Royals sweep Franklin Central

The Hamilton Southeastern swimming team swept Franklin Central Thursday in a dual meet at the Royals’ aquatic center.
In the girls meet, Southeastern won 150-36. The Royals won all 12 events, and that included perfect 1-2-3 finishes in six events. Nine different athletes won the individual events: Amelia Vicory (200 freestyle), Kayleigh Witt (individual medley), Molly Pedersen (50 free), Sarah Ballard (diving), DaBin Jung (butterfly), Bri Saple (100 free), Ellie Pedersen (500 free), Makana Goss (backstroke) and Katelyn Kertin (100 breaststroke). The Royals won all three relays, with 1-2-3 finishes in the 200 and 400 free relays.
“Lots of enthusiasm from this group tonight – the entire team stayed engaged throughout the meet,” said Southeastern coach Andy Pedersen. “Working off comments from the meet Tuesday evening, starts and turns showed improvement tonight, and this will need to continue. This group has a true growth mindset right now and that is an exciting situation for the coaching staff.”
The Royals boys team won its meet 121-62. Southeastern finished first in eight events, including individual victories for Evan Sellers (IM), AJ Ricafort (diving), Logan Hess (butterfly), Keegan Streett (100 free) and Zack Bostock (breaststroke). The Royals won all three relays as well.

GIRLS MEET
Team score: Hamilton Southeastern 150, Franklin Central 36.
200 medley relay: 1. Southeastern “B” (Olivia Harter, Kennedy Fisher, Abby Harter, Ellie Pedersen) 1:52.96, 2. Southeastern “A” (Rebecca Ang, Anna Stolle, Lauren Bergman, Molly Pedersen) 1:53.25.
200 freestyle: 1. Amelia Vicory 2:02.77, 2. Paige Crawford 2:03.34, 3. Brooke Ratliff 2:07.88.
200 individual medley: 1. Kayleigh Witt 2:14.52, 2. O. Harter 2:17.36, 3. Katelyn Kertin 2:21.22.
50 freestyle: 1. M. Pedersen 25.00, 2. Fisher 25.34, 3. Grace Newton 25.60.
One-meter diving: 1. Sarah Ballard 238.10, 2. Hannah Justice 173.30.
100 butterfly: 1. DaBin Jung 1:01.70, 2. Kaleigh Stivers 1:02.52, 3. Olivia Kiley 1:04.60.
100 freestyle: 1. Bri Saple 55.01, 2. Lizzy White 55.78, 3. Vicory 56.64.
500 freestyle: 1. E. Pedersen 5:31.24, 2. Crawford 5:38.83, 3. O. Harter 5:44.77.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern “B” (Camille Joesten, Newton, Stolle, M. Pedersen) 1:43.62, 2. Southeastern “A” (Kertin, Ava Olson, Bergman, Witt) 1:44.71, 3. Southeastern “C” (Maddie McNarney, B. Saple, Ashley Saple, Crawford) 1:45.40.
100 backstroke: 1. Makana Goss 1:02.76, 2. Ang 1:02.90, 3. Newton 1:03.67.
100 breaststroke: 1. Kertin 1:08.97, 2. Stolle 1:11.24, 5. Ashley Baker 1:15.01.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern “B” (Olson, Crawford, Fisher, Sarah Juffer) 3:52.66, 2. Southeastern “A” (Emma Maple, Newton, E. Pedersen, Vicory) 3:54.08, 3. Southeastern “C” (Bella Goss, Lizzie Collins, Sloane Gardner, Kiley) 4:10.65.

BOYS MEET
Team score: Hamilton Southeastern 121, Franklin Central 62.
200 medley relay: 1. Southeastern “A” (Andrew Christopher, Justin Voelker, Keegan Streett, Marcus Eden) 1:39.48, 3. Southeastern “B” (Ryan Harrison, Zack Bostock, Thomas Reising, Laith Qadan) 1:44.80.
200 freestyle: 2. Alex Kaminski 1:58.18, 3. Charlie Rogers 2:00.41, 4. Noah Haines 2:01.27.
200 individual medley: 1. Evan Sellers 2:05.34, 4. Qadan 2:17.29, 5. Harrison 2:17.87.
50 freestyle: 2. Streett 22.06, 3. Christopher 22.24, 4. Eden 23.10.
One-meter diving: 1. AJ Ricafort 228.25, 2. Gabe Ruiz 161.02, 3. Jack Bisesi 157.30.
100 butterfly: 1. Logan Hess 57.50, 3. Bostock 59.69, 4. Harrison 1:03.94.
100 freestyle: 1. Streett 47.68, 2. Sellers 50.29, 3. Reising 51.68.
500 freestyle: 2. Qadan 5:22.60, 3. Kaminski 5:28.75, 4. Rogers 5:30.32.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern “A” (Bostock, Streett, Sellers, Reising) 1:29.27.
100 backstroke: 2. Christopher 53.96, 3. Eden 57.63, 5. Owen Armstrong 1:04.33.
100 breaststroke: 1. Bostock 1:02.78, 2. Voelker 1:03.57, 4. Reising 1:05.44.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Southeastern “A” (Sellers, Eden, Christopher, Hess) 3:20.50, 3. Southeastern “B” (Harrison, Kaminski, Haines, Skyler Listenfelt) 3:40.26.