The IHSAA boys swimming sectionals began Thursday with the preliminaries at 20 sites around the state, although many of them in northern Indiana were postponed to Friday due to the weather.
The three sectionals that feature Hamilton County teams all got their prelims completed. Carmel hosted one of the prelims, and set advanced all 27 of their swims to the championship heat of Saturday’s sectional finals.
The Greyhounds, who have won the last seven state titles, picked up the top seed in all 11 swimming events. Gregg Enoch qualified first in the 200 and 500 freestyles, while Ryan Malicki earned the top seed in the individual medley and breaststroke. Other top seeds for Carmel are Christopher Holmes in the 50 free, Aaron Shackell in the butterfly, Sean Sullivan in the 100 free and Leo Han in the backstroke. The ‘Hounds also qualified first in all three relays.
“I feel like the guys did a good job tonight,” said Carmel coach Chris Plumb. The energy across the team was good, with Plumb saying everyone was cheering for one another.
“They all made the second quarter,” said Plumb. “You take care of business today to have that opportunity and they’re ready to go.”
Noblesville also advanced all 27 of their swims to the Saturday finals. Twenty of the Millers’ swims reached the championship heat, with the other seven headed to the consolation heat.
The medley relay earned Noblesville its highest seed. The team of Caleb Mathis, Anthony Mathis, Jonah Setmeyer and Zach Armstrong finished second in that event.
“I thought we did really well,” said Millers coach Aleks Fansler. “We knew coming into it that everyone is going to swim a lot faster. We stuck to our plan. I thought we had some really surprising swims that I wasn’t quite expecting, but pleasantly surprised.”
Westfield qualified 26 swims on to the finals, with 13 going to the championship and the other 13 reaching the consols. The Shamrocks’ Bennett Morse picked up the second seed in both the 50 and 100 freestyles, and joined Noah Brauer, Aiden Yonkus and Evan Lake to qualify second in both the 200 and 400 free relays.
“We had an outstanding meet tonight,” said Westfield coach Darrick Thomas. He called it a “really total team effort.”
“The boys are having fun, great team atmosphere, they’re really supportive of each other,” said Thomas. “And I think when they’re into each other and they’re not worried about themselves, they rise up. And that was true pretty much all night long.”
Guerin Catholic had 10 swims reach the sectional finals, with six going to the championship heat and four to the consolations. The Golden Eagles had their best result in the 200 free, where Quinn Sweeney qualified fifth and Drew Wilhite qualified eighth.
“We had a really solid night,” said Guerin Catholic coach Missy McCracken. “All three of our relays are coming back and we had some individual swimmers make it back in the top eight. So everybody did really well, and hopefully we’ll come back Saturday and do even better.”
Positions 1-8 qualify for championship heat, positions 9-16 qualify for consolation heat, positions 17-18 are alternates.
200 medley relay: 1. Carmel (Sean Sullivan, Ryan Malicki, Graham Seaver, Christopher Holmes) 1:34.65, 2. Noblesville (Caleb Mathis, Anthony Mathis, Jonah Setmeyer, Zach Armstrong) 1:45.65, 3. Westfield (Harrison Barents-Froman, Nathaniel Hand, Luca Barbosa, Aaron Hand) 1:47.02, 9. Guerin Catholic (Charlie Jurewicz, Andrew Swack, Joey Kunkel, Ethan Nimri) 2:03.80.
200 freestyle: 1. Gregg Enoch (C) 1:44.53, 2. Aaron Shackell (C) 1:44.58, T3. Evan Lake (W) 1:47.65; Rikito Iwase (C) 1:47.65, 5. Quinn Sweeney (GC) 1:49.44, 6. Liam Westlund (N) 1:49.71, 7. Aiden Yonkus (W) 1:49.72, 8. Drew Wilhite (GC) 1:50.87, 9. Graham Kulp (N) 1:51.12, 11. Setmeyer (N) 1:56.69, 12. Grant Bricking (GC) 1:58.57, 19. A. Hand (W) 2:03.70.
200 individual medley: 1. R. Malicki (C) 1:57.47, 2. Michael Gorey (C) 1:58.80, 3. Noah Brauer (W) 1:59.49, 4. Brandon Malicki (C) 2:01.28, 5. Aidan Biddle (N) 2:01.51, 7. Sean Halvorsen (N) 2:07.25, 8. Armstrong (N) 2:07.26, 9. Barbosa (W) 2:09.21, 10. William Kelleher (W) 2:15.34, 22. Swack (GC) 2:34.13, 23. Kunkel (GC) 2:41.40, 24. Jack Jurewicz (GC) 2:47.39.
50 freestyle: 1. Holmes (C) 21.48, 2. Bennett Morse (W) 21.74, 3. Andrew Robertson (C) 21.86, 5. Seaver (C) 22.07, 7. Cavan Cameron (N) 22.77, 11. C. Mathis (N) 23.60, 12. Shepherd Huff (N) 24.17, 14. Henry Pham (W) 24.31, 15. Barents-Froman (W) 24.41, 19. Sam Miller (GC) 25.38, 24. Nimri (GC) 26.57, 26. Noah Stubbs (GC) 28.90.
