ADA__The Ada Gators summer swim team swept a dual meet with visiting West Ohio Aquatic League foe Van Wert at the Ada Municipal Pool Thursday evening, June 12.
Both teams had limited numbers, with Ada fielding 37 swimmers and the Marlins 20-25.
The Gator boys team splashed VW 129-75 to improve to 2-0 after the victory.
Ada won the girls meet 149-115 to even their summer mark at 1-1. The Gators captured the overall meet by a combined score of 278-190 to improve to 1-1 overall.
“I am very proud of our kids,” said Gator head coach Dave Lusk. “It was truly a team effort. We achieved many personal-bests.”
Three players from the highly successful Ada softball squad were named first team All-Blanchard Valley Conference in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Overall, five senior Bulldog girls and one sophomore were honored by the league. The 2025 team set an Ada program record for wins in a season with 22, and placed third in the 11-team BVC.
JENNA BASSITT
Bulldog senior pitcher/leadoff hitter Jenna Bassitt was named first team all-conference for the fourth straight year. Her initial three first team all-league seasons occurred while Ada was a member of the Northwest Conference.
ADA__The Ada Gators summer swim team dove into its season opener by splitting a dual meet with visiting Wapakoneta at the Ada Municipal Pool Thursday evening, June 5.
The Gator boys team beat the Waves, 145 points to 122. Wapakoneta won the girls meet 270-86 to capture the combined meet by a score of 392-231.
“I am so proud of the job our swimmers did in our first meet,” said Ada head coach Dave Lusk. “We had a number of swimmers in their first meet ever. We also had some (people) swimming events they had never swum before.
COLUMBUS – Ada senior speedster Logan Jolliff finished 11th out of 18 sprinters in the preliminary heats of the Div. III state track and field meet at Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus on Friday, June 6.
Jolliff finished with a time of 11.207 to cross the finish line sixth in heat number two.
The top nine preliminary heats finishers made it to the finals Saturday. Jolliff missed state qualification by two places and less than .04.
