2025 Ohio State High School Division 1 Championships
- February 18-22, 2025
- C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton, Ohio
- SCY (25 yards)
- Meet Central
- Prelim Results (PDF)
- Swimming Finals Results (PDF)
- Girls Diving Results (PDF)
- Boys Diving Results (PDF)
The Upper Arlington girls successfully defended their OHSAA Division I state title on Saturday in dominant fashion, while the St. Charles boys edged out defending champion St. Xavier in the final relay to secure a one-point win in the team race for their first title in 17 years.
GIRLS’ RECAP
The Upper Arlington girls ran away with their second consecutive D1 championship thanks in part to a pair of relay wins and a third straight title from senior Hayden Hollingsworth in the 50 free.
Hollingsworth won the 50 free in a season-best time of 22.75, with the Georgia commit having set a PB of 22.69 en route to winning last year’s title.
She also played a critical role on both of Upper Arlington’s winning relays, which kicked off at the beginning of the meet in the 200 medley.
Abby Oliphant (26.22), Elise Schantz (29.31), Hollingsworth (23.39) and Maren Berg (22.80) combined for a time of 1:41.72 in the 200 medley relay, coming within seven-tenths of the state record while topping runner-up Dublin Jerome (1:43.01) by over a second.
Later on in the 200 free relay, Ashton Mumaw (24.34), Riley Hollingsworth (23.23), Kiera Powers (23.96) and H. Hollingsworth (22.45) clocked 1:33.98 to earn a comfortable win over Cincinnati Ursuline Academy (1:35.38).
“The depth really showed on our relays and we weren’t super-stacked in any one event,” Upper Arlington coach John Sands said, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
“Hayden (Hollingsworth) has pulled so much for us the past three or four years. I know she wanted that championship in the 100 fly, but she is such a fighter. The younger girls were huge, too. All kinds of kids got opportunities and learned what it took to be successful in pressure spots.”
The other individual event for H. Hollingsworth was the 100 fly, where she finished as the runner-up for the second straight year, clocking 53.82 to follow Maya Schweikert (53.31).
Schweikert, a Kings Mills Kings junior and NC State commit, went two-for-two individually, also winning the 100 back in a State Tournament Record time of 52.87, having set a state record of 52.55 at the District Championships one week earlier.
Stanford commit and Cincinnati Sycamore senior Addie Robillard rolled to a pair of state titles, winning the 200 IM (2:00.70) by more than three seconds and topping the 100 breast field by half a second in 1:00.82.
Robillard owns lifetime bests of 59.33 in the 100 breast and 1:58.72 in the 200 IM, both set at the 2023 Winter Junior Championships – East.
Mason High School junior Bella Teply also won two individual events, topping the 100 free (50.80) and 200 free (1:48.75) after finishing 2nd in the 200 and 500 last year. Teply is committed to Northwestern for the fall of 2026.
Dublin Jerome senior and Tennessee commit Milly Leonard, who was 3rd in the 200 free, earned a second consecutive title in the 500 free, setting a new lifetime best of 4:51.51.
Cincinnati Ursuline Academy closed the meet out by winning the 400 free relay, as Norah Smyth (52.15), Alyssa Uhlman (51.58), Melia Eckerman (51.72) and Grier Gordon (50.61) clocked 3:26.06 to edge out Upper Arlington (3:26.26), which had a 51.05 lead-off from Maren Berg.
In the 1-meter diving event, Brecksville Broadview Heights junior Rachel Kirin (426.75) edged out Pickerington North senior Sofia Frangos (423.55) for the title.
Team Standings – Top 5
- Upper Arlington, 263.5
- Mason, 195
- Cincinnati Ursuline Academy, 169
- Dublin Jerome, 165
- Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy, 133
BOYS’ RECAP
The boys’ meet was an absolute barnburner, with St. Xavier coming in having won 15 of the last 16 championship titles and 44 overall, while St. Charles only had one win in its history, coming in 2008.
However, with everything on the line, St. Charles came through in the clutch in the 400 free relay to win their first state title in 17 years.
