LIMA — Area swimmers got their postseason journey under way on Saturday with sectional meets.
Action for the Northwest District took place at Ayersville, Fremont, Lakewood, Lima, Mansfield and Oak Harbor.
St. Marys, Minster, New Bremen and Marion Local were part of the Division II field at the Lima Family YMCA.
GIRLS
The New Bremen 400 freestyle relay team took first place with a time of 3:59.17. Taking part were Lucy Homan, Caroline Whitlatch, Olivia Heitkamp and Annie Jiang.
Other relay results:
200 freestyle -- 4. Minster (1:49.63); 5. St. Marys (1:51.07); 8. Marion Local (1:53.35); 11. New Bremen (2:00.03)
400 freestyle -- 8. Marion
Local (5:08.78); 9. St. Marys
(5:12.43)
200 medley -- 4. New Bremen (1:58.77); 5. St. Marys (1:59.84); 7. Minster (2:02.09); 14. Marion Local (2:51.70).
ST. MARYS
Ciera Rupert, a junior, took second in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.25) and the 200 individual medley (2:18.06).
In the 100 backstroke, Peyton Gabel was fifth (1:03.50) and Sophie James sixth (1:04.94).
Gabel took fifth in the 100 butterfly (1:05.96).
Raeh Wehnes was sixth in the 500 freestyle (7:20.97).
50 freestyle -- 13. Sophie James (28.12); 22. Madison Milner (30.22); 40. Morgan Rempfer (34.54); 48. Amy Hertenstein (39.99).
100 freestyle -- 17. Madison Milner (1:07.52); 27. Kara Kleinschmit (1:13.75); 32. Morgan Elking (1:16.78); 38. Morgan Rempfer (1:22.36).
200 freestyle -- 14. Raeh Wehnes (2:41.68).
100 backstroke -- 28. Morgan Elking (1:30.30); 29. Kara Kleinschmit (1:30.90).
100 breaststroke -- 18. Zara Spees (1:25.21); 33. Amy Hertenstein (1:40.16).
100 butterfly -- 13. Zara Spees (1:17.48).
MINSTER
Senior Cameo Cedarleaf took first place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 56.11 seconds.
She was third in the 50 freestyle (25.70), and Elise Oldiges was ninth (26.82).
In the 100 breaststroke, Oldiges was seventh (1:15.23) and Lexi Hanson 10th (1:17.24).
50 freestyle -- 14. Chaney Cedarleaf (28.47); 17. Emma Heuker (29.27).
100 freestyle -- 12. Lexi Hanson (1:03.92); 13. Chaney Cedarleaf (1:04.92); 18. Riley Billing (1:07.67);
200 freestyle -- 11. Emma Heuker (2:33.29); 17. Riley Hagens (2:46.72).
100 backstroke -- 20. Riley Hagens (1:26.61); 23. Riley Billing (1:27.22);
NEW BREMEN
Senior Annie Jiang won the sectional title in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:58.84. Jenna Rismiller was fifth (2:21.63) and Emma Wittenbrink eighth (2:22.71).
Jiang also took first in the 500 freestyle (5:26.38).
Olivia Heitkamp took fourth in the 100 freestyle (58.16) and eighth in the 50 free (26.37).
Caroline Whitlatch was eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.18) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:31.97).
Rismiller finished 10th in the 100 backstroke (1:14.67).
Lucy Homan was seventh in the 100 butterfly (1:09.08) and eighth in the 200 IM (2:33.59).
50 freestyle -- 27. Ella Kramer (31.39); 28. McKenzie Waterman (31.43); 31. Lydia Blanchard (32.78).
100 freestyle -- 25. McKenzie Waterman (1:13.63); 31. Adriana Heitkamp (1:16.38);
46. Ava Huber (1:38.50).
100 backstroke -- 32. Aliyah Parlett (1:37.87).
