Darke County girls compete in sectional, district swim tourney

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Versailles Girls Swim Team had a good sectional and district meet. (Photo by Kara Didier)

TROTWOOD – WOAC swimmers compete at OHSAA sectional swim meet at Trotwood High School and several advanced to the district swim meet at Miami University.

Darke County had several swimmers competing at the Girls Trotwood section swim meet and the district swim meet at Miami University.

The Versailles girls swim team did well enough to send swimmers to the state meet at CT Branin Natatorium in Canton, OH currently underway February 18-22.

Ava Shardo will lead the Versailles swim team to state meet competing in a few relays and individual races. (Photo by Donneta Shardo)

For the Tigers is Ava Shardo qualified for the 100-yard butterfly and both Ava & her sister Salimah will compete in the 50-yard freestyle.

The Shardo duo also qualified for two relay races with teammates Erin Frederick and Ella Porter in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle with teammates Corynn Goubeaux and Erin Frederick.

Here are the results for the sectional and district swim competition.

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
Versailles – 1st Place, 1:55.71, Sectional – 7th at District – Onto State
1) Erin Frederick 2) Ella Porter
3) Ava Shardo 4) Salimah Shardo

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
Versailles, Ella Porter – 5th Place, 2:24.35
Versailles, Ava Rismiller – 7th Place, 2:27.99
Versailles, Korynne Bergman – 9th Place, 2:30.21

Girls 200-yard IM
Versailles, Kayla Magoto – 8th place, 2:52.70
Versailles, Lucy Schmitmeyer – 10th Place, 3:00.02

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
Versailles, Ava Shardo – 1st Place, 25.32, Sect – 6th at District – On To State
Versailles, Salimah Shardo – 2nd Place, 25.63, Sect. – 8th at District – On To State
Versailles, Corynn Goubeaux – 5th Place, 27.16, Sect. – 30th at District

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
Versailles, Ava Shardo – 1st Place, 59.79, Sect. – 10th at District – On To State
Versailles, Salimah Shardo – 2nd Place, 1:01.24, Sect. – 12th at District –
Versailles, Miriam Gehret – 5th Place, 1:12.20, Sect. – 32nd at District

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
Versailles, Erin Frederick – 2nd Place, 59.71, Sect. – 24th at District
Versailles, Paige Holzapfel – 5th Place, 1:01.00
Versailles, Chloe Steinbrunner – 6th Place, 1:01.67
Franklin Monroe, Chelsie Eyler – 9th Place, 1:06.02
Ansonia, Kaitlyn Tollefson – 12th Place, 1:07.66

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
Versailles, Bailey Koesters – 6th Place, 6:58.39
Versailles, Lexi Timmerman – 8th Place, 7:00.24

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Versailles – 1st Place, 1:44.78, Sectional – 8th at District, On To State
1) Salimah Shardo 2) Corynn Goubeaux
3) Erin Frederick 4) Ava Sharo

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
Versailles, Erin Frederick – 4th Place, 1:05.57, Sectional – 25th at District
Versailles, Lillian Selhorst – 7th Place, 1:12.55
Versailles, Paige Holzapfel – 9th Place, 1:14.14

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
Versailles, Corynn Goubeaux – 2nd Place, 1:12.88, Sectional – 17th at District
Versailles, Ella Porter – 3rd Place, 1:15.78, Sectional – 23rd at District
Versailles, Chloe Steinbrunner – 8th Place, 1:20.19, Sectional – 28th at District
Franklin Monroe, Chelsie Eyer – 12th Place, 1:24.41

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Versailles – 1st Place, 4:10.70, Sectional – 13th place at District
1) Paige Holzapfel 2) Miriam Gehret
3) Lillian Selhorst 4) Chloe Steinbrunner