The boys swimming post-season began on Thursday with the sectional preliminaries, the first step on the road to the state finals.
Carmel hosted one of the sectionals this season, and the Greyhounds had a very successful evening, qualifying all 27 of their swims into the championship heat of Saturday’s sectional finals. Carmel earned the top seed in each event. Jake Mitchell earned the first seed in the 200 and 500 freestyles, while Wyatt Davis is top seeded in the individual medley and the backstroke.
Other Greyhounds top seeds are William Kok in the 50 free, Gus Rothrock in the butterfly, Griffin Hadley in the 100 free, Ryan Malicki in the breaststroke, the medley relay team of Davis, Malicki, Hadley and Andrew Robertson, the 200 free relay team of Christopher Holmes, Robertson, Kok and Rothrock, and the 400 free relay team of Kayden Lancaster, Ethan Johns, Brandon Edwards and Mitchell.
“I thought the team performed pretty well tonight,” said Carmel coach Chris Plumb. “Got all top eight swims coming back on Saturday.” The coach said that it “always feels good to emerge from the first part of this meet knowing you have all the opportunities you need” to be successful in the Saturday finals.
Westfield sent 25 swims into the Saturday finals, qualifying 19 for the championship heat and six more to the consolation heat. The Shamrocks’ 400 free relay team of Cooper Tinsley, Evan Lake, Evan Lesniewski and Jack Finnegan earned the third seed in that event, with Cameron Clayton getting the third seed in the butterfly.
Westfield coach Darrick Thomas said his team swam “really, really well. The athletes that needed to step up to make it through in the right spots did that.”
“It was a great night for us as a team,” said Thomas.”
Noblesville qualified 24 swims for the finals, 12 each in the championship and consolation heat. The Millers’ medley relay led the way, with Cameron Kramer, Aidan Biddle, Eduard Buna and Nicholas Beeson earning the second seed in that event.
“Those that needed to go faster did,” said Noblesville coach Rich Wolfred. “We had some kids that were outside the top 16 that got in, like a lot of kids that had never been in this meet before, so that was cool to see.”
Guerin Catholic had two swims qualify for the championship heat and five advance to the consolations. Quinn Sweeney got the seventh seed in the 200 free, and joined Johannes Hoffman, Dane Leonard and Grant Bricking to earn the eighth seed in the 200 free relay.
Over at the Fishers sectional, Hamilton Southeastern qualified all 27 of its swims into the championship heat. That includes four top seeds for the Royals: DJ Rogers in the 50 free, Keegan Streett in the 100 free, Zack Bostock in the breaststroke and the 200 free relay team of Logan Hess, Connor Harrison, Thomas Reising and Evan Sellers.
The Tigers also advanced all 27 swims to the finals, placing 25 in the championship heat and two in the consolations. Fishers had five top seeds, with Aaron Frollo placing first in the 200 and 500 freestyles. Kyle Ponsler took the top seed in the IM. The Tigers also have two top-seeded relays: Logan Ayres, Alejandro Garcia, Israel Harding and Keaton Chop in the medley relay and Frollo, Ponsler, Jackson Carlile and Daniel Bennett in the 400 free relay.
Hamilton Heights had 11 swims advance to the finals, sending three to the championship heat and eights to the consolations. The Huskies 400 free relay team of Joe Ringer, Grant Forrer, Josh Snay and Eli VanHaaren earned the fifth seed.
At the North Central sectional, University sent 10 swims into the Saturday finals, with four making the championship heat and six advancing to the consolations. Keegan Priest earned the top seed in the backstroke.
Hamilton County results now follow. Positions 1-8 qualify for championship heat, positions 9-16 qualify for consolation heat, positions 17 and 18 are alternates.
AT CARMEL
200 medley relay: 1. Carmel (Wyatt Davis, Ryan Malicki, Griffin Hadley, Andrew Robertson) 1:35.07, 2. Noblesville (Cameron Kramer, Aidan Biddle, Eduard Buna, Nicholas Beeson) 1:40.61, 5. Westfield (Cooper Tinsley, Aiden Yonkus, Zane Kaufman, Jacob Roberts) 1:46.30, 9. Guerin Catholic (Caleb Russell, Johannes Hoffmann, Quinn Sweeney, Dane Leonard) 1:53.99.
200 freestyle: 1. Jake Mitchell (C) 1:43.00, 2. Kayden Lancaster (C) 1:47.38, 3. Nolan Kopp (C) 1:47.45, 5. Evan Lesniewski (W) 1:49.93, 6. Noah Brauer (W) 1:51.81, 7. Sweeney (GC) 1:53.06, 8. Evan Lake (W) 1:54.20, 10. Tyler Cox (N) 1:56.64, 11. Liam Westlund (N) 1:56.80, 15. Joseph Gassensmith (N) 2:00.51, 28. Aaron Cradick (GC) 2:33.26, 30. Evan McNeany (GC) 2:49.88.
