UPDATED: Noblesville welcomes more than 850 swimmers for Enchanted Forest Meet

Westfield Aquatics Head Age Group Coach Garrett Surface talks with his swimmers during Friday’s afternoon session at the annual Enchanted Forest Swim Meet at the Forest Park Aquatic Center. At left is Kate Cassidy, who went on to finish second in the Girls Open 1500 freestyle during the evening session. (Richie Hall)

Posted By: Richie Hall July 9, 2023

NOTE: Story has been updated with Saturday results.

By RICHIE HALL

sports@readthereporter.com

NOBLESVILLE – The Noblesville Swim Club’s 28th annual Enchanted Forest Swim Meet began last Friday at the Forest Park Aquatic Center with beautiful weather and fast swims.

This year’s meet featured 850 swimmers and 28 teams, plus four unattached swimmers. Swim clubs from all across Indiana competed, along with a couple of out-of-state teams. The Greater Toledo Aquatic Club made its way from Ohio, and the Pickering Swim Club crossed the Canadian border from Ontario to compete at the meet again.

“We expect to have some really good, competitive swims,” said Chris Berger, meet director.

There were several winners from local swim clubs on the first day. Grace Gannon of Fishers Area Swimming Tigers (FAST) won two events in the Girls 9-10 division. She placed first in the 200 individual medley and the 200 freestyle, which both took place during the evening session.

Five county swimmers picked up wins during the afternoon session. That included four FAST swimmers: Ayla Madara in the Girls 13-14 400 free, Caden Askren in the Boys 13-14 400 free, Amira Leer in the Girls Open 400 free and Sean Harvey in the Boys Open 400 free.

Noblesville’s Maya McDonald represented her club well, taking first in the Girls Open 400 IM. Westfield Aquatics had two runner-up finishes: Leyla Urazov in the Girls 8 and under 200 IM and Kate Cassidy in the Girls Open 1500 free.

Noblesville Swim Club’s Maya McDonald won the Girls Open 400 individual medley. (Richie Hall)

If you attended the Enchanted Forest meet, you also got to hear some music during the swims. The meet will again feature “Hot Heats,” where a song plays while the swimmers are competing. Classic rock fans would have enjoyed Friday afternoon’s songs, featuring such bands as Boston and The Who. There were more classic rock songs played on the meet’s second day last Saturday, along with more contemporary songs by Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift.

“We’ve done that for several years,” said Berger. “We do it at our short-course meets and at our long-course meets. It just adds a level of excitement to the competition.”

Saturday’s schedule was adjusted due to thunderstorms that knocked out the early morning session. Instead of swimming morning prelims and evening finals, the 13-14 and Open events on that day became timed finals. Results for those appear below, after the last Friday results.

Fishers Area Swimming Tigers’ Joshua Appleton competes in the Boys 13-14 400 individual medley. (Richie Hall)

County clubs had eight winners in Saturday’s revised morning session. They were: Westfield’s Griffin Barents Froman (Boys 13-14 200 breaststroke), Noblesville’s Kyra Blackwell (Girls Open 200 breaststroke), Noblesville’s Connor Pearson (Boys Open 200 breaststroke and 200 free), Westfield’s Kiarra Thomas (Girls Open 50 free and 200 free), Noblesville’s Shepard Huff (Boys Open 100 backstroke) and FAST’s Ayla Madara (Girls 13-14 200 free),

The afternoon session featured swims for the 11-12 and 10& under groups. They will run in the Reporter’s Wednesday email edition, along with results from last Sunday’s third day of competition.

FRIDAY RESULTS

Girls 13-14 400 individual medley

  1. Ayla Madara (Fishers Area Swimming Tigers) 5:17.16, 3. Evie Wheat (Westfield Aquatics) 5:37.46, 4. Kate Cassidy (WA) 5:41.69, 6. Nora Sperry (WA) 5:46.36, 8. Abby Jane Avritt (FAST) 5:49.58, 9. Laney McCulloch (WA) 5:49.74, 10. Lexi Adams (FAST) 5:50.25, 14. London Gustin (FAST) 6:32.58, 15. Maggie Schlick (WA) 6:36.36.

Boys 13-14 400 individual medley

  1. Caden Askren (FAST) 5:14.45, 9. Santiago Castro (FAST) 5:34.05, 14. Brayden Wright (NOB) 5:52.85, 19. Iain Morrison (NOB) 6:51.16, 20. Joshua Appleton (FAST) 6:55.73.

Girls Open 400 individual medley

  1. Maya McDonald (NOB) 5:29.49, 2. Katie Sutton (NOB) 5:39.39, 3. Lily Ziino (FAST) 5:44.48, 4. Ellie Hall (WA) 5:54.74, 5. Anna Miller (NOB) 6:11.28, 8. Kirsten McCormick (NOB) 6:29.01.

