The Galion varsity swim teams ended their seasons on Feb. 10, both placing sixth in the Division II sectional meet held at the Malabar Intermediate School pool in Mansfield.

The girls 200-yard medley relay of freshman Elliott Gangwer, senior Elisha Brown, freshman Claire Wiggins, and junior Grace Sparks placed sixth. Sparks placed 16th in the 100-yard freestyle with a season best 1:09.10. The 200 free relay of Sparks, Senior Lilly Ebner, Wiggins, and Brown placed seventh. Ellisha Brown placed ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke in a season best time of 1:27.30. The 400 free relay team of Sparks, Gangwer, Ebner, and Brown placed fourth.

The boys 200-yard medley relay team of senior Luke Tinnermeier, freshman Noah Gillam, junior Anthony Ferini, and senior Tristan Papai placed sixth. Senior Wyatt Estep placed 13th in the 200-yard freestyle in a season best time of 2:32.45. He also placed eighth in the 500-yard freestyle. Gillam placed eighth in 100-yard butterfly in a season best time of 1:07.32. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Gillam, Tinnermeier, junior Ashton Faulds, and Ferini placed seventh. The 400-yard freestyle team of Gillam, Tinnermeier, Faulds, and Ferini placed fourth with a season best time of 3:59.70. This team was one place from qualifying for the district meet.

“With a small, young team, I was really proud of how all the swimmers performed in this meet,” coach Ted Temple said. “Sixteen swimmers had personal best times in their events. A coach has to be proud that two-thirds of the team swam personal best times. The entire team showed lots of team spirit supporting each other.”

Submitted by Galion High School swimming coach Ted Temple.