MANSFIELD — Ashland’s summer swim teams combined for three fifth-place finishes Saturday during the final day of the Greater Mansfield Aquatic Conference Championships.
The girls team scored 485 points, while the boys finished with 247. Ashland earned 732 points as a whole in the combined competition.
Colonel Crawford’s longtime summer swim coach, Mike Holtzapfel, went out in style.
Holtzapfel informed the rest of the GMAC coaches last week that this season would be his last. His team gave him a going-away present he won’t soon forget.
(Below are photos from the final day of the GMAC Championships Saturday at Walnut Hills. This story continues below the photos.)
Ashland boys, girls finish fifth
Colonel Crawford won the girls team title and finished second in the combined during the final day of the GMAC Championships Saturday at Walnut Hills.
“Colonel Crawford swimming has been so strong and consistent through the years due in large part because of Mike (Holtzapfel) and his wife Denise and their leadership with their program,” Woodland coach Matt Wade said.
The CC girls won with 1,106.5 points, well ahead of runner-up Walnut Hills (945).
Woodland (783.5) was third, while Clear Fork (768) was fourth and Ashland (485) was fifth.
On the boys side, Walnut Hills won with 1,287. Woodland (920) was second, followed by Clear Fork (629), Colonel Crawford (619) and Ashland (247).
Walnut Hills won the combined title with 2,232. Colonel Crawford (1,725.5) was runner up, followed by Woodland (1,703.5), Clear Fork (1,397) and Ashland (732).
(Below is a PDF of results from the GMAC Championships at Walnut Hills.)
(Below are more photos taken at the final day of the GMAC Championships at Walnut Hills.)
