The Carmel boys swim team continued its dominance on Saturday, as the Greyhounds won their fifth consecutive state championship at the IU Natatorium.
Carmel scored 353.5 points to claim its 19th overall state title. This is the second time that the ‘Hounds have won state five years in a row; Carmel picked up five state championships between 1990 and 1994. Franklin Community scored 178 to finish as runner-up for the second consecutive year.
The Greyhounds won seven events, including three in new state record time. Jacob Mitchell swept the 200 and 500 freestyles, establishing a new state record of 4:16.72 in the longer race. Wyatt Davis lowered the backstroke state record while winning that event to 46.66 seconds; Davis had earlier won the individual medley.
Carmel swept all three relays, finishing with a victory in the 400 free relay. The team of Mitchell, Augustus Rothrock, Griffin Hadley and Davis set a new record in that event of 2:58.75. Earlier, Davis and Hadley teamed with Ryan Malicki and Alec DeLong to win the medley relay, and William Kok, DeLong, Rothrock and Mitchell placed first in the 200 free relay.
The Greyhounds claimed 16 medals at state on Saturday. Rothrock placed second in the 200 and 500 freestyles, with DeLong taking third in the 50 and 100 freestyles. Hadley placed fourth in both the 100 free and the backstroke. In the breaststroke, Andrew Rafalko took fifth and Malicki finished seventh. Jota Iwase finished seventh in the IM.
Fishers placed sixth as a team with 113 points. Aaron Frollo led the way with a third-place finish in the 500 free and a seventh-place result in the 200 free. Kyle Ponsler was fifth in the 500 free. William Jansen took seventh in diving and Drake Stallworth placed eighth in the butterfly. The Tigers started the meet with a medal in the medley relay: Ponsler, Cory Jacocks, Stallworth and Trevor Adcock finished eighth.
Hamilton Southeastern took seventh place, scoring 110 points. The Royals had two medal-winning relays: Zack Bostock, Donald Rogers, Andrew Christopher and Keegan Streett placed fourth in the 200 free relay, while Blake Ratliff, Streett, Marcus Eden, Evan Sellers were seventh in the 400 free relay. Earlier, Streett placed fifth in the 200 free, giving him three medals. Nathan Barr took third in diving, with Angelo Ricafort placing 10th.
Noblesville and Hamilton Heights both had one swimmer earn a medal. The Millers’ Jack Wolfred placed seventh in the 50 free, while the Huskies’ Holder was eighth in the backstroke.
Westfield’s Cameron Clayton placed 16th in the breaststroke.
Complete results now follow.
Team scores (Top 10 and all county): 1. Carmel 353.5, 2. Franklin Community 178, 3. Fort Wayne Carroll 173, 4. Chesterton 165.5, 5. Munster 160, 6. Fishers 113, 7. Hamilton Southeastern 110, 8. Penn 95, 9. Homestead 80, 10. Lake Central 74, T25. Hamilton Heights 20, 28. Noblesville 19, T52. Westfield 1.
200 medley relay
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Wyatt Davis, Ryan Malicki, Griffin Hadley, Alec DeLong) 1:29.21, 8. Fishers (Kyle Ponsler, Cory Jacocks, Drake Stallworth, Trevor Adcock) 1:35.89.
“B” Final: 11. Southeastern (Blake Ratliff, Charles Truxall, Connor Harrison, Andrew Christopher) 1:35.43.
200 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Jacob Mitchell (C) 1:34.24, 2. Augustus Rothrock (C) 1:39.07, 5. Keegan Streett (HSE) 1:41.6, 7. Aaron Frollo (F) 1:42.21.
200 individual medley
“A” Final: 1. Davis (C) 1:45.63, 7. Jota Iwase (C) 1:51.37.
“B” Final: 9. Andrew Rafalko (C) 1:51.91, 16. Ratliff (HSE) 1:54.35.
50 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Jacob Destrampe (FC) 20.54, 3. DeLong (C) 20.71, 7. Jack Wolfred (N) 21.05.
One-meter diving
Finals: 1. Caiden Lake (Oak Hill) 525.85, 3. Nathan Barr (HSE) 488.40,7. William Jansen (F) 442.25, 10. Angelo Ricafort (HSE) 420.65.
100 butterfly
“A” Final: 1. Tristan DeWitt (FWC) 47.53, 8. Stallworth (F) 50.12.
“B” Final: T10. Iwase (C) 50.06.
100 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Destrampe (FC) 44.78, 3. DeLong (C) 45.22, 4. Hadley (C) 45.34.
“B” Final: 9. Jared Holder (HH) 46.50, 10. Wolfred (N) 46.56.
500 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Mitchell (C) 4:16.72, new state record, 2. Rothrock (C) 4:31.02, 3. Frollo (F) 4:32.33, 5. Ponsler (F) 4:33.65.
“B” Final: 16. Streett (HSE) 4:43.42.
200 freestyle relay
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (William Kok, DeLong, Rothrock, Mitchell) 1:22.71, 4. Southeastern (Zack Bostock, Donald Rogers, Christopher, Streett) 1:25.10.
“B” Final: 11. Fishers (Adcock, Jacocks, Frollo, Stallworth) 1:27.04.
100 backstroke
“A” Final: 1. Davis (C) 46.66, new state record, 4. Hadley (C) 49.14, 8. Holder (HH) 50.29.
“B” Final: 12. Ratliff (HSE) 51.01.
100 breaststroke
“A” Final: 1. Kyle Adams (M) 54.08, 5. Rafalko (C) 56.87, 7. Malicki (C) 57.48.
“B” Final: 16. Cameron Clayton (W) 58.83.
400 freestyle relay
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Mitchell, Rothrock, Hadley, Davis) 2:58.75, new state record, 7. Southeastern (Ratliff, Streett, Marcus Eden, Evan Sellers) 3:10.62.
“B” Final: 10. Fishers (Ponsler, Nicolas Silveira Silva, Frollo, Stallworth) 3:10.32.
The Carmel boys swim team won its fifth consecutive state championship Saturday at the IU Natatorium. The Greyhounds scored 353.5 points to claim its 19th overall title and won seven events, three in new state record time. (Bret Richardson)
Noblesville’s Jack Wolfred (bottom) and Hamilton Heights’ Jared Holder race to the wall in the 100 free in Saturday’s state finals. Wolfred also finished seventh in the 50 free and Holder eighth in the 100 backstroke. Both will swim for Ball State in the fall. (Bret Richardson)