The Hamilton Southeastern swim team hosted its annual Splash N Clash tournament on Saturday, and the meet featured some great results for both the Royals boys and girls.
HSE’s boys team won the meet, scoring 556 points to runner-up Homestead’s 496.
“One year ago, Homestead came in to the HSE Natatorium and crushed us in this meet,” said Royals coach Andy Pedersen. “One week ago, Homestead beat us up at their meet. One night ago, we scored this meet out on paper – Munster wins going away. Today, the 10th-ranked Royals won this meet in dominating fashion – no small feat considering that Munster (No. 4) and Homestead (No. 7) are both top 10 teams in the state.”
Southeastern picked up two event wins. First, senior Nathan Barr led a 1-2 sweep of diving, with freshman AJ Ricafort placing second. The Royals also won the 200 freestyle relay, which consisted of Andrew Christopher, Zack Bostock, Keegan Streett and DJ Rogers.
In the girls meet, the Royals finished a close second to Homestead. The Spartans scored 675 points to HSE’s 656.5, but the Royals had four event wins.
Molly Pedersen won two individual events, taking the 200 and 100 freestyles after swimming on the winning medley relay team with Abby Harter, Molly Robinson and Hannah Pugh. Robinson would later win the breaststroke.
“The coaching staff is very proud of the effort we saw today and this team will grow from this,” said Pedersen. This closes a really tough three week period of racing. Just like last year, we are watching this team come together at the right time.”
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Homestead 675, Hamilton Southeastern 656.5, Munster 378, Greenfield-Central 192.5, Jeffersonville 185.5, Oak Hill 114.5, Bedford North Lawrence 102.
200 medley relay: 1. Southeastern “A” (Abby Harter, Molly Robinson, Hannah Pugh, Molly Pedersen) 1:48.03, 4. Southeastern”B” (Rebecca Ang, Kennedy Fisher, DaBin Jung, Laura MacLafferty) 1:53.80, 7. Southeastern “C” (Olivia Harter, Katherine Kesler, Olivia Kiley, Bella Goss) 1:55.57, 8. Southeastern “D” (Makana Goss, Ashley Baker, Kaleigh Stivers, Brooke Baker) 1:58.77, 16 Southeastern “E” (Anna MacLafferty, Maggie Guindon, Caitlyn Russell, Sophia Kegley) 2:08.51.
200 freestyle: 1. M. Pedersen 1:55.43, 4. Kayleigh Witt 2:02.68, 8. Ellie Pedersen 2:03.83, 10. Brooke Ratliff 2:07.00, 13. Olivia Vicory 2:07.68.
200 individual medley: 2. Pugh 2:10.90, 4. A. Harter 2:13.39, 8. Ang 2:20.13, 10. O. Harter 2:21.63, 13. Baker 2:24.17.
50 freestyle: 2. Bri Saple 24.78, 5. Fisher 26.07, T7. Jung 26.51, T9. L. MacLafferty 26.53, T12. B. Baker 26.79.
One-meter diving: 2. Sarah Ballard 417.55, 3. Halli Siwik 381.55, 4. Ashley Sinicropi 372.15, 5. Courtney Broyles 343.05.
100 butterfly: 2. Pugh 57.89, 6. Jung 1:00.60, 9. Stivers 1:02.76, 12. Kiley 1:05.18, 13. Goss 1:06.44.
100 freestyle: 1. M. Pedersen 53.52, 4. Saple 54.87, 7. E. Pedersen 55.85, 11. O. Vicory 58.17, 14. Sarah Juffer 59.68.
500 freestyle: 5. Witt 5:29.96, 6. Robinson 5:31.17, 10. Sloane Gardner 5:38.94.
200 freestyle relay: 2. Southeastern “A” (Saple, Pugh, Fisher, Witt) 1:41.09, 4. Southeastern “B” (Goss, E. Pedersen, L. MacLafferty, B. Baker) 1:44.39, 8. Southeastern “C” (O. Vicory, O. Harter, Jung, Amelia Vicory) 1:45.92, 10. Southeastern “D” (Goss, Juffer, Stivers, Kiley) 1:50.03.
