Krupp top performer; Rocket boys, girls win Bay titles

The Oak Harbor boys and girls swim teams swept the Sandusky Bay Conference Bay Division swim meet.

It is Oak Harbor’s fifth straight league title for the girls and fourth straight for the boys. Oak Harbor has brought home 11 league titles during coach Andrea Sorg’s stint.

The girls team scored 268 points to beat second place Margaretta (180), followed by Willard (88), Sandusky St. Mary (68), Huron (36), Gibsonburg (17), and Calvert (6).

Oak Harbor senior Elayna Krupp was named the SBC Bay Division Performer of the Year, winning five events and setting multiple records. 

“Elayna continues to lead our girls team in not only points scored but also work ethic and attitude,” said Oak Harbor coach Andrea Sorg. “She inspires those around her to perform and raise themselves to a higher level.”

In the 50 yard freestyle, Krupp, who owns the Bay Division record (24.53) and pool record (24.45), both set in January 2019, won in 24.72, narrowly defeating Margaretta junior Lily Green (25.2).

Krupp and senior Emily Haar went one-two in the 100 butterfly, finishing in 1:02.8 and 1:12.31.

Krupp was part of the 200 yard medley relay team that won in 2:02.16, beating a second place Margaretta squad by nearly nine seconds. She was joined by senior Emily Haar, freshman Marissa Mapes and junior Sydney Overmyer.

Krupp was also part of the 200 freestyle relay team that set a Bay Division and all-time SBC (all divisions) record, reaching the podium in 1:41.06. She was joined by freshman Skyler Turner, junior Amelia Mizelle and freshman Alyse Sorg. The former Bay record (1:44.87) was set by an Oak Harbor team in 2018 and the old SBC mark of 1:41.33 was set by a Perkins team in 2011.

Krupp’s fifth championship was with her third relay team — the 400 freestyle which also set a new Bay Division and all-division SBC record. She was joined by Mizelle, Turner and Alyse Sorg on a team that finished in 3:49.37. The former Bay record (3:56.01) was set by an Oak Harbor team in 2019 and the former SBC mark (3:53.79) was set by a Sandusky team in the Lake Division race, also in 2019.

So many records were broken by so many swimmers that coach Sorg said it was “the fastest ever swim in league history from its beginning,” and that includes the original SBC conference meets before its expansion to multiple divisions.

The Rockets went one-two in the 200 freestyle as Alyse Sorg won in 2:06.1 and Marissa Mapes finished second in 2:13.68. Sorg’s time set a new Bay Division record, beating Green’s mark (2:11.32) set in 2019.

Turner and Mizelle went one-two in the 200 intermediate medley, reaching the finish in 2:23.98 and 2:30.37. Turner’s time set a new Bay Divison record, beating Margeretta then-junior Josie Stark’s time of 2:24.87 set last year.

Turner also won the 100 backstroke, setting a new Bay Division record of 1:03.33 and beating Stark (1:06.07), now a senior, by over two seconds. The old mark of 1:05.07 was set by Oak Harbor’s Erin Druyor in 2019.

Gibsonburg senior distance swimmer Sydney Leyerle, who trains in Bowling Green, won an SBC Bay championship in the 500 freestyle, finishing in 5:56.45 and defeating second place swimmer, Oak Harbor senior Abby Beehler (6:19.07), by over 22 seconds. Leyerle still owns the Bay Division record, 5:50.73, set last year.

On top of that, two Oak Harbor girls relay teams set new pool records when the Rockets hosted Port Clinton in a dual meet one week later. The girls medley relay team of Paige Krupp, Alyse Sorg, Elayna Krupp and Mizelle set a new mark of 1:53.22. The 200 freestyle relay team of Elayna Krupp, Mizelle, Turner and Alyse Sorg set a new mark of 1:41.22. The OH girls beat PC 99-71 and the Rocket boys won, 92-76.

Metcalf wins three races

The Oak Harbor boys team won an SBC Bay Division title by scoring 243 points to defeat second place Huron (164).

“The boys swam really well at SBCs,” coach Sorg said. “They continue to impress me on how well they perform individually and as a team. It will be exciting to watch the end of the season unfold and see where their hard work takes them in the postseason.”

Margaretta (113) was third, followed by St. Mary (93), Willard (30), and Tiffin Calvert (4). 

Senior Troy Metcalf set a new Bay Division record in the 100 freestyle, finishing in 50.08 and breaking St. Mary senior sprinter Dan Gyurke’s mark of 50.22 set last year. This year, Gyurke is the Boys Division Performer of the Year, but he did not race in the 100 freestyle.

The Rockets won the 200 yard medley relay, finishing in 1:46.2 to beat a St. Mary team by over three seconds. Swimming for the Rockets were sophomores Karter Lajti, and Karson Lajti and Metcalf and senior Eli Sherman. The same foursome won the 400 freestyle relay, finishing in 3:40.48 to beat a second place squad from St. Mary (3:49.21) by nearly nine seconds.