By RICHIE HALL
FISHERS – It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Fishers High School swimming program is in the middle of a challenging week.
The Tigers had three high-profile meets on their schedule for this week. On Tuesday, Fishers swam against Carmel, holding its own against one of the best teams in the entire nation. The Tigers then came back Thursday to host Hamilton Southeastern in the Mudsock week.
Fishers stepped up big time, sweeping the Royals in both the girls and boys competitions. The Tigers girls won 120.5-65.5, while the boys were 135-51 winners. The varsity portion of the meet went lightning-fast, taking only 1 hour and 5 minutes to complete. As Fishers coach Joe Keller pointed out, that meant the top swimmers had to swim four events in a very short period of time.
“I was really pleased at the end of the meet,” said Keller. “They still looked really strong and really tough.”
In the girls meet, the Tigers claimed 10 of the 12 events. That included double wins for Nalanie Cortez in the 200 and 100 freestyles, and Jo Jo Ramey in the 50 free and backstroke. Gretchen Osmun was first in diving, Frankie Ramey won the 500 free and Avery Stein took the breaststroke. Fishers also swept all three relays.
The Tigers boys were victorious in 11 events, starting with double wins for Jonny Hines in the 200 and 500 freestyles and Connor Carlile in the individual medley and 100 free. Keaton Chop won the 50 free, Jacob Schade was the diving champion, Tommy Johanneman was first in the backstroke and Daniel Bennett triumphed in the breaststroke. Just like the girls, the Fishers boys swept all three relays.
“They’re stepping up the game,” said Keller. “And they’re really tough and starting to demonstrate that. That’s what I’m probably most excited about. And it’s across the board.”
While the Tigers won big, there were bright spots for the Royals. Audrey Crawford picked up two wins in the girls meet, placing first in the IM and the butterfly. Jihoon Jung won the butterfly in the boys meet.
Crawford
“I was really happy with how our team swam,” said Southeastern coach Christian Hanselmann. “We competed really hard, good attitudes, put in a really good effort. They put in a really good week of work training.”
Both teams will have a quick turnaround for their next big meet: The Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet, which the Royals will host on Saturday. (The diving portion of the meet takes place tonight).
“I think it’s great preparation for us to be able to figure out how to turn around and come back faster on Saturday,” said Hanselmann. The coach said the setup is “very similar in terms of the timing of the meets with sectional prelims and sectional finals,” which also use a Thursday-Saturday format.
Jung
The HCC meet will be the third meet this week for Fishers, and Keller said that taking on “the entire conference” will be a different challenge.
“It’s going to be a tough week,” said Keller. “They’re going to be tired.” But the coach said that if the Tigers keep moving in the direction they were going in during the week’s previous two meets, they will be getting better.
“We just keep encouraging them and what they’re doing,” said Keller. “You can tell, they’re starting to take pride in their efforts. That’s a great place to be.”
GIRLS MEET
Team score: Fishers 120.5, Hamilton Southeastern 65.5.
200 medley relay: 1. Fishers “A” (Jo Jo Ramey, Avery Stein, Kate Mouser, Addison Carlile) 1:46.56, 2. Southeastern “A” (Grace Newton, Katelyn Kertin, Audrey Crawford, Ash Saple) 1:47.88, 3. Fishers “B” (Avery Hannon, Frankie Ramey, Mia Wilson, Emma Schumacher) 1:51.73, 4. Southeastern “B” (Naomi Haines, Anna Stolle, Meghan Voelker, Mia Henderson) 1:52.81, 5. Fishers “C” (Lily Ziino, Hannah Brown, Lisa Bradford, Caroline Uliczny) 1:59.33, 6. Southeastern “C” (Kelsey Graham, Jordan Daugherty, Caroline Saysana, Sophia Croy) 2:03.16.
200 freestyle: 1. Nalanie Cortez (F) 1:57.30, 2. Carlile (F) 1:57.67, 3. Frankie Ramey (F) 1:59.39, 4. Lauren Bergman (HSE) 2:02.03, 5. Izzy Waren (HSE) 2:05.89, 6. Voelker (HSE) 2:06.59, 7. Saysana (HSE) 2:17.02, 8. Aly Freeman (F) 2:17.65.
200 individual medley: 1. Crawford (HSE) 2:06.03, 2. Stein (F) 2:06.06, 3. Mouser (F) 2:07.57, 4. Stolle (HSE) 2:11.65, 5. Hannon (F) 2:13.99, 6. Wilson (F) 2:15.79, 7. Eloise Harrison (HSE) 2:16.32, 8. Julia Kiley (HSE) 2:16.58.
