The boys swimming sectional finals took place on Saturday at various sites across Indiana, and Hamilton County’s teams once again had solid performances.
At Noblesville, Carmel won the team championship with 545 points and qualified 19 swims to Friday’s state preliminaries at the IU Natatorium. The Greyhounds won nine events and tied for first in two others in winning its 13th straight sectional title and 32nd overall.
Jacob Mitchell was a double winner in the 200 and 500 freestyles, while Wyatt Davis finished first in the individual medley and backstroke. Jota Iwase won the 100 free.
Alec DeLong took first place in the 100 free and tied for first in the 50 free. Ryan Malicki tied for first in the breaststroke. Carmel also swept all three relays.
In addition to the wins, eight other Greyhounds qualified for state after beating the state cut time in their respective events. Augustus Rothrock made the cut in the 200 and 500 freestyles, while Andrew Rafalko and Iwase both got cuts in the IM.
Griffin Hadley qualified in the 100 free and backstroke by time, and Rafalko and Patrick Cavanaugh both made the cut in the breaststroke. John Curcio placed third in the diving event and advanced to Tuesday’s regional at Fishers.
Westfield finished second as a team with 382.5 points. Cameron Clayton tied with Malicki for first place in the breaststroke, qualifying him for state. Ben Hobson placed fourth in the diving, earning him a spot at the regional.
Noblesville took third place with 306.5 points. Jack Wolfred qualified for state in two events: He tied with DeLong for first place in the 50 free and also made a state cut in the 100 free. In addition several times by the Millers, Shamrocks and Greyhounds are close enough to receive callbacks, which means they are fast enough to fill a field of 32 in an event once all the winners and cut times are placed.
Hamilton Heights’ Jared Holder qualified for state once again in two events. Holder made state cut times in the 100 free and the backstroke.
Guerin Catholic diver Dane Leonard finished ninth in that event, giving the Golden Eagles their highest place at the sectional.
AT NOBLESVILLE
Team scores: Carmel 545, Westfield 382.5, Noblesville 306.5, Western 188, Northwestern 188, Kokomo 147, Tipton 134, Hamilton Heights 128, Maconaquah 106, Eastern 60, Guerin Catholic 24.
200 medley relay (State cut 1:37.46)
“A” final: 1. Carmel (Wyatt Davis, Ryan Malicki, Griffin Hadley, Alec DeLong) 1:31.68, 2. Westfield (Noah Brauer, Alex Casas, Jacob Roberts, Chandler Luedke) 1:41.38, 5. Noblesville (Wesley Mathis, Isaac Stephan, Andy Buna, Justin DuBois) 1:45.01, 6. Heights (Jared Holder, Luke Stohler, Eli VanHaaren, Grant Forrer) 1:46.43.
200 freestyle (State cut 1:43.22)
“A” final: 1. Jacob Mitchell (C) 1:36.29, 2. Augustus Rothrock (C) 1:40.54, 4. Brett Calvin (W) 1:45.26, 5. Brandon Edwards (C) 1:46.75, 6. Brauer (W) 1:47.47, 7. Will Huff (N) 1:50.80, 8. Evan Lesniewski (W) 1:52.10.
“B” final: 11. Ty Cox (N) 1:56.76, 12. Casey Akers (N) 1:57.19.
200 individual medley (State cut 1:54.36)
“A” final: 1. Davis (C) 1:49.71, 2. Andrew Rafalko (C) 1:51.92, 3. Jota Iwase (C) 1:52.13, 4. Cameron Kramer (N) 1:56.58, 5. Nick Beeson (N) 2:00.53, 6. Casas (W) 2:04.86, 7. Stephan (N) 2:05.35, 8. Zane Kaufman (W) 2:08.12.
“B” final: 9. Cooper Tinsley (W) 2:07.93, 12. VanHaaren (HH) 2:12.03.
50 freestyle (State cut 21.44)
“A” final: T1. Jack Wolfred (N) 20.89; DeLong (C) 20.89, 3. Patrick Cavanaugh (C) 21.54, 4. William Kok (C) 21.94, 7. Michael Simpson (W) 22.60.
“B” final: 9. Roberts (W) 23.06, 10. Luedke (W) 23.21.
One-meter diving (Top four advance to regional)
Finals: 1. Porter Brovont (E) 411.95, 3. John Curcio (C) 346.60, 4. Ben Hobson (W) 331.35, 6. Jared Newman (N) 320.90, 8. DeJuan King (HH) 260.70, 9. Dane Leonard (GC) 244.40, 13. Josh Lovett (N) 182.75, 15. Ian Gibbons (N) 162.30.
100 butterfly (State cut 51.53)
“A” final: 1. Iwase (C) 50.10, 3. Nolan Kopp (C) 51.57, 4. Cameron Clayton (W) 51.88, 5. Griffin Seaver (C) 52.29, 6. Huff (N) 53.89, 7. Kaufman (W) 55.56.
“B” final: 10. Buna (N) 56.90, 11. Roberts (W) 57.20, 13. VanHaaren (HH) 58.71.
