Boardman girls set six school records to place 3rd at sectional

Staff report

AKRON

The Boardman High girls swimming team broke six school records and one meet record in finishing third out of 15 teams at Saturday’s Division I sectional meet at the University of Akron.

Senior Ashley Aldan set school and meet records in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.21, finishing first in the event.

The top two in each event automatically qualify for next week’s district meet, while several others will qualify for at-large bids based on statewide times.

Aldan joined senior Jessica Gonda, sophomore Gaby DeAscentis and junior Emily Bodamer on the first-place 200 medley relay team, which set a school record of 1:52.20. Aldan also set two records in the second-place 200 free relay, leading off with a time of 24.62 (to break her own 50 free record) and joining Bodamer, sophomore Colleen Manning and freshman Jordyn Markovitch to set a school relay record of 1:40.70.

Another school record was broken in the 400 freestyle relay by the team of Manning, Markovitch, Bodamer, and Aldan. Boardman’s second place time was 3:42.83. Manning also placed second in the 200 free (1:59.98), also a school record.

Gonda was second in the 100 butterfly (1:03.55).

Hoover placed first with 308 points, while Massillon Jackson had 297, Boardman had 229 and Canfield had 188 to place seventh.

Canfield High Senior Gia Velasquez won first place in the 200 yard IM with a time of 2:15. She also came in second in the 100 breaststroke with a school-record time of 1:09.51, breaking her own mark from 2009.

Division I boys

On Friday, Boardman sophomore Ryan Bailey won the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke to help the Spartans finish second behind North Canton Hoover.

Bailey’s breaststroke time of 59.44 set a new sectional record. He swam a 52.65 in the butterfly.

Bailey was also on the winning 200 free style relay, joining seniors Tommy Slagle, Michael Henson and Steven Moss to post a time of 1:29.61. Henson, Bailey and Moss teamed with junior Alex Downie to place second in the 200 medley relay in the time of 1:40.62.

Moss, Henso, and Slagle were joined by senior Mike Reardon on the 400 freestyle relay that placed second with a time of 3:22.50.

Downie was second in the 100 butterfly (54.84) and senior Steven Brooks was second in the 100 back (55.86).

Canfield senior Gavin Trebilcock won the 200 IM (1:54.83) in a meet record time and finished second in the 100 breast (59.98). Ryan O’Malley was second in the 100 free (49.52).

Hoover finished with 340 points, while Boardman had 280, Canfield was third with 242 and Warren Harding was fourth with 236.