CANTON — The 11th and final state medal of Grantham Trumpower’s illustrious high school swimming career was without question his favorite. Trumpower anchored Ontario’s 200 yard freestyle relay team to the gold medal on the final day of the Division II state meet inside C.T. Branin Natatorium. His jaw-dropping split of 19.64 seconds on the […]
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State swim meet preview: Ontario looks to improve on last year’s historic finish
ONTARIO — Grantham Trumpower and his Ontario teammates aren’t going on a sight-seeing tour this week in Canton. They consider the journey to C.T. Branin Natatorium and the state swimming tournament to be a business trip. The Division II swimming prelims begin Thursday afternoon and Ontario will look to improve on last year’s historic finish. […]
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Ontario dominates at MOAC swimming championships
MARION — Saturday was perhaps the most dominant performance in a long line of dominant performances for the Ontario boys and girls swim teams. The boys took first place in every event and the girls won every event except one at the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championships Saturday at the W. Keith Davis Natatorium. The boys […]
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Red, White & Splash: Woodland hosts 8-team swim meet
MANSFIELD — North central Ohio’s premier summer youth swimming conferences joined forces Saturday morning. Four members of the Greater Mansfield Aquatic Conference and four All Summer Aquatic Conference teams gathered at the Woodland Club for the first Woodland Eels Red, White and Blue Invitational. Host Woodland, Walnut Hills, Ashland and Colonel Crawford represented the GMAC. […]
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Nation’s top swimmers train on equipment made in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Sam VanCura always enjoys watching the Olympic swimming competitions, but this year’s broadcast came with an added bonus — free advertising. VanCura is the president of Total Performance Inc, which manufacturers training equipment for high-level swimmers. TPI’s sells equipment to high schools, YMCAs and swim clubs, but its primary customer is university swim programs. […]
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Lasting Memories: GMAC caps another successful season with championships
MANSFIELD — Nobody could say for certain exactly when it started, but the Greater Mansfield Aquatic Conference has been a rite of passage for young swimmers in north central Ohio for generations. The GMAC recently wrapped another successful season with its annual championships at Walnut Hills Swim Club. Walnut Hills swept the boys and girls […]