Central's Sam Gramling reaches state final in two freestyle events

Central's Sam Gramling earned the right to swim today for two state championships.

The junior finished eighth in both the 200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle Friday to qualify for the finals at the state swimming meet in St. Peters.

Gramling finished in 1 minute, 46.60 seconds in the 200, while swimming a 4:45.00 in the 500.

Jackson sophomore Ryan Gibson will swim the 100 butterfly today after taking 12th (53.99).

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200 medley relay -- 18. Notre Dame (Jacob Buckenmyer, Coleman Schott, Logan Bollinger, Sean Doyle), 1:43.82; 33. Jackson (Connor McGinnis, Greg Gibson, Ryan Gibson, Riley Talbut), 1:48.40

200 freestyle -- 8. Sam Gramling, C, 1:46.60; 33. Talbut, J, 1:52.63

200 individual medley -- 15. R. Gibson, J, 2:01.94

100 butterfly -- 12. R. Gibson, J, 53.99; 17. Caleb Coots, C, 55.21; 24. Bollinger, ND, 55.84

100 freestyle -- 35. Doyle, ND, 50.56; 41. Jordan Gramling, C, 50.81

500 freestyle -- 8. Sam Gramling, C, 4:45.00; 18. Coot, C, 4:57.10; 31. McGinnis, J, 5:04.20

400 freestyle relay -- 29. Notre Dame (Bollinger, Rockett, Buckenmyer, Doyle), 3:28.62; 31. Jackson (Talbut, McGinnis, G. Gibson, R. Gibson), 3:29.49

200 freestyle relay -- 36. Notre Dame (Buckenmyer, Daniel Neff, Ben Rockett, Doyle), 1:37.00;

100 backstroke -- 27. Buckenmyer, ND, 58.30; 29. Bollinger, ND, 58.78

100 breaststroke -- 24. Schott, ND, 1:04.57

-- From staff reports