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February 26, 2000

Saturday Finals State Records

It was a busy night for breaking State records as three records fell - one being 20 years old.

Jayme Cramer of Cincinnati St. Xavier broke the State record in the Boys 100 Backstroke for the second time in one day by swimming a :48.15. Akron Firestone's Mark Gangloff shattered the Boys 100 Breaststroke record set in 1980 with a blistering :55.10. And finally, Toledo Notre Dame set a new State record in tbe Girls 400 Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:25.69.

Finally, photos of winners from all events contested on Saturday evening are now available in the Photo Album.

State Meet's Done

The 2000 Ohio High School Championships are now completed. Cincinnati Ursuline is the Girls Division I state champion, Hawken is the Girls Division II state champion and Cincinnati St. Xavier is the Boys state champion.

A more detailed summary of Saturday's Finals plus photos of tonight's champions will be posted to swimmeet.com later this evening - probably after Midnight.

Thanks to all of you who have sent e-mails expressing their appreciation to Airtouch. Keep them coming!

We're Ready For Saturday Finals

We're back here at the C.T. Branin Nataorium for tonight's Finals session and everything appears ready to go.

Everyone anticipates the Boys 100 Breaststroke state record to fall tonight as Mark Gangloff makes one last attempt at breaking the 20 year old record of :55.44 set by Glen Mills in 1980. Should be exciting.

With tonight's Finals scheduled to start at 6:00 PM, expect to start seeing event results beginning at 6:15 PM and continuing every 15 minutes or so as we go thru tonight's events.

Also, while waiting for event results, please take a moment to send a brief e-mail to airtouch@swimmeet.com expressing your appreciation to Airtouch for providing support to swimmeet.com (i.e. read the 'Express Your Support' message below).

Express Your Support

As a result of Airtouch providing wireless data services and technical support, swimmeet.com has again been able to provide almost 'real time' posting of results from this year's Ohio High School Swimming & Diving Championships from Canton.

If you've enjoyed having such 'real time' access to the meet results, please express your appreciation for Airtouch's support by sending an e-mail to airtouch@swimmeet.com. We'll collect all the e-mail messages and present them to Airtouch management as swimmeet.com looks to increase its sponsorship support from Airtouch.

The more positive feedback we can get from swimmeet.com users, the more financial support swimmeet.com can reasonably expect from Airtouch which, in turn, will mean significant improvements in services offered by swimmeet.com to Ohio high school swimming for next year.

So please, express your appreciation of Airtouch's support of swimmeet.com by sending a brief e-mail to airtouch@swimmeet.com. Thanks...

Saturday Prelims Done

Saturday's Prelim session is now over and another State record fell.

Jayme Cramer of Cincinnati St. Xavier set a new state record in the Boys 100 Backstroke with a time of :48.35 breaking the old state record of :48.67 set by Justin Thornton in 1996. A new national record is a possibility this evening.

Saturday Finals are scheduled to start at 6:00 so expect to begin seeing event results sometime after 6:15 PM and continuing every 15 minutes or so as we work thru this evening's events.

See you all this evening...

We Ready For Saturday's Prelims

We're about 20 minutes away from the scheduled 9:00 AM start of Saturday's prelim session.

Should be an exciting session with State records in jeopardy for both the Boys 100 Backstroke and 100 Breastroke.

Expect Prelim results to start appearing around 9:20 AM and continuing every 15 minutes or so as we work our way thru this morning's events (i.e. 100 Freestyle, 500 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke and 400 Freestyle Relay).

February 25, 2000

Friday Finals Done

Friday's Finals session is now history.

The evening's most exciting event was the Boys 200 Medley Relay in which Akron Firestone and Cincinnati St. Xavier waged a battle that will be talked about for years to come. In the end, St. Xavier bested Firestone by a mere 29 hundredths of a second to not only break the State record (i.e. a State record that St. Xavier first broke in morning prelims but also set a new National high school record with a time of 1:31.22.

