OAC 1-Meter Champion Ellie Clymer and OAC 1650-freestyle Champion Bella Ratino
OAC Runner-ups Bella Ratino and Erika Nockengost and OAC Champion Marissa Kural
OAC Champion Bella Ratino and School-Record 200-yard freestyle relay team
Marissa Kural and Bella Ratino each won a pair of events (Photos Courtesy of Ed Hall, Jr.)
Photo Courtesy of Ed Hall, Jr.
Bella Ratino

Bella Ratino

  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Mentor
  • High School:
    Hawken
  • Events:
    Backstroke/Freestyle
  • Major:
    Business Management

2019-20

  • BW Women's Most Valuable Swimmer Award winner
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Champion in 500-yard freestyle
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Champion in 1650-yard freestyle
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 500-yard freestyle
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 400-yard individual medley with a second place finish with a BW school-record time of 4:37.44
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 1650-yard freestyle
  • Member of BW school-record 400-medley relay with a time of 3:59.97
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 400-medley relay
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 800-yard freestyle relay
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week on November 25
  • BW school-record holder in 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:40.80
  • 50-yard backstroke season-best and career-best time of 29.15
  • 100-yard backstroke season-best and career-best time of 59.36
  • 200-yard backstroke season-best time of 2:13.80
  • 200-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of 2:03.68
  • 500-yard freestyle season-best time of 5:09.87 
  • 1000-yard freestyle season-best time of 11:13.28
  • 1650-yard freestyle season-best time of 18:02.95
  • Earned second varsity letter 

2018-19

  • Ohio Athletic Conference Champion in 500-yard freestyle with a BW school-record time of 5:04.60
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Champion in 1650-yard freestyle with a BW school-record time of 17:39.80
  • BW school-record holder in 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:07.81
  • BW school-record holder in 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:33.86
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 200-yard backstroke with a third place finish
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 500-yard freestyle
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 1650-yard freestyle
  • Member of BW school-record 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 7:51.87
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors with a second place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay
  • 50-yard backstroke season-best and career-best time of 38.74 
  • 50-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of  27.66 
  • 100-yard backstroke season-best time of 1:04.07 
  • 200-yard freestyle season-best time of 2:05.80
  • Eraned first varsity letter

Career Bests

  • 50-yard backstroke: 29.15 at Oberlin Invitational on Nov. 22, 2019
  • 50-yard freestyle: 27.66 at Franciscan & vs. Pitt-Bradford on Jan. 27, 2019
  • 100-yard backstroke: 59.36 at OAC Championships on Feb. 13, 2020
  • 200-yard backstroke (BW record):  2:07.81 at OAC Championships at Feb. 16, 2019
  • 200-yard freestyle: 2:05.80 vs. Case Western Reserve on Feb. 2, 2019
  • 400-yard individual medley (BW record): 4:37.44 at OAC Championships on Feb. 13, 2020
  • 500-yard freestyle (BW record): 5:04.60 at OAC Championships on Feb. 14, 2019
  • 1000-yard freestyle (BW record): 10:33.86 at OAC Championships on Feb. 16, 2019
  • 1650-yard freestyle (BW record): 17:39.80 at OAC Championships on Feb. 16, 2019

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner (one at Mentor and three at Hawken)
  • Qualified for Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships in 100-backstroke
  • Placed fourth at Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships in the 500-freestyle as a junior
  • Qualified for Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships in 200-freestyle as a junior
  • Placed eighth at Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships in the 500-freestyle as a sophomore
  • District qualifier in the 200-freestyle and 500-freestyle as a freshman

Personal

  • Daughter of Jeff and Maria Ratino
This page was last updated on May 4, 2020