Photos and video by Larry Bennet
Guest photos by Brian Maciag and Eric Wilson



The Brecksville girls and the Amherst boys went into last weekend’s Southwestern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships as the favorites after dominating the regular season meets.

Saturday’s meet at the Westlake Recreation Center confirmed those expectations.

Amherst, with five first-place finishes, scored 268 points to get past host Westlake’s 230 and win the boys title. Brecksville was even more dominant in the girls meet. The Bees won seven events on the way to 353 points, topping Westlake’s 313.

Here are the top three finishers in each event for both meets:

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Brecksville 353, 2. Westlake 313, 3. Berea 187, 4. North Olmsted 174, 5. Olmsted Falls 151, 6. Amherst 119, 7. Avon Lake 98, 8. Midpark 1.

Diving: Westlake senior Sammie Sposet won the championship Friday night with a final score of 434.90 to get past Brecksville’s Michelle Moock (377.15). Westlake’s Julie Solarz finished third with her score of 296.30.

200 Medley Relay: 1. Brecksville (Kotchman, Trudeau, Savage, Zart) 1:58.25, 2. North Olmsted (Ott, Chinchilla, Foraker, Jarachovic) 1:59.84, 3. Berea (Thurau, Kranz, Buehl, Bauer) 2:00.76; 200 Freestyle: 1. Paige Coughlin, Brecksville 2:01.90, 2. Bridgett Liddy, Olmsted Falls 2:04.48, 3. Nora Lee, Westlake 2:05.53; 200 IM: 1. Claire Savage, Brecksville 2:18.44, 2. Joan Dregalla, Olmsted Falls 2:22.16, 3. Kara Foraker, North Olmsted 2:22.49; 50 Freestyle: 1. Jacky Jarachovic, North Olmsted 25.67, 2. Miranda Mlincek, Amherst 25.85, 3. Megan Zart, Brecksville 26.15; 100 Butterfly: 1. Nora Lee, Westlake 1:02.12, 2. Ana Ivkovic, Westlake 1:02.32, 3. Claire Savage, Brecksville 1:02.81.

100 Freestyle: 1. Megann Ott, North Olmsted 56.57, 2. Lauren Choban, Westlake 57.24, 3. Joan Dregalla, Olmsted Falls 57.30; 500 Freestyle: 1. Bridget Liddy, Olmsted Falls 5:33.05, 2. Rachel Kotchman, Brecksville 5:41.65, 3. Katy Bauer, Berea 5:43.01; 200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Brecksville (Savage, Trudeau, Coughlin, Zart) 1:44.85, 2. North Olmsted (Ott, Sabino, Foraker, Jarachovic) 1:46.87, 3. Berea (Buehl,Knezevich, Bauer, Kranz) 1:49.23.

100 Backstroke: 1. Paige Coughlin, Brecksville 1:03.09, 2. Lauren Choban, Westlake 1:03.79, 3. Megann Ott, North Olmsted 1:05.41; 100 Breaststroke: 1. Leandra Trudeau, Brecksville 1:11.30, 2. Peyton Kranz, Berea 1:12.08, 3. Samantha Tarbuck, Brecksville 1:13.51; 400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Brecksville (Kotchman, Tarbuck, Kotchman, Coughlin) 3:52.62, Westlake (Choban, Ivkovic, Prexta, Lee) 3:53.33, 3. Olmsted Falls (Dregalla, Higginbotham, Ashmun, Liddy) 3:58.99.

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Amherst 268, 2. Westlake 230, 3. Brecksville 176.5, 4. North Olmsted 168, 5. Olmsted Falls 163, 6. Avon Lake 144, 7. Berea 124.5, 8. Midpark 121.

Diving: Midpark’s Nate Harper took the championship Friday night with a final score of 398.90, with Tyler Nock of Avon Lake taking runner-up honors with a 372.85. North Olmsted’s Steven Davis was third with his score of 301.75.

200 Medley Relay: 1. Amherst (Scalli, Zappa, Keeling, Moore) 1:45.31, 2. Westlake (Knurek, Stevens, Astler, Lamorgese) 1:46.54, 3. Avon Lake (O’Rourke, Spactzel, Rhodes, Callesen) 1:48.35; 200 Freestyle: 1. Jordan Ault, Amherst 1:54.99, 2. Sean Phillips, Westlake 1:55.66, 3. Peter Serio, North Olmsted 1:57.01; 200 IM: 1. Ethan O’Rourke, Avon Lake 1:59.44, 2. Tyler Moore, Amherst 1:59.53, 3. Joe Knurek, Westlake 2:14.55; 50 Freestyle: 1. Ryan Charbonneau, Brecksville 22.73, 2. Quenten Cipra, Berea 23.09, 3. Ryan Sara, North Olmsted 23.52; 100 Butterfly: 1. Frankie Keeling, Amherst 56.11, 2. John Scalli, Amherst 58.37, 3. Aidan Burton, Olmsted Falls 58.87.

100 Freestyle: 1. Ryan Charbonneau, Brecksville 51.19, 2. Quenten Cipra, Berea 51.75, 3. Ryan Sara, North Olmsted 52.78; 500 Freestyle: 1. Sean Phillips, Westlake 5:15.88, 2. Jimmy Hummel, Brecksville 5:24.03, 3. Greg Porch, Olmsted Falls 5:29.93; 200 Freestyle Relay: 1. North Olmsted (Serio, Urbaneck, Becks, Sara) 1:35.16, 2. Brecksville (Chalasinski, Jumel, Ryan, Charbonneau) 1:35.81, 3. Amherst (Zappa, Machovina, Kneisel, Ault) 1:36.20.

100 Backstroke: 1. Ethan O’Rourke, Avon Lake 54.34 (New SWC Record), 2. Aidan Burton, Olmsted Falls 56.45, 3. John Scalli, Amherst 56.97; 100 Breaststroke: 1. Tyler Moore, Amherst 1:01.72, 2. Adam Ryan, Brecksville 1:06.51, 3. Jake Bolton, Olmsted Falls 1:07.78; 400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Amherst (Ault, Keeling, Scalli, Moore) 3:26.01, 2. North Olmsted (Serio, Urbaneck, Hundt, Sara) 3:32.77, 3. Avon Lake (Callesen, Collins, Rhodes, O’Rourke) 3:33.01.


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