By RICHIE HALL
FISHERS – After a busy week, the Fishers swim teams contained a bunch of tired, but happy Tigers.
Fishers competed in three high-level meets last week, culminating with a trip to Hamilton Southeastern to compete in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet last Saturday. The Tigers swept both the girls and boys team championships, winning the two trophies in different ways.
The Fishers girls team won with 505 team points, comfortably ahead of the Royals’ 381.5 points. The Tigers won eight events, with everyone from superstar seniors to talented freshmen getting victories.
Meanwhile, Fishers’ boys team scored 459.5 points, with Zionsville the runner-up. The Eagles scored 415 points, but claimed 10 of the 12 events, including a handful of new meet records.
The Tigers boys used their solid depth to stay ahead of Zionsville. In five events, Fishers had three swimmers place in the top eight. That included a 1-2-5 finish in diving, where the Tigers’ Jack Roby edged out his teammate Jacob Schade by less than a point to give Fishers its only event victory.
The Tigers did get four runner-up finishes. Connor Carlile took second in the 200 and 100 freestyles, Tommy Johanneman was second in the backstroke, and the 400 free relay team of Tommy Hines, Keaton Chop, Taichi Kataoka and Carlile finished the meet with another runner-up result.
Hines also placed third in the 500 free, with Daniel Bennett getting third in the breaststroke. Fishers had its other two relays finish third, starting with the medley squad of Carlile, Bennett, Victor Herbert and Hudson Lee. The 200 free relay team of Lee, Bennett, Kataoka and Chop also took third.
“We knew it was going to be tough and they had to reach deep,” said Tigers coach Joe Keller of both teams. “They did that. They showed some real fortitude. We had to make some switches, some kids that still aren’t felling well. We’ve dealt with a lot of illness.”
Yet the Tigers stepped up. Keller gave Diego Katazuka as a “good example” of this: Katazuka swam a 5:05 at last Thursday’s Mudsock meet, but dropped seven seconds between then and the HCC meet, finishing eighth in 4:58.55.
“That’s what you want,” said Keller. “Kids having pride in the team, in their own swimming and stepping up and performing. And we had a lot of that happen today.”
Meanwhile, the Fishers girls were getting several blue-ribbon swims. Senior Jo Jo Ramey was involved in four wins; she started the meet by teaming with Avery Stein, Kate Mouser and Claire Francis to win the medley relay. Ramey then picked up two individual wins in the 200 free and backstroke, and finished the meet by joining Addison Carlile, Nalanie Cortez and Mouser for a victory in the 400 free relay.
“It was really fun,” said Ramey. “I think coming into it, we were all super tired. But we knew that we had to perform in order to win. This is always a pretty close meet, especially for our boys, so it’s really exciting just racing and having fun. It’s a good meet to prepare for championship season.”
Ramey
Carlile, Francis and Stein were also part of the winning 200 free relay, along with Emma Schwertfeger. Carlile won the 50 free, Francis was first in the 100 free and Stein triumphed in the breaststroke.
Hamilton Southeastern’s Audrey Crawford got two victories, sweeping the individual medley and butterfly events. The Royals were able to hold off Zionsville by 17.5 points for second place. As for the Southeastern boys, Jihoon Jung picked up a victory in the individual medley.
Jung said he was happy to get the win. He also spoke about the turnaround of swimming in the Mudsock meet on Thursday, then coming back to compete in the HCC on Saturday.
“It was definitely hard managing the two, but I just tried to think of it as a sectional,” said Jung. The sectional is a two-day event, with preliminaries on Thursday and the finals on Saturday.
“It went well, so I’m happy,” said Jung.
Noblesville’s girls got a win from freshman Sabrina Ledwith, who was first in the 500 freestyle.
“I think I did pretty good,” said Ledwith. “I think I executed my race plan pretty well.”
Ledwith
Aidan Biddle was the top finisher for the Millers boys, taking second in the breaststroke.
Westfield got a fifth-place finish from its girls 400 free relay team of Kate Peck, Isabella Amaya, Bridget Mick and Alexa Boillat. In the boys meet, Ben Morse finished fourth in the 100 free and sixth in the 50 free.