Boys Open 400 individual medley

  1. Connor Pearson (NOB) 5:11.42, 3. Anthony Mathis (NOB) 5:20.84, 4. James Gropp (FAST) 5:27.14, 7. Ethan Braasch (WA) 5:42.33.

Girls 13-14 400 freestyle

  1. Madara (FAST) 4:40.60, 2. Avery Hannon (FAST) 4:45.38, 3. Cassidy (WA) 4:51.22, 4. Maggie Alley (WA) 4:59.26, 5. Olivia Thompson (FAST) 4:59.83, 13. Celia Ayres (FAST) 5:10.87, 14. Abigail Ackerman (FAST) 5:10.89, 19. McCulloch (WA) 5:15.25.

Boys 13-14 400 freestyle

  1. Askren (FAST) 4:37.37, 4. Hagen Lee (FAST) 4:40.29, 7. Castro (FAST) 4:47.25, 8. Isaiah Vohs (NOB) 4:49.71, 9. Gavin Gannon (FAST) 4:50.09, 10. Qwinton Upshaw (FAST) 4:50.67, 14. Eli Francis (FAST) 4:57.23, 17. Joshua Naas (NOB) 5:00.75, 19. Logan Senior (FAST) 5:05.26.

Girls Open 400 freestyle

  1. Amira Leer (FAST) 4:48.51, 2. Demme Hancewicz (FAST) 4:55.54, 4. Olivia Motz (NOB) 4:56.82, 6. Clara McIntyre (FAST) 4:59.87, 10. Ellie Webster (WA) 5:10.30, 11. Kyra Blackwell (NOB) 5:10.75, 13. Bella McNally (WA) 5:15.80, 14. Talia Leer (FAST) 5:15.81, 16. Anna Chitty (FAST) 5:19.30, 17. Ellana Morse (WA) 5:23.57, 19. Julia Santerre (NOB) 5:26.15, 20. Mallory Mehringer (NOB) 5:31.20.

Boys Open 400 freestyle

  1. Sean Harvey (FAST) 4:28.40, 4. Mason Snyder (NOB) 4:34.74, 5. Mark Berger (NOB) 4:37.01, 14. Jeremiah Ledwith (NOB) 4:57.29, 15. Drew Setmeyer (NOB) 5:01.09.

Girls 11-12 200 individual medley

  1. Allie Amsden (NOB) 2:42.08, 5. Ruby Hines (FAST) 2:49.21, 6. Audrey Wolf (FAST) 2:49.49, 8. Addie Goettler (NOB) 2:49.99, 14. Hayley Blackwell (NOB) 2:54.46, 15. Sakhari Shaw (FAST) 2:54.81, 16. Larkin Lee (FAST) 2:55.19.

Boys 11-12 200 individual medley

  1. Bryce Conner (NOB) 2:48.69, 12. Nolan Stormer (WA) 2:57.85, 13. Liam Chop (FAST) 2:58.00, 17. Zach Biddle (NOB) 3:03.41, 20. Finnegan Harvey (FAST) 3:07.73.

Girls 8 and under 200 individual medley

  1. Leyla Urazov (WA) 4:10.87, 3. Annistyn Worley (NOB) 4:11.10, 6. Mia Lamorand (NOB) 4:24.16.

Girls 9-10 200 individual medley

  1. Grace Gannon (FAST) 2:43.29, 17. Alba Brown (FAST) 4:05.52, 18. Aria Tam (WA) 4:11.75, 19. Izzy Hood (WA) 4:14.17.

Boys 8 and under 200 individual medley

  1. James Davis (FAST) 3:21.05, 5. Jace Jackson (NOB) 3:57.35, 6. Oliver Grieshop (NOB) 4:08.49, 7. Donavan Rabourn (NOB) 4:18.92, 8. Michael Bielski-Russell (FAST) 4:47.42.

Boys 9-10 200 individual medley

  1. Dane Teske (NOB) 3:15.31, 8. Landon Worley (NOB) 3:21.66, 9, Drew Conner (NOB) 3:22.18, 13. Grayson Rabourn (NOB) 3:55.25, 15. Brody Overturf (NOB) 4:04.50, 16. Gabriel Laguado (WA) 4:15.69, 18. Jackson Lippott (NOB) 4:29.82, 19. Carson Sutton (NOB) 4:30.10.

Girls 11-12 200 freestyle

  1. Amsden (NOB) 2:23.87, 5. Blackwell (NOB) 2:26.94, 6. Goettler (NOB) 2:27.05, 8. Wolf (FAST) 2:29.65, 9. Ella Eveslage (WA) 2:29.69, 10. Hines (FAST) 2:29.81, 16. Lee (FAST) 2:34.50.