100 breaststroke -- 17. Emma Wittenbrink (1:25.03);
30. Ella Kramer (1:37.26); 31. Lydia Blanchard (1:38.63).
MARION LOCAL
Senior Kylie Niekamp took first in the 200 individual medley (2:17.74) and second place in the 100 butterfly (1:01.86).
50 freestyle -- 19. Lydia Kelch (29.80); 37. Grace Brunswick (33.98); 41. Lauren Meiring (34.78); 45. Katrina Will (35.71).
100 freestyle -- 41. Haley
Kuess (1:24.40); 42. Josie
Bruns (1:26.18); 49. Nicole
Franck (1:40.88).
100 backstroke -- 35. Josie Bruns (1:41.10); 36. Haley Kuess (1:44.52); Ava Evers (1:46.46).
100 breaststroke -- 25. Lydia Kelch (1:33.10); 29. Katrina Will (1:37.03); 35. Lauren Meiring (1:40.51). ———— BOYS Reese Triplett, Marcus McClain, Griffin Luebke and Bradey Triplett of St. Marys combined to win the 200 freestyle relay (1:33.64) and the 200 medley relay (1:41.43).
Other relay results:
200 freestyle -- 7. Marion Local; 8. New Bremen;
400 freestyle -- 4. New Bremen; 6. St. Marys; 9. Marion Local
200 medley -- 5. New Bremen.
In individual events, Andy Jiang of New Bremen won the 200 individual medley (1:57.37). Reese Triplett was third (2:01.42) and Bradey Triplett fourth (2:09.97).
Jiang also won the 100 butterfly (52.59), with Luebke second (55.61). Brian Speckman of St. Marys was 10th (1:07.91).
Reese Triplett won a sectional title in the 100 backstroke (54.96). Avery Rohr of New Bremen was sixth (1:02.85).
In the 100 breaststroke, the Riders had third place (McClain, 1:03.11); fifth (Bradey Triplett, 1:04.23), sixth (Luebke, 1:05.25) and ninth (Jaxton Spees, 1:09.57). Marion Local’s Simon Partington was eighth (1:08.85).
New Bremen’s Rohr was second in the 500 freestyle (5:42.42) and teammate Gavin Spragg was seventh (6:50.02).
McClain was third in the 50 freestyle (22.60) and the Flyers’ Partington was seventh (24.53).
Other results:
100 breaststroke -- 16. Tanner This (NB) 1:20; 18. Wyatt Greenwood (ML) 1:24.66;
20. Eli Huwer (MIN) 1:29.47; Adam Kuether (MIN) 1:29.89.
100 backstroke -- 18. Troy Moeller (ML) 1:31.25.
200 freestyle -- 13. Brian Speckman (SM) 2:13.87;
15. Patrick Bernhold (NB) 2:21.84; 16. Gavin Spragg (NB) 2:28.64; 17. Luke Hertenstein (SM) 2:33.35; 22. Keegan Hess (ML) 2:57.87;
23. Max Speelman (ML) 2:59.33.
100 freestyle -- 13. Jackson Monroe (SM) 1:0051; 15. Jaxton Spees (SM) 1:00.61; 20. Troy Moeller (ML) 1:05.77;
23. Andrew Monroe (SM) 1:06.89; 24. Max Speelman (ML) 1:07.92; 29. Roman Spragg (NB) 1:10.31; 34. Eli Huwer (MIN) 1:13.45; 35. D.J. Bensman (MIN) 1:14.67;
37. Keegan Hess (ML) 1:18.12. 50 freestyle -- 14. Wyatt Greenwood (ML) 26.01; 17. John Kramer (ML) 26.56;
18. Will Hemmelgarn (NB) 26.81; 19. Tanner This (NB) 27.38); 20. Trey Brookhart (ML) 27.74; 22. Jackson Monroe (SM) 27.88; 23. Andrew Monroe (SM) 27.91; 27. Dylan Hertenstein (SM) 29.51; 33. D.J. Bensman (MIN) 31.40;
34. Roman Spragg (NB) 31.86; 36. Adam Kuether (MIN) 34.11.
