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2016 OHSAA Swimming & Diving State Tournaments
C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton
February 24 - February 27, 2016

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Cincinnati St. Xavier Wins Eighth Consecutive State Title with Record-Setting Performance
Bombers earn 37th overall state championship

CANTON, Ohio—Cincinnati St. Xavier won the 2016 OHSAA Division I Boys State Swimming and Diving Tournament Saturday as the Bombers scored a state meet-record 398 points en route to winning their eighth-consecutive and 37th overall state championship.

St. Xavier took the lead from the start as the team of sophomore Justin Grender, junior Luke Sobolewski, junior Charles Leibson and sophomore Nicholas Perera won the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:30.40, breaking the previous state meet record of 1:31.67 set in 2011.

St. Xavier junior Grant House won the 200 Yard Freestyle with a time of 1:36.93. From that point on, there was no looking back for the Bombers, who went on to win three more events including another record-setting performance in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.

Sobolewski won the 100 Yard Butterfly, recording a time 48.57. House followed up with an individual victory of his own, winning the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 4:24.61.

The Bombers ended on a strong note in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay as the team of Grender, Leibson, House and senior Matt Slabe swam a state meet record time of 3:01.34.

Brecksville-Broadview Heights finished in second place with 179 total points, while Columbus St. Charles finished third with 154.

Grove City senior Kalvin Koethke swam a time of 19.97 in the Boys 50 Yard Freestyle, breaking the previous record of 20.01 set 25 years ago in 1991. In addition, Brecksville-Broadview Heights set a new state meet record in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay as the team of senior Mark Krusinki, senior Matthew Martin, senior Mike Lynch and sophomore David Madej swam a time of 1:21.78 to top the previous record of 1:22.85 set in 2014.

Powell Olentangy Liberty senior Cameron Thatcher won his second-consecutive state diving title with a score of 633.80. Thatcher went on to take home Boys Performer of the Meet honors.


Upper Arlington Comes From Behind to Retain Title Crown
Golden Bears seal 11th state championship in final event

CANTON, Ohio—It came down to the last event as Upper Arlington came back from an early deficit to win the 2016 OHSAA Girls Division I Swimming and Diving State Tournament Saturday at C.T. Branin Natatorium. It was a back-and-forth affair as Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy, Mason and Upper Arlington shared the first-place position throughout the evening.

Upper Arlington senior Katie Trace won the 200 Yard Freestyle with a time of 1:47.23 for the Golden Bears’ first top finish of the meet. Upper Arlington senior Erin Sheehan followed up with an individual victory of her own in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a winning time of 54.25.

St. Ursula stood in first-place over Mason and Upper Arlington, though the latter began to gain ground by the middle of the evening. After the 500 Yard Freestyle, Mason stood atop with a 19-point lead over Upper Arlington. In the very next event, the Upper Arlington team of Sheehan, Trace, junior Anna Linzell and sophomore Dakota Elliott won the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:34.07 to close the gap on Mason, which placed second in the relay.

With a two-three finish by sophomore Hannah Caldwell and Elliott, respectively, the Golden Bears retook the lead going into the meet’s final event.

Mason did what they needed to do, as the team of senior Gabby Marinelli, senior Abbey Esler, sophomore Allison Bloebaum and junior Ashley Volpenhein won the evening’s final event, the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, with a time of 3:24.25. However, the Upper Arlington team of Sheehan, Trace, junior Anna Fischer and sophomore Kendra Sheehan placed second to preserve their points lead and ultimately come home with the school’s second-straight state title.

Mason finished in second place with 229 points while Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy finished third with 203.5.

Walsh Jesuit junior Hanna Gresser and Upper Arlington’s Caldwell both broke the previous state record of 1:01.89 in the 100 Yard Breaststroke, as Gresser swam the winning time of 1:01.52 while Caldwell finished with a time of 1:01.87.