50 freestyle: 1. J. Ramey (F) 24.28, 2. Claire Francis (F) 24.73, 3. Saple (HSE) 24.82, 4. Kiley Zoeller (HSE) 24.83, 5. Emma Schwertfeger (F) 24.92, 6. Ava Olson (HSE) 25.70, 7. Kertin (HSE) 25.90, 8. Hannah Brown (F) 28.72.
One-meter diving: 1. Gretchen Osmun (F) 230.75, 2. Ella Penny (HSE) 204.60, 3. Elaine Van Trees (F) 142.70, 4. Kate Jansen (F) 127.30, 5. Ava Cox (HSE) 127.10, 6. Adrianna Salgado (HE) 126.05.
100 butterfly: 1. Crawford (HSE) 57.25, 2. Carlile (F) 59.66, 3. Bergman (HSE) 59.91, 4. Wilson (F) 1:01.62, 5. Haines (F) 1:02.33, 6. Newton (HSE) 1:02.38, 7. Bradford (F) 1:02.89, 8. Ziino (F) 1:03.99.
100 freestyle: 1. Cortez (F) 53.62, 2. Francis (F) 53.69, 3. Zoeller (HSE) 55.13, 4. Saple (HSE) 55.28, 5. Schwertfeger (F) 55.94, 6. Olson (HSE) 56.77, 7. Henderson (HSE) 58.14, 8. Uliczny (F) 58.39.
500 freestyle: 1. F. Ramey (F) 5:15.75, 2. Emma Schumacher (F) 5:16.75, 3. Lisa Bradford (F) 5:26.23, 4. Voelker (HSE) 5:39.27, 5. Waren (HSE) 5:41.24, 6. Croy (HSE) 5:43.12, 7. Brown (F) 5:56.44, 8. Daugherty (HSE) 6:03.45.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers “A” (Carlile, Schwertfeger, Francis, Stein) 1:37.13, 2. Southeastern “A” (Bergman, Zoeller, Kertin, Saple) 1:39.57, 3. Fishers “B” (Cortez, Schumacher, F. Ramey, Wilson) 1:43.18, 4. Southeastern “B” (Olson, Voelker, Henderson, Harrison) 1:45.53, 5. Southeastern “C” (Croy, Daugherty, Juli Goss, Saysana) 1:52.81.
100 backstroke: 1. J. Ramey (F) 57.72, 2. Haines (HSE) 59.85, 3. Newton (HSE) 1:00.46, 4. Hannon (F) 1:01.78, 5. Ziino (F) 1:05.10, 6. Graham (HSE) 1:06.11, 7. Goss (HSE) 1:06.18, 8. Uliczny (F) 1:10.24.
100 breaststroke: 1. Stein (F) 1:07.25, 2. Stolle (HSE) 1:08.06, T3. Mouser (F) 1:08.39; Kertin (HSE) 1:08.39, 5. Harrison (HSE) 1:08.53, 6. Kiley (HSE) 1:09.69, 7. Schumacher (F) 1:11.47, 8. Freeman (F) 1:19.64.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers “A” (Cortez, Francis, Mouser, J. Ramey) 3:36.59, 2. Southeastern “A” (Zoeller, Berman, Stolle, Crawford) 3:41.64, 3. Fishers “B” (Schwertfeger, Bradford, Ziino, Hannon) 3:48.27, 4. Southeastern “B” (Haines, Olson, Newton, Kiley) 3:51.08, 5. Southeastern “C” (Waren, Henderson, Graham, Harrison) 3:58.50, 6. Southeastern “D” (Croy, Saysana, Daugherty, Goss) 4:15.91.
BOYS MEET
Team score: Fishers 135, Hamilton Southeastern 51.
200 medley relay: 1. Fishers “A” (Connor Carlile, Daniel Bennett, Taichi Kataoka, Keaton Chop) 1:37.76, 2. Southeastern “A” (Jacob Frey, Collin Huston, Jihoon Jung, Derek Robison) 1:39.68, 3. Fishers “B” (Tommy Johanneman, Victor Herbert, George Kallas, Hudson Lee) 1:40.43, 4. Fishers “C” (Cooper Archer, Allon Bluvshteyn, Diego Kitazuka, Sean Harvey) 1:46.15, 5. Southeastern “B” (Eric Joesten, Nolan Pugh, Camden Bailey, Kruz Luhmann) 1:49.18, 6. Southeastern “C” (Daniel Harter, Tristan Stivers, Jason Hua, Xander Goss) 1:50.77, 7. Fishers “D” (James Gropp, Chris Tran, Brody Chop, Isaiah Ortiz) 1:50.85.
