GREENVILLE – The Greenville boys swim team won its regular season finale on Friday, defeating Arcanum, Botkins, Coldwater, Houston, Minster and Tri-Village at the YMCA of Darke County in Greenville.
Greenville won the boys portion of the meet with 83 points. Minster finished second with 74 points, Coldwater was third with 38, Arcanum finished fourth with 22, Houston was fifth with 14, Tri-Village finished sixth with 12, and Botkins placed seventh with eight.
“I’m so happy because we’ve been trying all year to win a meet,” Greenville swim coach Mollie Mendoza said. “We’ve been waiting to do this, and the boys really stepped up today. We’ve had so many time drops today. I think every single boy dropped time in all their events. I think that because of all their hard work all season, this is the culmination of that, and they won. So I’m so happy.”
Minster won the girls portion of the meet with 117 points. Coldwater finished second with 104, Greenville placed third with 33, Arcanum was fourth with 22, Tri-Village finished fifth with 12, and Botkins was sixth with nine.
Also making Friday’s meet big for Greenville was that it was senior night for the Wave’s lone senior swimmer: Jose’ Badell, who holds almost every record in program history.
“He has almost every record except for I think a couple,” Mendoza said. “Breaststroke is one of the ones he doesn’t have, but other than that he has almost everything. Pretty amazing.”
Greenville’s quartet of Cassey Bolyard, McKenna Crews, Isabella Gable and Isabel Elliott finished third in the girls 200 yard medley relay with a time of 2:20.67. Arcanum’s team of Victoria Stump, Isabella Whiting, Shelby Horzsa and Elora Sudduth placed fourth in 2:23.23.
Greenville’s squad of Jose’ Badell, Seth Conway, Pablo Badell and Josh Smith won the boys 200 yard medley relay in a time of 1:52.30.
Tri-Village’s Edie Morris won the girls 200 yard freestyle in a time of 2:11.26, Arcanum’s Victoria Stump finished fifth in 2:38.43, Greenville’s Cassey Bolyard finished sixth in 2:45.10, and Arcanum’s Makennah Hutcheson finished seventh in 2:54.39.
Tri-Village’s Casey Puckett won the boys 200 yard freestyle in a time of 2:03.55, and Arcanum’s Jim Barry finished second in 2:08.38.
Greenville’s Isabella Gable won the girls 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:19.49, and Arcanum’s Elora Sudduth finished fifth in 3:07.62.
Greenville’s Seth Conway finished second in the boys 200 yard individual medley, Greenville’s Pablo Badell finished third in 2:25.09, and Arcanum’s Stephen Young finished fourth in 2:30.15.
Arcanum’s Shelby Horzsa finished fourth in the girls 50 yard freestyle in 30.25, Greenville’s Isabel Elliott finished fifth in 30.52, Arcanum’s Shelby Howard finished seventh in 33.97, and Greenville’s McKenna Crews finished eighth in 37.25.
Greenville’s Josh Smith won the boys 50 yard freestyle with a time of 24.76, Greenville’s Jacob Subler finished fourth in 27.45, Arcanum’s Tristen O’Brien finished sixth in 29.53, and Arcanum’s Lucas Krause finished ninth in 37.44.
Greenville’s Zac Davis finished fifth in the junior varsity boys 50 yard freestyle with a time of 35.58.
Greenville’s Isabella Gable won the girls 100 yard butterfly in a time of 1:03.14, and Arcanum’s Shelby Horzsa finished third in 1:17.94.
Greenville’s Jose’ Badell won the boys 100 yard butterfly with a time of 58.54, and Arcanum’s Stephen Young finished third in 1:15.96.
Tri-Village’s Edie Morris finished second in the girls 100 yard freestyle in a time of 1:00.22, Greenville’s Isabel Elliott finished fourth in 1:13.13, Arcanum’s Shelby Howard finished seventh in 1:18.03, and Arcanum’s Makennah Hutcheson finished ninth in 1:22.40.
Greenville’s Josh Smith won the boys 100 yard freestyle in a time of 55.32, Greenville’s Shane Barga finished fourth in 1:01.09, Arcanum’s Cameron Reed finished sixth in 1:06.17, and Arcanum’s Lucas Krause finished ninth in 1:29.21.
Greenville’s squad of Isabel Elliott, Callie McMillin, Cassey Bolyard and Isabella Gable finished fifth in the girls 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:06.08 while Arcanum’s team of Elora Sudduth, Shelby Howard, Makennah Hutcheson and Isabella Whiting finished sixth in 2:14.08.
Greenville’s quartet of Josh Smith, Shane Barga, Seth Conway and Jacob Subler finished second in the boys 200 freestyle relay in 1:47.02. Arcanum’s team of Tristen O’Brien, Jim Barry, Cameron Reed and Stephen Young finished fourth in 1:55.00.
Arcanum’s Victoria Stump finished fifth in the girls 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:20.93, Greenville’s Cassey Bolyard finished sixth in 1:21.60, and Arcanum’s Isabella Whiting finished seventh in 1:26.03.
Greenville’s Jose’ Badell won the boys 100 yard backstroke in 58.54, and Tri-Village’s Casey Puckett finished second in 1:02.25.
Arcanum’s Isabella Whiting finished sixth in the girls 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:32.54, Greenville’s McKenna Crews finished seventh in 1:38.91, and Arcanum’s Elora Sudduth finished eighth in 1:39.06.
Greenville’s Seth Conway finished second in the boys 100 yard breaststroke in a time of 1:11.94, Arcanum’s Jim Barry finished fifth in 1:21.90, Greenville’s Shane Barga finished sixth in 1:22.05, and Arcanum’s Tristen O’Brien finished eighth in 1:25.01.
Greenville’s Pablo Badell won the junior varsity boys 50 yard freestyle with a time of 33.76, and Greenville’s Zac Davis finished second in 49.31.
Greenville’s quartet of Jacob Subler, Pablo Badell, Shane Barga and Jose’ Badell finished second in the boys 400 yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:08.93.
Greenville, Arcanum and Tri-Village all will compete in the Ohio High School Athletic Association sectional tournament this upcoming weekend at Trotwood-Madison. The boys will compete at 6:30 p.m. Friday and the girls at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“I really hope to have great performances like today,” Mendoza said. “And the perfect time to peak.”
