The REPORTER
Four Hamilton County divers are headed to state after finishing in the top eight of the Homestead diving regional on Tuesday.
That includes the defending state champion and runner-up, both from Hamilton Heights. The Huskies’ Ethan Swart, the winner at state last year, won the regional title by a thin margin over Oak Hill’s Grant Cates. Swart scored 527.50 for first place, while Cates totaled 525.90 points as runner-up.
Heights’ Nathan Cox, the state runner-up from last season, placed third at the regional this year with a score of 517.30 points. Fishers’ Jacob Schade was fourth by scoring 491.35 points and Noblesville’s Aiden Kless took fifth with a total of 465.95 points; they will join the Huskies duo at state this weekend.
Two Carmel divers also competed at the regional. Henry Summer finished ninth with 360.20 points, while Connor Sweeney took 11th with 340.85 points.
The state diving meet begins at 9 a.m. Saturday morning with the preliminary round, followed by the semifinals. Finals for both swimming and diving start at 1 p.m.