200 individual medley: 1. Davis (C) 1:55.59, 2. Gus Rothrock (C) 1:58.24, 3. Malicki (C) 2:01.34, 4. Tinsley (W) 2:03.79, 6. Isaac Stephan (N) 2:06.21, 7. Kramer (N) 2:06.43, 8. Yonkus (W) 2:07.17, 11. Justin DuBois (N) 2:11.05, 17. Will Kelleher (W) 2:24.27, 21. Matthew Halloran (GC) 2:33.78, 24. Jake Jurewicz (GC) 2:48.49, 25. Lucas Thomas (GC) 2:53.48.
50 freestyle: 1. William Kok (C) 22.10, 2. Brandon Edwards (C) 22.22, 4. Michael Simpson (W) 22.40, 5. Beeson (N) 22.41, 8. Ethan Johns (C) 22.95, 11. Roberts (W) 23.19, 16. Hoffmann (GC) 23.51, 17. Will Kraeg (W) 24.07, 20. Westlund (N) 24.95, 25. Jacob Lotridge (N) 25.49, 26. Grant Bricking (GC) 25.94, 28. Trent Turner (GC) 28.72.
100 butterfly: 1. Rothrock (C) 51.36, 2. Griffin Seaver (C) 52.35, 3. Cameron Clayton (W) 52.55, 4. Robertson (C) 53.39, 6. Brauer (W) 55.61, 7. Buna (N) 55.73, 8. Kaufman (W) 55.96, 9. Sweeney (GC) 56.69, 12. DuBois (N) 59.60, 16. Jeremiah Ledwith (N) 1:03.81, 24. Halloran (GC) 1:10.89, 28. Thomas (GC) 1:25.61.
100 freestyle: 1. Hadley (C) 47.05, 2. Brandon Edwards (C) 48.26, 4. Simpson (W) 49.09, 5. Johns (C) 49.31, 6. Beeson (N) 49.47, 9. Yonkus (W) 51.33, 10. Jack Finnegan (W) 51.33, 14. Cox (N) 52.56, 15. Biddle (N) 52.81, 24. Bricking (GC) 57.57, 28. Caleb Russell (GC) 1:04.48, 29. Jose Quintero (GC) 1:04.73.
500 freestyle: 1. Mitchell (C) 4:36.45, 2. Lancaster (C) 4:52.20, 3. Seaver (C) 4:52.50, 4. Lesniewski (W) 5:00.54, 5. Kramer (N) 5:05.71, 6. Lake (W) 5:06.71, Tinsley (W) 5:07.77, 11. Gassensmith (N) 5:33.97, 12. Jonah Setmeyer (N) 5:35.27.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Christopher Holmes, Robertson, Kok, Rothrock) 1:29.29, 4. Noblesville (Westlund, DuBois, Stephan, Beeson) 1:34.13, 5. Westfield (Roberts, Kreag, Lesniewski, Lake) 1:35.18, 8. Guerin Catholic (Hoffmann, Leonard, Bricking, Sweeney) 1:38.15.
100 backstroke: 1. Davis (C) 49.24, 2. Hadley (C) 51.45, 3. Kopp (C) 52.66, 4. Buna (N) 57.89, 5. Kaufman (W) 58.20, 6. Kreag (W) 59.91, 9. Finnegan (W) 1:00.93, 10. Ledwith (N) 1:02.35, 15. Noah Thurber (N) 1:06.58, 24. Jurewicz (GC) 1:16.19, 25. Quintero (GC) 1:16.48, 28. Russell (GC) 1:19.99.
100 breaststroke: 1. Malicki (C) 58.11, 2. Biddle (N) 1:01.28, 3. Kevin Sweeney (C) 1:01.66, 4. Clayton (W) 1:02.12, 5. Kellen Reese (C) 1:02.67, 8. Stephan (N) 1:04.28, 9. Nathaniel Hand (W) 1:04.39, 11. Hoffmann (GC) 1:05.38, 15. Ryan Baird (W) 1:10.41, 18. Leonard (GC) 1:13.65, 20. Setmeyer (N) 1:16.27, 28. Turner (GC) 1:24.66.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Lancaster, Johns, Edwards, Mitchell) 3:15.13, 3. Westfield (Tinsley, Lake, Lesniewski, Finnegan) 3:31.78, 6. Noblesville (Buna, Setmeyer, Gassensmith, Cox) 3:39.54, 10. Guerin Catholic (Halloran, Bricking, Russell, Cradick) 4:13.85.
AT FISHERS
200 medley relay: 1. Fishers (Logan Ayres, Alejandro Garcia, Israel Harding, Keaton Chop) 1:40.51, 2. Southeastern (Marcus Eden, Justin Voelker, Thomas Reising, Connor Harrison) 1:40.89, 6. Hamilton Heights (Eli VanHaaren, Josh Snay, Grant Forrer, Alex Knepper) 1:51.60.