Boys 11-12 200 freestyle

  1. Conner (NOB) 2:36.53, 13. Chop (FAST) 2:37.08, 16. Stormer (WA) 2:40.35, 18. Biddle (NOB) 2:41.61.

Girls 8 and under 200 freestyle

  1. Casey Dailey (NOB) 3:32.73, 3. Worley (NOB) 3:42.61, 5. L. Urazov (WA) 3:48.48, 7. Lamorand (NOB) 4:07.62, 10. Maleeka Urazov (WA) 4:50.73.

Girls 9-10 200 freestyle

  1. Gannon (FAST) 2:34.21, 12. Parker Goff (NOB) 3:14.79, 15. Brown (FAST) 3:16.91, 19. Tam (WA) 3:32.24.

Boys 8 and under 200 freestyle

  1. Davis (FAST) 3:10.31, 6. Jackson (NOB) 3:20.09, 7. Grieshop (NOB) 3:42.34, 9. D. Rabourn (NOB) 3:50.33, 10. Bielski-Russell (FAST) 4:07.95, 12. Misha Movila (FAST) 4:18.42.

Boys 9-10 200 freestyle

  1. Colin Davis (FAST) 2:43.24, 3. Teske (NOB) 2:50.69, 5. Conner (NOB) 2:56.10, 11. Worley (NOB) 3:05.18, 16. G. Rabourn (NOB) 3:20.45, 17. Harmon Nickloy (NOB) 3:20.69, 20. Overturf (NOB) 3:34.44.

Girls Open 1500 freestyle

  1. Cassidy (WA) 18:25.78, 3. Gracie Alley (WA) 18:56.04, 4. Anna Brown (FAST) 19:15.39, 5. Motz (NOB) 19:37.73, 6. McIntyre (FAST) 19:55.13, 7. McCulloch (WA) 20:03.81, 8. Bridget Keller (NOB) 20:05.13, 12. Smith (WA) 21:00.42, 17. Meredith Nickloy (NOB) 22:23.80, 18. Alexis Jackson (NOB) 23:30.40.

Boys Open 1500 freestyle

  1. Alex Koo (FAST) 18:04.59, 4. Askren (FAST) 18:18.94, 17. Francis (FAST) 20:08.99, 20. Adam Hill (NOB) 20:39.52.

Power Aquatics’ Macie McQuinn swims in the 200 freestyle during last Saturday’s second day of competition. (Richie Hall)

SATURDAY 13-14/OPEN RESULTS

Girls 13-14 200 breaststroke

  1. Madara (FAST) 2:55.66, 3. Hannon (FAST) 2:58.89, 7. Sperry (WA) 3:02.98, 9. CJ Piotrowski (FAST) 3:10.35, 10. Wheat (WA) 3:10.82, 14. Thompson (FAST) 3:13.18, 17. Gustin (FAST) 3:18.68, 20. Julia Brooking (FAST) 3:19.00.

Boys 13-14 200 breaststroke

  1. Griffin Barents Froman (WA) 2:37.21, 4. Naas (NOB) 2:54.10, 10. Lee (FAST) 3:01.91, 12. Castro (FAST) 3:05.97, 15. Johnny Webster (WA) 3:10.46, 19. Appleton (FAST) 3:22.95.

Girls Open 200 breaststroke

  1. Blackwell (NOB) 2:56.55, 5. Hancewicz (FAST) 3:05.59, 7. Ava Middleton (NOB) 3:16.42, 10. Alli Knott (NOB) 3:17.15, 11. Chitty (FAST) 3:20.51, 13. Elyse Biddle (NOB) 3:27.35, 14. Rowen Foster (NOB) 3:27.53.

Boys Open 200 breaststroke

  1. Pearson (NOB) 2:44.37, 2. Sean Halvorsen (NOB) 2:44.43, 5. Braasch (WA) 2:50.89, 20. Keegan Herbst (NOB) 3:19.38.

Girls 13-14 50 freestyle

  1. M. Alley (WA) 29.47, 3. Hannon (FAST) 29.72, 4. Sperry (WA) 30.31, 5. Grace Parsons (FAST) 30.49, T9. McCulloch (WA) 30.93, 11. G. Alley (WA) 30.94, 14. Thompson (FAST) 31.10, 19. Macy Brown (WA) 31.53, 20. Ayers (FAST) 31.56.

Boys 13-14 50 freestyle

  1. Koo (FAST) 26.80, 8. Wright (NOB) 27.70, 10. Upshaw (FAST) 28.05, 12. Naas (NOB) 28.16, 14. Castro (FAST) 28.37, 16. Barents Froman (WA) 28.47, 17. Senior (FAST) 28.56.

