Monday, July 25th, 2022
Cudas capture Tri-County title
By Gary R. Rasberry
Photo by Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard
Izzy Byer of the Coldwater Cudas swims the butterfly as part of the 200-yard individual medley. Byer won two individual events to help the Cudas win the Tri-County championship on Saturday in Coldwater.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater Cudas summer swimming and diving team successfully defended its Tri-County championships after cruising to a big win at the championship meet on Saturday at Coldwater's Memorial Park.
The event was delayed by several hours due to the rain Saturday morning, but once action got underway, the Cudas, who won the diving meet a week before, cruised to victory, tallying 964 total points, 206 points ahead of the runner-up St. Marys Seahawks. The Troy Dolphins came in third (661 1/2) with the New Bremen Barracudas (366 1/2) finishing fourth, St. Henry Stingrays (261) fifth, Celina Dolphins (159) sixth and Tecumseh Woods (101) seventh.
Coldwater's Kingston Roessner had a big day, breaking two meet records in the boys' 9-10 year-old division, bettering his own mark in the 25-yard backstroke and then breaking the 25 freestyle record set in 2005 by Zach Dickman. Roessner also won the individual medley and swam legs of the winning 100 medley and 100 freestyle relays.
Graycen Luebke also picked up two individual wins for the Cudas in the 9-10 girls 50 freestyle and 25 breaststroke while Heidi Bruns won the IM and 50 breaststroke in the 15-over girls class. Also winning two events for the Cudas were Izzy Byer (15-over girls 50 free and 50 butterfly) and Griffin Luebke (15-over boys 50 butterfly and IM). Earning individual wins for Coldwater were Louis Reichert, Celly May, AJ Steinbrunner and Carlee Goodwin.
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Tanner This of the New Bremen Barracudas swims at the Tri-County championships on Saturday in Coldwater.
St. Marys's Allie Yahl broke a 28-year-old record in the 8-under girls 25 butterfly as part of her three individual wins on the day. Fellow Seahawk Conner Hoge broke a 24-year-old meet mark in the boys' 11-12 breaststroke as part of his own two-win day. Caiden McClain won three events for St. Marys in the boys 11-12 division and Bradey Triplett added two wins for the Seahawks in the boys' 13-14 group.
Other Seahawks picking up wins were Caleb Hoge, Peyton Gabel, Reese Triplett and Marcus McClain.
St. Henry was represented on the podium by Easton Wourms, who won three events in the boys' 8-under group and Quinn Lefeld, who took a pair of wins in the girls' 13-14 division.
New Bremen's Avery Rohr picked up two wins in the boys' 13-14 age group with teammate Lucy Homan picking up a win in the girls 13-14 division.
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Jillian Moorman of the St. Henry Stingrays swims in the 8-under 25-yard freestyle at the Tri-County championships in Coldwater.
