The Carmel boys swimming team rolled to another sectional championship Saturday afternoon at its home pool.
The Greyhounds scored 558 points to claim their 13th consecutive sectional title and 33rd overall. In addition, Carmel won 11 of the 12 events and qualified 23 swims to next weekend’s IHSAA state finals
The ‘Hounds started the meet with a new sectional record in the medley relay. The team of Wyatt Davis, Ryan Malicki, Griffin Hadley and Jake Mitchell clocked in at 1:30.30. Davis would later set a new record in the individual medley, breaking his own mark with a winning time of 1:48.61. Gus Rothrock finished second in that event with a time of 1:49.24, clocking in under the old sectional record.
Davis also took first place in the backstroke, giving him two individual wins on the day. Jake Mitchell also scored a double victory, sweeping the 200 and 500 freestyles. Other Carmel wins came from Brandon Edwards in the 50 free, Rothrock in the butterfly, Hadley in the 100 free, Malicki in the breaststroke, the 200 free relay team of Christopher Holmes, Malicki, AJ Robertson and Kayden Lancaster and the 400 free relay team of Nolan Kopp, Rothrock, Edwards and Ethan Johns.
Winners automatically advance to state, as do any other swims that beat state cut times. Carmel had eight of those: Rothrock and Malicki in the IM, Lancaster and Kopp in the 200 free, Griffin Seaver in the butterfly, Edwards in the 100 free, Lancaster and Seaver in the 500 free and Hadley and Kopp in the backstroke. The Greyhounds’ JT Curcio placed third in diving and will advance to Tuesday’s Homestead diving regional, which will take place at Summit Middle School in Fort Wayne.
Two Carmel swimmers received callbacks to state: Johns in the 100 free and Kevin Sweeney in the breaststroke.
Westfield had a fantastic meet, scoring 372.5 points to finish in second place. Cameron Clayton took second in the butterfly in a state cut time, advancing him to the state meet and also received a callback in the breaststroke. Ben Hobson finished fourth in diving, which qualified him for the regional. Two Shamrocks relay teams received callbacks: The medley team of Noah Brauer, Alex Casas, Clayton and Michael Simpson and the 400 free relay team of Brauer, Simpson, Evan Lesniewski and Clayton.
Noblesville placed third with 275.5 points. The Millers were strong in their relays, with the medley relay team of Cameron Kramer, Aidan Biddle, Eduard Buna and Nicholas Beeson, and the 200 free relay team of Kramer, Isaac Stephan, Tyler Cox and Beeson both placing third.
Guerin Catholic scored 88 points and had a diver advance to the regional: Dane Leonard picked up the eighth and final spot to send him to Fort Wayne.
ROYALS DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIP
Hamilton Southeastern continued its winning tradition by winning the Fishers sectional. The Royals scored 537 points to the Tigers’ 506. Southeastern thus defended its title from last year and won the school’s 26th sectional championship overall in boys swimming.
The Royals won seven events, starting with the medley relay team of Andrew Christopher, Andrew Truxall, Connor Harrison and Zack Bostock. Harrison would later win the butterfly event, with Bostock placing first in the breaststroke.
Other winners for HSE were DJ Rogers in the 50 free, AJ Ricafort in diving, Keegan Streett in the 100 free and Marcus Eden in the backstroke. All of the swimmers advance to the Friday state preliminaries, while Ricafort heads to Fort Wayne on Tuesday for the diving regional.
Ricafort will be joined in the diving regional by teammates Jack Bisesi and Gabe Ruiz, who placed fifth and seventh respectively to earn qualifying spots. Southeastern also had three state cut swim times: Streett in the 200 free, Rogers in the 100 free, the 200 free relay team of Harrison, Streett, Christopher and Rogers, and the 400 free relay team of Streett, Evan Sellers, Eden and Rogers. In all, HSE qualified 15 swims for state, including callbacks for Sellers in the 200 free, Harrison and Eden in the IM, Christopher in the 50 free and Sellers in the 500 free.
Runner-up Fishers had five event wins and qualified 13 swims for the state meet. Tigers individual winners were Aaron Frollo in the 200 free, Kyle Ponsler in the IM and Jackson Carlile in the 500 free. All three swimmers were part of the winning 200 and 400 free relays, joining Bruno Kitazuka in the 200 and Tyler Schwertfeger in the 400.