200 freestyle: 1. Jonny Hines (F) 1:45.66, 2. Jack Waren (HSE) 1:48.09, 3. AJ Adams (F) 1:48.93, 4. Kataoka (F) 1:49.04, 5. Tran (F) 1:56.77, 6. Clayton Juffer (HSE) 1:58.97, 7. Harter (HSE) 2:00.75, 8. Camden Bailey (HSE) 2:01.27.
200 individual medley: 1. Carlile (F) 1:54.05, 2. Jung (HSE) 1:54.88, 3. Bennett (F) 1:57.55, 4. Archer (F) 2:06.71, 5. Huston (HSE) 2:09.52, 6. Hua (F) 2:12.58, 7. Gropp (F) 2:13.60, 8. Frey (HSE) 2:13.61.
50 freestyle: 1. K. Chop (F) 22.27, 2. Eduardo Sanchez (F) 22.50, 3. Lee (F) 22.71, 4. Chouchi Ding (HSE) 23.04, 5. Johanneman (F) 23.39, 6. Robison (HSE) 23.61, 7. Justin Baccam (HSE) 23.91, 8. Kruz Luhmann (HSE) 24.99.
One-meter diving: 1. Jacob Schade (F) 265.50, 2. Jack Roby (F) 239.30, 3. Kirby Danglade (F) 221.35, 4. Gavin Tucker (HSE) 215.45, 5. Troy Borrero (HSE) 197.50, 6. Kaegan Johnson (HSE) 162.00.
100 butterfly: 1. Jung (HSE) 52.29, 2. Herbert (F) 52.77, 3. Lee (F) 54.91, 4. Kallas (F) 56.29, 5. Robison (HSE) 56.55, 6. Hua (HSE) 57.67, 7. B. Chop (F) 58.82, 8. Bailey (HSE) 1:02.11.
100 freestyle: 1. Carlile (F) 47.46, 2. K. Chop (F) 49.55, 3. Eli Pache (HSE) 50.19, 4. Ding (HSE) 50.92, 5. Sanchez (F) 51.30, 6. Harvey (F) 51.76, 7. Baccam (HSE) 52.08, 8. Pugh (HSE) 53.77.
500 freestyle: 1. Hines (F) 4:44.51, 2. Adams (F) 4:49.58, 3. Waren (HSE) 5:01.42, 4. Kitazuka (F) 5:05.97, 5. Ortiz (F) 5:13.44, 6. Harter (HSE) 5:20.93, 7. Juffer (HSE) 5:25.63, 8. Stivers (HE) 5:49.79.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers “A” (Sanchez, Bennett, Lee, Carlile) 1:28.83, 2. Southeastern “A” (Ding, Robison, Pache, Waren) 1:32.28, 3. Fishers “B” (Harvey, Herbert, Adams, Hines) 1:33.87, 4. Fishers “C” (Tran, B. Chop, Ortiz, Kitazuka) 1:37.79, 5. Southeastern “B” (Baccam, Juffer, Goss, Harter) 1:39.48.
100 backstroke: 1. Johanneman (F) 55.68, 2. Kallas (F) 58.01, 3. Gropp 59.23, 4. Archer (F) 1:00.02, 5. Luhmann (HSE) 1:02.21, 6. Joesten (HSE) 1:04.65, 7. Goss (HSE) 1:06.06.
100 breaststroke: 1. Bennett (F) 59.76, 2. Pache (HSE) 1:01.84, 3. Kataoka (F) 1:02.38, 4. Huston (HSE) 1:02.74, 5. Bluvshteyn (F) 1:05.32, 6. Pugh (HSE) 1:06.52, 7. Herbert (F) 1:07.62, 8. Stivers (HSE) 1:12.67.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Fishers “A” (Hines, Johanneman, Kataoka, K. Chop) 3:17.21, 2. Fishers “B” (Adams, Harvey, Archer, Sanchez) 3:26.80, 3. Southeastern “A” (Jung, Pache, Ding, Waren) 3:28.65, 4. Fishers “C” (Tran, Gropp, Kitazuka, Ortiz) 3:33.97, 5. Southeastern “B” (Bailey, Baccam, Luhmann, Juffer) 3:38.95.