2024 Ohio High School Swimming and Diving State Championships (Division II)
Two pieces of history were made at the Ohio Division II High School State Championships last weekend in swimming and diving.
Ohio has two high school swimming divisions. Division I is the state's larger schools and Division II is the state's smaller schools.
A senior who stands out from the crowd Ivan Prikhodko won the 100-meter chest in a time of 56.81 seconds, becoming the first Lexington High School swimmer to win an individual state title. Although just short of his personal best, he ran a time of 56.15 seconds, breaking his own school record in the preliminaries.
Prikhodko's success in the pool led Lexington to the program's best finish, scoring 131 points and placing second behind defending champion Hunting Valley College, which scored 274 points.
Prikhodko was preparing to become a breaststroke star from the first days in the water.His father was a breaststroker when he lived in Ukraine, and his sister Katya PrikhodkoThe sophomore on Lexington's women's swim team also finished top in stroke.
The family feeling extended beyond his immediate family to include his teammates. Prikhodko and his humility and bond with his teammates are credited with being an inspiration to those around him, and his and Lexington's efforts at the tournament were a testament to their commitment to character and coming together as a team. It was showing.
In addition to her victory in the 100m chest, Prikhodko also won two more medals with her performances in the 200m medley relay and 200m free relay.4th place in A final for both relays: Medley relay jo hathawayPrihotoko, Trey Nicoli and oden bell In the freestyle relay, Purihotoko, Bell, Isaac McFadden and cooper watters I swam with a time of 1:28.26.
Hunting Valley won two relay titles at the championships. In the 200 meter medley relay, Alex Pesek, ben davis, Matthew Devine and brad perry team took first touch with a time of 1:34.13. Miguel FigueroaPesek, Perry and Davis won the 400 free relay with a time of 3:07.58, nearly seven seconds ahead of the runner-up from Cincinnati Indian Hill.
Despite having the highest overall team ranking, Hunting Valley's only victory at the meet came in the relay swim. Many athletes competed in his A finals and his B finals in each event, and points were accumulated through a wide range of the field. Among the top scorers is Davis, who placed second in the 200 IM. paul moodyFigueroa finished third in the 100 back and fourth in the 100 free.
The remaining wins were scattered among the many other teams that participated in the state tournament.
Other event winners
- Patrick GibbonsThe Hamilton Badin senior won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:39.72.
- dayton oakwood senior tristan prizler won the 200 IM in 1:51.29 and the 500 free in 4:28.81, making him a double event winner.
- Free 50 went to mason francis, a junior to Vincent Warren, had a time of 20.19 seconds. Francis earned his second win in the 100 free with a time of 45.57 seconds.
- In 100 flies, austin sorgThe Oak Harbor College sophomore narrowly edged out second place by 0.06 points, winning with a time of 48.06 points.
- Gahanna Columbus Academy, 1:27.01 andy lee, william duan, Mircea Bunariu, william harpster200 free relay
- Chris GorskiWilloughby Andrews Osborne senior, 48.93, 100 back.
- 100 Paralympic athletes return home Lucas Culottaa sophomore from Brecksville-Broadview Heights, had a time of 1:15.08. Eli FrankeCincinnati St. Xavier Jr. took second place with a time of 2:05.90.
- Culotta also won the Paralympic 50 free with a time of 26.86 seconds, while Franke was second with a time of 55.99 seconds.
- Bexley High School freshman Jackson Monas won the state title in the 1-meter dive with a score of 483.05.
men's team score
- Hunting Valley University School – 274
- Lexington High School – 131
- Gahanna Columbus Academy – 125
- Dayton Oakwood – 120
- Cincinnati Indian Hill – 109
- Cincinnati, Wyoming – 89
- Mentor Lake Catholic – 83
- Oak Harbor – 73
- Gates Mills Hawken – 70
- Cincinnati Madeira – 63
Girls summary
Shaker Heights was the big winner for the girls Division II state championship. As defending champions, they won the title in a landslide after accumulating 347 points during the match. Gates Mills Hawken finished as runner-up with 199 points.
Proving to be an unstoppable force, Shaker Heights won all three relays. The tournament opened with a victory in the 200m medley relay. Claire Mehok, Sofia Jimenez, Lily Mehok and Josephine Pirian They recorded a time of 1 minute 42.21 seconds, leading Gates Mill's team by nearly 5 seconds.
After that, Piliang's team iris chi, Oma Agwa Jimenez won the 200m free relay with a time of 1:35.48, and the team of Mehoku, Chee, Beatrice Stewart and Mehoku won the 400m free relay with a time of 3:28.39.
Shaker Heights continued its domination in the pool by winning three individual state titles as well. Jimenez, a sophomore on the team, won the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.17, and senior Lily Mehok won the 100 fly with a time of 54.14. Pillyan, a freshman, won the 100 back with a time of 54.37, securing his final individual victory.
Grandview Heights' double event winner was a junior. Carrie Furby, won both the 50 and 100 free. She touched first in the 50 meters with a time of 23.02 seconds, followed by the 100 meters with a time of 50.06 seconds.
Other event winners
- Jade GowitzkaThe Upper Sandusky University senior won both the para-swimming 50-meter free and para-swimming 100-meter back, posting times of 33.04 seconds in the freestyle and 1:32.16 in the backstroke. did.
- 200 freebies went to Cincinnati Hills Jr. taylor bacherwon with a time of 1:49.72.
- Senior Gates Mills Sarah Popard He won the 500 free with a time of 4:54.91.
- Reese RileySt. Bernard College sophomore Roger Bacon won the 100-meter breast with a time of 1:03.76.
- Chagrin Falls senior Samantha Holtz won the state title in the one-meter dive with a score of 491.95.
Women's team score
- Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown – 347
- Gates Mills Hawken – 199
- Archbishop Alter Kettering – 145.5
- Columbus Bexley – 141
- Cincinnati Hills Christian – 130
- Granville – 100
- Gates Mills Gilmore Academy – 94
- Gahanna Columbus Academy – 89
- Cincinnati Indian Hill – 86
- Oak Harbor – 75