100 butterfly: 1. Shackell (C) 50.58, 2. Holmes (C) 51.33, 3. Leo Han (C) 51.86, 4. Brauer (W) 53.49, 5. Kulp (N) 54.57, 6. Cameron (N) 54.69, 8. Sweeney (GC) 54.98, 9. Hand (W) 56.42, 11. Armstrong (N) 58.35, 13. Barbosa (W) 1:01.11, 20. Kunkel (GC) 1:12.12, 21. Jude Hubner (GC) 1:12.60.
100 freestyle: 1. Sullivan (C) 46.19, 2. Morse (W) 48.16, 3. Iwase (C) 48.23, 4. Robertson (C) 48.48, 5. Yonkus (W) 49.39, 6. Wyatt Wade (N) 49.42, 8. Westlund (N) 51.05, 9. Setmeyer (N) 52.19, 14. A. Hand (W) 54.01, 18. Miller (GC) 57.36, 22. C. Jurewicz (GC) 58.93, 24. Trent Turner (GC) 1:00.52.
500 freestyle: 1. Enoch (C) 4:40.70, 2. Carson Szotek (C) 4:45.75, 3. Connor Lathrop (C) 4:47.12, 4. Lake (W) 5:00.41, 6. Halvorsen (N) 5:09.53, 7. Mason Snyder (N) 5:11.67, 9. Mark Berger (N) 5:17.05, 11. Jack Ellis (W) 5:20.74, 13. Bricking (GC) 5:26.72, 14. Sagan Blansette (W) 5:34.20, 21. Nimri (GC) 6:07.81, 25. Luke Moster (GC) 6:42.27.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Han, Iwase, Seaver, Robertson) 1:28.87, 2. Westfield (Brauer, Morse, Yonkus, Lake) 1:29.23, 4. Guerin Catholic (Sweeney, Bricking, Miller, Wilhite) 1:35.40, 7. Noblesville (Setmeyer, Halvorsen, Armstrong, Huff) 1:37.56.
100 backstroke: 1. Han (C) 52.38, 2. Lathrop (C) 53.55, 3. Emile Haig (C) 54.04, 4. Wade (N) 55.80, 5. Jeremiah Ledwith (N) 56.75, 6. C. Mathis (N) 57.54, 7. Wilhite (GC) 58.00, 8. Barents-Froman (W) 1:00.38, 10. Kelleher (W) 1:03.07, T12. Ellis (W) 1:04.73, 15. C. Jurewicz (GC) 1:08.54, 20. J. Jurewicz (GC) 1:12.72.
100 breaststroke: 1. R. Malicki (C) 56.73, 2. B. Malicki (C) 58.91, 4. Biddle (N) 59.70, 5. Gorey (C) 1:00.57, 6. Hand (W) 1:02.04, 7. Snyder (N) 1:04.71, 8. A. Mathis (N) 1:05.70, 10. Ethan Braasch (W) 1:08.20, 11. Benjamin Ice (W) 1:08.86, 17. Swack (GC) 1:15.20, 23. Moster (GC) 1:23.48, 24. Turner (GC) 1:24.61.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Lathrop, Haig, Enoch, Sullivan) 3:14.76, 2. Westfield (Brauer, Morse, Yonkus, Lake) 3:16.98, 5. Noblesville (Westlund, Huff, Halvorsen, Kulp) 3:34.92, 6. Guerin Catholic (Sweeney, Bricking, Miller, Wilhite) 3:36.88.
Over at Fishers, the Tigers qualified all 27 of their swims to the championship heat of that sectional’s finals, which are also set for Saturday.
Fishers earned the top seed in seven events. Connor Carlile qualified first in the IM and the 100 free, while Kyle Ponsler is the first seed in the 200 free. Luis Sanchez was first in the butterfly, Jonathan Hines took the top seed in the 500 free, and the Tigers qualified first in the 200 and 400 free relays.
Hamilton Southeastern advanced all 27 swims to the finals, sending 23 to the championship and four to the consolations. Matthew Truxall picked up the top seed in the breaststroke, while the medley relay team of Jacob Frey, Collin Huston, Derek Robison and Jihoon Jung, and the 400 free relay team of Jack Warn, Ryan Harrison, Drew Hershman and Truxall both placed second.
Hamilton Heights qualified 14 swims to the sectional final, with four heading to the championship heat and 10 going to the consols. The Huskies’ 400 free relay team of Grant Forrer, Owen VanHaaren, Noah Shlater and Eli VanHaaren qualified fourth.
200 medley relay: 2. Hamilton Southeastern (Jacob Frey, Collin Huston, Derek Robison, Jihoon Jung) 1:39.95, 3. Fishers (Thomas Johanneman, Daniel Bennett, Taichi Kataoka, Logan Ayres) 1:40.56, 6. Hamilton Heights (Grant Forrer, Owen VanHaaren, Eli VanHaaren, Noah Shlater) 1:50.86.
