Congratulations Cowboys. The Girls swam very well. Celia Oberholzer repeated as State Champion in the 100 back and she lowered her own 2009 WHS record and set a new State record in the prelims. Winning the State Championship once is a great achievment, but doing it twice is extemely rare. On top of all of that, she now owns the state backstroke record for Div II. Fantastic Celia!!! The medley relay team of Celia Oberholzer, Mariah Akinbi, Rachel Theiler, and Abby Gibbons lowered the WHS record in the prelims where they finished 4th. They finished 4th in the finals also. Claire Gilbert came back in the finals in both breast where she finished 11th, and IM where she was 15th. Rachel Theiler also swam Saturday and finished 13th in the breast stroke. The 200 free relay of Rachel Theiler, Claire Gilbert, Abby Gibbons, and Celia Oberholzer placed 10th in both the prelims and the finals. The team as a whole placed 7th and repeated their district feat of beating Mariemont who finished 11th. Great job ladies. We are very proud of you. A summary follows.

2010 OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS SUMMARY
Prelims Finals
Event Name Time Place Time Place
50 Free Celia Oberholzer 24.68 7th 24.83 7th
100 back Celia Oberholzer 56.44* 2nd 56.64 CHAMPION
100 Breast Claire Gilbert 01:06.81 9th 01:07.31 11th
100 breast Rachel Theiler 01:07.80 13th 01:08.16 13th
100 breast Mariah Akinbi 01:09.06 17th
200 IM Claire Gilbert 2:12.93 13th 2:13.26 15th
200 Free Relay Theiler, Gilbert, A Gibbons, Oberholzer 01:41.21 10th Theiler, Gilbert, A Gibbons, Oberholzer 01:41.26 10th
400 Free Relay S Gibbons, LeBuhn, Henkel, Gilbert 03:45.45 17th
200 Medley relay Oberholzer, Akinbi, Theiler, A Gibbons 01:48.98* 4th Oberholzer, Akinbi, Theiler, A Gibbons 01:50.16 4th
WHS TEAM SCORING
Celia Oberholzer Champion 100 back, 7th 50 free, 4th 200 MR, 10th 200 FR 43
Rachel Theiler 13th 100 breast, 4th 200 MR, 10th 200 FR 15
Claire Gilbert 11th 100 breast, 15th 200 IM, 10th 200 FR 11.5
Abby Gibbons 4th 200 MR, 10th 200 FR 10
Mariah Akinbi 4th 200 MR 7.5
Total 88