By JOSHUA KEERAN
Sports Editor
NAPOLEON — The Wapakoneta varsity boys and girls swim teams didn’t finish first in the Napoleon Invitational on Saturday, but the Redskins did have strong showings on both sides as yet another school record came tumbling down in the process.
Freshman swimming sensation Royce Kantner, who set a school record on Thursday in the 100 butterfly, broke the program’s record in the 500 freestyle on Saturday.
“Royce swam that race with a lot of power and endurance,” Wapakoneta varsity coach Angela Wourms said. “It was a fun one to watch. The previous record was set by Seth Fahncke (graduated last year) in the 2005-06 season. From a team perspective, the Wapakoneta girls squad turned in a top-five performance, finishing fourth with 124 points. Winning the 14-team invitational was Napoleon with 349 points. Finishing ahead of Wapakoneta was Celina (220) and Ottawa-Glandorf (181).
“Overall, I am very excited about how the girls finished fourth overall,” Wourms said. “Throughout the duration of the meet, coach Kelli Powers and I were able to spot some areas we need to address, such as flipturns, and we plan to implement some drills that are specific to those things to help everyone improve.”
Finishing in the top four for the girls squad were the 200 medley relay team comprised of Courtney Hunter, Madison Ruedebusch, Heather Ruck and Kelsey Borgert (fourth, 2:04.04), Ruedebusch (fourth in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:25.93; fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:15.71), Chelsea Lucas (first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 227.40) and Hunter (third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:07.46).
“We didn’t have as many personal bests as I had anticipated, but I was satisfied with our ability to compete when we were close with another team. Our kids have big hearts and will ‘go get ‘em,’” Wourms said.
On the boys side, Napoleon won the invitational with 469 points while Wapakoneta finished sixth with 88 points.
Placing ahead of the Redskins were O-G (196), Celina (190), Van Wert (140) and Bryan (100).
Kantner was the lone swimmer from the Wapakoneta boys swim team to place fourth or higher.
He was first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.89 and third in the 500 freestyle in a time of 5:19.94.
Wapakoneta hosts a home meet at the Wapakoneta Family YMCA on Thursday at 5:45 p.m.
Wapakoneta Results
Women Open 200 Medley
4, A ‘WAP’ (Courtney Hunter, Madison Ruedebusch, Heather Ruck, Kelsey Borgert), 2:04.04. 15, B ‘WAP’ (Kayla Prater, Kaitlyn Kantner, Katie Krock, Kristina Kesson), 2:27.94.
Men Open 200 Medley
7, A ‘WAP’ (Shane Slechter, Matt Lawrence, Royce Kantner, Josh Morey), 2:02.73.
Women Open 200 Free
16, Salsbury, Alexis, WAP, 2:27.67Y. 21, Rupersburg, Kelsi, WAP, 2:32.31Y. 22, Elzey, Whitney, WAP, 2:32.83Y.
Men Open 200 Free
5, Slechter, Shane, WAP, 2:12.50Y.
Women Open 200 IM
4, Ruedebusch, Madison, WAP, 2:25.93Y. 5, Hunter, Courtney, WAP, 2:32.24Y. 8, Ruck, Heather, WAP, 2:42.16Y.
Men Open 200 IM
1, Kantner, Royce, WAP, 2:15.89Y.
Women Open 50 Free
6, Borgert, Kelsey, WAP, 28.18Y. 0, Valenti, Amber, WAP, X 31.05Y. 36, Krock, Katie, WAP, 31.42Y. 44, Kantner, Kaitlyn, WAP, 31.91Y.
Men Open 50 Free
37, Morey, Josh, WAP, 30.66Y.
Women Open 1 Meter 6 Dives
1, Lucas, Chelsea, WAP, 227.40. 9, Stiger, Allison, WAP, 109.80.
Men Open 1 Meter 6 Dives
9, Wuebbenhorst, Matt, WAP, 123.90. 10, Webb, Dylon, WAP, 113.35.
Women Open 100 Fly
10, Ruck, Heather, WAP, 1:15.24Y. 12, Prater, Kayla, WAP, 1:22.87Y. 21, Kesson, Kristina, WAP, 1:34.37Y.
Women Open 100 Free
14, Borgert, Kelsey, WAP, 1:04.26Y. 24, Elzey, Whitney, WAP, 1:08.12Y. 0, Keckler, Katy, WAP, X 1:11.44Y. 0, Valenti, Amber, WAP, NS.
Men Open 100 Free
9, Lawrence, Matt, WAP, 59.60Y. 46, Duran, Nick, WAP, 1:12.89Y.
Women Open 500 Free
15, Salsbury, Alexis, WAP, 6:43.41Y. 18, Rupersburg, Kelsi, WAP, 6:55.36Y. 27, Kantner, Kaitlyn, WAP, 7:38.35Y.
Men Open 500 Free
3, Kantner, Royce, WAP, 5:19.94Y.
Women Open 200 Free
5, A ‘WAP’ (Courtney Hunter, Madison Ruedebusch, Heather Ruck, Kelsey Borgert), 1:53.50. 13, B ‘WAP’ (Whitney Elzey, Kelsi Rupersburg, Kaitlyn Kantner, Alexis Salsbury), 2:02.72.
Men Open 200 Free
10, A ‘WAP’ (Shane Slechter, Josh Morey, Nick Duran, Royce Kantner), 1:50.73.
Women Open 100 Back
3, Hunter, Courtney, WAP, 1:07.46Y. 0, Prater, Kayla, WAP, X 1:18.87Y. 0, Kesson, Kristina, WAP, X 1:30.92Y.
Men Open 100 Back
5, Slechter, Shane, WAP, 1:07.61Y. 16, Duran, Nick, WAP, 1:42.97Y.
Women Open 100 Breast
4, Ruedebusch, Madison, WAP, 1:15.71Y. 19, Keckler, Katy, WAP, 1:29.37Y.
Men Open 100 Breast
6, Lawrence, Matt, WAP, 1:15.98Y.
Women Open 400 Free
0, A ‘WAP’ (Kelsi Rupersburg, Kayla Prater, Katie Krock, Whitney Elzey), 4:37.13. 13, B ‘WAP’ (Katy Keckler, Kristina Kesson, Amber Valenti, Alexis Salsbury), 4:44.61.
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