The preliminary round of the Indiana High School Athletic Association swimming sectional at Columbus North took place Thursday before the winter storm hit.

The finals were scheduled for Saturday, but Mother Nature won this battle and forced a delay in the competition.

The finals and consolation finals were scheduled for Monday, Feb. 8.

The first round of the meet establishes who gets to compete on the second day with a chance to make it to the IHSAA state finals. The top sixth finishers in each event qualify for the finals and next six for the consolation finals.

The Batesville Lady Bulldogs and Oldenburg Academy Lady Twisters were both solid competitors at the prelims.

Oldenburg Academy will be represented in seven individual events and two relays.

The Lady Twisters swam the second fastest time in the 200 medley relay to advance to the finals.

Katie Wanstrath qualified 11th for the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:26.56. She was 12th in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:07.83.

Chrissy Wanstrath and Audrey Rozman earned a spot in the 50 yard freestyle finals. Wanstrath was third in the prelims with a time of 26:09 followed by Rozman in fourth with a mark of 26:13.

Rozman recorded a time of 57.09 to place sixth in the 100 yard freestyle.

Chrissy Wanstrath had the second best time (1:10.08) of the night in the 100 yard breaststroke

Andi Cox will represent the Lady Twisters in the consolation finals for the 100 yard butterfly and 500 freestyle. She placed ninth in the butterfly with a time of 1:06 and ninth in the 500 with a time of 5:48.88.

Oldenburg’s 200 freestyle relay team placed seventh with a time of 1:55.82.

Batesville High School junior Emily Kelley will be the lone individual representative on day two for the Lady Bulldogs.

Kelley was 11th in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 27.50 and 10th on the 100 yard freestyle with a mark of 1:00.15.

The Lady Bulldogs will have swimmers in all three relay events.

Meredith Heckman, Erin Hankel, Haley Hall and Kelley swam to an 11th place finish and a time of 2:12.46 in the opening 200 medley relay.

Hall, Steacy Gryspeerdt, Julia Roell and Madison Phillips was clocked at 2:06.59 in the 200 freestyle relay, which was good enough for 11th.

Heckman, Hankel, Kelley and Nicole Hountz just missed a shot at the finals in the 400 yard freestyle relay. The BHS foursome placed seventh with a time of 4:24.19 and will compete in the consolation round.

Personal best times for Batesville were turned in by Kelley (50 and 100 free), Phillips (50 and 100 free), Victoria Mendoza (50 free), Hankel (100 free), Elizabeth Dawes (500 free), Hountz (100 backstroke) and BJ Narwold (100 backstroke).

Hankel is a first alternate in the 100 yard breaststroke. The BHS junior placed 13th with a time of 1:19.62.

Oldenburg Academy’s Meghan Wanstrath has the same distinction in the 100 yard butterfly. Wanstrath was 13th with a time of 1:08.86.