Robb returns to state
CLEVELAND — West Branch senior Jamyson Robb is returning to the state swimming meet at a record pace.
Robb gets a chance to defend her Division II state title in the 100-yard breaststroke after breaking her own district record at Cleveland State University’s Robert F. Busbey Natatorium on Friday.
Robb won the event in 1:02.14, besting the district record of 1:03.08 set last year.
Gates Mills Gilmour senior Cate O’Haimhirgin finished second in 1:04.36. She was ninth at state last year.
The top two finishers in each event along with 16 at-large qualifiers based on time advance to the state swimming meet next week.
Robb was the area’s only automatic qualifier, but she placed third in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:04.98. That is 1 1/2 seconds better than her ninth-place time at state last year.
Crestview senior Rachel Klem was seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.10) and 11th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.86).
West Branch junior Jordan Anderson was not able to compete in her two events due to illness.
The Division II state swimming tournament gets under way with the preliminaries at 5 p.m. Thursday at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. The Division II state finals will be held at 5 p.m. Friday.
The following are the top two finishers plus how local qualifiers fared at the Cleveland State district Friday:
GIRLS 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: 1. Jessica Eden (Hawken) 2:04.24; 2. Sylvia Stewart-Bates (Hawken) 2:04.83; 3. Jamyson Robb (West Branch) 2:04.98; 11. Rachel Klem (Crestview) 2:13.86; 18. Jocelyn Buchheit (Columbiana) 2:21.97; 30. Maddy Bennett (South Range) 2:31.35.
GIRLS 100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Lauren Musbach (Hawken) 56.50; 2. Kaley Ream (Kirtland) 56.57; DNF Lexie Shehan (South Range).
GIRLS 100 FREESTYLE: 1. Mairin O’Brian (Hathaway Brown) 50.23; 2. Ella Gilson (Hawken) 52.20; DNS Jordan Anderson (West Branch).
GIRLS 100 BACKSTROKE: 1. Jessica Eden (Hawken) 56.97; 2. Ellie MacPhail (Hathaway Brown) 57.87; 22. Maddy Bennett (South Range) 1:06.39; DQ Hannah Bowers (Salem) multiple strokes past vertical at turn; DNS Jordan Anderson (West Branch).
GIRLS 100 BREASTSTROKE: 1. Jamyson Robb (West Branch) 1:02.14 (meet record); 2. Cate O’Haimhirgin (Gilmour) 1:04.36; 7. Rachel Klem (Crestview) 1:06.10; 21. Jocelyn Buchheit (Columbiana) 1:11.14.
BOYS 100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Frank Applebaum (University) 49.93; 2. Gabriel Colmenares (Beachwood) 52.23; 23. Ian Ziegler (Salem) 59.95.