Fishers’ medley relay team of Logan Ayres, Daniel Bennett, Connor Carlile and Kitazuka earned a state cut time, as did Jackson Carlile in the 200 free, and Frollo and Ponsler in the 500 free. The Tigers also had three divers qualify for the regional, with William Jansen, Sebastian Otero and Ethan Weiss going 2-3-8. Schwertfeger received a callback in the 200 free, Connor Carlile in the IM, and Israel Harding and Logan Ayres in the backstroke.
Hamilton Heights competed in this sectional for the first time and placed seventh with 117 points. The Huskies had two relays finish six, starting with the medley relay team of Eli VanHaaren, Josh Snay, Grant Forrer and Alex Knepper, then finishing with the 400 free relay team of Joe Ringer, Grant Forrer, Snay and VanHaaren.
UNIVERSITY’S PRIEST WINS BACKSTROKE
At the North Central sectional, University’s Keegan Priest won the backstroke and will be making a return trip to the state finals.
Priest clocked in at 53.10 seconds to finish first in that event. The Trailblazers finished eighth as a team with 119 points.
AT CARMEL
Team scores: Carmel 558, Westfield 372.5, Noblesville 275.5, Tipton 199.5, Western 191, Northwestern 170.5, Maconaquah 147, Kokomo 129, Guerin Catholic 88, Eastern 67.
200 medley relay (State cut 1:37.20)
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Wyatt Davis, Ryan Malicki, Griffin Hadley, Jake Mitchell) 1:30.30, new sectional record, 2. Westfield (Noah Brauer, Alex Casas, Cameron Clayton, Michael Simpson) 1:37.28, 3. Noblesville (Cameron Kramer, Aidan Biddle, Eduard Buna, Nicholas Beeson) 1:39.19.
“B” Final: 10. Guerin Catholic (Caleb Russell, Dane Leonard, Matthew Halloran, Johannes Hoffmann) 2:02.48.
200 freestyle (State cut 1:38.83)
“A” Final: 1. Jake Mitchell (C) 1:38.83, 2. Kayden Lancaster (C) 1:40.46, 3. Nolan Kopp (C) 1:41.76, 4. Noah Brauer (W) 1:45.42, 6. Evan Lesniewski (W) 1:51.17, 7. Evan Lake (W) 1:52.03, 8. Quinn Sweeney (GC) 1:52.39.
“B” Final: 10. Liam Westlund (N) 1:55.00, 12. Tyler Cox (N) 1:56.38, 15. Joseph Gassensmith (N) 2:01.24.
200 individual medley (State cut 1:53.85)
“A” Final: 1. Davis (C) 1:48.61, new sectional record, 2. Gus Rothrock (C) 1:49.24, under old sectional record, 3. Malicki (C) 1:52.36, 4. Kramer (N) 1:59.25, 5. Cooper Tinsley (W) 2:03.57, 7. Aiden Yonkus (W) 2:04.89, 8. Isaac Stephan (N) 2:07.08.
“B” Final: 11. Justin DuBois (N) 2:15.00.
50 freestyle (State cut 21.27)
“A” Final: 1. Brandon Edwards (C) 21.57, 2. William Kok (C) 21.72, 4. Ethan Johns (C) 21.99, 5. Beeson (N) 22.13, 6. Simpson (W) 22.14.
“B” Final: 9. Jacob Roberts (W) 22.789, 16. Hoffmann (GC) 23.72.
One-meter diving (Top eight advance to regionals)
Finals: 3. JT Curcio (C) 414.60, 4. Ben Hobson (W) 391.15, 8. Leonard (GC) 289.30, 13. Parker Mutter (N) 244.15, 14. Norman Cano (N) 240.95, 15. Zach Zimmerman (C) 215.75.
100 butterfly (State cut 51.44)
“A” Final: 1. Rothrock (C) 49.79, 2. Clayton (W) 50.72, 3. Griffin Seaver (C) 50.78, 4. AJ Robertson (C) 51.86, 6. Brauer (W) 52.70, T7. Zane Kaufman (W) 55.53; Buna (N) 55.53.
“B” Final: 9. Sweeney (GC) 56.78, 12. DuBois (N) 1:00.19, 14. Jeremiah Ledwith (N) 1:02.35.
100 freestyle (State cut 47.21)
“A” Final: 1. Hadley (C) 45.06, 2. Brandon Edwards (C) 45.85, 3. Johns (C) 47.24, 4. Simpson (W) 48.77, 6. Beeson (N) 49.36.
