Area swimmers see limited action

A look at a few highlights by area swimmers from the limited slate of meets held during the pre-Christmas week:

• Nathan Herman won 200 IM and 500 freestyle and was on the firstplace 200 medley relay as Hawken won a dual against St. Ignatius. On the girls side, Ella Gilson took 500 free and was on the winning 400 free relay for the Hawks in a dual win over Magnificat.

• Beaumont’s Maria Jones was third in 200 free and 100 butterfly during a tri-meet with Hathaway Brown and Laurel.

• Area individual-event winners in a tri-meet with Chardon, Mayfield and North Royalton were the Hilltoppers’ Katherine Jerry (50 free) and Sarah Bennett (100 backstroke) and the Wildcats’ Emily Steffey (100 fly) and Gianna Ferrante (100 free and 100 breaststroke).

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• There are seven duals and tris involving area squads scheduled between Christmas and New Year’s and limited representation at the Cloverleaf Invitational and Warrior Relays at the University of Akron. University will make its annual trip to Bloomington South (Ind.) for a dual Dec. 30.

• Area diving coaches are encouraged to submit season-best 11-dive scores for area leaders in order to make the list more representative and complete. Scores can be emailed to CLillstrung@News-Herald.com before 8 p.m. Mondays.