Beachwood Swimming & Diving Qualifies 10 for OHSAA State Championship

BEACHWOOD, OH - The Beachwood High School swimming & diving team recorded an exceptional performance at the OHSAA District Championships over the weekend.The Bison finished second overall as a team, while advancing 10 student-athletes to the OHSAA State Championships, the most state qualifiers in program history. The state meet begins with diving on Wednesday, February 25, in Canton, while the swimming preliminaries take place on Thursday, February 26, and the finals on Friday, February 27.

The team qualified in 13 total events - the most by any sport in school history, while also breaking multiple school records along the way. A list of state qualifiers is listed below and is followed by a video where each state qualifier talks about the upcoming state meet.

State Qualifiers by Event:

• Boys 200 Medley Relay: Sam Park, Ben Keyerleber, Derek Fan, Colin Elwell
• Boys 200 Freestyle: Colin Elwell
• Girls 200 Individual Medley: Flora Fan
• Boys 200 Individual Medley: Ben Keyerleber, Ethan Dong
• Boys 100 Butterfly: Derek Fan, Max Rose
• Boys 100 Freestyle: Colin Elwell
• Boys 200 Freestyle Relay: Derek Fan, Colin Elwell, Ben Keyerleber, Max Rose
• Boys 100 Breaststroke: Derek Fan, Ben Keyerleber
• Boys 400 Freestyle Relay: Sam Park, Ethan Dong, Nick Cheng, Sam Kuenzler
• Girls Diving: Alma Saltzman

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