapakoneta pools.

On Saturday, one female and one male WOAL swimmer will be awarded The Beverly R. Little Memorial Scholarship in recognition of their gifts to the WOAL Swim League.

The WOAL operates the championship meet with the generous support of local company and individual sponsors:

Lima Elks #54 (Event Winners),Destin Logistics , JTB Tech, Kelly’s Poco Loco, Orthopedic Institute of Ohio, Precision Strip, Diamond M, NWO Orthopedics, Quest FCU, Skinny’s Tavern, Roger’s Agency, Women’s Health for Life, YMCA VanWert, YWCA VanWert, Wintzer, D’signs by Day, Epperly family, Wireman, GROB, Harrison Insurance, Midwest Electric, Wapak Athletic Club, 500 Section Lounge, and the Lake of Lights.