Roger Bacon Swimming competed in State Division II Championships on Thursday and Friday in Canton, OH. The Spartan Swimmers stepped up and performed at an amazing level. The boys team moved up in team scores from last year to finish in 41st place. The girls team had another top 15 finish at the State Meet. This year the girls finished in 12th place in team points.

On Thursday in prelims 10 swimmers competed for the Spartans. The girls and boys team stepped up to have some great performances in Prelims.

200 Medley Relay Team of Paige Ernst, Reese Reilly, Brenna Huber, and Erin Pare finished in 7th place
200 Freestyle- Junior Matt Schomaker finished in 21st Place
200 IM- Senior Reese Reilly finished in 4th place
200 IM- Sophomore Fritz Russell finished in 18th place
50 Freestyle- Sophomore Brenna Huber finished in 17th place
100 Butterfly- Junior Hellen Russell finished in 22nd place
100 Butterfly- Sophomore Fritz Russell finished in 18th place
500 Freestyle- Junior Matt Schomaker finished in 5th place
200 Freestyle Relay Team- of Brenna Huber, Annie Boyle, Helen Russell, and Erin Pare finished in 21st place
100 Backstroke- Sophomore Paige Ernst moved out of the Alternate Status and moved up to finish in 30th place
100 Breaststroke- Senior Reese Reilly finished in 1st place
400 Freestyle Relay Team- of Paige Ernst, Brenna Huber, Helen Russell, and Reese Reilly finished in 12th place
400 Freestyle Relay Team- of Matt Schomaker, Teddy Borgert, Noble Honkomp, and Fritz Russell finished in 24th place

A special congratulations to the 200 Medley Relay Team of Paige Ernst, Reese Reilly, Brenna Huber, and Erin Pare, Reese Reilly, Matt Schomaker and the 400 Freestyle Relay Team of Paige Ernst, Brenna Huber, Helen Russell, and Reese Reilly who all qualified into Finals with the opportunity to swim for a State Title on Friday evening.
Finally congratulations to all the following girls relay team who broke school records on Thursday Evening.
The 200 Medley Relay lowered their school record to a 1:49.88 that was from last week’s District Meet.

At finals the Spartan swimmers once again rose to the occasion to finish on the medal podium in 4 out of the 5 final events for the evening. Congratulations to the following swimmers who secured top 16 finishes for Roger Bacon.

Top 16 Finishes:
200 Medley Relay Team of Paige Ernst, Reese Reilly, Brenna Huber, and Erin Pare finished in 7th place
200 IM- Senior Reese Reilly finished in 4th place
500 Freestyle- Junior Matt Schomaker finished in 8th place
100 Breaststroke- Senior Reese Reilly was the STATE Champion in this event. This was Reese’s 3rd consecutive State Title in the 100 Breaststroke.
400 Freestyle Relay Team- of Paige Ernst, Brenna Huber, Helen Russell, and Reese Reilly finished in 16th place

A Special Congratulations to the following 6 Swimmers who were named to the All-Ohio Team for Division II Swimming.

Senior Erin Pare in the 200 Medley Relay
Senior Reese Reilly in the 200 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 100 Breaststroke, and 400 Freestyle Relay
Junior Helen Russell in the 400 Freestyle Relay
Junior Matt Schomaker in the 500 Freestyle
Sophomore Paige Ernst in the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay
Sophomore Brenna Huber in the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay

Thank you to the Spartan Community for all their Support during this Championship Season!