Boardman swimmers dive into districts

Boardman junior Ryan Bailey tied for first in the 100 butterfly and placed second in the 100 breaststroke to advance to this weekend’s Division I Northeast District Swimming Championships at Cleveland State University.

Boardman senior Alex Downie placed second in the 100 backstroke to advance. The Spartans’ 200 medley relay and Warren Harding’s 200 freestyle relay also advanced with a second-place finishes.

Bailey tied for first in the 100 butterfly with North Canton Hoover’s Mitch Alters. Both swimmers posted times of 51.44 in the event. Bailey’s second-place time in the 100 breaststroke was 1:01.84.

Downie had a career best time of 55.11 in the 100 backstroke in his second place finish. Bailey and Downie teamed with senior Alec Santamas and junior Nick Barone to place second in the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:42.61.

Warren Harding’s team of William Zackary, Kieran Hernon, Dylan Thirion, and Vaughn Deuban posted a second-place time of 1:30.28 in the 200 freestyle relay to automatically advance to the district championships.

The Boardman girls 200 medley relay team took first place in the Division I swimming sectional meet to advance to districts. Members of the winning team were Gaby DeAscentis, Brooke Bailey, Emily Bodamer and Colleen Manning. Their time was 1:53.36.