“B” Final: 9. Yonkus (W) 50.70, 10. Jack Finnegan (W) 50.84, 15. Biddle (N) 52.85, 16. Cox (N) 53.50.
500 freestyle (State cut 4:40.52)
“A” Final: 1. Mitchell (C) 4:27.27, 2. Lancaster (C) 4:33.88, 3. Seaver (C) 4:39.48, 4. Kramer (N) 4:52.80, 5. Lake (W) 5:01.55, 6. Lesniewski (W) 5:07.16, 7. Tinsley (W) 5:07.20.
“B” Final: 11. Jonah Setmeyer (N) 5:28.74, 12. Gassensmith (N) 5:29.13.
200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:27.88)
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Christopher Holmes, Malicki, Robertson, Lancaster) 1:26.00, 3. Noblesville (Kramer, Stephan, Cox, Beeson) 1:31.74, 4. Westfield (Alex Casas, Finnegan, Yonkus, Roberts) 1:32.34, 8. Guerin Catholic (Hoffman, Leonard, Grant Bricking, Mason Harrell) 1:37.88.
100 backstroke (State cut 52.00)
“A” Final: 1. Davis (C) 48.38, 2. Hadley (C) 49.46, 3. Nolan Kopp (C) 49.81, 4. Buna (N) 57.86, 5. Kaufman (W) 58.47, 7. Will Kreag (W) 59.60.
“B” Final: 9. Jeremiah Ledwith (N) 1:00.50, 10. Finnegan (W) 1:00.73, 14. Noah Thurber (N) 1:05.80.
100 breaststroke (State cut 58.28)
“A” Final: 1. Malicki (C) 55.64, 2. Kevin Sweeney (C) 58.66, 3. Clayton (W) 58.72, 4. Kellen Reese (C) 1:00.81, 5. Biddle (N) 1:01.71, 7. Stephan (N) 1:04.11.
“B” Final: 9. Nathaniel Hand (W) 1:04.17, 11. Hoffmann (GC) 1:06.69, 15. Ryan Baird (W) 1:08.81.
400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:12.97)
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Kopp, Rothrock, Edwards, Johns) 3:07.98, 2. Westfield (Brauer, Simpson, Lesniewski, Clayton) 3:16.19, 4. Noblesville (Cox, DuBois, Biddle, Buna) 3:32.14.
“B” Final: 10. Guerin Catholic (Russell, Bricking, Aaron Cradick, Halloran) 4:06.54.
AT FISHERS
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 537, Fishers 506, Yorktown 283, Oak Hill 220, Anderson 204, Pendleton Heights 154, Hamilton Heights 117, Marion 75, Liberty Christian 42, Elwood 32.
200 medley relay (State cut 1:37.20)
“A” Final: 1. Southeastern (Andrew Christopher, Andrew Truxall, Connor Harrison, Zack Bostock) 1:34.18, 2. Fishers (Logan Ayres, Daniel Bennett, Connor Carlile, Bruno Kitazuka) 1:37.02, 6. Heights (Eli VanHaaren, Josh Snay, Grant Forrer, Alex Knepper) 1:51.04.
200 freestyle (State cut 1:38.83)
“A” Final: 1. Aaron Frollo (F) 1:38.83, 2. Keegan Streett (HSE) 1:39.33, 3. Jackson Carlile (F)1:40.92, 4. Evan Sellers (HSE) 1:43.43, 5. Tyler Schwertfeger (F) 1:43.70, 7. Logan Hess (HSE) 1:49.07.
“B” Final: 16. Drew Monnin (HH) 2:25.09.
200 individual medley (State cut 1:53.85)
“A” Final: 1. Kyle Ponsler (F) 1:51.82, 2. Harrison (HSE) 1:54.22, 3. Marcus Eden (HSE) 1:55.08, 4. C. Carlile (F) 1:55.94, 5. Bennett (F) 1:58.03, 6. Justin Voelker (HSE) 2:00.75, 8. VanHaaren (HH) 2:11.07.
“B” Final: 14. Snay (HH) 2:17.38.
50 freestyle (State cut 21.27)
“A” Final: 1. DJ Rogers (HSE) 21.00, 2. Christopher (HSE) 21.53, 4. Thomas Reising (HSE) 22.22, 5. Kitazuka (F) 22.36.