The best individual performance of the night was the new State record set by Mark Gangloff of Akron Firestone in the Boys 200 IM with a time of 1:47.63 which beat last year's State mark of 1:47.70 set by Tony Kurth of Toledo St. Francis.

Expect photos of all of tonight's champions to be available on swimmeet.com around 11:00 PM or possibly earlier.

Tomorrow's Prelims session begins at 9:00 AM so expect to begin seeing prelim results starting around 9:15 AM or so.

Have a good night...

We're Ready For Friday Finals

Everything appears ready for tonight's Finals session which is scheduled to begin in about 30 minutes at 6:00 PM. Pools are loaded with swimmers warming up as the full effect of the the inclusion of the Division II Girls is being felt.

Expect to begin seeing event results sometime around 6:15 PM and continuing every 15 minutes or so as we move thru all the scheduled events for this evening (i.e. 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly).

The events to watch tonight are the Boys 200 Medley Relay and the 100 Butterfly. State records were broken in each of these events this mourning during Prelims and breaking the national records tonight is a distinct possibility.

Stay tuned. It should be fun...

Friday Prelims Done

Friday's Prelim session is now history. Very exciting with 2 state records set and 2 swimoffs required.

Cincinnati St. Xavier's Boys 200 Medley Relay team set a new state record with a time of 1:31.99 breaking the record set by St. Xavier last year of 1:32.47. Cincinnati St. Xavier's Jayme Cramer also set a new state record in the Boys 100 Butterfly with a time of :48.31 breaking the old record of :48.79 set last year by Tony Kurth of Toledo St. Francis.

With respect to the swimoffs, Hawken beat Toledo St. Francis in the Boys 200 Medley Relay swimoff with a time of 1:37.82 to St. Francis's time of 1:38.02. In the Girls Division I 50 Freestyle swimoff, Leslie Bennedetti of Centerville won with a time of :24.98 beating Jennifer Whitson's time of :25.03.

Finals this evening are scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM so expect to see Final results starting around 6:20 PM. See you then...

We're Here And Ready To Go

We're here at ready to go - just about 30 minutes until Prelims start at 9:30 AM.

Expect Prelim results to start appearing around 9:50 AM and continuing until the end of this morning's Prelim session about every 20 minutes or so. Our goal is to again post Prelim results within 10 minutes of the conclusion of each event.

February 24, 2000

Nicci Fusaro Wins Girls Division I Diving

Nicci Fusaro of Cincinnati Anderson is the 2000 Girls Division I 1 Meter Diving state champion by scoring 414.15 points during the first day of competition at the Ohio High School Championships in Canton, OH.

Corrected Projected Team Scores

Thanks to all who alerted us to errors in the projected teams scores for the Ohio High School Swimming & Diving Championships. Those errors have been corrected and revised projected team scores are now available. We apolgize for the errors and any confusion they may have caused.

Peter Donahue Wins Boys Diving

Peter Donahue of Cincinnati Turpin is the 2000 Boys 1 Meter Diving state champion by scoring 466.75 points during the first day of competition at the Ohio High School Championships in Canton, OH.

Emily Hunter Win Girls Division II Diving

Emily Hunter of Cincinnati Indian Hill becomes the first Girls Division II 1 Meter Diving state champion by scoring 395.15 points during the first day of competition at the Ohio High School Championships in Canton, OH.

February 23, 2000

AirTouch Supports State Meet 'Cybercast'

Swimmeet.com is pleased to announce that AirTouch will again be providing wireless data services and support so that the results of the 2000 Ohio High School Championships can be posted to www.swimmeet.com within 10 minutes of the conclusion of each event.

For more information on swimmeet.com plans to cybercast the 2000 Ohio High School Championships, click here...

Projected Team Scores

A projection of final team scores, based upon entry 'psych sheets', is now available under the Team Scores link.

February 22, 2000

'Automatic' Qualifiers

Qualifier listings for all swimming events now have 'automatic' qualifiers identified with bolded times.

February 20, 2000

State Meet Qualifiers Update

'Official' State qualifier listings for each event are now available.