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Fishers 505, Hamilton Southeastern 381.5, Zionsville 364, Noblesville 270, Brownsburg 175.5, Westfield 174, Franklin Central 124, Avon 109.
200 medley relay: 1. Fishers (Jo Jo Ramey, Avery Stein, Kate Mouser, Claire Francis) 1:47.08, 2. Southeastern (Naomi Haines, Katelyn Kertin, Audrey Crawford, Ash Saple) 1:47.68, 4. Noblesville (Sabrina Ledwith, Maya McDonald, Haddie Vohs, Exley Tricker) 1:52.37, 6. Westfield (Alex Irvin, Kate Harrison, Alexa Boillat, Bridget Mick) 1:56.46.
200 freestyle: 1. J. Ramey (F) 1:52.45, 4. Ledwith (N) 1:57.17, 5. Nalanie Cortez (F) 1:58.46, 6. Emma Schumacher (F) 1:59.43, 8. Lauren Bergman (HSE) 1:59.86, 9. Tricker (N) 2:01.47, 10. Kate Peck (W) 2:02.23, 11. Julia Kiley (HSE) 2:03.20, 13. Olivia Motz (N) 2:03.50, 14. Isabella Amaya (W) 2:04.15, 21. Kate Cassidy (W) 2:08.63, 22. Meghan Voelker (HSE) 2:08.88.
200 individual medley: 1. Crawford (HSE) 2:05.44, 2. Stein (F) 2:06.21, 3. Mouser (F) 2:10.15, 5. Avery Hannon (F) 2:14.49, 6. Anna Stolle (HSE) 2:15.07, 7. McDonald (N) 2:17.14, 8. Eloise Harrison (HSE) 2:18.29, 10. Irvin (W) 2:18.85, 12. Emily Knott (N) 2:20.75, 15. Katie Sutton (N) 2:24.33, 20. Ellie Hill (W) 2:29.28, 24. Bella McNally (W) 2:40.35.
50 freestyle: 1. Addison Carlile (F) 24.22, 2. Francis (F) 24.75, 4. Emma Schwertfeger (F) 24.87, 5. Kiley Zoeller (HSE) 24.95, 7. Saple (HSE) 25.16, 8. Ava Olson (HSE) 25.31, 13. Ellie Hayward (N) 25.99, 15. Julia Santerre (N) 26.50, 16. Mick (W) 26.55, 17. Amelia Field (N) 26.57, 21. Marie Rocca (W) 28.56, T23. Abby Zentz (W) 29.80.
One-meter diving: 2. Eryn McMahon (N) 368.55, 3. Ella Penny (HSE) 354.10, 4. Gretchen Osmun (F) 340.25, 7. Ally Doyle (W) 295.60, 9. Ava Pavich (N) 250.75, 10. Alexis Ball (W) 242.90, 11. Lainey VanTrees (F) 242.60, T14. Ava Cox (HSE) 222.75, 16. Kate Jansen (F) 216.50, 17. Adriana Salgado (HSE) 162.75.
100 butterfly: 1. Crawford (HSE) 56.41, 2. Bergman (HSE) 58.81, 3. Carlile (F) 58.86, 4. Vohs (N) 59.40, 6. Mia Wilson (F) 1:00.19, 7. Knott (N) 1:00.68, 8. Boillat (W) 1:00.81, 9. Grace Newton (HSE) 1:01.66, 11. Lisa Bradford (F) 1:02.20, 16 Mallory Mehringer (N) 1:07.82, 18. Ellana Morse (W) 1:10.46, 24. McNally (W) 1:19.66.
100 freestyle: 1. Francis (F) 53.82, 2. Cortez (F) 53.94, 4. Zoeller (HSE) 55.06, 5. Schwertfeger (F) 55.28, 6. Olson (HSE) 55.47, 9. Saple (HSE) 56.02, 13. Mick (W) 58.53, 15. Sutton (N) 59.17, 16. Field (N) 59.48, 18. Harrison (W) 1:00.47, 19. Kyra Blackwell (N) 1:00.84, 22. Zentz (W) 1:03.36.
