Boys and Girls Swimming

Royals Make a Splash

By: Sara Hoffman, The "Royal Times"

On December 19, 2013, the Wynford swimmers had a tri meet at Bucyrus YMCA with Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky and Wynford. The meet started off great for the Royals with the girls 200 Medley Relay consisting of Kalee Lohr, Sara Hoffman, Callie Ruffener and Madison Graham taking first with a 2:05:30. Going in heat order the girls had two swimmers in the 200 Free; Callie Ruffener taking second and Madison Graham taking third. The most popular event is the 50 Free and Callie Ruffener finished first and Sara Hoffman finished second. Kalee Lohr was the only team member to swim the 100 Fly, and she finished first with a 1:06:81.  Madison Graham swam a 1:01:51 in the 100 Free where she just missed finishing in first place. Our last relay was the 200 Free of Madison Graham, Kalee Lohr, Sara Hoffman and Callie Ruffener with a time of 1:55:80; winning the relay. Wynford swimmers took another first in the 100 Backstroke with Kalee Lohr while Tessa Starner placed fifth. Wrapping up the girls heat races; Tessa Starner swam the 100 Breaststroke and placed fourth. The girls placed third; only missing second by one point to Bucyrus. Even though we have a small boys team, they all swam well.  The boys events started with David Blank and Trey Smith swimming the 200 Free taking fourth and fifth.  Ethen Stuckey swimming in the 200 Individual Medley (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle) finishing second with a time of 2:27:46. David Blank finished fourth in the 50 Free with a 31:51. The last event for the boys was 100 Free with Ethen Stuckey and Trey Smith taking third and fifth. The next meet for the Wynford swim team will be January 2, 2014 at Colonel Crawford starting at 5 p.m.