Carmel wins team sectional, advances 26 to state

Millers, Rocks have multiple state qualifiers

By RICHIE HALL

sports@readthereporter.com

CARMEL – How fast the swimming at the Carmel boys sectional on Saturday, Feb. 21?

Two swims qualified for the state meet from the consolation (“B”) final, which is a rarity. Those two swims were part of 45 state-qualifying swims who moved on to this Friday’s state prelims, which take place at the IU Natatorium on Friday, Feb. 27.

The host Greyhounds had the most qualifiers, advancing 26 to state and putting themselves in excellent position to win their 12^th consecutive state title. Carmel swept all 12 events, including wins in all three relays and 1-2-3 finishes in five of the individual events, winning the team title with 553 points.

“The boys swam fantastic,” said Greyhounds coach Chris Plumb. An example is Yi Zheng, who powered to first place in the individual medley with a time of 1 minute, 43.60 seconds. Plumb said that is a new team record.

“That sets the tone,” said Plumb. “The guys are going best times. Almost everyone that swam today went a best time.”

At the same time, Carmel wants to go faster at the state prelims. Plumb has said over the years that the state meet is won during the prelims, where the top 16 in each event advance to the Saturday, Feb. 28 state finals.

“You get hyped up and you’re in your home pool and the crowd’s into it, but it’s just a step in the process,” said Plumb.

Zheng also won the breaststroke and was part of Carmel’s winning medley and 400 freestyle relays. Carter Hadley joined Zheng in the quadruple winner club, claiming the 100 free and backstroke along with participating in the medley and 400 free relays.

William Allen was first in the 200 and 500 freestyles; after the latter race, he came back and swam a 50-yard leg in the Greyhounds’ victorious 200 free relay.

Donald Zhao won the 50 free and swam on the medley and 200 free relays, while Jack Street paced the butterfly and was part of the medley relay. Alrik Mansberger won the diving event.

Austin Bruford and Eddy Zhu swam on the 400 free relay, while Lukas Biller and William Lathrop were part of the 200 free relay. Biller was one of the consolation qualifiers, dropping over 4.5 seconds to finish well under the cut in the “B” heat of the breaststroke.

Twenty-five of Carmel’s swims finished under the state cut time. Biller also received a callback in the 50 free with his time of 21.44 seconds.

Noblesville placed second as a team by scoring 358 points. The Millers advanced all three relays under the cut time and had four more individuals qualify in that manner.

Joshua Naas picked up two cuts in the IM and breaststroke and also swam on Noblesville’s medley and 200 free relays. Drew Setmeyer qualified in the 100 free, as did Jackson Teske in the backstroke.

“I thought we swam great,” said Noblesville coach Jess Preston. “Almost all lifetime best times today.”

Preston said that getting all three relays qualified was one of the Millers’ big goals for the sectional.

“We’ve got seven swims going to Day 3,” said Preston. “We’ll try to get all seven of those swims to advance into Day 4 of the state tournament next Saturday.”

Westfield scored 333 points to place third and qualified 11 swims to the state meet. The Shamrocks got their medley and 400 free relays under the state cut time and had two qualifiers each in the 200 free, IM and 500 free.

Zach Welch earned state cuts in the 200 and 500 freestyles and was part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Griffin Barents Froman also qualified in four events, including the IM, where he dropped over 6 seconds to make the cut time from the consolation heat. Garreth Thomas advanced in the butterfly.

Westfield got a callback for the 200 free relay to make it 11 qualifying swims.

“I thought it was a really great meet,” said Shamrocks coach Darrick Thomas. “We are advancing a lot of swims, I think probably the most we’ve ever had, and multiple kids in multiple events.

Guerin Catholic placed sixth with 130 points and had one state qualifier. Sam Holl received a callback in the 500 free

Team scores: Carmel 553, Noblesville 358, Westfield 333, Western 253, Northwestern 176, Guerin Catholic 130, Eastern 127, Maconaquah 107, Kokomo 68, Tipton 56.

200 medley relay (State cut 1:36.83)

“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Carter Hadley, Yi Zheng, Jack Street, Donald Zhao) 1:29.90, 2. Noblesville (Jackson Teske, Joshua Naas, Liam Hayward, Brayden Wright) 1:33.94, 3. Westfield (Alden Thomas, Griffin Barents Froman, Garreth Thomas, Estaban Roussel) 1:35.09, 5. Guerin Catholic (Lucas Morse, Will Ladine, Sam Holl, Adam Jurewicz) 1:44.43.

