Girls swimming: Carmel dominates sectional, sends all 27 to state prelims

The REPORTER

The Carmel girls swim team took care of business at its own sectional finals last Saturday.

The Greyhounds qualified all 27 of their swims on to the IHSAA state preliminaries, which take place Friday at the IU Natatorium. All of those swims are under the state cut time in their respective events, giving Carmel a head start to continue its record state championship streak.

The ‘Hounds won 11 of the 12 events. Molly Sweeney was a double winner, taking the individual medley in 1 minute, 59.76 seconds and the breaststroke in 1:01.65. Carmel also swept all three relays, with Olympic gold medalist Alex Shackell competing in all three.

Shackell also won an individual event, claiming the butterfly race in 50.68 seconds. Other Carmel winners were Lynsey Bowen in the 200 freestyle, Alexandria Clark in the 50 free, Helena Gibson in diving, Faith Gorey in the 100 free and Alexandra Ward in the 500 free.

Kokomo’s Aubrey Simmons broke up the Greyhounds sweep by winning the backstroke in 55.39 seconds. But Carmel’s three swimmers in that event – Kayla Barr, Leah Debosch and Ellie Clarke – all finished well under the state cut time to qualify for state.

Carmel scored 581 points for the team championship, extending its consecutive sectional title streak to 41. The ‘Hounds will be going for a record 39^th straight state title next week.

Westfield finished second with 408 points. The Shamrocks qualified all three of their relays to state under the cut time. Evelyn Wheat finished fifth in the butterfly, but her time of 56.22 seconds was over a second under the cut.

Noblesville placed third with 374 points. Haddie Vohs qualified for state in two individual events, placing second in the butterfly and third in the 200 free, both under the state cut time. The Millers also qualified their 200 and 400 free relays for state by cut time. Eryn McMahon finished second in diving and will advance to Tuesday’s diving regional at Hamilton Southeastern. The winner Gibson and her teammate, fourth-place Emily Linder, also qualified for the regional.

Team scores: Carmel 581, Westfield 408, Noblesville 374, Maconaquah 167, Kokomo 154, Northwestern 123, Western 104, Guerin Catholic 102, Eastern 84, Tipton 77.

200 medley relay (State cut 1:48.77)

“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Leah Debosch, Lucy Enoch, Alex Shackell, Faith Gorey) 1:40.09, 2. Westfield (Kiarra Thomas, Nora Sperry, Evelyn Wheat, Macy Brown) 1:48.75, 3. Noblesville (Julia Santerre, Exley Tricker, Kyra Blackwell, Ellie Hayward) 1:50.45, 6. Guerin Catholic (Christiana Dunasky, Ella Capofari, Kara Van Woerkom, Ellie Gove) 2:07.74.

“B” Final: 9. Delaney McCulloch (W) 1:59.84, 11. Van Woerkom (GC) 2:07.22, 12. Anna Miller (N) 2:07.97.

200 freestyle (State cut 1:53.62)

“A” Final: 1. Lynsey Bowen (C) 1:48.07, 2. Kayla Barr (C) 1:49.79, 3. Haddie Vohs (N) 1:50.03, 4. Alexandra Ward (C) 1:51.50, 5. Kate Cassidy (W) 1:57.86, 6. Olivia Motz (N) 1:58.75, 6. Gracie Alley (W) 1:59.24.

200 individual medley (State cut 2:08.33)

“A” Final: 1. Molly Sweeney (C) 1:59.76, 2. Enoch (C) 2:01.77, 3. Debosch (C) 2:02.95, 4. Wheat (W) 2:09.48, 5. Thomas (W) 2:10.64, 6. Katie Sutton (N) 2:17.42, 7. Blackwell (N) 2:17.76, 8. Eliana Hill (W) 2:19.82.

“B” Final: 9. Alli Knott (N) 2:20.16, 15. Molly Deppen (GC) 2:46.00.

