Avon Lake High School won its fourth straight Southwestern Conference Boys Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday (January 27) on the campus of Cleveland State University. The Shoremen won 2 of the 12 events but used its depth to fuel the victory and compiled 429 points in 2024.
Olmsted Falls High School finished runner-up with 248 points, while Avon High School placed third with 236 points and Amherst Steele High School took fourth with 199 points.
Avon Lake’s Joe Swain set a new SWC record while winning both the 200-yard IM (1:53.95) and 100-yard Butterfly (50.05). The previous records were 1:54.57 and 52.52, respectively.
Final Team Scores
1. Avon Lake – 429
2. Olmsted Falls – 248
3. Avon – 236
4. Amherst Steele – 199
5. Berea-Midpark – 185
6. North Ridgeville – 134
7. Elyria – 9
Top Six Finishers
200 medley relay: 1. Olmsted Falls (Brady Link, Jackson Kaylor, Jackson Stump, Ben Frazier), 1:42.35; 2. Avon Lake A, 1:48.70; 3. Avon, 1:49.33; 4. Avon Lake B, 1:52.59; 5. North Ridgeville, 1:53.72; 6. Berea-Midpark, 1:57.76
200 free: 1. Jackson Stump (Olmsted Falls), 1:49.63; 2. Brandon Porr (Avon), 1:58.09; 3. Jonah Franke (Avon Lake), 1:59.82; 4. Gavin Bello (Avon), 1:59.91; 5. Mason Kinser (Amherst), 2:02.21; 6. Ethan Homolya (Amherst), 2:03.04
200 IM: 1. Brady Link (Olmsted Falls), 2:07.19); 2. Tommy Lipowski (Avon), 2:09.29; 3. Evan Kehoe (Berea-Midpark), 2:09.30; 4. Jackson Kaylor (Olmsted Falls), 2:11.46; 5. Ethan Bonus (North Ridgeville), 2:18.66; 6. Bilge Bayarbadrakh (Avon Lake), 2:21.97
50 free: 1. Ben Frazier (Olmsted Falls), 22.85; 2. Dakota Bedient (Avon Lake), 23.42; 3. Logan King (Avon Lake), 23.77; 4. Sean Flanigan (Avon), 24.10; 5. Matt Trimbitas (North Ridgeville), 24.14; 6. Wyatt Modic (Avon Lake), 24.94
100 fly: 1. Jackson Stump (Olmsted Falls), 54.23; 2. Logan King (Avon Lake), 59.08; 3. Naji Habre (Berea-Midpark), 59.98; 4. Declan Mackowski (Amherst), 1:00.89; 5. Clayton Tysl (Avon Lake), 1:02.82; 6. Owen Guscott (North Ridgeville), 1:06.13
100 free: 1. Ben Frazier (Olmsted Falls), 50.26; 2. Colin Reitzel (Amherst), 50.38; 3. Dakota Bedient (Avon Lake), 51.66; 4. Sean Flanigan (Avon), 52.59; 5. Matt Trimbitas (North Ridgeville), 53.99; 6. Jaden Orlandi (Amherst), 55.13
500 free: 1. Evan Kehoe (Berea-Midpark), 5:16.25; 2. Brandon Porr (Avon), 5:21.10; 3. Jonah Franke (Avon Lake), 5:28.86; 4. Mason Kinser (Amherst), 5:32.39; 5. Colin Draeger (Avon Lake), 5:55.21; 6. Matthew Sherban (Avon Lake), 6:02.98
200 free relay: 1. Avon Lake (King, Modic, Ian Fababe, Bedient), 1:34.77; 2. Amherst, 1:36.84; 3. Berea-Midpark, 1:39.12; 4. North Ridgeville, 1:40.09; 5. Olmsted Falls, 1:44.11; 6. Avon, 1:44.69
100 back: 1. Brady Link (Olmsted Falls), 57.65; 2. Colin Reitzel (Amherst), 59.34; 3. Tugso Bayarbadrakh (Avon Lake), 1:00.89; 4. Brady Mackert (Olmsted Falls), 1:01.84; 5. Andrew Young (North Ridgeville), 1:05.05; 6. Bilge Bayarbadrakh (Avon Lake), 1:06.03
100 breast: 1. Tommy Lipowski (Avon), 1:04.27; 2. Jackson Kaylor (Olmsted Falls), 1:05.16; 3. Declan Mackowski (Amherst), 1:07.78; 4. Yost Smith (Avon Lake), 1:08.12; 5. Ian Fababe (Avon Lake), 1:09.21; 6. Ethan Bonus (North Ridgeville), 1:12.07
400 free relay: 1. Olmsted Falls (Link, Frazier, Mackert, Stump), 3:27.92; 2. Avon, 3:36.79; 3. Avon Lake, 3:38.52; 4. Amherst A, 3:38.64; 5. Berea-Midpark, 3:39.99; 6. Amherst B, 3:49.74
Diving: 1. Jake Gilbride (Avon Lake), 449.00; 2. Thomas Smith (Avon), 368.55; 3. Joshua Kacenjar (Avon Lake), 231.70 4. Owen Kovacs (Avon), 201.90; 5. Tavion Moore (Berea-Midpark), 198.60