200 freestyle (State cut 1:42.78)

“A” Final: 1. William Allen (C) 1:36.26, 2. William Lathrop (C) 1:39.59, 3. Lewis Zhang (C) 1:39.65, 4. Zach Welch (W) 1:41.06, 5. Landon Wendel (W) 1:41.82, 7. Adam Hill (N) 1:49.96, 8. Coleman Codalata (N) 1:52.38.

“B” Final: 9. David Naas (N) 1:50.87, 11. Aiden Willig (W) 1:55.23.

200 individual medley (State cut 1:55.24)

“A” Final: 1. Zheng (C) 1:43.60, 2. Noah Moeller (C) 1:48.82, 3. Cory Han (C) 1:50.31, 4. Garreth Thomas (W) 1:52.00, 5. J. Naas (N) 1:52.98, 6. Holl (GC) 1:58.36, 7. Will Chambley (W) 1:59.16, 8. Collin Monger (N) 1:59.31.

“B” Final: 9. Barents Froman (W) 1:54.67, 11. Keaton Hoffman (N) 2:10.81.

50 freestyle (State cut 21.42)

“A” Final: 1. Zhao (C) 21.17, 2. Lukas Biller (C) 21.44, 3. Drew Setmeyer (N) 21.58, 5. Eddy Zhu (C) 21.65, 7. Wright (N) 22.14.

“B” Final: 11. Jackson Burgess (W) 23.07, 13. Eli Clutch Creakbaum (N) 23.16, 15. Noah Lorincz (W) 23.72.

One-meter diving (top four advance to regional)

Finals: 1. Alrik Mansberger (C) 386.45, 9. Micah Ruvalcaba (N) 209.60, 12. John Constantino (GC) 154.00.

100 butterfly (State cut 50.96)

“A” Final: 1. Street (C) 49.53, 2. Moeller (C) 49.99, 3. G. Thomas (W) 50.50, 4. Zhu (C) 50.57, 5. Hayward (N) 51.47, 7. Teske (N) 52.58, 8. Lorincz (W) 53.73.

“B” Final: 9. Codalata (N) 55.06, 15. Morse (GC) 1:00.74.

100 freestyle (State cut 46.97)

“A” Final: 1. Hadley (C) 44.46, 2. Lathrop (C) 46.06, 3. Biller (C) 46.21, 4. Setmeyer (N) 46.70, 5. Ladine (GC) 47.94, 7. A. Thomas (W) 48.88.

“B” Final: 10. D. Naas (N) 51.86, 11. Evan Hess (W) 52.45, 12. Caden Ellis (N) 52.90.

500 freestyle (State cut 4:42.52)

“A” Final: 1. W. Allen (C) 4:24.55, 2. Zhang (C) 4:29.44, 3. Austin Bruford (C) 4:29.52, 4. Welch (W) 4:31.06, 5. Wendel (W) 4:41.77, 6. Holl (GC) 4:44.25, 7. C. Monger (N) 4:51.21.

“B” Final: 9. Adam Hill (N) 4:58.30, 11. Willig (W) 5:19.85, 15. Hayden Wong (N) 5:37.55.

200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:28.09)

“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Zhao, Biller, Lathrop, W. Allen) 1:24.21, 2. Noblesville (Setmeyer, J. Naas, Creakbaum, Hayward) 1:26.58, 3. Westfield (Barents Froman, Roussel, Wendel, Welch) 1:28.58.

“B” Final: 9. Guerin Catholic (Blake Durflinger, George Hein, David Cachillo, Adam Jurewicz) 1:42.79.

100 backstroke (State cut 51.63)

“A” Final: 1. Hadley (C) 49.02, 2. Andrew Allen (C) 50.63, 3. Street (C) 50.67, 4. Teske (N) 51.45, 5. Wright (N) 52.25, 6. A. Thomas (W) 53.50, 7. Burgess (W) 55.28.

“B” Final: 9. Hoffman (N) 58.59, 10. Hess (W) 58.68, 12. Morse (GC) 1:06.33.

100 breaststroke (State cut 58.35)

“A” Final: 1. Zheng (C) 54.42, 2. Barents Froman (W) 56.83, 3. Han (C) 56.99, 4. J. Naas (N) 57.40, 5. Roussel (W) 59.60, 6. Chambley (W) 59.63, 7. Creakbaum (N) 1:00.73.

“B” Final: 9. Luke Feller (C) 57.00, 10. Ladine (GC) 1:02.27, 13. Ellis (N) 1:06.69.

400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:13.65)

“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Bruford, Zhu, Hadley, Zheng) 3:03.21, 2. Westfield (Welch, G. Thomas, Wendel, A. Thomas) 3:11.46, 3. Noblesville (Setmeyer, Teske, C. Monger, Hayward) 3:12.72, 7. Guerin Catholic (Durflinger, Jurewicz, Ladine, Holl) 3:30.93.