The Carmel girls swim team has set itself up well to continue its record state championship streak after its performance in Friday’s state preliminaries at the IU Natatorium.
Westfield’s Erin Verbrugge qualified for the consolation heat in the backstroke after placing 16th in Friday’s prelims.
The Greyhounds qualified 24 swims into today’s finals, with 16 reaching the championship heat and eight more making the consolation heat. That includes five top seeds.
Emma Nordin will be seeded first in two events, the 200 and 500 freestyles; she is the defending state champion in both events. Kelly Pash is rated first in the 100 free, and Carmel’s 200 and 400 freestyle relays both will be seeded first.
Sammie Burchill is seeded second in the individual medley, the event in which she is the defending state champ. Burchill also holds the second seed in the backstroke.
Fishers qualified 14 swims on to Saturday, with five in the championship and nine in the consolations. Lauryn Parrish reached the championship final of the 200 and 100 freestyles.
Hamilton Southeastern qualified seven swims for the finals, getting three in the championship and four in the consolations. The Royals’ medley relay is in the championship heat, along with Hannah Pugh in the butterfly and a freshman, Abigail Harter, in the backstroke.
Westfield’s Erin Verbrugge reached the consolation heat in the backstroke.
Noblesville’s Alexa Akers competed in the butterfly prelims, finishing 24th.
The meet begins at 9 a.m. this morning with diving prelims, then the swimming and diving finals begin at 1 p.m.
200 medley relay: 3. Carmel (Sammie Burchill, Grace Estabrook, Meredith Berglund, Grace Pangburn) 1:43.34, 5. Hamilton Southeastern (Abigail Harter, Madison Kertin, Hannah Pugh, Sydney Knurek) 1:44.73, 15. Fishers (Corinne Yorkman, Allison Sperring, Nicole Rueff, Kyla Srncik) 1:47.81, Westfield DQ.
200 freestyle: 1. Emma Nordin (C) 1:47.88, 2. Trude Rothrock (C) 1:48.55, 3. Lauryn Parrish (F) 1:48.80, 10. Morgan Grout (C) 1:51.04, 15. Morgan Booth (F) 1:52.48, 20. Abigail Jahns (F) 1:55.30, 24. Hannah Taylor (HSE) 1:56.33.
200 individual medley: 2. Burchill (C) 1:59.35, 5. Kelly Pash (C) 2:01.31, 10. Katie Dougherty (C) 2:03.33, 15. Emma Gillespie (F) 2:06.72, 18. Yorkman (F) 2:07.32, 20. Pugh (HSE) 2:07.76, 24. Savannah Kennedy (F) 2:08.68, 25. Harter (HSE) 2:08.73.
50 freestyle: 4. Pangburn (C) 23.52, 9. Emily Barnes (HSE) 23.65, 12. Amilia Nusbaum (F) 23.81, T13. Rachel Young (C) 23.85, 15. Sydney Knurek (HSE) 23.90, 16. Alyssa Conley (C) 23.93, T25. Srnik (F) 24.49.
100 butterfly: 2. Rothrock (C) 54.62, 5. Caroline Schultz (C) 55.23, 6. Pugh (HSE) 55.27, T12. Grout (C) 56.66, 14. Rueff (F) 56.86, 18. Elizabeth Pfeifer (F) 57.33, 24. Alexa Akers (Noblesville) 57.69.
100 freestyle: 1. Pash (C) 49.17, 4. Parrish (F) 51.12, 11. Young (C) 52.01, 13. Nusbaum (F) 52.11, 21. Barnes (HSE) 52.80, 24. Ashlyn Underhill (C) 53.06, 25. Srncik (F) 53.19.
500 freestyle: 1. Nordin (C) 4:46.98, 3. Samantha Hietpas (F) 4:55.84, 4. Dougherty (C) 4:56.41, 8. Booth (F) 4:58.26, 12. Morgan Miller (C) 5:01.71, 14. Jahns (F) 5:03.98, 28. Taylor (HSE) 5:20.21.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (A. Conley, Avery Williams, Young, Pash) 1:34.52, 6. Fishers (Nusbaum, Ellen Fero, Srncik, Parrish) 1:35.78, 11. Southeastern (Barnes, Knurek, Abby Taylor, Katie Mueller), 24. Westfield (Erin Verbrugge, Mia Herzog, Kerry Effinger, Lily Hunter) 1:40.22.
100 backstroke: 2. Burchill (C) 53.85, 6. Pangburn (C) 55.92, 8. Harter (HSE) 56.14, 12. Taylor Conley (C) 56.98, 16. Verbrugge (W) 57.69.
100 breaststroke: 5. Estabrook (C) 1:03.33, 14. Miya Wai (F) 1:05.53, 24. Sperring (F) 1:06.27.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Schultz, Kendra Bowen, Grout, Nordin) 3:25.51, 10. Fishers (Nusbaum, Jahns, Booth, Parrish) 3:32.36, 12. Southeastern (Taylor, Barnes, Katie Mueller, Knurek) 3:33.27, 21. Westfield (Effinger, Katherine Hand, Hunter, Verbrugge) 3:39.11.