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By Cort Reynolds
Photos by Teri Salyer and Cort Reynolds
The Ada boys summer swim team won their dual meet, but the Alligators narrowly dropped the overall bout at county rival Kenton in a West Ohio Aquatic League contest Monday night, June 27.
Ada beat the Stingray boys 267-228, but lost the combined boys/girls competition by a 534-490 score.
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.
Hosting at the Ada Municipal Pool, the Ada-Lost Creek Gators defeated Westside in a West Ohio Aquatic League dual meet on a warm Thursday night, June 23.
Ada captured the combined boys-girls competition by a count of 371-155.
The Gator boys won 237-130 to pave the way for the overall team victory. The visitors won the girls meet, 225-134.
The Ada boys improved their dual record to 3-1 with the win. The Gator girls dropped to 0-4, while the overall Ada team record is now 1-3.
Gator Luke Harriger (11-12) won four individual races to help lead the Ada boys team to victory.
The visiting Ada boys summer swim team defeated Findlay in a West Ohio Aquatic League dual meet Monday night, June 20.
The Gator boys upended the Frogs, 173-155. The Ada boys improved their dual meet record to 2-1 with the victory.
The hosts won the girls meet, 182-98 and Findlay took the overall combined boys/girls competition by a score of 337-271.
Gavin Oldfield (13-14 age bracket) won three races to pace the Alligator boys. Lily Baumgartner (15-18) and Carly Hull (6 and under) each touched first in two races. Lincoln Harriger (11-12) and Luke Harriger (6 and under) each captured first in a pair of races.
Ohio Northern senior Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) was named to the NCAA Division III Academic All-America Second Team in women's track and field and cross country by the College Sports Information Directors of America for the 2021-22 season.
The Academic All-America Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom.
Pitcovich, an accounting major who competes on the track and field and cross country teams at ONU, boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA and was selected by CoSIDA to the Academic All-District 7 First Team in May.
