Hamilton Southeastern’s Jack Waren had “a heck of a 500 free,” said Royals coach Christian Hanselmann. Waren
qualified for the “B” Final in that event. (Richie Hall)
University’s Kumler makes two “A” finals; Morse, Kulp advance
By RICHIE HALL
INDIANAPOLIS – The Carmel boys swimming team is ready to take its state championship streak into double digits today.
The Greyhounds had an incredibly strong performance in the Friday state preliminaries, which took place at the IU Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. Carmel advanced 26 of its 27 swims into this afternoon’s finals, which begin at 1 p.m.
Twenty of the Greyhounds’ swims reached the “A” Final, or championship heat. That includes four top seeds. Senior Gregg Enoch picked up first seeds in the individual medley (1 minute, 44.66 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (4:16.28).
Carmel also got the second seed in both events: Michael Gorey is second for the IM (1:46.92) and Lewis Zhang has the second seed in the 500 free (4:28.08). Zhang also made the “A” Final of the 200 free and Gorey reached the fast heat of the breaststroke.
The ‘Hounds finished the medley relay in 1:30.55 and clocked in at 3:05.16 for the 400 free relay. Carmel’s 200 free relay finished third in the prelims but is within a second of the top-seed time.
Other “A” qualifiers for Carmel are Ethan Zhang in the 200 free, Brian Qian in the IM, Andrew Shackell in the 50 free and butterfly, Brandon Malicki in the 50 free and breaststroke, William Allen in the 50 free, Emile Haig in the butterfly, Anderson Kopp in the 500 free and backstroke, and Carson Szotek in the backstroke.
Six more Greyhounds swims made the “B” Final, or consolation heat. That includes three in the 100 free: Allen, Carter Hadley and Ethan Zhang. The other three “B” Finals are William Lathrop in the 200 free, Qian in the butterfly and Hadley in the backstroke.
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Westfield’s Bennett Morse reached the “B” Final of the 100 free, and also helped the Shamrocks’ 400 free relay qualify for the “B” heat in that event. (Richie Hall)
Fishers had a solid meet, advancing nine swims to the finals. Eight swims are in the “A” heat, including three in the 500 free. Jonathan Hines got third in the prelims, Luis Sanchez placed sixth and Anthony Adams Jr. was eighth.
Hines also reached the “A” heat of the 200 free, with Sanchez making the fast heat of the IM. Alex Koo qualified for the “A” Final in the 100 free, and the Tigers got both their 200 and 400 free relays in the championship final. Koo also made the “B” heat of the 50 free.
Hamilton Southeastern had seven swims qualify for Saturday: four in the “A” heat and three in the “B” heat. Jihoon Jung made the championship heat of the IM and butterfly, while Collin Huston is in the “A” heat of the breaststroke. The Royals also got their medley relay into the championship final.
Southeastern’s “B” Final qualifiers are Derek Robison in the butterfly, Jack Waren in the 500 free and the 400 free relay.
“Jack Waren had a heck of a 500, really composed swim,” said HSE coach Christian Hanselmann. “Derek Robinson jumped up in the 100 fly to get another swim. And Jihoon and Collin did a good job holding their spot and getting top eight swims in their events.”
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University’s Neiman Kumler qualified for the “A” Final in two events. The senior took fifth in the 50 free and eighth in the 100 free. Westfield reached the “B” Final in two events, with Bennett Morse placing 16th in the 100 free prelims and the Shamrocks’ 400 free relay team also getting 16th. Noblesville’s Graham Kulp placed 16th in the individual medley to make the “B” Final there.
Guerin Catholic’s Drew Wilhite swam in the 50 free and backstroke for the Golden Eagles. (Richie Hall)
Positions 1-8 qualify for “A” Final (championship heat), positions 9-16 qualify for “B” Final (consolation heat), positions 17 and 18 are alternates.
200 medley relay: 1. Carmel (Anderson Kopp, Brandon Malicki, Andrew Shackell, William Pugh) 1:30.55, 7. Hamilton Southeastern (Jacob Frey, Collin Huston, Jihoon Jung, Derek Robison) 1:34.34, 18. Noblesville (Graham Kulp, Anthony Mathis, Zak Armstrong, Sean Halvorsen) 1:38.44, Westfield DQ, Fishers DQ.
200 freestyle: 2. Jonathan Hines (F) 1:38.43, 3. Lewis Zhang (C) 1:38.85, 5. Ethan Zhang (C) 1:40.22, 14. William Lathrop (C) 1:42.99, 19. Jack Waren (HSE) 1:44.64.
200 individual medley: 1. Gregg Enoch (C) 1:44.66, 2. Michael Gorey (C) 1:46.92, 4. Jung (HSE) 1:49.85, 5. Brian Qian (C) 1:49.91, 7. Luis Sanchez (F) 1:51.46, 16. Kulp (N) 1:54.25, 19. Anthony Adams Jr. (F) 1:55.60.
50 freestyle: 2. Shackell (C) 20.87, 5. Neiman Kumler (University) 20.92, T6. Malicki (C) 20.97, 8. William Allen (C) 21.15, 10. Alex Koo (F) 21.23, 28. Drew Wilhite (Guerin Catholic) 21.98.
100 butterfly: 3. Shackell (C) 48.30, 5. Jung (HSE) 49.71, 6. Emile Haig (C) 49.80, 12. Qian (C) 50.75, T14. Robison (HSE) 50.97.
100 freestyle: 7. Koo (F) 46.31, 8. Kumler (U) 46.45, T12. Allen (C) 46.76; Carter Hadley (C) 46.76, 14. E. Zhang (C) 46.80, 16. Bennett Morse (Westfield) 46.85.
500 freestyle: 1. Enoch (C) 4:16.28, 2. L. Zhang (C) 4:28.08, 3. Hines (F) 4:28.34, 4. Kopp (C) 4:29.24, 6. Sanchez (F) 4:35.52, 8. Adams Jr. (F) 4:36.52, 11. Waren (HSE) 4:42.48, 18. Zach Welch (W) 4:46.44.
200 freestyle relay: 3. Carmel (Haig, Allen, E. Zhang, Enoch) 1:24.50, 4. Fishers (Koo, Hudson Lee, Victor Herbert, Hines) 1:25.53, 20. Noblesville (Caleb Mathis, Josh Naas, Lane Monger, Mason Snyder) 1:29.26.
100 backstroke: 3. Kopp (C) 49.25, 6. Carson Szotek (C) 50.56, 10. Hadley (C) 50.68, 22. Thomas Johanneman (F) 52.34, 25. Kulp (N) 53.11, 26. Wilhite (GC) 53.55.
100 breaststroke: 2. Malicki (C) 55.00, 4. Gorey (C) 55.48, 6. Collin Huston (HSE) 56.44, 17. A. Mathis (N) 58.63, 18. Landon Holmes (C) 58.77.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Carmel (Enoch, L. Zhang, E. Zhang, Hadley) 3:05.16, 5. Fishers (Sanchez, Lee, Johanneman, Hines) 3:08.90, 10. Southeastern (Jung, Robison, Camden Bailey, Waren) 3:10.14, 16. Westfield (Welch, Garreth Thomas, Luca Barbosa, Morse) 3:13.05, 21. Noblesville (Snyder, Halvorsen, Armstrong, Kulp) 3:15.93.
Noblesville’s Anthony Mathis competed in the breaststroke at state. (Richie Hall)