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St. Xavier’s Justin Grender, Charles Leibson, Luke Sobolewski, and Nicholas Perera turned in a dominating effort of 1:29.66 to win the 200 medley relay at Division 1 Ohio High School state championships. Ignatius’ Dimitri Simcox, Nicholas Hong, Marcus Hong, and Cian O’Haimhirgin finished second in 1:33.12. Rounding out the podium was Brecksville’s David Madej, Jack Krusinski, Erin Chimes, and Pete Krusinski in 1:34.35.
Event 28 Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay DIVISION 1
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School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 St. Xavier 1:31.26 1:29.66
1) Justin Grender JR 2) Charles Leibson SR
3) Luke Sobolewski SR 4) Nicholas Perera JR
2 Ignatius 1:33.91 1:33.12
1) Dimitri Simcox SR 2) Nicholas Hong SO
3) Marcus Hong SR 4) Cian O'Haimhirgin JR
3 Brecksville 1:33.84 1:34.35
1) David Madej JR 2) Jack Krusinski JR
3) Eric Chimes SO 4) Pete Krusinski FR
4 St Charles 1:35.00 1:34.43
1) Ben Sugar SR 2) Charlie Henry SR
3) Michael Gutman JR 4) Jonathan Sugar SO
5 Tol St Francis 1:36.26 1:35.18
1) Griff Littlehale JR 2) AJ Wawrzyniak SR
3) Blake Noonan SR 4) Jacob Sobczak JR
6 Dublin Jerome 1:35.52 1:35.37
1) Elek Kayuha JR 2) Jonathan Liu SR
3) Graham Carpenter JR 4) Grant Cicci JR
7 Springboro 1:35.71 1:35.63
1) Noah Young SO 2) Zach Baecker SR
3) Michael Sandner SO 4) Ben Harendza SR
8 Walsh Jesuit 1:35.69 1:35.70
1) Kaden Smesko FR 2) Richard Kurlich JR
3) Anthony Telerico SR 4) Adam Lenz JR
St. Xavier’s Grant House then put together an impressive 1:34.59 200 freestyle, setting a new Division I state record. House was also under Joe Hudepohl‘s old Division II mark of 1:34.96. Upper Arlington’s Parker Neri was second in 1:35.23. Hank Siefert of Xenia finished third (1:38.17).
Event 30 Boys 200 Yard Freestyle DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Grant House SR St. Xavier 1:36.20 1:34.59
2 Parker Neri SR Upper Arlington 1:36.80 1:35.23
3 Hank Siefert SR Xenia 1:39.07 1:38.17
4 Gordon Wheeler SR St. Xavier 1:38.59 1:38.45
5 Max Gustafson SR Shaker 1:40.96 1:40.65
6 Joey Libertin SR Ignatius 1:40.72 1:41.43
7 Tyler Doerrer JR Green 1:40.68 1:41.53
8 Benjamin Kuriger JR Olentangy 1:40.48 1:41.60
House was back again with an even more impressive 500 freestyle. The Arizona State commit touched in 4:19.15. That time downed a forty year old pool record, set by Olympian Bruce Furniss in 1977. It was also a new state record. Neri was second (4:25.10) and Siefert finished third again (4:29.04).
Event 40 Boys 500 Yard Freestyle DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Grant House SR St. Xavier 4:23.86 4:19.15
2 Parker Neri SR Upper Arlington 4:23.03 4:25.10
3 Hank Siefert SR Xenia 4:28.46 4:29.04
4 Christian Imbus SR St. Xavier 4:32.86 4:29.90
5 Sam Fallon JR St. Xavier 4:34.56 4:33.10
6 Jacob McDonald FR Lakota East 4:35.93 4:34.81
7 Alec Caswell SO Upper Arlington 4:35.65 4:37.67
8 Gordon Wheeler SR St. Xavier 4:35.73 4:38.24
House’s teammate Perera claimed an individual victory with a 1:48.94 200 IM, ahead of teammate Charles Leibson (1:49.56). Avon’s Ben Brooks touched third (1:50.36).
