By Cort Reynolds

VAN WERT__The visiting Ada Gators summer swim team defeated Van Wert in the West Ohio Aquatic League regular season finale on a hot Monday, June 29 in a four-lane indoor pool.

Ada won the combined boys/girls meet by a score of 348-252.

The Gator boys dunked the Marlin males 208-67 in their dual matchup. The Ada boys improved to 5-3 this summer with the decisive win.

The VW girls defeated the Ada females in a close meet, 184-150.  

“It is always good to get a win, especially when you are on the road as a lot of our little Gators don’t travel,” said Ada head coach Dave Lusk. “I am very proud of all of our swimmers. We have had a great year.”

Ada improved to 1-7 in combined dual meets this summer after the victory.

The Harriger brothers combined to win 11 races to pace the victors. Luke Harriger (boys 9-10 age group) touched first in five individual races. Landry Harriger (boys 13-14) captured four events, and Lincoln Harriger (15+) won two.

Gator Adeline Stevens (girls 13-14) finished first in four races.

Ada’s Jacob Szippl (15+) took first in three events. Koby Prater (boys 8 and under) also won three events. Lily Raines won two events in the girls 11-12 age division.

Adaites Derek Dennis (boys 13-14), Nilsson VanAtta (boys 11-12) and Pepin VanAtta each won one race.

Gators Allison Perry (girls 9-10), Amelia Francis (girls 13-14) and Landon Huber (boys 13-14) touched first in one race apiece.

Ada performed strongly in older relay and freestyle events, while VW did well in the younger relays. The Gators won nine relay events.

The Ada boys captured six relay races, and the Gator girls took first in three relays. 

”Now we prep for championships next weekend,” said Lusk.

The annual WOAL championship meet is scheduled for July 10-11 at the Kenton pool.

 

Gator 1^st-place finishers:

Girls 7–8 25 Meter Freestyle

1 Pepin VanAtta Ada 25.08

3 Addy Comstock Ada  29.16

 

Boys 7–8 25m Freestyle

1 Koby Prater Ada 24.97

 

Girls 9–10 50m Freestyle

1. Allison Perry Ada  48.18 

3 Harper Rigsby Ada 50.60

 

Girls 11–12 200m Medley Relay

1. Ada Alligators 4:21.59 Claire Porter, Hailey Rigsby, 

Lily Raines, Lucy Porter

 

Boys 11-12 200m Medley relay

1. Ada 4:06.54 Jamie Perry, Myles Donley, Nilsson VanAtta, Cooper Raines

 

Boys 13-14 200m Medley relay

1. Ada 2:20.09 Derek Dennis, Landry Harriger, 

Lushen Stevens, Landon Huber

 

Boys 15+ 200m Medley relay

1 Ada 2:28.31 Jacob Szippl, Jeron Robey, 

Lincoln Harriger, Kaden Clum

 

Boys 9-10 50 Freestyle

1. Luke Harriger 34.39

 

Girls 11-12 50 Freestyle

1 Lily Raines 41.77

 

Girls 13-14 50 Free

1 Adeline Stevens 35.2

 

Boys 13-14 50 Free

1 Derek Dennis 31.51

 

Boys 15+ 50 Free

1 Lincoln Harriger 28.56

 

Boys 9-10 100 Individual Medley

1 Luke Harriger 1:22.76

 

Boys 13-14 100 IM

1 Landy Harriger 1:12.89

 

Boys 15+ 100 IM

1 Jacob Szippl 1:14.58

 

Boys 9-10 50m Butterfly

1 Luke Harriger 36.08

 

Girls 11-12 50m Butterfly

1 Lily Raines 59.23

 

Boys 11-12 50m Butterfly

1 Nilsson VanAtta 64.34

 

Girls 13-14 50m Butterfly

1 Amelia Francis 49.61

 

Boys 13-14 50m Butterfly

1 Landry Harriger 34.7

 

Boys 7-8 25m Backstroke

1 Koby Prater 33.03

 

Boys 9-10 50m Backstroke

1 Luke Harriger 38.47

 

Girls 13-14 50m Backstroke

1 Adeline Stevens 40.11

 

Boys 13-14 50m Backstroke

1 Landry Harriger 35.92

 

Boys 15+ 50m Backstroke

1 Jacob Szippl 33.73

 

Boys 8 & under 50m Freestyle

1 Koby Prater 64.63

 

Girls 13-14 100m Freestyle

1 Adeline Stevens 1:21.73

 

Boys 13-14 100m Freestyle

1 Landon Huber 1:23.44

 

Boys 15+ 100m Freestyle

1 Jacob Szippl 1:05.03

 

Boys 9-10 50m Breaststroke

1 Luke Harriger 46.8

 

Girls 13-14 50m Breaststroke

1 Adeline Stevens 51.0

 

Boys 13-14 50m Breaststroke

1 Landry Harriger 34.42

 

Boys 15+ 50m Breaststroke

1 Lincoln Harriger 33.23

 

Girls 8 & under 100m Free Relay

1. Ada 2:26.62 Pepin VanAtta, Addy Comstock, Ellyn Dennis, Aaravi Lamichhane

 

Boys 9-10 200m Free Relay

1. Ada 4:24.17 Arnav Lamichhane, Reed Musselman, Ryder Roberson, Easton Salyer

 

Girls 11-12 200m Free relay

1. Ada 3:30.73 Hailey Rigsby, Claire Porter, Lucy Porter, Lily Raines

 

Boys 11-12 200m Free relay

1. Ada 3:43.0  Cooper Raines, Myles Donley, Jamie Perry, Nilsson VanAtta

 

Boys 15+ 200m Free relay

1. Ada 2:11.38 Lincoln Harriger, Thaddeus Smith, 

Jeron Robey, Jacob Szippl