Photo Provided From left, Barnesville head swim coach Danielle Anderson, junior Antoni Schuerle, and sophomore Liv McCrate, pictured Thursday at the OHSAA State Swim and Diving Meet inside Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium.

CANTON — The curtain closed on an exceptional swim season for the Barnesville Shamrocks on Thursday when two Shamrock aquanauts ventured to Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium for the OHSAA Division II State Swim and Diving Meet.

Barnesville was represented by Liv McCrate and Antoni Schuerle. McCrate competed in the girls 100-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter individual medley, while Scheurle competed in the boys 100-meter breaststroke.

McCrate, who set multiple school records in her sophomore season, and went out with one more on Thursday, breaking the Barnesville record for the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.52. She finished the preliminary round in 26th. McCrate also swam the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.21, finishing in 21st.

Scheurle, a junior, finished the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.78, finishing the prelims in 30th.

“Both Liv McCrate and Antoni Schuerle had a great season,” Barnesville head coach Danielle Anderson wrote to The Times Leader. “Their hard work paid off and they punched their ticket to the state meet. That is an amazing accomplishment in itself. They have goals for next year and we will be back stronger and faster.”

The pair’s performance at the state meet was a cherry on top of a season that saw the Barnesville boys win the OVAC 1A-3A championship, and the girls place as conference runners-up.