Event 32 Boys 200 Yard IM DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nicholas Perera JR St. Xavier 1:48.74 1:48.94
2 Charles Leibson SR St. Xavier 1:48.72 1:49.56
3 Ben Brooks SR Avon 1:50.73 1:50.36
4 Zach Baecker SR Springboro 1:53.29 1:51.48
5 Jason Mathews JR Pic North 1:52.39 1:51.67
6 Richard Kurlich JR Walsh Jesuit 1:53.16 1:52.67
7 Colton Phelps JR North Royalton 1:53.39 1:54.03
8 Max Rutledge SO Findlay 1:53.95 1:54.60
St. Xavier also won the 100 backstroke as Sobolewski posted a 48.23 ahead of Sylvania South’s RJ Konsalski in 49.33 and Dublin Coffman’s Eddie Michael in 50.47.
Event 44 Boys 100 Yard Backstroke DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Luke Sobolewski SR St. Xavier 50.74 48.23
2 R.J. Kondalski JR Sylvania South 49.81 49.33
3 Eddie Michael JR Dublin Coffman 50.51 50.47
4 Timothy Kubacki SR Austintown-Fitch 50.88 51.02
5 Ben Sugar SR St Charles 49.99 51.42
6 Aaron Sequeira FR Walnut Hills 51.15 51.46
7 Patrick Pema JR St Charles 51.24 51.59
8 Marcus Hong SR Ignatius 51.03 51.63
Soblewski’s second individual title came in the 100 butterfly where he stopped the clock in 48.30. Marcus Hong (49.17) and Olentangy’s Benjamin Kuriger (49.41) rounded out the podium.
Event 36 Boys 100 Yard Butterfly DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Luke Sobolewski SR St. Xavier 49.33 48.30
2 Marcus Hong SR Ignatius 49.63 49.17
3 Benjamin Kuriger JR Olentangy 49.73 49.41
4 Max Gustafson SR Shaker 50.62 49.89
5 Jean-Pierre Khouzam FR St. Xavier 50.20 50.25
6 Isaac Grinberg FR Sylvania South 50.52 50.31
7 Carson Barnes SR New Albany 50.09 50.59
8 Ben Sugar SR St Charles 49.93 50.95
Pic North’s Jason Mathews swam a 54.91 100 breaststroke to win that event. Avon’s Brooks earned silver in 56.28 and Milford’s Tyler Babinec finished third (56.72).
Event 46 Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Jason Mathews JR Pic North 55.15 54.91
2 Ben Brooks SR Avon 56.62 56.28
3 Tyler Babinec SO Milford 57.20 56.72
4 Zach Baecker SR Springboro 57.02 56.99
5 Dan Cashell JR Walnut Hills 57.59 57.17
6 Luke Van Gorp SR St. Xavier 57.51 57.21
7 Joseph Pavlak SR Wadsworth 57.26 57.41
8 Blake Brockman SR St. Xavier 57.00 57.48
Hoover’s Nathaniel Mullens led a tight pack in the 50 freestyle. The junior touched in 20.45. Brecksville’s David Madej (20.56) and Boardman’s Callen Aulizia (20.61) were second and third.
Event 34 Boys 50 Yard Freestyle DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nathaniel Mullens JR Hoover 20.46 20.45
2 David Madej JR Brecksville 20.41 20.56
3 Callen Aulizia JR Boardman 21.01 20.61
4 Dimitri Simcox SR Ignatius 21.01 20.83
5 Hans Kabelka SR St Charles 20.78 20.85
6 Jay Johnson SO Hudson 21.03 21.00
7 Major Belli SR Gahanna Lincoln 21.32 21.27
8 Tyler Babinec SO Milford 21.32 21.28
The 100 freestyle went to Madej in 44.17. Grender (45.06) and St. Charles’ Hans Kabelka (45.19) earned silver and bronze.
