On Saturday Jan. 7th the team traveled to Akron University to compete in the Suburban League National Conference Championship Meet. Overall, the girls finished with an impressive 2nd place, while the boys placed 3rd.
Placing in the top ten for the girls were Ari Smajlovic, Reanna Turk, Payton Pelkowski, Madisyn Reville, Avery Holtz, Abby Pohlmeyer, Mallory Ralls and Alex Stalzer. The top three girl finishers were Hailey Kaminski finishing 2nd in both the 50 free and 100 free, and Emily Yorkievitz who finished 3rd in the 100 Butterfly, and was the Suburban League Champion in the 200 Free.
The girls 4 x 100 free relay of Emily Yorkievitz, Abby Pohlmeyer, Ari Smajlovic, and Hailey Kaminski also set a new Nordonia High School record.
For the boys earning top ten finishes were Noah Beaver, Michael Gruber, Jimmy Alexander, Paul Yorkievitz, Coleman Frey, and Colton Francis. Patrick New Year had a top ten finish in the 100 back and finished 3rd overall in the 200 Free, while Noah Holtz finished in the top ten in the 200 Free and finished 3rd overall in the 500 Free.
Earning top ten finishes for the divers were Colton Frances, Logan Welch, Loris Jensen and Amber Larsen.
On Saturday Jan 14th, nine swimmers traveled again to Akron University for the Northeast Classic, with two advancing to the finals at Canton Mckinley High School in the evening. The qualifying girls were Arijana Smajlovic, Mallory Ralls, Hailey Kaminski, Emily Yorkievitz, and Abigail Pohlmeyer. The qualifying boys were Noah Holtz, Noah Beaver, Paul Yorkievitz, and Patrick NewYear. Emily and Hailey both qualified for the finals in the evening with an impressive 8th place finish for Hailey in the 50 free.
The highlight of the meet however was the relay squad of Hailey, Emily, Abby and Ari. This group of girls not only beat the record in the 400 freestyle relay that they had set a week earlier at the conference meet, but they also set a new Nordonia High School record in the 200 Medley relay.
The team has experienced coach Glenn Yorkievitz who says, “it’s really a lot of fun watching the performances of the entire team over the last two weeks. Everyone has been working so hard and to see these results is really encouraging as we head into the grind and prepare for post season tournaments. Finishing Second and third at the conference was extremely exciting as I believe that is the highest we have ever placed. But, we cannot be satisfied. We have a lot of season left. “
