By Cort Reynolds

Ada High School freshman Lily Baumgartner fared well in two finals races at the 2022 Div. II state meet in Canton's C.T. Branin Natatorium Friday, February 25.

Baumgartner finished fourth in the 100 butterfly B finals to end up 12th overall in the event. Senior Ella Jo Piersma of Seven Hills won the event with a time of 53.43.

Baumgartner's time of 58.1 in the 100 fly was a .46 improvement on her preliminary time of 58.56 on Thursday.  

Baumgartner ended up 14th in the state 100 backstroke race. She finished sixth in the B Finals event Friday with a time of 59.88.

Senior Jessica Eden of Gates Mills Hawken won the 100 back title in 54.99. 

Ada state meet final results:

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

Place Swimmer Year School Finals Time               

B Final                         

9 Kaley Ream              SR Kirtland           57.05  

10 Bea Stewart            FR Hathaway Brown     57.50  

11 Kami Periat            SO Port Clinton       57.64  

12 Lily Baumgartner       FR Ada                58.10  

13 Kathy Zhao             SR Indian Hill        58.58  

14 Chloe Bautista         JR Hawken             58.85  

15 Leah Guess             SO Marlington         59.17  

16 Elizabeth Theobold     SO Archbold           59.39 

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

B Final          

Place Swimmer Year School Prelims Time Finals Time               

9 Caroline Ramirez        SO Country Day      58.67      58.82  

10 Asma Khan              JR Hawken           58.92      58.98  

11 Alyse Sorg             SO Oak Harbor       59.19      59.57  

12 Anja Hoy               SO Bexley           59.27      59.57  

13 Alaina Pizarro         SO Hawken           59.82      59.65  

14 Lily Baumgartner       FR Ada              59.95      59.88  

15 Madi Machado           JR Chagrin Falls    59.76     1:00.36  

16 Reyna Hoffman          SR Shelby          1:00.03    1:00.45

Complete results are available at http://ohsaaforms.com/sports/sd/State/2022-D2/index.htm.