Springfield standouts swim back to State Meet
SALEM, Ohio (WKBN) – Springfield High School will be well-represented with two relays and two individual qualifiers in multiple events at the OHSAA Swimming State Tournament at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton.
Sophomore Paige McCombs will participate in the girls' 100-yard Butterfly and 100-yard Breaststroke while classmate Tres Hivley qualified for the girls' 500-yard and 100-yard Backstroke.
'I am so ecstatic to be with my teammates this year and to able to make both relays qualifying for state this year,' Hivley said. 'There is going to be so much energy on the pool deck and I cannot explain how excited I am for this opportunity to swim again.'
As a relay team, McCombs and Hivley will be joined by Kalli Pellice and Blythe Hively in the girls' 200-yard Medley Relay and 400-yard Freestyle Relay.
'It's really exciting to have the relays going together and like having all of us get to swim there together,' McCombs said. 'We're really excited for the relay and like what we get to do at states and how we're also working together.'
Both Hivley and McCombs qualified for the state tournament as a freshman a year ago and raced during the Friday finals.
The State Championship event started on Tuesday with diving events and will run through Saturday, Feb. 22 at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton.
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