100 freestyle (State cut 47.28)
“A” final: 1. DeLong (C) 45.98, 2. Hadley (C) 46.10, 3. Wolfred (N) 46.66, 4. Holder (HH) 46.88, 5. Brandon Edwards (C) 47.76, 6. Simpson (W) 49.41.
“B” final: 10. Jack Finnegan (W) 51.69, 11. Luedke (W) 52.29, 13. Cox (N) 53.31, 14. Aidan Haney (N) 53.37.
500 freestyle (State cut 4:41.14)
“A” final: 1. Mitchell (C) 4:22.86, 2. Rothrock (C) 4:31.70, 3. Seaver (C) 4:42.76, 4. Kramer (N) 4:42.98, 5. Calvin (W) 4:51.29, 6. Lesniewski (W) 5:00.04, 7. Nathaneal Brown (W) 5:04.63.
“B” final: 10. Akers (N) 5:15.11, 12. Forrer (HH) 5:34.98, 13. Joseph Gassensmith (N) 5:38.21.
200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:28.06)
“A” final: 1. Carmel (DeLong, Jacob Pitz, Rothrock, Mitchell) 1:24.30, 2. Noblesville (Wolfred, Beeson, Huff, Kramer) 1:28.14, 3. Westfield (Clayton, Simpson, Roberts, Calvin) 1:29.81.
“B” final: 9. Heights (Joe Ringer, Josh Snay, Kal Colter, Forrer) 1:42.02, 10. Guerin Catholic (Johannes Hoffmann, Leonard, Caleb Russell, Matthew Jones) 1:44.60.
100 backstroke (State cut 52.30)
“A” final: 1. Davis (C) 48.07, 2. Hadley (C) 49.55, 3. Holder (HH) 50.47, 4. Kopp (C) 52.45, 5. Brauer (W) 53.81, 6. Beeson (N) 55.39, 7. Brown (W) 56.24.
“B” final: 10. Finnegan (W) 59.43, 11. Buna (N) 59.78, 12. Mathis (N) 1:00.04.
100 breaststroke (State cut 58.33)
“A” final: T1. Malicki (C) 57.54; Clayton (W) 57.54, 3. Rafalko (C) 57.59, 4. Cavanaugh (C) 58.07, 6. Casas (W) 1:02.66, 7. Stephan (N) 1:02.70.
“B” final: 10. Nathaniel Hand (W) 1:06.08, 13. DuBois (N) 1:08.12, 15. Stohler (HH) 1:10.53, 16. Hoffmann (GC) 1:10.89.
400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:13.14)
“A” final: 1. Carmel (Mitchell, Davis, Rothrock, Iwase) 3:04.46, 2. Noblesville (Kramer, Huff, Beeson, Wolfred) 3:13.79, 3. Westfield (Calvin, Simpson, Brauer, Clayton) 3:14.94, 6. Heights (VanHaaren, Ringer, Stohler, Holder) 3:32.17.
Hamilton Southeastern won its own sectional championship on Saturday, outscoring rival Fishers 547-475. The Royals thus collected their first sectional title in two years and 25th overall.
Southeastern won eight events and qualified 13 swims for the state prelims. DJ Rogers was victorious twice, taking the 50 and 100 freestyles. Other individual event winners were Keegan Streett in the 200 free, Blake Ratliff in the IM, Marcus Eden in the backstroke and all three relays.
The Royals also had five state cut swims, from Andrew Christopher in the 50 free and butterfly, Connor Harrison in the butterfly, Streett in the 500 free and Ratliff in the backstroke. Divers Nathan Barr and AJ Ricafort placed second and third respectively, advancing to the Tuesday regional.
The Tigers won two events. Drake Stallworth placed first in the butterfly and Aaron Frollo paced the 500 free. Five more Fishers swims made the state cut: Frollo in the IM, Trevor Adcock in the 50 free, Kyle Ponsler in the 500 free, and the medley and 200 free relays.
AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 547, Fishers 475, Yorktown 267, Oak Hill 222, Pendleton Heights 209, Anderson 177, Marion 98, Liberty Christian 47, Elwood 36.
200 medley relay (State cut 1:37.46)
“A” final: 1. Southeastern (Blake Ratliff, Charles Truxall, Connor Harrison, Andrew Christopher) 1:34.29, 2. Fishers (Kyle Ponsler, Cory Jacocks, Drake Stallworth, Trevor Adcock) 1:35.01.
200 freestyle (State cut 1:43.22)
“A” final: 1. Keegan Streett (HSE) 1:38.45, 2. Aaron Frollo (F) 1:40.64, 3. Evan Sellers (HSE) 1:43.84, 4. Tyler Schwertfeger (F) 1:44.66, 5. Marcus Eden (HSE) 1:44.71, 6. Bruno Kitazuka (F) 1:47.59.
200 individual medley (State cut 1:54.36)
“A” final: 1. Ratliff (HSE) 1:54.07, 2. Harrison (HSE) 1:54.43, 3. Ponsler (F) 1:54.88, 4. Jacocks (F) 1:55.93, 6. Nicolas Silveira Silva (F) 1:59.32, 8. Justin Voelker (HSE) 2:04.28.