Event 38 Boys 100 Yard Freestyle DIVISION 1
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 David Madej JR Brecksville 44.26 44.17
2 Justin Grender JR St. Xavier 44.87 45.06
3 Hans Kabelka SR St Charles 45.15 45.19
4 Eddie Michael JR Dublin Coffman 45.65 45.51
5 Charles Leibson SR St. Xavier 45.76 45.78
6 Tyler Doerrer JR Green 46.11 45.86
7 Callen Aulizia JR Boardman 46.38 46.03
8 Nathaniel Mullens JR Hoover 45.96 46.09
St. Xavier then dominated the 200 freestyle relay in 1:21.44 with the team of Perera, Leibson, Grender, and House. That time decimated also established a new state record.
Event 42 Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay DIVISION 1
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School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 St. Xavier 1:22.36 1:21.44
1) Nicholas Perera JR 2) Charles Leibson SR
3) Justin Grender JR 4) Grant House SR
2 Dublin Jerome 1:25.82 1:25.08
1) Westin Fishel JR 2) Elek Kayuha JR
3) Graham Carpenter JR 4) Max Scott SO
3 St Charles 1:25.76 1:25.88
1) Hans Kabelka SR 2) Patrick Pema JR
3) Michael Gutman JR 4) Jonathan Sugar SO
4 Ignatius 1:25.63 1:25.94
1) Dimitri Simcox SR 2) Joey Libertin SR
3) John Hessler SR 4) Severyn Kushmeliuk SR
5 Dublin Coffman 1:26.75 1:26.11
1) Eddie Michael JR 2) Owen McQuaid JR
3) Zak Birnbrich SO 4) Sam Goldberg SR
6 Tol St Francis 1:26.72 1:26.19
1) Jacob Sobczak JR 2) Blake Noonan SR
3) Connor Bishop SO 4) Brady Ireland FR
7 Upper Arlington 1:26.87 1:26.27
1) Parker Neri SR 2) Gavin Voss JR
3) Alec Caswell SO 4) Jack McHugh JR
8 Moeller 1:26.76 1:26.42
1) Justin Davidson JR 2) Austin Murphy JR
3) Kevin Thibodeaux FR 4) Will McCullough SR
House, Perera, Sobolewski, and Grender also dominated the 400 freestyle relay state record in 2:58.13.
Event 48 Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay DIVISION 1
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School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 St. Xavier 3:06.16 2:58.13
1) Grant House SR 2) Nicholas Perera JR
3) Luke Sobolewski SR 4) Justin Grender JR
2 Ignatius 3:05.06 3:03.78
1) Dimitri Simcox SR 2) Cian O'Haimhirgin JR
3) Joey Libertin SR 4) Marcus Hong SR
3 St Charles 3:07.83 3:07.25
1) Hans Kabelka SR 2) Patrick Pema JR
3) Jonathan Sugar SO 4) Ben Sugar SR
4 Brecksville 3:08.45 3:08.32
1) Eric Chimes SO 2) David Madej JR
3) Colin Charbonneau SO 4) Pete Krusinski FR
5 Upper Arlington 3:08.40 3:08.56
1) Parker Neri SR 2) Andrew Kibbe SR
3) Alec Caswell SO 4) Tommy Weimer JR
6 Tol St Francis 3:09.83 3:08.80
1) Brady Ireland FR 2) Jacob Sobczak JR
3) Brendan Varnes JR 4) Connor Bishop SO
7 Dublin Jerome 3:10.81 3:09.55
1) Max Scott SO 2) Westin Fishel JR
3) Graham Carpenter JR 4) Grant Cicci JR
8 Boardman 3:10.90 3:10.01
1) Callen Aulizia JR 2) Kyle Kimerer JR
3) Matthew DunLany FR 4) Noah Basista FR
Full team scores were not yet available.
Looks like the State Records referenced are the DII records….these results are from the DI meet.
Sorry for the confusion! The article has been updated to reflect Division I records!
Can’t even imagine. Great job Grant !
Sean Fallon
Scott Stutler
Grant House
What was Furniss’s time from 1976?
How many laps are in a 500?
Great swim!!
This swim was amazing to watch!! WOW
You know your getting old when you see posts like this. I used to swim with him.