The stage is set for Chagrin Valley Conference swimmers to achieve their goals at the 2023 OHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships.
Led by Chagrin Falls’ Samantha Holtz and Hawken’s Sarah Pophal—who both won individual district championships over the weekend—dozens of CVC swimmers advanced to the state championships in Canton this week.
Holtz won her third straight district title in the one-meter diving event with an impressive score of 493.70.
“It was a fun meet,” Holtz told Chris Lillstrung of The News-Herald. “I had a great time. All the girls here are always so nice. I went out there, I had some great dives. A few were a little bit shaky. I definitely have a few to work on for next week.”
Pophal won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:56.32. She also placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.51) and swam a leg in two relays that finished as the district runner-up.
She teamed up with Asma Khan, Chloe Bautista, and Addy Pruce to finish second in the 200 medley relay (1:48.01), and Nina Newton, Bree Shirkey, Pruce, and Pophal placed second in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:31.06.
The state meet will be held from Feb. 21-25 at C.T. Natatorium in Canton. Click here for more information, including how to purchase tickets.
Other state qualifiers from the CVC are listed below.
BOYS–INDIVIDUAL
- Ben Broz (Chagrin Falls): 200 IM; 100 Butterfly
- William Butler (Hawken): 500 Freestyle
- Colin Elwell (Beachwood): 500 Freestyle
- Brody Hicks (Perry): 100 Butterfly; 100 Backstroke
- Tyler Hill (Edgewood): 500 Freestyle
- Cam Mateyo (Chagrin Falls): 500 Freestyle; 100 Backstroke
- Evan McNamara (Independence): 500 Freestyle
- Akhil Peruri (Hawken): 100 Backstroke
- Nathan Reigle (Geneva): 200 freestyle; 100 Freestyle
- Will Roth (Hawken): 200 IM
- Owen Shook (Beachwood): 100 Butterfly
- Evan Warner (Beachwood): 50 Freestyle
- Samuel Williams (Orange): 1-meter diving
- Preston Wooley (Hawken): 200 freestyle; 500 Freestyle
- Daniel Xu (Hawken): 200 IM
- Kevin Zhang (Beachwood): 100 Butterfly
BOYS—RELAYS
- Beachwood: 200 Medley; 200 Freestyle; 400 Freestyle
- Chagrin Falls: 200 Medley; 200 Freestyle; 400 Freestyle
- Hawken: 200 Freestyle; 400 Freestyle
- Orange: 200 Freestyle; 400 Freestyle
GIRLS—INDIVIDUAL
- Chloe Bautista (Hawken): 200 IM; 100 Butterfly
- Erin Butler (Hawken): 500 Freestyle
- Ashley Chase (West Geauga): 200 Freestyle; 100 Freestyle
- Nina Deshpande (Orange): 100 Freestyle
- Carys Edgar (Hawken): 200 Freestyle; 500 Freestyle
- Jana Gustin (Hawken): 500 Freestyle
- Savannah Hirsch (Hawken): 200 Freestyle; 100 Freestyle
- Samantha Holtz (Chagrin Falls): Diving
- Asma Khan (Hawken): 50 Freestyle; 100 Backstroke
- Grace Kitchen (Perry): 100 Butterfly
- Madi Machado (Chagrin Falls): 100 Backstroke; 100 Breaststroke
- Marie Musbach (Hawken): 200 IM; 100 Butterfly
- Nina Newton (Hawken): 50 Freestyle; 100 Freestyle
- Alaina Pizarro (Hawken): 200 IM; 100 Backstroke
- Sarah Pophal (Hawken): 200 Freestyle; 500 Freestyle
- Addy Pruce (Hawken): 100 Butterfly; 100 Freestyle
- Cristianna Reineke (Hawken): Diving
- Emma Salerno (Hawken): 100 Butterfly
- Alexandra Scharpf (Chagrin Falls): 200 IM; 100 Breaststroke
- Bree Shirkey (Hawken): 50 Freestyle; 100 Freestyle
GIRLS-RELAYS
- Chagrin Falls: 200 Medley; 200 Freestyle
- Hawken: 200 Medley; 200 Freestyle; 400 Freestyle