Mason’s Volpenhein and Springboro senior Hannah Whiteley won Co-Performer of the Meet honors. Whiteley won the 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 53.59. In addition to Volpenhein’s contribution on the first place 400 Yard Freestyle Relay team, she swam a 22.73 to win the 50 Yard Freestyle and a 49.43 to win the 100 Yard Freestyle.

After finishing third in 2015, New Albany junior Nikki Watters won the diving competition with a final score of 507.20.
 

 Gates Mills Hawken Captures 18th-Consecutive Girls State Swimming Title

Hawken records most championships of any girls sports program in state history with 26

CANTON, Ohio—Gates Mills Hawken showed no signs of relinquishing their title hold after winning the 2016 OHSAA Division II Girls State Swimming and Diving Tournament in record-breaking fashion on Friday at C.T. Branin Natatorium.

Friday’s victory marks Hawken’s 18th consecutive state title victory and its 20th of the last 21. With 26 state titles overall, Hawken stands tied for eighth in the National Federation of State High Schools Associations (NFHS) record book for most state championships won in girls swimming & diving. In addition, 26 state titles is the most of any girls sports program in OHSAA history.

Eight top-three finishes, including four first-place results, led Hawken to victory with 318.5 points. Hawken’s title pursuit got off to a strong start after winning the meet’s first three events, including a one-two finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle. The team of senior Claire Doerr, junior Crile Hart, senior Lauren Heller and senior Heather Svitavsky won the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:44.27.  Heller won the 200 Yard Freestyle with a time of 1:48.97 while Doerr placed second with a time of 1:50.51. In the 200 Yard Individual Medley, Hart broke her previous state meet record of 2:00.74 with a time of 2:00.49 to win this year’s event.

In the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, the Hawks finished the meet strong as the team of Hart, Doerr, Heller and sophomore Portia Del Rio Brown recorded a state meet record with a time of 3:26.10. Hawken’s Hart won Girls Division II Performance of the Meet Honors for her record-breaking performance in two relays and one individual event.

Cincinnati Mariemont finished in second place with a total score of 194.5. Senior Leah Dupre won the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 103.94 for Mariemont’s only first-place finish.

Kettering Archbishop Alter senior Claire Schuermann won the girls Division II diving competition for the third straight time with a score of 478.35.

Cincinnati Seven Hills Defends Title Crown, Wins Second-Straight State Title

Stingers maintain momentum after winning program’s first championship in 2015

CANTON, Ohio—Cincinnati Seven Hills returned to the winner’s podium after a solid team performance at the 2016 OHSAA Division II Boys State Swimming and Diving Tournament at C.T. Branin Natatorium. Friday’s victory marks Seven Hills’ second consecutive (and second overall) boys state swimming and diving title.

With a top-three finish in six events, the Stingers won the meet with consistency, sitting atop the points board at the end of the night with 267 points, 79 more than second-place Gates Mills Hawken, which placed second with 188.

Seven Hills started the meet off with a victory in the 200 Yard Medley Relay after the team of senior Matthew Marquardt, junior Tim Hagemeister, sophomore Tindar Cyr and freshman Greg Kalin logged with a first-place time of 1:32.92. The Stingers won only two more events on the night, as Marquardt placed first in the 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 48.78, while the team of Kalin, Hagemeister, Marquardt and junior Henry Marquardt won the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:05.17, though the relay team's preliminary qualifying time of 3:04.51 was even faster, thereby breaking the previous state record of 3:06.70 set by Hunting Valley University School in 2009.

Matthew Marquardt took home Boys Division II Performance of the Meet Honors for his victorious efforts in one individual event and two relays. Marquardt set a state record in the 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 48.29, beating the previous record of 48.92 held by Josh Quallen of Wilmington.

The boys’ side would not go without any record-breaking performances, however, as Bellbrook sophomore Cody Bybee broke the 200 Yard Freestyle state meet record, previously held by Jackson Higgins of Dayton Oakwood, after swimming a time of 1:36.69 in the preliminary round.

Piqua’s Isaac Karn won the boys Division II diving competition with a score of 527.55.

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