“B” Final: 9. Reed Beaumont (F) 22.79, 10. Sean Deimling (F) 23.42, 14. Joe Ringer (HH) 24.73.
One-meter diving (Top eight advance to regionals)
Finals: 1. AJ Ricafort (HSE) 475.70, 2. William Jansen (F) 467.15, 3. Sebastian Otero (F) 462.75, 5. Jack Bisesi (HSE) 315.40, 7. Gabe Ruiz (HSE) 292.25, 8. Ethan Weiss (F) 287.60, 12. Manuel Antolin Casado (HH) 235.35.
100 butterfly (State cut 51.44)
“A” Final: 1. Harrison (HSE) 50.62, 2. Christopher (HSE) 52.03, 3. Kitazuka (F) 52.10, 5. C. Carlile (F) 52.53, 6. Reising (HSE) 52.98, 7. Israel Harding (F) 53.38.
“B” Final: 11. VanHaaren (HH) 57.59.
100 freestyle (State cut 47.21)
“A” Final: 1. Streett (HSE) 46.05, 2. Rogers (HSE) 46.85, 3. Bostock (HSE) 47.70, 6. Schwertfeger (F) 48.35, 7. Ayres (F) 48.57, 8. Keaton Chop (F) 50.42.
“B” Final: 13. Ringer (HH) 54.54.
500 freestyle (State cut 4:40.52)
“A” Final: 1. J. Carlile (F) 4:29.02, 2. Frollo (F) 4:30.53, 3. Ponsler (F) 4:31.75, 4. Evan Sellers (HSE) 4:41.25, 6. Noah Haines (HSE) 5:01.91, 7. Alex Kaminski (HSE) 5:06.82.
“B” Final: 9. Forrer (HH) 5:16.11.
200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:27.88)
“A” Final: 1. Fishers (J. Carlile, Frollo, Kitazuka, Ponsler) 1:25.35, 2. Southeastern (Harrison, Streett, Christopher, Rogers) 1:25.55.
“B” Final: 9. Heights (Gabriel Sargaco Alves, Ethan Hall, Knepper, Ringer) 1:48.14.
100 backstroke (State cut 52.00)
“A” Final: 1. Eden (HSE) 51.94, 2. Harding (F) 52.89, 3. Ayres (F) 53.04, 5. Ethan Forbes (HSE) 54.98, 6. Deimling (F) 56.55, 8. Holden Kesler (HSE) 57.29.
100 breaststroke (State cut 58.28)
“A” Final: 1. Bostock (HSE) 58.72, 2. Truxall (HSE) 59.60, 3. Voelker (HSE) 59.96, 4. Alejandro Garcia (F) 1:00.59, T5. Bennett (F) 1:00.69; Beaumont (F) 1:00.69.
“B” Final: 12. Snay (HH) 1:08.46.
400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:12.97)
“A” Final: 1. Fishers (J. Carlile, Schwertfeger, Ponsler, Frollo) 3:06.94, 2. Southeastern (Streett, Sellers, Eden, Rogers) 3:09.03, 6. Heights (Ringer, Forrer, Snay, VanHaaren) 3:35.86.
AT NORTH CENTRAL
Team scores: North Central 429, Lawrence North 356, Franklin Central 300, Warren Central 293, Roncalli 185, Lawrence Central 184, Cathedral 140, University 119, Beech Grove 67, Bishop Chatard 67, Heritage Christian 47, Scecina 10.
200 medley relay
“A” Final: 6. University (Keegan Priest, Austin Clark, Cordell Wilson, Hayden Suarez-Davis) 1:47.38.
100 butterfly
“A” Final: 4. Priest 52.89.
“B” Final: 9. Wilson 57.34.
100 freestyle
“B” Final: 12. Suarez-Davis 53.14.
500 freestyle
“B” Final: 15. Wilson 5:49.39, 16. Andrew Laramore 6:06.66.
200 freestyle relay
“B” Final: 9. (Clark, Suarez-Davis, Laramore, Wilson) 1:43.20.
100 backstroke
“A” Final: 1. Priest 53.10.
100 breaststroke
“B” Final: 16. Clark 1:13.70.
400 freestyle relay
“A” Final: 8. University (Laramore, Suarez-Davis, Clark, Priest) 3:42.40.
The Hamilton Southeastern boys swim team defended its sectional championship Saturday at Fishers. The Royals won seven events and qualified nine swims to next weekend’s state meet. (Photo provided)