St. Charles junior Austin Carpenter dove in trailing St. Xavier by 1.38 seconds on the anchor leg, but managed to run down Jaeger Ellerman (44.09) with a sizzling 42.66 split to give St. Charles the relay win, 2:59.97 to 3:00.02, and a one-point victory in the team race, 311-310.
Carpenter was joined on the St. Charles relay by junior Alex Wu (45.44), senior Andrew Zarick (46.36) and junior Brad King (45.51).
“I knew we were behind; I had visualized it for months because I had a feeling it could come down to this,” Carpenter said, according to The Columbus Dispatch. “Everything was perfect.”
Carpenter’s anchor split came on the heels of some strong swims earlier in the meet, winning the 100 free (43.21) and placing 2nd in the 100 breast (53.81) while contributing a quick breast split on the winning 200 medley relay.
In the 100 breast, Carpenter came in as the defending champion but lost a close race with St. Ignatius senior Jude Banks, who set a PB of 53.70, narrowly missing the state record of 53.53 set by Jake Foster in 2019.
“Austin felt like he had lost the meet for us, but that point differential didn’t matter,” said St. Charles head coach Kyle Goodrich. “Either way, we had to win the relay.”
In the 200 medley relay, the St. Charles quartet of Wyatt Julian (22.93), Carpenter (23.92), Zarick (21.61) and Jake Lloyd (19.58) combined for a time of 1:28.04, falling just seven one-hundredths shy of the state record set by St. Xavier in 2020 (1:27.97).
St. Charles also won the 200 free relay, with Lloyd (20.13), Alex Wu (20.30), Zarick (20.75) and Brad King (20.90) combining for a time of 1:22.08, edging out St. Xavier (1:22.24).
The lone swimmer in the boys’ meet to sweep their individual events was Turpin senior Hayden Meyers, who set a pair of best times en route to wins in the 100 back (47.37) and 200 IM (1:49.51).
Maximus Buff, the younger brother of University of Florida sophomore Scotty Buff, followed in his brother’s footsteps by winning the 100 fly in a time of 47.21, with Scotty having won the title and set the state record in 2023.
A Toledo St. Francis de Sales senior, M. Buff was also the runner-up in the 100 back, setting a new personal best time (47.74).
Another top performer at the meet was Milford sophomore Brady Campbell, who was the runner-up to Buff in the 100 fly with a best time of 48.50, and added a win of his own in the 50 free, clocking 19.93 to edge out St. Charles’ Lloyd (19.96).
St. Xavier got a win from Chase Grisi in the 200 free with a new best time of 1:36.89, while Beavercreek’s Alex Drachuk comfortably topped the field in the 500 free (4:31.63) after he was the runner-up to Grisi in the 200 free.
In the 1-meter diving event, Solon junior Mitchell Caldwell scored 544.15 to secure the title over Perrysburg junior Trevor Madigan (531.15).
Team Standings – Top 5
- Columbus St. Charles, 311
- Cincinnati St. Xavier, 310
- Upper Arlington, 192
- Cleveland St. Ignatius, 166
- Mason, 142.5
Congrats to coach Kyle and the St. Charles swimmers. Wish I could have been there for that ending. Myself and another alumnus were texting while updating meet results as quick as they would load.
SC alum and Would have given anything to be there live for the last relay. But even on the live stream you could see the camera shaking on the last 25 from how loud it was.
Still the best place to have a swim meet and always will be.
For some reason, not mentioned, Millie Leonard will be a lady volunteer next year
If you know this pool and this meet at all, you know the energy in there was off the charts. Adding more to the lore of that pool.
People gotta start building more pools this way…
Epic finish to the meet on the boy’s side. Austin C was ‘him’ anchoring the final relay with a 42.6 split after getting out touched 20 mins earlier in the 100 breast.
I heard it was deafening in there during that last relay.
St. Charles is returning 2 flat start 19’s in the 50 for next year. Would love to see if a 3rd will break that barrier and what they could do if they stack the 200 freestyle relay.
I was glad to see Alex’s lead-off in the 400 Free relay. A lot of big swims from everyone at the meet. Team effort got them there!