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www.madisonmessengernews.com <strong>March</strong> 5, <strong>2023</strong> - MADISON MESSENGER - Page 7<br />
Stoll defends state swimming title<br />
He’s about as humble and kind as they<br />
come outside the water, but make no mistake,<br />
once the race starts, he’s the ultimate<br />
competitor. Jonathan Alder senior Eli Stoll<br />
used that competitiveness to defend his Div.<br />
II 100-yard backstroke state title on Feb. 24<br />
at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton.<br />
Stoll set the stage for his championship<br />
repeat by dominating his heat during prelims<br />
on Feb. 23, qualifying for the finals<br />
with the top time of 48.46 seconds, just 0.15<br />
seconds away from the Div. II state record.<br />
Despite being disappointed in his finals<br />
time, Stoll earned the top spot on the<br />
podium for the second straight year, besting<br />
Krys Gorski from Willoughby Andrews Osborne<br />
by 0.05 seconds.<br />
Stoll, who is committed to swim for The<br />
Ohio State University next season, also finished<br />
second in the 200-yard individual<br />
London freshman Griffin Lotton prepares<br />
to start his 500-yard freestyle race at the<br />
state meet.<br />
medley, the same place he earned last season.<br />
Stoll was joined at the state meet by two<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> County freshmen. Swimming in<br />
the 100-yard breaststroke, Alder’s Lily<br />
Schneider posted a personal best in the prelims,<br />
earning her a berth in the state consolation<br />
finals. Unphased by the capacity<br />
crowd and the aspect of swimming in the<br />
state finals, Schneider won her consolation<br />
heat, placing ninth overall.<br />
The previous week, London freshman<br />
Griffin Lotton nabbed the 32nd and final<br />
qualifying spot in the 500-yard freestyle<br />
and was thrilled just to earn the trip to Canton.<br />
Like Schneider, however, he didn’t let<br />
the state stage intimidate him. Lotton used<br />
a strong surge during the last 150 yards to<br />
earn a personal best time of 5:02.70, placing<br />
him 28th in Ohio’s Div. II this year.<br />
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(AT LEFT)<br />
Jonathan Alder<br />
senior Eli Stoll<br />
(center) stands<br />
atop the podium<br />
after winning the<br />
100-yard backstroke<br />
at the<br />
OHSAA State<br />
Swimming and<br />
Diving Championships.<br />
(BELOW RIGHT)<br />
Jonathan Alder<br />
freshman Lily<br />
Schneider, poolside<br />
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For Stoll, it will be on to swim for the<br />
Buckeyes next season, but in Schneider and<br />
Lotton the future of <strong>Madison</strong> County swimming<br />
looks bright.<br />
Karen Eileen Geyer, wife of Steve Geyer,<br />
passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 22, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
She had been diagnosed with Lymphoma and had a port<br />
implanted on the previous Friday.<br />
When she was in recovery, she could not speak or walk.<br />
She had been in the Emergency Room in Titusville,<br />
Florida on Sunday and worsened within 24 hours. She was<br />
admitted to a room where her vital signs were all bad. She<br />
was being transported to a local Hospice Center in Titusville<br />
when she took her last breath.<br />
There will be a “Celebration of Life” at her church, First<br />
Baptist Church of Titusville, then cremated.<br />
Steve and Karen would have celebrated their 6<strong>5th</strong> wedding<br />
anniversary in July. Karen was a long time member<br />
of the First Baptist Church, West Jefferson.<br />
She is survived by her husband, 3 sons, 7 grandchildren,<br />
her twin sister, Kay Dalton and sister Norma Jean Blakley.<br />
Steve’s address is: 1705 Deleon Ave. Apt #110, Titusville,<br />
FL 32780. Steve’s E-Mail address is:<br />
geyer.steve@yahoo.com<br />
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Katie Marie Hooker, 36, of Mount Sterling, OH, passed away<br />
February 14, <strong>2023</strong>, surrounded by her family.<br />
She was born May 19th, an unyielding Taurus, in the birth place of<br />
Rock-n- Roll, Memphis Tennessee, to her loving parents, Timothy and<br />
Laura Hooker. Having lived in Mississippi as a toddler, Katie earned<br />
the nickname, “Mississippi Squirrel” for her clever way of scooting<br />
around and a knack for finding M&M’s to stow away.<br />
Katie had many wonderful memories that she always cherished: 2005<br />
graduate of <strong>Madison</strong> Plains High School (even if she did gain a reputation<br />
of cutting class), time she spent cuddling with her then<br />
puppy Quinn, getting to see the family grow with nieces and nephews (Dillon, Roselyn, Benjamin<br />
II, Kaeleigh, Colton, and Esther), traveling out west to Colorado and ride a cog to the<br />
heights of Pike’s Peak, touring the Wizard Of Oz Museum in Kansas was a succession to her sister’s<br />
desires veering off course to Colorado but Katie ended up enjoying being there with her<br />
family, being spun around the dance floor in her wheelchair and testing out new stunts, watching<br />
her VHS copy of Cinderella till it would play no more, reading a plethora of romance novels,<br />
attending many country concerts where she has met so many amazing artists. She had many<br />
wonderful moments and lived her life with no regrets.<br />
Even though Katie lived a complex life with relentless health issues stemming from Spina Bifida,<br />
her desire to enjoy life, love her family, attend concerts, travel out west and her love of<br />
the arts kept Katie pushing for better days and solutions to obstacles she faced. Resilient, stubborn,<br />
passionate, she handled unsavory moments with realistic and dark humor, often causing<br />
people to question the entire family’s mental well-being. Katie never swayed away from her<br />
humor, enjoying the gasps and looks from others when she delivered her messages.<br />
Katie loved her mom and dad deeply, they were Katie’s biggest fan, greatest support, and provided<br />
lifelong loving care. She loved siblings through inevitable growing pains and she loved<br />
her nieces and nephews as her own. Katie loved her dog Quinn who proceeded Katie in death,<br />
and she leaves behind her fur baby Mable, that will bring comfort to all during this time.<br />
We end this memorial of Katie with one of her favorites, a country music hit by her favorite<br />
artist “Days go by, I can feel them flyin’ like a hand out the window in the wind. The cars go by,<br />
it’s all we’ve been given. So you better start livin’ right now. ‘Cause days go by” Keith Urban.<br />
Funeral services are under the arrangements are under the direction of the Mayhew-Brown<br />
Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life service will held at a later date at the convenience of the<br />
family. Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.mayhew-brownfuneralhome.com<br />
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