500 freestyle: 1. Ledwith (N) 5:06.09, 2. Mouser (F) 5:08.15, 4. Frankie Ramey (F) 5:17.94, 6. Bradford (F) 5:26.25, 7. Peck (W) 5:26.79, 8. Amaya (W) 5:29.09, 12. Motz (N) 5:34.99, 14. Waren (HSE) 5:37.92, 16. Voelker (HSE) 5:38.73, 17. Julia Kiley (HSE) 5:38.85, 18. Hayward (N) 5:39.63, 19. Cassidy (W) 5:39.64.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers (Carlile, Schwertfeger, Francis, Stein) 1:36.64, 2. Southeastern (Zoeller, Bergman, Kertin, Stolle) 1:39.39, 4. Noblesville (Tricker, E. Knott, Field, Hayward) 1:42.04, 8. Westfield (Irvin, Harrison, Peck, Amaya) 1:48.49.
100 backstroke: 1. J. Ramey (F) 56.38, 3. Haines (HSE) 57.98, 4. Newton (HSE) 1:00.62, 5. Hannon (F) 1:00.78, 6. Vohs (N) 1:01.55, 7. Boillat (W) 1:02.53, 8. Wilson (F) 1:02.97. 12. Santerre (N) 1:05.38, 13. Irvin (W) 1:05.55, 14. Graham (HSE) 1:05.59, 15. Hill (W) 1:06.30, 19. Mehringer (N) 1:08.91.
100 breaststroke: 1. Stein (F) 1:05.35, 3. Stolle (HSE) 1:08.22, 4. Harrison (HSE) 1:08.25, 5. McDonald (N) 1:08.72, 6. Kertin (HSE) 1:09.40, 7. Schumacher (F) 1:10.26, 8. Tricker (N) 1:10.35, 9. F. Ramey (F) 1:10.51, 12. Harrison (W) 1:14.20, 15. Alli Knott (N) 1:15.34, 19. Rocca (W) 1:19.81, 22. Anna McKeown (W) 1:23.75.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers (Carlile, Cortez, Mouser, J. Ramey) 3:32.18, 3. Southeastern (Crawford, Zoeller, Stolle, Bergman) 3:37.30, 4. Noblesville (Ledwith, Hayward, Vohs, McDonald) 3:47.06, 5. Westfield (Peck, Amaya, Mick, Boillat) 3:52.58.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Fishers 459.5, Zionsville 415, Brownsburg 296.5, Noblesville 274.5, Hamilton Southeastern 260.5, Avon 145.5, Franklin Central 144.5, Westfield 106.
200 medley relay: 3. Fishers (Connor Carlile, Daniel Bennett, Victor Herbert, Hudson Lee) 1:37.56, 4. Noblesville (Caleb Mathis, Aidan Biddle, Graham Kulp, Jonah Setmeyer) 1:40.37, 5. Southeastern (Jacob Frey, Collin Huston, Jihoon Jung, Derek Robison) 1:40.54, 8. Westfield (Luca Barbosa, Ethan Braasch, Will Chambley, Henry Pham) 1:53.38.
200 freestyle: 2. Carlile (F) 1:41.66, 4. Jonny Hines (F) 1:47.24, 5. Jack Waren (HSE) 1:47.71, 8. AJ Adams (F) 1:48.93, 9. Lane Monger (N) 1:49.60, 11. Mason Snyder (N) 1:49.88, 16. Liam Westlund (N) 1:54.43, 19. Clayton Juffer (HSE) 1:58.74, 20. Daniel Harter (HSE) 1:58.87, 21. Sagan Blansette (W) 2:01.44, 23. Jack Ellis (W) 2:04.93, 24. Jackson Burgess (W) 2:22.03.
200 individual medley: 1. Jung (HSE) 1:56.41, 2. Bennett (F) 1:58.09, 4. Taichi Kataoka (F) 2:01.76, 5. Kulp (N) 2:03.96, 6. Cooper Archer (F) 2:04.52, 7. Biddle (N) 2:04.75, 10. Zak Armstrong (N) 2:06.27, 12. Huston (HSE) 2:07.90, 14. Barbosa (W) 2:09.93, 18. Chambley (W) 2:13.06, 19. Frey (HSE) 2:13.20, 23. Braasch (W) 2:19.08.