50 freestyle (State cut 21.44)
“A” final: 1. DJ Rogers (HSE) 20.71, 2. Christopher (HSE) 21.06, 3. Adcock (F) 21.23, 4. Nick Bostock (HSE) 21.95, 7. Reed Beaumont (F) 22.90.
“B” final: 11. Sean Deimling (F) 23.51.
One-meter diving (Top four advance to regional)
Finals: 1. Caiden Lake (OH) 503.65, 2. Nathan Barr (HSE) 498.85. 3. AJ Ricafort (HSE) 462.55, 4. William Jansen (F) 437.15, 5. Sebastian Otero (F) 416.85, 7. Jackson Bisesi (HSE) 306.30, 10. Ethan Weiss (F) 278.20.
100 butterfly (State cut 51.53)
“A” final: 1. Stallworth (F) 48.98, 2. Harrison (HSE) 50.33, 3. Christopher (HSE) 51.26, 4. Adcock (F) 52.68, 6. Thomas Reising (HSE) 53.39, 7. Louis Henderson (F) 56.07.
100 freestyle (State cut 47.28)
“A” final: 1. Rogers (HSE) 46.28, 2. Zack Bostock (HSE) 48.22, 5. N. Bostock (HSE) 48.72, 6. Kitazuka (F) 49.06, 7. Logan Ayres (F) 49.88.
“B” final: 10. Deimling 52.58.
500 freestyle (State cut 4:41.14)
“A” final: 1. Frollo (F) 4:32.03, 2. Streett (HSE) 4:33.68, 3. Ponsler (F) 4:36.01, 4. Sellers (HSE) 4:42.06, 5. Schwertfeger (F) 4:44.19, 8. Alexander Kaminski (HSE) 5:07.53.
200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:28.06)
“A” final: 1. Southeastern (Streett, Christopher, Rogers, Harrison) 1:25.17, 2. Fishers (Adcock, Jacocks, Frollo, Stallworth) 1:25.57.
100 backstroke (State cut 52.30)
“A” final: 1. Eden (HSE) 51.75, 2. Ratliff (HSE) 51.86, 3. Ayres (F) 55.56, 4. Silveira Silva (F) 55.57, 5. Henderson (F) 55.89.
“B” final: 9. Holden Kesler (HSE) 58.77.
100 breaststroke (State cut 58.33)
“A” final: 1. Nathan Hicks (Y) 57.18, 2. Truxall (HSE) 59.73, 3. Jacocks (F) 1:00.28, 4. Reising (HSE) 1:00.67, 5. Voelker (HSE) 1:01.37, 6. Beaumont (F) 1:01.72, 8. Alejandro Garcia (F) 1:02.51.
400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:13.14)
“A” final: 1. Southeastern (Streett, Ratliff, Sellers, Rogers) 3:08.93, 2. Fishers (Ponsler, Schwertfeger, Frollo, Stallworth) 3:13.52.
University had a historic day at the Lawrence North sectional, sending its first swimmer ever to the state meet.
Keegan Priest won the butterfly event in a time of 52.31 seconds, thus qualifying for the state meet. Priest also finished second in the backstroke.
The Trailblazers placed sixth as a team. Roy Raz was second in the 500 free.
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Team scores: Lawrence North 419, Franklin Central 341, North Central 340, Warren Central 223, Shelbyville 200, University 170, Lawrence Central 143, Heritage Christian 121, Cathedral 120, Beech Grove 101, Bishop Chatard 53.
200 medley relay
“A” final: 4. University (Keegan Priest, Cole Reinholt, Cordell Wilson, Hayden Suarez-Davis) 1:44.23.
200 freestyle
“A” final: 3. Roy Raz 1:47.06.
200 individual medley
“B” final: 13. Reinholt 2:18.35.
100 butterfly
“A” final: 1. Priest 52.31.
“B” final: 13. Wilson 59.23, 16. Asher Whitcomb 1:01.38.
500 freestyle
“A” final: 2. Raz 4:48.21.
200 freestyle relay
“B” final: 9. University (Suarez-Davis, Coghlin Kumler, Austin Clark, Raz) 1:38.19.
100 backstroke
“A” final: 2. Priest 53.06.
“B” final: 12. Whitcomb 1:03.43.
100 breaststroke
“A” final: 7. Reinholt 1:04.76.
400 freestyle relay
“A” final: 6. University (Raz, Suarez-Davis, Kumler, Priest) 3:29.89.
The Carmel boys swim team won the sectional championship at Noblesville on Saturday. The Greyhounds also qualified 19 swims to next Friday’s state preliminaries. (Bret Richardson)
Noblesville swim coach Rich Wolfred congratulates his season Jack Wolfred. Jack tied for first in the 50 freestyle and also qualified for state in the 100 free. (Bret Richardson)
Hamilton Heights’ Jared Holder qualified for state in the 100 free and the backstroke. (Bret Richardson)