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CVC Swimming State Qualifiers

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Steve Hare
By Steve Hare

Hawken’s boys’ and girls’ teams headline a large contingent of Chagrin Valley Conference swimmers and divers headed to the state meet.

The Hawks swept the team titles at the Division II SPIRE District meet with the boys’ winning their division with 406 points and the girls scoring 522.

Hawken’s individual district champions included Angus Williams (diving), Will Deitz (200-yard freestyle), Alex Podrez (200-yard individual medley), Michael Butler (500-yard freestyle), Jess Eden (220-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke), and Sydney Bare (100-yard breaststroke).

The Hawks also won district titles in several relays including the boys’ 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle, and the girls’ 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay.

Other district champions from the CVC included Chagrin Falls’ boys’ 200-yard medley relay as well as Chagrin Falls’ Samantha Holtz (diving) and Kirtland’s Kaley Ream (100-yard butterfly).

Below is a full list of all the CVC swimmers and divers to qualify for the state meet:

BOYS

Diving

  • Angus Williams, Hawken
  • Seth Warner, Beachwood
  • Keanu Sherman, Chagrin Falls

200-Yard Medley Relay

  • Chagrin Falls
  • Hawken
  • Beachwood

200-yard Freestyle

  • Will Dietz, Hawken
  • Lucas Greenberg, Hawken
  • Michael Butler, Hawken

200-yard Individual Medley

  • Alex Podrez, Hawken
  • Connor Brown, Hawken
  • Joshua Rooney, Chagrin Falls

50-yard Freestyle

  • Bobby Munz, Chagrin Falls
  • Jacob Esposito, Hawken

100-yard Freestyle

  • Lucas Greenberg, Hawken

500-yard Freestyle

  • Michael Butler, Hawken
  • Will Dietz, Hawken
  • Preston Wooley, Hawken

200-yard Freestyle Relay

  • Hawken
  • Chagrin Falls
  • Beachwood

100-yard Backstroke

  • Joshua Rooney, Chagrin Falls
  • Connor Brown, Hawken
  • Jacob Esposito, Hawken

100-yard Breaststroke

  • Michael Tropf, Chagrin Falls
  • Alex Podrez, Hawken
  • Donovan Liao, Hawken

400-yard Freestyle Relay

  • Hawken
  • Chagrin Falls

GIRLS

Diving

  • Samantha Holtz, Chagrin Falls
  • Kate LaMonica, Chagrin Falls
  • Ariana Khan, Hawken

200-yard Medley Relay

  • Hawken
  • Orange

200-yard Freestyle

  • Chloe Katz, Hawken
  • , Hawken
  • Tori Culotta, Hawken
  • Lily Klinginsmith, Orange
  • Claire Pophal, Hawken
  • Ashley Chase, West Geauga

200-yard Individual Medley

  • Jess Eden, Hawken
  • Sydney Bare, Hawken
  • Sarah Pophal, Hawken
  • Chloe Bautista, Hawken
  • Madi Machado, Chagrin Falls

50-yard Freestyle

  • Maggie Mallett, Hawken
  • Asma Khan, Hawken

100-yard Butterfly

  • Kaley Ream, Kirtland
  • Maggie Mallett, Hawken
  • Lily Klinginsmith, Orange
  • Chloe Bautista, Hawken
  • Marie Musbach, Hawken

100-yard Freestyle

  • Ella Gilson, Hawken
  • Ashley Chase, West Geauga
  • Carys Edgar, Hawken

500-yard Freestyle

  • Tori Culotta, Hawken
  • Chloe Katz, Hawken
  • Sarah Pophal, Hawken
  • Claire Pophal, Hawken
  • Kaley Ream, Kirtland

200-yard Freestyle Relay

  • Hawken

100-yard Backstroke

  • Jess Eden, Hawken
  • Asma Khan, Hawken
  • Lena Sylvan, Hawken
  • Alaina Pizarro, Hawken
  • Madi Machado, Chagrin Falls

100-yard Breaststroke

  • Sydney Bare, Hawken
  • Emily Fan, Beachwood
  • Kenni Voytek, Cuyahoga Heights

400-yard Freestyle Relay

  • Hawken
  • Orange
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Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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