Fishers girls swimming claims eighth consecutive sectional

The REPORTER

The Fishers girls swim team continued its sectional championship streak last Saturday.

The host Tigers outdueled Hamilton Southeastern for the sectional crown, scoring 522 points to the Royals’ 490 points. Both teams also qualified 14 swims for Friday’s state preliminaries, which take place at the IU Natatorium.

Fishers won seven events, including two from sophomore Emily Wolf, who claimed the butterfly and the 500 freestyle. Wolf won the 500 free in a new sectional record time of 4 minutes, 43.89 seconds.

“Tough people can do hard things,” said Tigers coach Joe Keller. “And people that are determined to achieve can do things that most people can’t do. She’s demonstrating that, and we threw that challenge to her, and I think it’s going to work out quite well.”

Other Tigers that won individual events were Emma Schumacher in the 200 free, Emma Schwertfeger in the 100 free and Claire Francis in the breaststroke. Fishers also won the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

The Tigers were second in the medley relay, but qualified for state by finishing under the state cut time. Fishers also got all three of its individual medley swimmers under the cut: Avery Hannon, Francis and Mia Wilson.

Other state cut qualifiers for the Tigers were Schwertfeger in the 50 free, Schumacher in the 500 free and Polina Sopova in the breaststroke. Blair Kallas placed fourth in diving and moves on to the Tuesday diving regional at Southeastern.

Keller called Fishers’ success “a total team effort,” saying that “the team helped fuel some of those individual performances today.”

The Royals won four events, starting with the medley relay. Freshman Kendall Dieckman was first in the IM, while Kiley Zoeller won the 50 free. Naomi Haines placed first in the backstroke.

Ten more HSE swimmers qualified for state under the cut time. That includes all three Royals that competed in the butterfly: Ellason Miller, Haines and Lacey Huston. Zoeller and Mia Henderson both made the cut in the 100 free. Other qualifiers were Kinsey Bogaards in the IM, Dieckman in the 500 free, Lauren Ing in the breaststroke and Southeastern’s 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Zoe Rehm placed third in diving to advance to the regional.

Hamilton Heights’ Campbell Lively-Mason won the diving event to earn her spot in the regional. The Huskies had three state cut swims: Ayla Madara qualified in the 200 and 500 freestyles, with Amira Leer also making the cut in the 500 free.

 

Team scores: Fishers 522, Hamilton Southeastern 490, Yorktown 285.5, Hamilton Heights 236.5, Oak Hill 189, Lapel 134, Pendleton Heights 111, Anderson 88, Marion 49, Elwood 29.

200 medley relay (State cut 1:48.77)

“A” Final: 1. Southeastern (Naomi Haines, Kendall Dieckman, Ellason Miller, Kiley Zoeller) 1:43.04, 2. Fishers (Avery Hannon, Polina Sopova, Emily Wolf, Frankie Ramey) 1:43.88, 7. Heights (Adalynn Gould, Anna Monnin, Quinn Thompson, Rachel England) 2:13.41.

200 freestyle (State cut 1:53.62)

“A” Final: 1. Emma Schumacher (F) 1:51.04, 2. Ayla Madara (HH) 1:52.17, 3. Mia Henderson (HSE) 1:53.71, 4. Lily Ziino 1:54.64, 5. Isabella Schmitt (HSE) 1:55.87, 6. Alex Nguyen (HSE) 1:56.88, 7. Brooklyn Penn (HSE) 1:56.96.

200 individual medley (State cut 2:08.33)

“A” Final: 1. Dieckman (HSE) 2:03.78, 2. Hannon (F) 2:04.50, 3. Claire Francis (F) 2:04.56, 4. Kinsey Bogaards (HSE) 2:07.01, 5. Mia Wilson (F) 2:07.93, 6. Amira Leer (HH) 2:11.19, 7. Lacey Huston (HSE) 2:12.91.

“B” Final: 12. Gould (HH) 2:42.32, 16. Thompson (H) 2:54.71.

50 freestyle (State cut 24.21)

“A” Final: 1. Zoeller (HSE) 23.58, 2. Emma Schwertfeger (F) 23.63, T4. Sophia Hulen (HH) 24.65, 6. Sopova (F) 24.78, 7. Payton Walker (HSE) 24.82, 8. Anna Irish (HSE) 24.84.

“B” Final: 11. Claudia Piotrowski (F) 26.13, 16. England (H) 29.31.

One-meter diving (Top four advance to regional)

Finals: 1. Campbell Lively-Mason (HH) 438.90, 3. Zoe Rehm (HSE) 346.55, 4. Blair Kallas (F) 328.25, 5. Illiana Bowyer (HH) 316.90, 6. Elaine VanTrees (F) 296.05, 7. Allison Irwin (F) 241.30, 10. Abigale Earl (HSE) 171.15.

100 butterfly (State cut 57.25)

“A” Final: 1. Wolf (F) 52.66, 2. Miller (HSE) 55.25, 3. Haines (HSE) 56.27, 5. Huston (HSE) 57.21, 6. Nguyen (F) 58.27, 7. Elise Eubank (F) 1:00.52.

“B” Final: 15. Thompson (HH) 1:17.01.

100 freestyle (State cut 52.53)

“A” Final: 1. Schwertfeger (F) 51.51, 2. Zoeller (HSE) 52.16, 3. Henderson (HSE) 52.42, 4. Ziino (F) 53.30, 5. Ramey (F) 53.71, 6. Hulen (HH) 54.04, 8. Ella Chesterfield (HSE) 55.32.

“B” Final: 10. Audrey Cain (HH) 59.26, 16. England (HH) 1:07.38.

500 freestyle (State cut 5:08.57)

“A” Final: 1. Wolf (F) 4:43.89, new sectional record, 2. Schumacher (F) 4:57.17, 3. Dieckman (HSE) 5:00.53, 4. Madara (HH) 5:02.67, 5. Leer (HH) 5:08.03, 6. Schmitt (HSE) 5:10.13, 7. Wilson (F) 5:10.71, 8. Penn (HSE) 5:17.75.

“B” Final: 14. Allie Bushey (HH) 6:15.92.

200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:39.39)

“A” Final: 1. Fishers (Hannon, Francis, Ziino, Schwertfeger) 1:35.72, 2. Southeastern (Miller, Bogaards, Walker, Henderson) 1:37.00, 4. Heights (Hulen, Cain, Leer, Madara) 1:40.80.

100 backstroke (State cut 57.27)

“A” Final: 1. Haines (HSE) 56.95, 2. Bogaards (HSE) 57.68, 3. Sophie Blue (F) 59.74, 4. Kelsey Graham (HSE) 1:00.14, 5. Eubank (F) 1:00.69, 6. Piotrowski (F) 1:02.48.

“B” Final: 12. Cain (HH) 1:10.51, 14. Gould (HH) 1:13.96.

100 breaststroke (State cut 1:05.90)

“A” Final: 1. Francis (F) 1:03.48, 2. Lauren Ing (HSE) 1:04.44, 3. Sopova (F) 1:05.65, 4. Ramey (F) 1:06.85, 5. Graham (HSE) 1:08.37.

“B” Final: 15. Monnin (HH) 1:27.62.

400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:37.08)

“A” Final: 1. Fishers (Hannon, Schumacher, Schwertfeger, Wolf) 3:25.39, 2. Southeastern (Dieckman, Henderson, Miller, Zoeller) 3:27.02, 3. Heights (Hulen, Cain, Leer, Madara) 3:41.63.