Streett, Carlile, Malicki are individual winners
By RICHIE HALL
INDIANAPOLIS – The Carmel boys swimming team has enjoyed a nice run at the state meet over the past several years.
That run continued on Saturday, as the Greyhounds won their seventh consecutive state championship at the IU Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. Carmel scored 360 points, the third-highest point total ever achieved by a boys team at state. The ‘Hounds won by 161.5 points over runner-up Fishers, the fourth-highest margin of victory.
If those aren’t enough records, here are a few more. It was the 21st overall state championship in boys swimming for Carmel, extending a record. The Greyhounds’ seven straight titles is another extension record, as is the 10th state title for Carmel coach Chris Plumb.
“We had a lot of guys score and it obviously was a goal to have everybody score in every race,” said Plumb.
The Greyhounds had 24 swims at state, including 19 in the championship heat, all of which earned state medals. Carmel also won three individual events, starting with the medley relay, where the team of Carter Lancaster, Ryan Malicki, Christopher Holmes and William Kok finished in a time of 1 minute, 29.60 seconds.
“The 200 medley relay, we needed everybody to do their job and they did,” said Plumb.
Malicki would later claim an individual event, winning the breaststroke in 53.71 seconds. The junior won a battle with Mount Vernon senior Aidan Tierney, staying a stroke ahead to get Carmel’s first win in the event since 2018.
“Shout out to Aidan, he had a really great race,” said Malicki. “I think I just really capitalized on racing off of him. He did amazing. That’s always nice to have someone next to you to push you.”
The breaststroke was the next-to-last event, and Carmel won the final event as well, the 400 free relay. The team of Griffin Hadley, Kayden Lancaster, Carter Lancaster and Augustus Rothrock won that race in 2:58.70.
“It’s a tough meet,” said Plumb. “There’s a lot of fast swimming. So, to get away with three wins, great effort by those guys. Every relay was hard-fought and close. There’s a lot of great swimming in this state and we feel pretty good about coming on top.”
Carmel placed second in the 200 free relay, with the squad of Malicki, Hadley, Rothrock and Kayden Lancaster finishing in 1:22.02. Rothrock picked up third-place medals in the individual medley and butterfly, while Hadley placed third in the 200 free and fourth in the 100 free. Both are bound for the University of Tennessee next fall.
The Greyhounds had three events where all three of their swimmers earned medals. In the IM, Ryan Malicki (sixth) and Carter Lancaster (eighth), joined Rothrock on the medals stand. Kellen Reese (sixth) and Christopher Holmes (seventh) also reached the podium in the butterfly. Kayden Lancaster (fifth), Aaron Shackell (seventh) and Gregg Enoch (eighth) gave Carmel three more medals, and team points, with their performances in the 500 free.
Other medal winners for the ‘Hounds were led by Sean Sullivan, who finished third in the backstroke. Three more Carmel swimmers got sixth-place finishes: Kayden Lancaster in the 200 free, Carter Lancaster in the backstroke and Brandon Malicki in the breaststroke.
Consolation finishers for the Greyhounds were Shackell in the 200 free (10th), Sullivan in the 100 free (11th), Connor Lathrop in the backstroke (12th), and Holmes (15th) and Andrew Robertson (16th) in the 50 free.
FISHERS PLACES SECOND
The Fishers Tigers continued their rapid ascent in the swimming world by finishing second at the state meet. The Tigers scored 198.5 points, the most ever in school history, and their runner-up finish is easily the best at the meet, surpassing last year’s fourth-place mark.
Fishers had nine medal winners, including a 1-2 finish in the 500 freestyle. Jackson Carlile won the race in 4:22.31, with Kyle Ponsler the runner-up with a time of 4:23.37.
Carlile became the first-ever boys swimmer to win a state event for the Tigers. While winning is a big deal, Carlile said he was happy for Fishers’ runner-up trophy – “the first time the boys team has gotten something as a team,” he said. “So, I think that was the priority for everyone going in and that’s what I focused on throughout the meet.”
Carlile, who will swim for Indiana University in the fall, also tied for fourth in the 200 free, while Ponsler took fourth in the IM. Both swimmers were part of two of the Tigers’ three medal-winning relays, joining Connor Carlile and Reed Beaumont on the third-place 200 free relay, then teaming with Connor Carlile and Tyler Schwertfeger to take fourth in the 400 free relay. Beaumont and Connor Carlile joined Logan Ayres and Daniel Bennett on the eighth-place medley relay.
Fishers also picked up two medals in diving. William Bennett was the runner-up with a score of 557.00 points, while Sebastian Otero took sixth. Freshman Jack Roby finished 10th in diving, also earning points for the Tigers.
Connor Carlile also took 10th in the IM and Ayres was 13th in the backstroke.
“These guys were just super tough,” said Tigers coach Joe Keller. “I knew that we would have to drag them out of here, regardless of the end result, because they were going to put it all out there today. We just knew that the effort was going to be over the top.”
STREETT WINS FOR HSE
Hamilton Southeastern senior Keegan Streett led the way for the Royals, winning the 200 freestyle.
Streett won his race in a time of 1:36.72. He dropped a considerable amount of time from his Friday preliminary swim; Streett swam the prelim race in 1:38.15, so he was nearly a second and a half faster on Saturday.
