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FROM PRELIMS TO SPOTLIGHT: BHS swimmers earn finals

mike tupa, bartlesville examiner-enterprise
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Cody Lady turned in a shining performance for Bartlesville High during a home swim meet on Jan. 3, 2023.
Cody Lady turned in a shining performance for Bartlesville High during a home swim meet on Jan. 3, 2023.

Coming out of Thursday’s preliminaries, Bartlesville High School’s girls swimming team stood in strong stead to challenge for one of the top three spots as a team in the Class 6A state championship meet in Edmond.

Eleven of the 12 Lady Bruin athletes qualified in either the A Finals or the B Finals.

But, the Bruin boys’ quest for a top three team showing took a strong hit when the 200 freestyle relay team failed to advance to the finals. The relay foursome suffered disqualification in Thursday’s prelims.‘Five of the Bruins’ eight-man contingent qualified as individuals in either the boys A Finals or B Finals.

The tourney wraps up Friday.

Following is a more detailed summary on how Bartlesville teams performed on Thursday. Chad Englehart coaches Bartlesville.

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LADY BRUINS

Eight Bartlesville girls qualified for a total of 12 spots in individual ‘A’ Final competition Friday. Emma Howze earned the team’s only No. 1 seed (200 freestyle).

Bartlesville also qualified all three of its relay teams for the A Finals. The 200 freestyle crew of Regan Patzkowski, Annabelle Droege, Howze and Lily Talbot locked down the No. 2 seed.

Including the relays, nine Lady Bruins secured a spot in the A Finals.

Bartlesville made its strongest showing in the 200 individual medley — four Lady Bruins qualified for half of the spots in the A Finals. This list included Calli Richards (3rd), Droege (4th), Ashlynn Taylor (5th) and Talbot (7th).

Bartlesville will be represented in the B Finals by nine individual swims.

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BRUINS

Griffin Craig earned the No. 1 seed in both the boys’ 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley. Cody Lay is seeded No. 1 in 500 freestyle.

Bartlesville will be represented in the A Finals by eight individual swims and the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays.

Ethan Peterson was the lone Bruin to qualify in the B finals.

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Following is a list of the Bartlesville swimmers that advanced to Friday’s finals.

A FINALS — GIRLS

  • Gabrielle Burke: 500 free (5th).

  • Annabelle Droege: 100 fly (8th), 200 individual medley (4th).

  • Emma Howze: 100 free (4th), 200 free (1st).

  • Calli Richards: 100 breast (3rd), 200 individual medley (3rd).

  • Erin Roper: 500 free (7th).

  • Lily Talbot: 200 individual medley (7th).

  • Ashlynn Taylor: 100 back (4th), 200 individual medley (5th).

  • Addison Williams: 100 breast (8th).

  • RELAY — 200 freestyle: 2nd (Patzkowski, Droege, Howze, Talbot).

  • RELAY — 400 freestyle: 3rd (Taylor, Richards, Talbot, Howze).

  • RELAY — 200 medley, 3rd (Taylor, Richards, Patzkowski, Droege).

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A FINALS ‚ BOYS

  • Griffin Craig: 100 back (1st), 200 individual medley (1st).

  • Cody Lay: 200 free (8th), 500 free (1st).

  • Jarrett Moore: 100 fly (5th), 200 individual medley (8th).

  • Luke Olsen: 50 free (4th), 100 free (5th).

  • RELAY — 400 freestyle, 3rd (Olsen, Lay, Moore, Craig).

  • RELAY — 200 medley, 3rd (Craig, Peterson, Moore, Olsen).

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B FINALS, BOYS

  • Ethan Peterson: 100 breast (11th), 200 individual medley (10th).

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B FINALS — GIRLS

  • Gabrielle Burke: 100 breast (14th).

  • Cara Moore: 100 breast (18th, alt).

  • Reagan Patzkowski: 200 free (14th), 100 fly (10th).

  • Erin Roper: 200 free (16th).

  • Macie Stapleton: 100 free (17th, Alt.), 100 back (10th).

  • Lily Talbot: 100 fly (9th).

  • Julie Vilardo: 200 free (11th), 500 free (9th).

  • Addison Williams: 100 fly (11th).

This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Bartlesville High swim team advances several to state finals