Central swim team opens dual season with a defeat

Central's girls swimming and diving team won a pair of events Saturday but couldn't match Fort Zumwalt South in a 113-73 loss at the Central Municipal Pool.

Central (0-1) won the 100-meter breaststroke when Brett Ford finished in 1 minute, 20.25 seconds. Teammate Katie Maginel was second to Ford and finished second in the 100 butterfly.

Maginel, Lauren Sulser, Hannah Lewis and Cassie Kipper combined to win the 400 freestyle relay in 4:21.25.

Kipper, Suler, Kara Crawford, Brianna LeGrand and the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relay teams also scored second-place finishes.