First Posted: 2/25/2015
CANTON — Coldwater’s Caleb Keck finished fourth in the state boys 1-meter Division II diving competiton Wednesday at the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
Keck finished with 415.6 points. Stewart Spanbauer of Cincinnati Summit Country Day was the winner with 458.85 points. Chandler Kimmel of Celina finished seventh (389.05), Brock Fletcher of Shawnee was 10th (372.45) and Jake Browder of Celina was 16th (318.55).
In the girls event, Sawyer Weitzel of Celina was 13th (370.7). Claire Schuermann of Kettering Alter won the event with 483.35 points. Shannon Osterfeld of Coldwater (156.25) and Madison Taylor of St. Marys (151.5) did not advance out of the preliminaries, finishing 22nd and 23rd respectively.
The Division II swimming prelimnaries are scheduled to start at 5 p.m. today at the same venue.
Area competitors and their qualifying seedings include:
200 yard medley relay: 11. Wapakoneta (Michael Johnston, Hayden Metzger, Ryan Schneider, Charlie Sutton)
200 freestyle: 18. Jared Fleagle (Celina)
50 freestyle: 6. Charlie Sutton (Wapakoneta), 11. Mitchell Wilcox (Ada), 12. Cobie Mikesell (Shawnee), 13. Mason Baker (Celina), 22. Chris Soules (Shawnee), 23. Joey Ellis (Shawnee)
100 freestyle: 14. Charlie Sutton (Wapakoneta), 15. Cobie Mikesell (Shawnee), 22. Luke Kleman (Ottawa-Glandorf)
200 freestyle relay: 6. Shawnee (Cobie Mikesell, Noah Curl, Christ Soules, Joey Ellis), 12. Wapak (Wesley Ruedebusch, Michael Johnston, Michael Zwez, Charlie Sutton) 23. Celina (Jared Fleagle, Grant Guggenbiller, Garrett Weininger, Mason Baker).
100 backstroke: 17. Michael Johnston (Wapakoneta)
100 breaststroke: 14. Mitchell Wilcox (Ada)
400 freestyle relay: 8. Shawnee (Cobie Mikesell, Noah Curl, Chris Soules, Joey Ellis) 24. Wapak (Ryan Schneider, Michael Johnston, Michael Zwez, Wesley Ruedebusch) 3:24.19
Girls
200 medley relay: 12. Ottawa-Glandorf (Kathryn Samuelson, Brooke Kleman, Amber Ellerbrock, Briana Fenbert), 18. Wapakoneta (Jordyn Law, Mya Hager, Josie Miller, Sierra Sammons)
200 freestyle: 22. Aleah Hixenbaugh (Shawnee)
200 IM: 22. Nikki Borgerding (Minster)
50 freestyle: 12. Josie Miller (Wapakoneta), 23. Briana Fenbert (Ottawa-Glandorf), 24. Kathryn Samuelson (Ottawa-Glandorf)
500 freestyle: 20. Aleah Hixenbaugh (Shawnee)
200 freestyle: 13. Wapakoneta (Josie Miller, Sierra Sammons, Jordyn Law, Abbi Gesler), 16. Celina (Megan Muhlenkamp, McKenna Black, Amanda Slechter, Cami Dzendzel), 21. Ottawa-Glandorf (Michaela Nordhaus, Amber Ellerbrock, Briana Fenbert, Kathryn Samuelson)
100 backstroke: 8. Kathryn Samuelson (Ottawa-Glandorf)
100 breaststroke: Mo Gray (Kenton), 16. Nikki Borgerding (Minster)
400 freestyle relay: 19. Wapak (Josie Miller, Sierra Sammons, Jordyn Law, Taylor Hager)
