By RICHIE HALL
CARMEL – There was some nostalgia in the air during the Carmel swim team’s three-team meet with Zionsville and Homestead on Wednesday.
The Greyhounds defeated both of their opponents in the triple-dual format, with the girls sweeping all 11 events and the boys winning nine races. Carmel coach Chris Plumb called it a “special day for us,” as it was the last home dual meet in the Greyhounds’ current pool. Carmel is presently building a new natatorium, which is expected to be open by next season.
Plumb said the team “was excited to compete and I felt like they had a great energy” as they said farewell to dual-meet competition at the pool that has housed the Greyhounds since 1998. Carmel will host a boys swimming sectional in February.
“We had alumni and people coming in and a lot of incredible memories and a lot of hard work,” said Plumb. “We’re excited to get into our new pool, but we’re very appreciative of this pool and all that it did for us.”
Alyssa Street competed in the girls breaststroke at the meet. (Richie Hall)
Carmel’s girls were led by Alex Shackell, who picked up individual victories in the butterfly and backstroke events, and Molly Sweeney, a winner in the individual medley and 100 freestyle. In the boys meet, Gregg Enoch was first in the IM and backstroke, while Andrew Shackell was first in the 50 free and butterfly.
The Greyhounds’ next meet is Tuesday at Fishers, and they finish the regular season Jan. 11 at Pike. The Carmel girls travel to Noblesville for their sectional, which starts on Feb. 1.
GIRLS MEET
Team scores: Carmel 122, Zionsville 47; Carmel 129, Homestead 40; Zionsville 115, Homestead 55.
200 medley relay: 1. Carmel “A” (Kayla Han, Molly Sweeney, Alex Shackell, Grace Dougherty) 1:42.85, 3. Carmel “B” (Kayla Barr, Lucy Enoch, Faith Gorey, Lexie Ward) 1:48.28.
200 freestyle: 1. Ward 1:52.77, 2. Alyssa Street 1:53.97, 3. Sophia Floyd 1:56.23, 5. Addy Czarnecki 1:59.45.
200 individual medley: 1. Sweeney 1:59.74, 2. Han 2:00.94, 3. Enoch 2:08.67, 4. Barr 2:09.90.
50 freestyle: 1. Dougherty 24.25, 2. Gorey 24.37, 3. Priscilla Smith 24.40, 5. Maddy Lathrop 25.77.
100 butterfly: 1. Shackell 51.51, 4. Ward 1:00.30, 5. Brooke Cummings 1:02.41.
100 freestyle: 1. Sweeney 52.55, 2. Dougherty 53.83, 3. Savannah Irizarry 54.28, 5. Emma Kou 56.77.
500 freestyle: 1. Czarnecki 5:11.16.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel “A” (Lathrop, Floyd, Czarnecki, Street) 1:41.11.
100 backstroke: 1. Shackell 53.89, 2. Han 58.03, 4. Barr 58.89, 5. Floyd 1:01.87.
100 breaststroke: 1. Enoch 1:05.40, 3. Street 1:08.15, 4. Irizarry 1:08.36, 5. Gorey 1:09.00.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel “B” (Lynsey Bowen, Sweeney, Gorey, Dougherty) 3:35.56, 3. Carmel “D” (Smith, Samantha Powers, Natalie Powers, Kou) 3:52.08.
BOYS MEET
Team scores: Carmel 118.5, Zionsville 51.5; Carmel 137, Homestead 21; Zionsville 135, Homestead 24.
200 medley relay: 1. Carmel “A” (Gregg Enoch, Brandon Malicki, Andrew Shackell, Michael Gorey) 1;35.36, 3. Carmel “B” (Anderson Kopp, Trent Allen, Emile Haig, Landon Holmes) 1:38.42.
200 freestyle: 1. Lewis Zhang 1:42.95, 3. Ethan Zhang 1:44.36, 4. Carter Hadley 1:48.14, 5. William Lathrop 1:48.78.
200 individual medley: 1. Enoch 1:56.10, 2. Allen 1:57.36, 3. Brian Qian 1:57.99, 4. Cory Han 2:02.34.
50 freestyle: 1. Shackell 21.59, 2. Malicki 21.82, T3. Gorey 22.55.
100 butterfly: 1. Shackell 51.30, 2. Haig 53.16, 3. Carson Szotek 54.52, 4. Luke Pugh 55.16, 5. Ethan Johnson 55.80.
100 freestyle: 2. L. Zhang 48.22, 3. Kopp 48.54, 4. Eddy Zhu 49.93, 5. Lathrop 50.01.
500 freestyle: 1. Austin Bruford 4:56.88, 2. Noah Moeller 5:02.46.
200 freestyle relay: 2. Carmel “A” (Pugh, Lathrop, James Porterfield, Szotek) 1:33.53, 3. Carmel “B” (Lukas Biller, Zhu, Colin Cammack, Han) 1:33.63.
100 backstroke: 1. Enoch 53.46, 2. Kopp 54.31, 3. Hadley 54.43, 5. Szotek 55.13.
100 breaststroke: 1. Malicki 57.68, 3. Allen 1:02.21, 4. Qian 1:02.68.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel “A” (Shackell, Gorey, L. Zhang, Kopp) 3:12.97, 3. Carmel “C” (Jude Bearden, Conner Fletchall, Aiden Jent, Johnson) 3:33.20.