200 freestyle: 1. Aaron Frollo (F) 1:44.80, 2. Jackson Carlile (F) 1:45.30, 3. Keegan Streett (HSE) 1:45.74, 4. Tyler Schwertfeger (F) 1:45.75, 5. Evan Sellers (HSE) 1:46.45, 8. Logan Hess (HSE) 1:49.14, 16. Drew Monnin (HH) 2:26.81, 21. Ethan Hall (HH) 2:51.45.
200 individual medley: 1. Kyle Ponsler (F) 1:58.14, 2. Connor Carlile (F) 1:58.89, 3. Eden (HSE) 1:59.99, 4. C. Harrison (HSE) 2:00.39, 5. Daniel Bennett (F) 2:03.54, 6. Voelker (HSE) 2:06.43, 8. VanHaaren (HH) 2:09.99, 14. Snay (HH) 2:17.90.
50 freestyle: 1. DJ Rogers (HSE) 21.14, 2. Andrew Christopher (HSE) 21.91, 5. Bruno Kitazuka (F) 22.50, 6. Reising (HSE) 22.80, 9. Sean Deimling (F) 23.20, 10. Reed Beaumont (F) 23.23, 23. Gabriel Sargaco Alves (HH) 27.39, 27. Preston Pearson (HH) 29.81.
100 butterfly: 2. C. Harrison (HSE) 52.85, 3. Christopher (HSE) 52.97, 4. Kitazuka (F) 53.24, 5. C. Carlile (F) 53.50, 6. Harding (F) 54.13, 8. Reising (HSE) 54.67, 12. VanHaaren (HH) 58.24.
100 freestyle: 1. Streett (HSE) 47.57, 2. Rogers (HSE) 47.59, 4. Schwertfeger (F) 48.65, 6. Zack Bostock (HSE) 48.75, 7. Ayres (F) 49.00, 8. Chop (F) 49.67, 13. Joe Ringer (HH) 54.31, 20. Knepper (HH) 58.55, 22. Monnin (HH) 1:04.18.
500 freestyle: 1. Frollo (F) 4:47.19, 2. J. Carlile (F) 4:47.58, 3. Ponsler (F) 4:51.63, 4. Sellers (HSE) 4:52.44, 5. Noah Haines (HSE) 5:00.97, 7. Alex Kaminski (HSE) 5:08.49, 10. Forrer (HH) 5:20.77.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern (Hess, C. Harrison, Reising, Sellers) 1:30.58, 2. Fishers (Beaumont, Chop, Schwertfeger, Frollo) 1:30.62, 10. Heights (Sargaco Alves, Hall, Knepper, Ringer) 1:51.09.
100 backstroke: 2. Ayres (F) 53.67, 3. Eden (HSE) 54.68, 4. Harding (F) 54.77, 5. Ethan Forbes (HSE) 56.21, 6. Deimling (F) 56.78, 7, Holden Kesler (HSE) 57.24, 17. Forrer (HH) 1:07.59, 22. Sargaco Alves (HH) 1:19.46, 26. Hall (HH) 1:34.11.
100 breaststroke: 1. Bostock (HSE) 1:00.93, 2. Garcia (F) 1:01.79, 3. Voelker (HSE) 1:02.05, 4. Bennett (F) 1:02.27, 5. Beaumont (F) 1:02.28, 6. Andrew Truxall (HSE) 1:02.79, 11. Snay (HH) 1:08.49, 21. Knepper (HH) 1:18.01.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers (Frollo, Ponsler, J. Carlile, Bennett) 3:22.29, 2. Southeastern (Ryan Harrison, Hess, Voelker, Streett) 3:25.40, 5. Heights (Ringer, Forrer, Snay, VanHaaren) 3:41.40.
AT NORTH CENTRAL
200 medley relay: 5. University (Keegan Priest, Austin Clark, Cordell Wilson, Hayden Suarez-Davis) 1:46.33.
200 freestyle: 24. Gordon Bradley (U) 2:23.20, 27. Foster Wilson (U) 2:30.64.
200 individual medley: 22. Andrew Laramore (U) 2:28.71.
50 freestyle: 29. Charlie Dahle (U) 28.53, 33. Mitchell Wray (U) 32.27.
100 butterfly: 3. Priest (U) 53.03, 9. Wilson (U) 57.54.
100 freestyle: 12. Suarez-Davis (U) 53.39, 27. Dahle (U) 1:03.06, 33. Wray (U) 1:19.19.
500 freestyle: 14. Wilson (U) 5:54.24, 16. Andrew Laramore (U) 6:00.40, 22. Wilson (U) 7:10.48.
200 freestyle relay: 9. University (Clark, Suarez-Davis, Laramore, Wilson) 1:43.25.
100 backstroke: 1. Priest (U) 53.08, 17. Bradley (U) 1:10.70.
100 breaststroke: 16. Clark (U) 1:12.11.
400 freestyle relay: 8. University (Laramore, Suarez-Davis, Clark, Priest) 3:43.71.
