Laura Henkel had a fantastic district meet. She was a major contributor to the WHS win. Her time in the 200 free was a 5 second drop and was the 24th best time in the state in the 200 free. Unfortunately she doesnt live in the central district. If she had lived in the Central District she would have qualified. An automatic qualifier from central district with the 42nd best time is going to state in her place. If you feel the urge to communicate with OHSAA, the following is the email address of the head of swimming rules and regulations: dmoore@ohsaa.org Obviously I will pursue this problem with the media and OHSAA but the more voices the better.

Top 24 Swimmers Disqualified by OHSAA
Division Event State Time Rank District Place at Dist Name year School Time at Dist AQ Rank* AQ dist
Boys DII 200 free 24th NW 6 Zachary Diltz So Lima Shawnee 01:49.10 28th Central
Boys DII 500 free 23rd NE 8 Nick Bester Jr Chagrin Falls Kenston 05:03.50 30th Central
Boys DII 500 free 24th NW 7 Nick Mossing So Napoleon 05:04.24 36th Central
Boys DII 100 back 23rd NE 9 Ted Bornhorst So Cleveland Benedictine :56.07 26th NW
Boys DII 100 back 24th Central 7 Zach Rafter Jr Dover :56.27 28th NW
Girls DII 100 free 24th NE 10 Stephanie Thomas Sr Rocky River :54.88 28th Central
Girls DII 200 Free 22nd NW 6 Emily Mariea Jr Sandusky Perkins 01:59.54 28th Central
Girls DII 200 Free 23rd NE 10 Annie Camerino Sr Rocky River 01:59.74 30th Central
Girls DII 200 Free 24th SW 7 Laura Henkel Sr Cincinnati Wyoming 02:00.32 42nd Central
Girls DII 500 free 24th SW 6 Elizabeth Heinbach So Cincinnati Indian Hill 05:20.49 37th Central
Girls DII 100 back 24th SW 9 Justice Spicer Fr Springfield Shawnee 01:02.52 25th NW
Girls DII 100 breast 24th SW 10 Michelle Feeney So Cincinnati Hills Christian 01:09.31 30th Central
Girls DII 200 IM 24th SW 10 Marissa Lehman Fr Dayton Carroll 02:14.95 28th Central
Boys DI 200 free 24th SW 10 Ben Keefe Sr Cincinnati Sycamore 01:46.37 25th NE
Boys DI 500 free 24th SW 14 Manuel Gutierrez Jr Cincinnati Sycamore 04:46.71 29th NE
Boys DI 100 back 24th Central 6 Brian Willi Jr Columbus St. Charles :53.90 26th NE
Boys DI 200 IM 24th Central 6 Joey Long Fr Upper Arlington 01:59.21 28th NE
Girls DI 100 free 24th Central 7 Jillian Stoneburg So Akron Firestone 01:55.14 45th NW
Girls DI 200 free 24th NE 5 Michele Rielly So Columbus Bishop Watterson :53.63 25th NW
Girls DI 100 back 24th Central 11 Jessica Ward So Delaware Hayes 01:00.14 31st NE
* Rank of the automatic qualifier (AQ) that disqualified the top 24 swimmer in question

 

SUMMARY
Division Top 24 Swimmers Disqualified Number Faster Swimmers*
Girls DII 8 47
Boys DII 5 20
Girls DI 3 29
Boys DI 4 12
Total 20 108
* Swimmers with faster times than one or more
automatic qualifier but didnt qualify to state