The Lima YMCA Barracudas are gearing up to compete against other swimmers from five states this weekend.
16 swimmers have qualified to compete in the Great Lakes Zone Swim Meet in Canton. The Barracudas will swim against 600 swimmers from around Ohio, plus Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and West Virginia. The Lima swimmers range from eleven to eighteen years old and they have been working for the last six months to hit the qualifying times. This will be Cece Schaaf’s first time at the zones, where she will be competing in six events this weekend, including the 50 freestyle.
“I really want to compete in the 50 free, I am really excited about that because I am a really good sprinter and I can hopefully win that race,” says Schaaf.
After the Great Lakes meet, a few of the swimmers will be going on to compete in the nationals in North Carolina at the end of March.