“It feels great,” said Streett, who will swim for the University of Georgia next fall. “I would have liked to have been faster with the time.” But as he pointed out, “it’s nice to get my hand on the wall first and that’s all that really matters.”
Streett earned four medals at the meet. He also took third in the 100 free, and was part of both of the Royals’ freestyle relays, joining Logan Hess, Thomas Reising and Zack Bostock on the fourth-place 200 free relay. Bostock, Streett, Charles Rogers and Reising teamed up for a sixth-place finish in the 400 free relay.
Southeastern placed sixth as a team with 125 points, marking the school’s 20th top-10 finish at the state meet. In addition to the freestyle relays, the Royals medaled in the medley relay, as Ryan Harrison, Justin Voelker, Reising and Bostock placed sixth. Voelker would later place 11th in the breaststroke and Reising finished 16th in the butterfly.
OTHER SCHOOLS
Noblesville tied for 35th as a team with nine points. The Millers’ young swimmers were a factor, with sophomore Aidan Biddle placing 14th in the breaststroke and freshman Luke Whitlock taking 15th in the 500 free. Both swimmers joined Jeremiah Ledwith and Cavan Cameron for a 15th-place finish in the medley relay.
Hamilton Heights freshman Nathan Cox placed 13th in the diving event, scoring four team points for the Huskies. Cox totaled 433.10 points in the diving.
Westfield junior Noah Brauer took 16th in the IM, earning one point for the Shamrocks.
Team scores (Top 10 and all county): 1. Carmel 360, 2. Fishers 198.5, 3. Zionsville 189.5, 4. Franklin Community 169, 5. Penn 154, 6. Hamilton Southeastern 125, 7. Chesterton 122, 8. Center Grove 90, 9. Homestead 75, 10. Brownsburg 72.5, T35. Noblesville 9, 41. Hamilton Heights 4, T46. Westfield 1.
200 medley relay
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Carter Lancaster, Ryan Malicki, Christopher Holmes, William Kok) 1:29.60, 6. Southeastern (Ryan Harrison, Justin Voelker, Thomas Reising, Zack Bostock) 1:33.86, 8. Fishers (Logan Ayres, Reed Beaumont, Daniel Bennett, Connor Carlile) 1:34.57.
“B” Final: 15. Noblesville (Jeremiah Ledwith, Aidan Biddle, Luke Whitlock, Cavan Cameron) 1:38.03.
200 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Keegan Streett (HSE) 1:36.72, 3. Griffin Hadley (C) 1:37.29, T4. Jackson Carlile (F) 1:38.02, 6. Kayden Lancaster (C) 1:38.25.
“B” Final: 10. Aaron Shackell (C) 1:40.34.
200 individual medley
“A” Final: 1. Will Modglin (Z) 1:45.14, 3. Augustus Rothrock (C) 1:47.01, 4. Kyle Ponsler (F) 1:48.28, 6. R. Malicki (C) 1:48.62, 8. C. Lancaster (C) 1:49.75.
“B” Final: 10. C. Carlile (F) 1:51.65, 16. Noah Brauer (W) 1:56.29.
50 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Brady Samuels (Delta) 19.72.
“B” Final: 15. Holmes (C) 21.35, 16. Andrew Robertson (C) 21.42.
One-meter diving
Finals: 1. Sam Bennett (Delta) 615.55, 2. William Jansen (F) 557.00, 6. Sebastian Otero (F) 484.50, 10. Jack Roby (F) 452.50, 13. Nathan Cox (HH) 433.10.
100 butterfly
“A” Final: 1. Samuels (Delta) 47.05, 3. Rothrock (C) 48.30, 6. Kellen Reese (C) 48.94, 7. Holmes (C) 49.53.
“B” Final: 16. Reising (HSE) 50.85.
100 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. Ethan Martin (CG) 44.02, 3. Streett (HSE) 44.68, 4. Hadley (C) 45.09.
“B” Final: 11. Sean Sullivan (C) 46.00.
500 freestyle
“A” Final: 1. J. Carlile (F) 4:22.31, 2. Ponsler (F) 4:23.37, 5. K. Lancaster (C) 4:32.43, 6. Shackell (C) 4:34.50, 8. Gregg Enoch (C) 4:40.95.
“B” Final: 15. Whitlock (N) 4:42.60.
200 freestyle relay
“A” Final: 1. Penn 1:21.29, 2. Carmel (R. Malicki, Hadley, Rothrock, K. Lancaster) 1:22.02, 3. Fishers (J. Carlile, C. Carlile, Beaumont, Ponsler) 1:23.41, 4. Southeastern (Logan Hess, Reising, Bostock, Streett) 1:23.87.
100 backstroke
“A” Final: 1. Modglin (Z) 46.60, 3. Sullivan (C) 48.96, 6. C. Lancaster (C) 49.67.
“B” Final: 12. Connor Lathrop (C) 51.52, 13. Ayres (F) 52.14.
100 breaststroke
“A” Final: 1. R. Malicki (C) 53.71, 6. Brandon Malicki (C) 56.78.
“B” Final: 11. Voelker (HSE) 57.43, 14. Biddle (N) 58.06.
400 freestyle relay
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Hadley, K. Lancaster, C. Lancaster, Rothrock) 2:58.70, 4. Fishers (J. Carlile, C. Carlile, Tyler Schwertfeger, Ponsler) 3:04.24, 6. Southeastern (Bostock, Streett, Charles Rogers, Reising) 3:06.98.