Nine schools from the Three Rivers Athletic Conference participated in the 10th Annual Knight Invitational swim meet on Saturday, Dec. 17. The event, sponsored by St. Francis de Sales High School, included 29 girls teams and 28 boys teams.
The TRAC was represented by four schools in the boys competition (St. Francis, Findlay, Fremont Ross and St. John’s) and five schools on the girls side (St. Ursula, Fremont Ross, Findlay, Clay and Notre Dame (diving only)).
St. Francis, the Div. I state runner-up the previous two years, finished atop the boys standings with 503 points, with a distant lead over second-place Hudson (281 points). The Knights recorded first-place finishes in seven of the 11 events (10 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley, 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay), while the Explorers topped three events of their own (100 backstroke, 100 butterfly and one-meter dive). Lima Shawnee won the other two events, the 50 freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay.
In the girls competition, Hudson scored 316 points to top the podium, followed by runner-up Cincinnati Mariemont (278 points). The Explorers won the event despite winning only one event, the one-meter diving competition. In place of wins, they used their depth to score 10 top-three finishes on top of six other top-eight finishes. The Warriors scored three first-place finishes (100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley and 400 freestyle relay). They finished in the top-eight three additional times, including two third-places finishes.
The preliminary events were held at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo, with the finals held at UT. The diving competition took place at Sylvania Northview High School.
Complete results for each event can be viewed at http://swimmeet.com/meets/knight11/.
FINAL TEAM SCORES
Girls Boys
Pl Team Pts Pl Team Pts
1 Hudson 316 1 St. Francis 503
2 Cinc. Mariemont 278 2 Hudson 281
3 Tol. St. Ursula 215 3 Lima Shawnee 196
4 Fremont Ross 194 4 Solon 178
5 Lima Shawnee 190 5 Findlay 171
6 Solon 187 6 Cinc. Mariemont 142
7 Perrysburg 121 7 Hartland (MI) 95
8 Brunswick 106 7 Cranbrook (MI) 95
9 Orange 102 9 Cuyahoga Falls 89
10 Sandusky 90 10 Orange 81
11 Shaker Heights 84 11 Shaker Heights 73
12 Miamisburg 69 12 Southview 62
13 Cuyahoga Falls 55 13 Bowling Green 60
14 Berea 53 14 Fremont Ross 52
15 Anthony Wayne 34 15 Sandusky 41
16 Wapakoneta 33 16 Wapakoneta 37
17 Findlay 29 17 Miamisburg 29
17 Bowling Green 29 18 Eastwood 24
19 Wauseon 27 19 Tiffin Columbian 22
20 Ottawa-Glandorf 20 20 St. John’s 17
21 Clay 15 21 Defiance 16
22 Tiffin Columbian 14 22 Northview 15
23 Perry 13 23 Dublin Scioto 12
24 Genoa 13 24 Dublin Jerome 11
25 Eastwood 12 25 Perrysburg 9
25 Lake 12 26 Perry 5
27 Southview 9 27 Ayersville 4
28 Notre Dame 2 28 Berea 2
29 Dublin Jerome 1
