By RICHIE HALL
NOBLESVILLE – Noblesville swim coach Aleks Fansler has a really fun “problem,” if you can call it that.
The coach was talking after the Millers competed in a three-team meet with North Central and University at the Noblesville pool. The Millers won all parts of the meet, with both the boys and girls teams getting close victories over a competitive Panthers squad.
“I think the season’s been really fun,” said Fansler. “I think what’s fun about it is, we’ve got more depth than I think maybe we’ve ever had, especially on the girls’ side.”
As a result, Fansler has been putting in a “completely different lineup” at every meet Noblesville has competed in this season.
“It’s made my job a little hard at times with conference lineups, because I didn’t know where to put everybody,” said Fansler. “But it makes it fun too, because when we go to different meets, kids are swimming totally different things and we’re still competing at a really high level and we’re winning a lot of dual meets right now, so it’s a lot of fun for the kids as well.”
The Millers have several senior leaders on the team this year. For the girls, that includes Maya McDonald (a state medalist in the breaststroke last year) Emily Knott and Mia Field. McDonald picked up two individual wins on Tuesday, taking the 50 freestyle and the butterfly races.
The boys team also features a nice number of seniors, including Graham Kulp, Mason Snyder, Zak Armstrong, Shepard Huff, Caleb Mathis, Sean Halvorsen and Mark Berger.
Halvorsen placed first in the individual medley, while Snyder won the 500 free. Fansler said this year’s seniors “wanted to take a step in that leadership position and put a lot emphasis on it.”
In the girls meet, junior Exley Tricker won the 200 and 500 freestyles, while sophomore Haddie Vohs was first in the IM and backstroke. Noblesville also won the medley relay, which consisted of junior Julia Santerre, Tricker, Vohs and McDonald.
Noblesville’s boys got two additional wins, from junior Aiden Kless in diving and sophomore Lane Monger in the breaststroke.
University senior Neiman Kumler had the best finish for the Trailblazers, as he took second in the boys 50 and 100 freestyle events.
University’s Neiman Kumler placed second in the 50 and 100 freestyle races. (Richie Hall)
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Noblesville 90, University 4; Noblesville 56, North Central 46; North Central 90, University 4.
200 medley relay: 1. Noblesville “A” (Julia Santerre, Exley Tricker, Haddie Vohs, Maya McDonald) 1:52.83, 3. Noblesville “B” (Mallory Mehringer, Kyra Blackwell, Katie Sutton, Emily Knott) 2:00.43.
200 freestyle: 1. Tricker (N) 2:03.87, 4. Olivia Motz (N) 2:08.92, 5. Evie King (U) 2:33.82.
200 individual medley: 1. Vohs (N) 2:16.27, 3. Blackwell (N) 2:25.18.
50 freestyle: 1. McDonald (N) 25.63, 3. Knott (N) 26.10, 5. Nia Williams (U) 29.94.
One-meter diving: 2. Eryn McMahon (N) 204.85, 4. Gracie Obremski (N) 85.30.
100 butterfly: 1. McDonald (N) 1:03.37, 3. Ellie Hayward (N) 1:06.34.
100 freestyle: 2. Mia Field (N) 57.63, 4. Kirsten McCormick (N) 1:03.15, 5. Williams (U) 1:07.59.
500 freestyle: 1. Tricker (N) 5:34.94, 2. Sutton (N) 5:44.01.
200 freestyle relay: 2. Noblesville “A” (Hayward, Motz, Field, Vohs) 1:43.97.
100 backstroke: 1. Vohs (N) 1:04.47, 4. McCormick (N) 1:11.88.
100 breaststroke: 2. Hayward (N) 1:13.48, 4. Motz (N) 1:19.17, 5. King (U) 1:45.22.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Noblesville “A” (Knott, Motz, Tricker, McDonald) 3:47.79, 3. Noblesville “B” (Blackwell, Santerre, Sutton, Hayward) 3:58.08.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Noblesville 85, University 16; Noblesville 53, North Central 49; North Central 83, University 14.
200 medley relay: 2. Noblesville “A” (Graham Kulp, Mason Snyder, Zak Armstrong, Liam Hayward) 1:41.82, 3. Noblesville “B” (Shepard Huff, Josh Naas, Anthony Mathis, Lane Monger) 1:45.63.
200 freestyle: 2. Kulp (N) 1:50.33, 3. Oliver Mark (N) 1:58.88, 5. Zach Sullivan (U) 2:15.26.
200 individual medley: 1. Sean Halvorsen (N) 2:04.05, 2. Armstrong (N) 2:05.41, 5. Gabe Pryor (U) 2:35.32.
50 freestyle: 2. Neiman Kumler (U) 22.22, 3. Naas (N) 23.81, 5. Huff (N) 24.31.
One-meter diving: 1. Aiden Kless (N) 278.40, 2. Colton Suhan (N) 208.30, 4. K.J. Gordon (N) 55.05.
100 butterfly: 2. Kulp (N) 54.66, 4. Caleb Mathis (N) 1:02.84, 5. Cael Head (U) 1:17.30.
100 freestyle: 2. Kumler (U) 48.76, 3. Halvorsen (N) 51.14, 4. Monger (N) 51.78.
500 freestyle: 1. Snyder (N) 5:08.90, 3. Naas (N) 5:14.51, 5. Owen Ascioti (U) 7:05.33.
200 freestyle relay: 2. Noblesville “A” (Liam Hayward, Snyder, Halvorsen, Kulp) 1:31.91, 3. Noblesville “B” (Naas, Huff, Mark Berger, C. Mathis) 1:37.07.
100 backstroke: 3. Hayward (N) 59.62, 4. C. Mathis (N) 1:08.06, 5. Pryor (U) 1:15.11.
100 breaststroke: 1. Monger (N) 1:05.16, 2. Armstrong (N) 1:06.23, 5. George Lynch (N) 1:30.01.
400 freestyle relay: 2. Noblesville “A” (Halvorsen, Snyder, A. Mathis, Armstrong) 3:22.74, 3. Noblesville “B” (Berger, Brayden Wright, Oliver Mark, C. Mathis) 3:37.88.