Girls Open 50 freestyle

  1. Kiarra Thomas (WA) 28.62, 3. Ellie Hayward (NOB) 29.90, 5. Macie McQuinn (Power Aquatics) 30.06, 12. Webster (WA) 30.65, 13. Ziino (FAST) 30.71, 14. Motz (NOB) 30.89, 15. McIntyre (FAST) 30.92,16. Sutton (NOB) 31.03, 19. McCormick (NOB) 31.26, 20. Santerre (NOB) 31.28.

Boys Open 50 freestyle

  1. Snyder (NOB) 26.51, 5. Caleb Mathis (NOB) 26.74, 11. Henry Pham (WA) 27.20, 12. Harvey (FAST) 27.21, 17. Shepard Huff (NOB) 27.64, 19. Locke Taylor (WA) 28.01.

Girls 13-14 100 backstroke

  1. Madara (FAST) 1:12.32, 8. Elise Eubank (FAST) 1:17.63, 14. Parsons (FAST) 1:18.98, 15. Miller (NOB) 1:19.16, 16. McCulloch (WA) 1:19.42, 17. Ayers (FAST) 1:20.13, 19. Piotrowski (FAST) 1:20.27.

Boys 13-14 100 backstroke

  1. Wright (NOB) 1:07.42, 5. Koo (FAST) 1:10.15, 12. Castro (FAST) 1:11.76, 15. Lee (FAST) 1:13.36, 16. Senior (FAST) 1:13.56, 17. Upshaw (FAST) 1:13.74, 18. Vohs (NOB) 1:15.21, 10. Adam Hill (NOB) 1:15.45.

Girls Open 100 backstroke

  1. Thomas (WA) 1:11.64, 3. Motz (NOB) 1:13.78, 4. Hill (WA) 1:14.10, 5. Mehringer (NOB) 1:14.69, 6. Santerre (NOB) 1:15.17, 9. McCormick (NOB) 1:17.94, 10. Webster (WA) 1:17.95, 13. Knott (NOB) 1:20.88, 15. McNally (WA) 1:23.65, 17. Callie Otto (NOB) 1:24.63.

Boys Open 100 backstroke

  1. Huff (NOB) 1:07.06, 2. Ledwith (NOB) 1:07.14, 7. Gropp (FAST) 1:09.80, 8. Barents Froman (WA) 1:10.41, 11. C. Mathis (NOB) 1:13.13, 16. Pham (WA) 1:15.88, 19. Taylor (WA) 1:17.65.

Girls 13-14 200 butterfly

  1. Wheat (WA) 2:29.70, 4. G. Alley (WA) 2:40.76, 6. Cassidy (WA) 2:45.41, 9. Brown (WA) 2:56.35, 15. Brianna Howard (WA) 3:37.57, 19. Avery Sloneker (NOB) 3:56.55.

Boys 13-14 200 butterfly

  1. Gannon (FAST) 2:35.56, 8. Vohs (NOB) 2:40.71, 15. John Obusek (WA) 3:11.91, 19. Richard Cunningham (NOB) 3:44.71.

Girls Open 200 butterfly

  1. Sutton (NOB) 2:40.00, 5. Morse (WA) 2:58.53.

Boys Open 200 butterfly

  1. Braasch (WA) 2:43.23, 12. Darian Teitsma (NOB) 2:57.15.

Girls 13-14 200 freestyle

  1. Madara (FAST) 2:13.80, 2. Hannon (FAST) 2:14.08, 3. Parsons (FAST) 2:14.63, 7. Cassidy (WA) 2:19.88, 11. Ayres (FAST) 2:25.82, 12. Thompson (FAST) 2:26.19, 13. Ackerman (FAST) 2:26.33, 15. Avritt (FAST) 2:27.28.

Boys 13-14 200 freestyle

  1. Koo (FAST) 2:10.58, 6. Barents Froman (WA) 2:13.40, 9. Senior (FAST) 2:14.95, 10. Lee (FAST) 2:15.08, 15. Vohs (NOB) 2:19.15, 18. Wright (NOB) 2:20.18.

Girls Open 200 freestyle

  1. Thomas (WA) 2:15.15, 4. Motz (NOB) 2:21.19, 8. Ziino (FAST) 2:23.10, 10. McIntyre (FAST) 2:23.90, 11. Sutton (NOB) 2:24.11, 14. Blackwell (NOB) 2:28.83, 15. Webster (WA) 2:29.00, 17. McQuinn (PA) 2:30.36, 18. McNally (WA) 2:30.99, 19. Keller (NOB) 2:31.13.

Boys Open 200 freestyle

  1. Pearson (NOB) 2:04.76, 2. Harvey (FAST) 2:04.93, 3. Halvorsen (NOB) 2:07.34, 6. Berger (NOB) 2:08.52, 12. A. Mathis (NOB) 2:12.81, 19. Huff (NOB) 2:15.81.
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