The Troy girls gymnastics teams finished second at the district meet Saturday to qualify for state as a team. From left to right are coach Larry McCoppin, assistant coach Olivia Mills, Kylee Snider, Malela Biterno, Kylie Buechter, Simone Scribner, Amara Pappas, coach Katy Couch and coach Jonathan Troehler.
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Troy Christian’s Caleb Reno finished second at the D-II state swimming championships in both the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly Friday night.
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The Troy hockey team won the SWOHSHL tournament title recently.
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CANTON — Troy Christian senior Caleb Reno finished his impressive high school swimming career with two second-place finishes Friday night at the D-II state swimming championships at the Canton Natatorium.
Reno had finished seventh in the 100 butterfly as a sophomore and third in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 100 backstroke as a junior.
He improved on both of those in his final two high school races Friday night.
In a photo finish, he finished second to Austin Song of Oak Harbor in the 100 butterfly.
Song won in 48.06, while Reno was just six hundreths of a second behind, finishing in 48.12.
In another close race, Reno finished second to Krys Gorski of Andrews Osborne in the 100 backstroke.
Gorski won in 48.93, while Reno finished in 49.11.
In the 100 backstroke consolation final, Drew Gessner of Covington ended his career with a 15th-place finish in 53.74.
In the girls Division II, 100 breaststroke consoltation final, Tippecanoe’s Gracie Ganger ended her career with an 11th-place finish in 1:06.59.
In the Division I prelims Friday, Troy sophomore Cassidy Gifford finished 30th in the 100 backstroke in 59.25.
Troy gymnasts
advance to state
WEST CHESTER — The Troy girls gymnastics earned a berth to the state tournament with a second-place finish at the district meet at Lakota East High School Saturday.
Centerville won the meet and Troy was second with 133.0, edging out Miamisburg who had 132.5.
Kylee Snider led the Trojans, with a vault of 9.075, 8.35 on the bars, 7.55 on the beam and 9.05 in the floor exercise.
She finished 10th in the all-around competition with a score of 34.025— finishing third in the vault, 14th on the bars, 53rd on the beam and seventh in floor exercise.
Snider was named to the all-district team, qualified as an individual in the vault and is an alternate in the floor exercise.
Kylie Buechter had scores of 9.05 in the vault, 8.575 on the bars, 7.0 on the beam and 8.825 in the floor exercise.
She finished 16th in the all-around competition with a score 33.45 — finishing fourth in the vault, 10th on the bars, 75th on the beam and 22nd in the floor exercise.
Buechter was named to the all-district team and qualified for state in the vault.
Simone Scribner had scores of 8.05 in the vault, 7.875 on the bars, 8.35 on the beam and 9.05 in the floor exercise.
She finished 17th in the all-around competition with a score of 32.325 — taking 36th in the vault, 31st on the bars, 18th on the beam and eighth in the floor exercise.
Scribner was named to the all district team and is an alternate in the floor exercise.
Mara Papas had scores of 8.1 in the vault, 7.85 on the bars, 8.025 on the beam and 8.325 in the floor exercise.
She finished 28th in the all-around competition with a score of 32.30 — taking 29th on the vault, 33rd on the bars, 33rd on the beam and 54th in the floor exercise.
Troy Hockey
wins tournament
The Troy hockey team won the SWOHSHL tournament recently.
In the semifinals, Troy defeated Beeavercreek 2-1 to advance to the championship game with Alter.
Troy came away with a 6-5 victory.
Cooper Sexton and Brady Smith had two goals each and Carson Smith and Eli Wenning each had one goal.
Simon Latif had some big saves for the Trojans.