100 backstroke: 2. A. Harter 58.14, 3. O. Harter 1:00.65, 5. Ang 1:02.34, 8. Goss 1:04.19, 13. Madison Rossillo 1:06.49.
100 breaststroke: 1. Robinson 1:07.60, 5. Fisher 1:10.45, 8. Kesler 1:11.51, 10. Ashley Baker 1:12.87, 14. Lizzy McRanor 1:16.51.
400 freestyle relay: 2. Southeastern “A” (E. Pedersen, A. Harter, M. Pedersen, Saple) 3:35.59, 5. Southeastern “B” (Witt, Robinson, Juffer, O. Vicory) 3:52.36, 8. Southeastern “C” (Ang, Stivers, B. Baker, L. MacLafferty) 3:54.58, 13. Southeastern “D” (Jessie Fierce, Emily Manship, Maddie McNarney, Emma Maple) 4:11.13.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 556, Munster 496, Homestead 482, Greenfield-Central 280, Jeffersonville 188, Bedford North Lawrence 183, Oak Hill 103.
200 medley relay: 2. Southeastern “A” (Blake Ratliff, DJ Rogers, Connor Harrison, Andrew Christopher) 1:37.82, 8. Southeastern “B” (Marcus Eden, Andrew Truxall, Ethan Forbes, Matteo Fontanin) 1:46.70, 13. Southeastern “C” (Owen Armstrong, Justin Voelker, Logan Hess, Alex Kaminski) 1:52.61, 16. Southeastern “D” (Holden Kesler, Ryan Harrison, Ethan Zentz, Jacob Fierce) 1:57.97.
200 freestyle: 3. Keegan Streett 1:46.06, 7. Evan Sellers 1:50.74, 14. Kaminski 1:58.37, 16. Hess 2:02.72.
200 individual medley: 5. Ratliff 1:59.94, 8. C. Harrison 2:05.97, 15. Voelker 2:12.88.
50 freestyle: 2. Rogers 21.48, 4. Nick Bostock 23.26, 5. Zack Bostock 23.29, 12. A. Truxall 24.28, 13. Fontanin 24.68.
One-meter diving: 1. Nathan Barr 419.75, 2. AJ Ricafort 364.85, 6. Noah Ebeyer 232.45, 7. Jack Bisesi 231.85.
100 butterfly: 2. C. Harrison 53.69, 6. Christopher 55.13, 13. Forbes 1:00.44, 15. Hess 1:02.81, 16. Zentz 1:03.36.
100 freestyle: 2. Rogers 47.77, 5. Z. Bostock 51.86, 6. N. Bostock 52.50, 11. Fontanin 55.27.
500 freestyle: 5. Sellers 4:55.40, 6. Streett 4:55.79, 12. Kaminski 5:24.17.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern (Christopher, Z. Bostock, Streett, Rogers) 1:27.64, 4. Southeastern “B” (N. Bostock, Eden, Sellers, A. Truxall) 1:32.20, 8. Southeastern “C” (Fontain, Zentz, Hess, Voelker) 1:39.97, 13. Southeastern “D” (Noah Haines, Matt Truxall, Laith Qadan, Fierce) 1:45.17.
100 backstroke: 3. Ratliff 53.74, 5. Eden 57.44, 10. Forbes 1:00.73, 14. Kesler 1:03.30, 15. Armstrong 1:04.02.
100 breaststroke: 5. A. Truxall 1:03.73, 9. Voelker 1:06.23, 12. M. Truxall 1:09.03.
400 freestyle relay: 4. Southeastern “A” (Streett, Ratliff, Sellers, N. Bostock) 3:19.66, 5. Southeastern “B” (C. Harrison, Eden, Z. Bostock, Forbes) 3:26.37, 12. Southeastern “C” (Kesler, Haines, Kaminski, Jack Herzog) 3:49.79, 16. Southeastern “D” (Qadan, M. Truxall, R. Harrison, Malcolm Tarin) 4:00.84.
The Hamilton Southeastern boys swimming and diving team won the annual Splash N Clash tournament, which took place Saturday at the Royals Nataorium. The HSE girls placed a close second to Homestead. (Photo provided)