Congratulations Cowboys!! The Girls finished third!! Fantastic!!! Celia Oberholzer is State Champion in the 100 back and she lowered her own WHS record in the prelims and then again in the finals. The medley relay team of Celia Oberholzer, Mariah Akinbi, Jane Tsivitse, and Bryn Dunbar lowered their WHS record in the finals where they finished 2nd. This was a great team effort and all of the qualifiers scored. A summary follows.

2009 OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS SUMMARY
Prelims Finals
Event Name Time Place Time Place
1 meter dive Katrina Buckner 13th 13th
50 Free Bryn Dunbar 24.62 8th 24.81 7th
50 Free Celia Oberholzer 25.05 16th 24.96 12th
100 free Bryn Dunbar 53.50 6th 53.95 7th
100 back Celia Oberholzer 57.75* 2nd 56.91* CHAMPION
100 Fly Jane Tsivitse 01:00.31 10th 01:00.57 9th
100 breast Rachel Theiler 01:09.53 11th 01:10.17 11th
100 breast Mariah Akinbi 01:10.18 15th 01:10.44 12th
200 Free Relay Fischer, Oberholzer, Tsivitse, Dunbar 01:41.34 6th Oberholzer, Fischer, Theiler, Tsivitse 01:42.63 8th
400 Free Relay Fischer, Tsivitse, Henkel, Dunbar 03:44.70 11th Tsivitse, Fischer, Henkel, Dunbar 03:44.86 11th
200 Medley relay Oberholzer, Akinbi, Tsivitse, Fischer 01:51.48 3rd Oberholzer, Akinbi, Tsivitse, Dunbar 01:49.51* 2nd
WHS TEAM SCORING
Celia Oberholzer Champion 100 back, 12th 50 free, 2nd 200 MR, 8th 200 FR 39
Bryn Dunbar 7th 50 free, 12th 100 free, 2nd medley relay, 11th 400 FR 35.5
Jane Tsivitse 9th 100 Fly, 2nd 200 MR, 8th 200 FR, 11th 400FR 25
Mariah Akinbi 12th 100 breast, 2nd 200 MR 13.5
Rachel Theiler 11th 100 breast, 8th 200 FR 11.5
Monica Fischer 8th 200 FR, 11th 400 FR 8.5
Katrina Buckner 13th 1 meter diving 4
Laura Henkel 11th 400 FR 3
140
TEAM SCORES
1 Gates Mills Hawken 334
2 New Albany 213
3 Cincinnati Wyoming 140
4 Lima Shawnee 126
5 Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown 125
6 Napoleon 84