Record Broken at District, Podium Achieved

Senior Addy Moore-400 free relay (Bobbi Jo Johnson photo)

The event took place at Ohio University on Friday, February 14.  

Submitted by Bobbi Jo Johnson

This year their performance at the OHSAA District Meet at Ohio University was amazing. The day was divided between the Boys District Swim in the morning and the Girls District Swim in the afternoon.

Freshman Levi Geiger- 200 Medley Relay (Bobbi Jo Johnson photo)

BOYS – The boys showed up ready to go! 200 Medley Relay-Geiger, Schuerle, Whaley,Starr relays finished 11th (1:51.35) and broke their own school record AGAIN., 200 IM- Maddox Whaley dropped 3 seconds- and finished 22nd (2:26.55) 50 Free-Levi Geiger-in the 50 free finished 15th (23.84) just off the school record 200 Free Relay-Schuerle, Starr, Whaley, Geiger-finished 10th (1:39.56) 100 Breaststroke-Antoni Schuerle- finished 9th (1:06.90) just off his personal best. 400 Free Relays- Schuerle, Starr, Whaley, Geiger-finished 11th (3:46.04).

The lone Senior Conner Starr- again swam on a School Record team and PR in the 200 Medley (25.16-Free) and the 400 Free Relay-(55.25)

Liv McCrate- 5th place 200 IM Podium (Bobbi Jo Johnson photo)

GIRLS- 200 IM-Liv McCrate- finished 5th with a School Record of 2:24.18 and stood on the Podium for the first time in over 20 years for the BHS girls swim team. 200 Free Relay-Moore, Little, Passmore, McCrate- finished 17th (1:58.43); 100 Backstroke- Kennedy Little-PR placed 29th (1:17.63) Bonita Passmore- 18th (1:11.95) just off her PR. 100 Breaststroke-Liv McCrate-finished 8th and again broke her own record with a 1:11.33; 400 Free Relay-Moore, Grear, Passmore, McCrate- finished 15th (4:29.92)

The lone Senior competing at Athens was Addy Moore- Swam through sickness and made sure the underclassman knew what determination is all about.

The Shamrocks two alternates stayed the day and were ready to go. They are Nixon Smith and Kierra Philips.

That wraps the season up- but Spring Swim starts in a couple weeks for 5th-8th graders and then summer and to winter and back to the bus and back to Wheeling Park High School.

Wrapping up the season, Coach Johnson further reflected…..

“Imagine if you will you are an athlete and you are told you will practice only 2-3 times a week and ride 50 minutes each way to get to the practice facility and then you are told that you would be competing with other high school athletes that have their own pools, they practice 2-3 times a day and often have their own nutritionist, trainers and personal coaches. Well, that is what happens every year with the Shamrock swimmers and every year our swimmers perform! And then your time would be put up against other Top Ohio Swimmers.

“One group that we cannot leave the season without mentioning our Parents/Family/Friends.  I always find it amazing that this group will show up throughout the season to watch their swimmer swim in a 30 second race. They do. They also make sure our team has snacks/drinks for our swimmers/coaches and even our bus drivers. It is always amazing to look up and see this group screaming and yelling for not only their swimmer but everyone on the team and even other teams. Often it is not said often enough-Thank you to all of you!

“Please “like” our Barnesville Summer Swim Team Facebook page- for updates and pictures. See you in a couple of weeks with Aqua Rocks Swim”.