50 freestyle (State cut 24.21)

“A” Final: 1. Alexandria Clark (C) 23.81, 3. Priscilla Smith (C) 23.99, 4. Maryn Sims (C) 24.16, 5. Santerre (N) 25.09, 6. Hayward (N) 25.27, 7. Bridget Mick (W) 25.31, 8. Maggie Alley (W) 25.34.

“B” Final: 10. Meredith Nickloy (N) 26.50, 11. Anna McKeown (W) 27.20.

One-meter diving (Top four advance to regional)

Finals: 1. Helena Gibson (C) 420.30, 2. Eryn McMahon (N) 416.90, 4. Emily Linder (C) 349.75, 5. Makenna Dammeier (W) 340.35, 6. Addison Goodwin (W) 313.10, 7. Ayla Abbasi (C) 312.25, 10. Anna Ososki (GC) 295.10, 16. Carly Herring (W) 212.25.

100 butterfly (State cut 57.25)

“A” Final: 1. Shackell (C) 50.68, 2. Vohs (N) 54.66, 3. Savannah Irizarry (C) 55.07, 4. Bowen (C) 55.17, 5. Wheat (W) 56.22, 6. Sperry (W) 59.39, 7. G. Alley (W) 59.68, 8. Sutton (N) 1:02.50.

“B” Final: 9. Mallory Mehringer (N) 1:04.18, 15. Deppen (GC) 1:14.22.

100 freestyle (State cut 52.53)

“A” Final: 1. Gorey (C) 50.04, 2. Addyson Czarnecki (C) 51.36, 3. Sophia Floyd (C) 51.88, 4. Brown (W) 55.64, 5. M. Alley (W) 55.77, 7. Mick (W) 56.38, 8. Ava Middleton (N) 56.96.

“B” Final: 10. Nickloy (N) 57.49, 11. Dunasky (GC) 58.72, 12. Stella Cramer (N) 58.85.

500 freestyle (State cut 5:08.57)

“A” Final: 1. Ward (C) 4:55.09, 2. Ellie Clarke (C) 5:01.85, 3. Sabrina Ledwith (C) 5:06.28, 4. Cassidy (W) 5:11.35, 5. Delaney McCulloch (W) 5:25.56, 6. Greta Smith (W) 5:25.26, 7. Motz (N) 5:25.64.

“B” Final: 9. Van Woerkom (GC) 5:35.64, 11. Miller (N) 5:46.98, 13. Norah Mathes (N) 6:07.47.

200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:39.39)

“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Smith, Sweeney, Gorey, Shackell) 1:32.26, 2. Westfield (Mick, M. Alley, Thomas, Sperry) 1:38.94, 3. Noblesville (Vohs, Tricker, Motz, Hayward) 1:39.28, 8. Guerin Catholic (Ososki, Taylor Traggesser, Van Woerkom, Dunasky) 1:56.34.

100 backstroke (State cut 57.27)

“A” Final: 2. Barr (C) 56.21, 3. Debosch (C) 56.47, 4. Clarke (C) 56.93, 5. Santerre (N) 1:00.25, 6. Knott (N) 1:01.40, 7. Mehringer (N) 1:03.67.

“B” Final: 9. Brown (W) 1:03.13, 10. Smith (W) 1:05.57, 11. Dunasky (GC) 1:08.37.

100 breaststroke (State cut 1:05.90)

“A” Final: 1. Sweeney (C) 1:01.65, 2. Enoch (C) 1:02.70, 3. Czarnecki (C) 1:03.49, 4. Sperry (W) 1:07.10, 5. Tricker (N) 1:08.13, 6. Blackwell (N) 1:09.49, 7. Davis (W) 1:12.43, 8. Middleton (N) 1:13.80.

“B” Final: 9. Christie Stuart (W) 1:15.75, 15. Capofari (GC) 1:25.53.

400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:37.08)

“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Bowen, Gorey, Barr, Shackell) 3:21.46, 2. Westfield (Wheat, Thomas, Brown, Cassidy) 3:35.45, 3. Noblesville (Vohs, Tricker, Motz, Hayward) 3:35.66.

“B” Final: 10. Guerin Catholic (Gove, Traggesser, Capofari, Deppen) 4:41.06.