2023 OHIO HIGH SCHOOL STATE SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS – DIVISION I
- February 21-25, 2023
- C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton, Ohio
- 25-yard pool (short course yards)
- Live Results
- Division II Girls Recap
- Division II Boys Recap
St. Francis De Sales senior Scotty Buff crushed a national high school record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 44.97 at the Ohio Division I Championships on Saturday.
Buff backed up his ranking as the top high school recruit in his class, taking more than half a second off the previous national private high school record of Joseph Schooling of the Bolles School (Fla.), who swam 45.52 in 2013. Schooling would go on to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meter fly.
Buff’s swim is also the fastest-ever in high school competition; the previous overall record was a 45.47 set by NC State sophomore Aiden Hayes while at Norman North (Okla.) High School in 2021. It’s the third national high school record of the weekend following Will Modglin’s 45.08 in the 100 back and Aaron Shackell’s 1:32.85 in the 200 free on Friday.
Split Comparison, 100 Fly National High School Records
| Scotty Buff, 2023 | Aiden Hayes, 2021 | |
| 50 | 21.09 | 21.08 |
| 100 | 44.97 (23.88) | 45.47 (24.39) |
Buff also broke the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) record formerly held by Virginia Tech freshman Carl Bloebaum (45.68), who stole his crown last year after Buff won in 2021, as well as the independent school record of 45.52 that belonged to Olympic champion Joseph Schooling from 2013.
A University of Florida commit, Buff’s time would have placed third at the recent SEC Championships behind Jordan Crooks (44.37) and Josh Liendo (44.11). It wasn’t a personal best for Buff, who has been as fast as 44.87 at Winter Juniors, where he placed second behind Thomas Heilman‘s otherworldly 44.67. Here, he reached the wall more than three seconds ahead off second-place finisher Chase Swearingen, a Kentucky commit.
Confirmed – NEW NATIONAL RECORD!!! #SFSSwimDive #AquaKnights #GoKnights pic.twitter.com/r2FaKePCXR
— St. Francis de Sales Athletics (@SFSAthletics) February 25, 2023
In the 100 back, Buff placed second behind future Gator teammate Jonny Marshall for the third year in a row with a 46.71. His lifetime best in the event is a 45.72 from Winter Juniors. He also helped his St. Francis squad earn a runner-up finish in the 200 medley relay with a backstroke split of 21.29. St. Francis ended up placing seventh in the team standings behind first-place finisher Cincinnati St. Xavier.
Not bad a pool with no gutter. How has this not been moved to Ohio State???
TRADITION – GREAT ATMOSPHERE
He went 4/4/5/5 on breaths per length and hit 15m every time. Breathing every-other each lap before going no breath the last lap. That’s a really impressive and disciplined swim for a highschooler
Only in Ohio
Is Ohio even a real place?
Sometimes anywhere I go, I feel in the middle of Ohio. No kind of rhythm and no idea where in the world to go from here.
College Station feels like that, except worse.
The stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas.
He was faster at juniors right? I know it doesn’t count as a HS record tho
Buff is a ridiculous talent.
Scotty doesn’t slow!
Florida relays will be absolutely insane next year (as if they weren’t already). Realistic shot at 4 NCAA relay records
Florida will probably win the 4 sprint relays with NCAA records in all 4 next month while dethroning Texas and Cal in overall team placement. Their depth is ridiculous when looking through current event rankings
people overreacted to florida the same way they were overreacting to ASU’s suited swims
Florida doesn’t even have remotely close to the amount of individual scorers that Tex/Cal do
Liendo, Chaney, McDuff, Mitchell, Alf Mestre, Mitchell, Watson, Savickas, Hillis, and Laur are all in a great position (with a few of those guys looking at big points).
4 of the 5 relays are going to be contending for titles and the 5th will still finish top 6.
Linscheer, Brown, Smith, Al-Wir, Pinero, Lindholm, and Alb Mestre are all going to qualify and all have a shot at picking up a few points
Gravley and Hout are also on the bubble from last chance this weekend, and if both make it, one is going to be left home.
This is not the same Florida team that has been overhyped as before. This is a team with double digit individual… Read more »
I see maybe 9 A finals there.
3 for Liendo, 1 back for Chaney, 500 free for Mitchell, Savicksas and Hillis for both breast distances. And that’s being generous on all.
Texas has 9 A final swims from 3 guys lol
Wow! Awesome swim. That gave me chills just watching the video! Congrats to Scotty, his coaches & teammates!
Doesn’t Thomas Heilmann have the fastest time for a high schooler in 44.67?
That wasn’t done in a high school competition, so doesn’t count for high school records.