50 freestyle: 5. Keaton Chop (F) 22.54, 6. Ben Morse (W) 22.58, 8. Lee (F) 22.65, 9. Tommy Johanneman (F) 23.01, 10. Chouci Ding (HSE) 23.14, 13. Jonah Setmeyer (N) 23.52, 14. Justin Baccam (HSE) 23.55, T15. Robison (HSE) 23.60, 18. Pham (W) 24.47, 19. Shepard Huff (N) 24.50, 20. Locke Taylor (W) 24.87, 22. Oliver Mark (N) 25.13.
One-meter diving: 1. Jack Roby (F) 451.40, 2. Jacob Schade (F) 450.45, 3. Aiden Kless (N) 360.80, 4. Gavin Tucker (HE) 352.70, 5. Kirby Danglade (F) 337.50, 9. Colton Suhan (N) 299.30, 10. Troy Borrero (HSE) 297.45, 11. Kaegan Johnson (HSE) 271.80, 13. Noah Flynn (W) 233.20.
100 butterfly: 3. Jung (HSE) 53.46, 4. Herbert (F) 53.50, 5. Eduardo Sanchez (F) 53.74, T6. George Kallas (F) 54.97, 9. Kulp (N) 55.19, 10. Armstrong (N) 55.62, 12. Robison (HSE) 55.98, 14. Jason Hua (HSE) 56.18, 16. Aaron Hand (W) 58.57, 18. Caleb Mathis (N) 59.98, 19. Cole Kim (W) 1:00.17, 22. Sam Cassidy (W) 1:07.94.
100 freestyle: 2. Carlile (F) 47.07, 4. Morse (W) 49.09, 6. Chop (F) 49.72, 8. Snyder (N) 49.80, 9. Lee (F) 49.85, 10. Ding (HSE) 50.32, 11. Eli Pache (HSE) 50.82, 13. Westlund (N) 51.99, 17. Setmeyer (N) 52.67, 19. Nolan Pugh (HSE) 53.10, 20. Taylor (W) 53.18, 23. Pham (W) 59.53.
500 freestyle: 3. Hines (F) 4:43.54, 4. Adams (F) 4:51.38, 7. Monger (N) 4:57.21, 8. Kitazuka (F) 4:58.55, 9. Waren (HSE) 5:00.48, 10. Sam Halvorsen (N) 5:07.39, 11. Mark Berger (N) 5:08.12, 17. Harter (HSE) 5:18.35, 18. Juffer (HSE) 5:22.63, 19. Blansette (W) 5:25.47, 22. Ellis (W) 5:39.71.
200 freestyle relay: 3. Fishers (Lee, Bennett, Kataoka, Chop) 1:28.17, 4. Southeastern (Robison, Ding, Pache, Waren) 1:33.20, 6. Noblesville (Mathis, Westlund, Wyatt Wade, Snyder) 1:34.68, 7. Westfield (Hand, Taylor, Pham, Morse) 1:34.74.
100 backstroke: 2. Johanneman (F) 55.82, 4. Jeremiah Ledwith (N) 56.91, 5. Frey (HSE) 57.18, 6. Kallas (F) 57.37, 8. Huff (N) 58.81, 11. Mathis (N) 59.26, 13. James Gropp (F) 59.86, 15. Kruz Luhmann (HSE) 1:00.31, 16. Eric Joesten (HSE) 1:00.88, 19. Hand (W) 1:05.33, 21. Kim (W) 1:09.59, 23. Jackson Burgess (W) 1:16.24.
100 breaststroke: 2. Biddle (N) 59.49, 3. Bennett (F) 59.69, 4. Pache (HSE) 1:00.46, 5. Huston (HSE) 1:00.63, 9. Kataoka (F) 1:02.56, 10. Herbert (F) 1:03.85, T12. Anthony Mathis (N) 1:04.17, 16. Halvorsen (N) 1:05.66, 17. Chambley (W) 1:05.83, 18. Pugh (HSE) 1:06.77, 19. Barbosa (W) 1:07.27, 20. Braasch (W) 1:07.34.
400 free relay: 2. Fishers (Hines, Chop, Kataoka, Carlile) 3:12.57, 3. Southeastern (Jung, Ding, Pache, Waren) 3:21.43, 4. Noblesville (Kulp, Setmeyer, Snyder, Biddle) 3:22.71, 7. Westfield (Hand, Taylor, Barbosa, Morse) 3:28.22.