200 freestyle: 1. Kyle Ponsler (F) 1:46.76, 3. Anthony Adams Jr. (F) 1:48.32, 4. Jonathan Hines (F) 1:49.06, 5. Jack Waren (HSE) 1:49.30, 6. Noah Haines (HSE) 1:49.57, 7. Drew Hershman (HSE) 1:50.24, 14. Owen VanHaaren (HH) 2:04.62, 21. Landon Poland (HH) 2:56.70.
200 individual medley: 1. Connor Carlile (F) 1:59.33, 2. Reed Beaumont (F) 2:00.20, 3. Matthew Truxall (HSE) 2:01.38, 4. Jung (HSE) 2:01.57, 5. Bennett (F) 2:01.61, 8. E. VanHaaren (HH) 2:06.28, 10. Huston (HSE) 2:07.86, 16. Blake Blackhurst (HH) 2:25.24, 17. Gabe Roosa (HH) 2:25.98.
50 freestyle: 2. Keaton Chop (F) 22.38, T4. Johanneman (F) 23.10, 6. Robison (HSE) 23.14, 8. Cooper Archer (F) 23.29, 9. Chouchi Ding (HSE) 23.33, 14. Justin Baccam (HSE) 24.40, 15. Alex Knepper (HH) 24.74, 17. Shlater (HH) 25.16, 28. Max Bowman (HH) 29.06.
100 butterfly: 1. Luis Sanchez (F) 53.05, 3. Chop (F) 54.15, 5. Jung (HSE) 54.47, 7. Jude Bragdon (F) 55.09, 8. Ryan Harrison (HSE) 55.24, 9. E. VanHaaren (HH) 55.28, 10. Jason Hua (HSE) 55.95, 17. Blackhurst (HH) 1:04.95.
100 freestyle: 1. Carlile (F) 47.60, 2. Kataoka (F) 49.63, 3. Sean Harvey (F) 49.89, 4. Haines (HSE) 50.02, 5. Eli Pache (HSE) 50.55, 6. Robison (HSE) 50.64, 12. Shlater (HH) 55.51, 23. Owen Eshelman (HH) 1:10.45, 24. Poland (HH) 1:16.09.
500 freestyle: 1. Hines (F) 4:51.15, 2. Ponsler (F) 4:51.23, 4. Waren (HSE) 5:02.16, 6. Nicholas Viola (F) 5:07.92, 7. Clayton Juffer (HSE) 5:08.80, 8. Daniel Harter (HSE) 5:13.04, 15. Grant Forrer (HH) 5:36.29, 17. Cole Martin (HH) 5:54.34, 18. Rudy Bowman (HH) 5:55.64.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers (Benjamin Russell, Archer, Beaumont, Bennett) 1:30.66, 3. Southeastern (Ding, Baccam, Juffer, Waren) 1:34.31, 6. Heights (Blackhurst, Martin, Roosa, Knepper) 1:44.28.
100 backstroke: 2. Ayres (F) 53.93, 3. Johanneman (F) 55.12, 4. Frey (HSE) 55.19, 5. Harrison (HSE) 55.46, 6. Kataoka (F) 55.81, 7. Hershman (HSE) 55.93, 12. Roosa (HH) 1:05.71, 15. Forrer (HH) 1:07.05, 23. Eshelman (HH) 1:34.28.
100 breaststroke: 1. Truxall (HSE) 59.44, 2. Beaumont (F) 59.93, 3. Bennett (F) 1:00.14, 4. Huston (HSE) 1:00.36, 5. Pache (HSE) 1:00.75, 6. Sanchez (F) 1:02.17, 12. O. VanHaaren (HH) 1:08.32, 14. Knepper (HH) 1:11.06, 21. R. Bowman (HH) 1:19.34.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers (Hines, Johanneman, Kataoka, Ponsler) 3:22.32, 2. Southeastern (Waren, Harrison, Hershman, Truxall) 3:27.24, 4. Heights (Forrer, O. VanHaaren, Shlater, E. VanHaaren 3:42.54.
University competed at the North Central sectional, where it qualified five swims for the championship heat and three more for the consolations.
Neiman Kumler qualified for the championship heat by placing fifth in the IM and sixth in the breaststroke, and joined Andrew Laramore, Alexis Herrera Gonzalez and Owen Ascioti to reach the championship in the medley and 400 free relays. Alex Munn placed eighth in the butterfly, also heading to the championship heat.
200 medley relay: 7. University (Andrew Laramore, Neiman Kumler, Alexis Herrera Gonzalez, Owen Ascioti) 1:50.91.
200 freestyle: 13. Herrera Gonzalez 2:02.78.
200 individual medley: 5. Kumler 2:03.27.
50 freestyle: 19. Laramore 25.16, 24. Darian Reed 27.06, 25. Ascioti 27.15.
100 butterfly: 8. Alex Munn 57.37.
100 freestyle: 19. Laramore 58.04, 23. Reed 1:01.93, 26. Zach Sullivan 1:04.95.
500 freestyle: 12. Herrera Gonzalez 5:29.63.
100 backstroke: 13. Munn 1:03.12, 26. Sullivan 1:24.35.
100 breaststroke: 6. Kumler 1:02.67, 22. Ascioti 1:26.80.
400 freestyle relay: 6. University (Herrera Gonzalez, Laramore, Ascioti, Kumler) 3:51.94.