The Fishers swim team opened its season with a dual meet sweep of Westfield on Wednesday.
The Tigers won the girls meet 110-76. Hannah Pratt was a double winner in the 200 and 100 freestyles. Other victorious Fishers individuals were Ellen Fero in the 50 free, Morgan Casey in diving, Nicole Rueff in the butterfly, Sam Hietpas in the 500 free and Corinne Yorkman in the backstroke. The Tigers also were first in the 200 free relay.
Westfield’s Erin Verbrugge picked up wins in the individual medley and the breaststroke. The Shamrocks also won the medley and 400 free relays.
In the boys meet, Fishers won 114-72. Nick Harris swept to victories in the 200 free and the backstroke, while freshman Aaron Frollo was first in the IM and 500 free. Cole VanDevender won the diving event, Trevor Adcock paced the butterfly and Cory Jacocks was first in the breaststroke. The Tigers won the medley and 200 free relays.
The Shamrocks’ Chris Kenney was a double winner in the 50 and 100 freestyles. Westfield also won the 400 free relay.
Royals win HCC battle with Orioles
Hamilton Southeastern scored a dual-meet sweep at Avon in a Tuesday battle of Hoosier Crossroads Conference powerhouses.
In the girls meet, the Royals took first and second in all three relays and won every individual event, winning big on the road against conference rival Avon, 138-48.Individual event winners included freshman Molly Pedersen (200 freestyle, backstroke), freshman Olivia Harter (individual medley), senior Emily Barnes (50 free), sophomore Sarah Ballard (diving), junior Hannah Pugh (butterfly), sophomore Bri Saple (100 free), sophomore Kayleigh Witt (500 free), and senior Madison Kertin (breaststroke).Other outstanding performances included junior Halli Siwik (diving), freshman Da Bin Jung (butterfly), sophomore Sydney Miller (500 free), sophomore Madison Rossillo (backstroke), and freshman Brooke Ratliff (backstroke).
The boys meet saw fast Tuesday night racing as the Royals beat Avon 119-67. The score didn’t fully reflect the effort of the host Orioles as there were tightly contested races all night.
The Royals were anchored by their dominant performance in winning all three relays and by event victories in the 50 and 100 freestyles (sophomore DJ Rogers) and butterfly (sophomore Connor Harrison). They also swept the top two spots in diving (junior Nathan Barr and senior Garrett Garwood) and the breaststroke (sophomore Andrew Truxall and freshman Thomas Reising).
But the story of the night was the Royals’ outstanding performance in claiming depth in individual races, outtouching Avon for important second, third, fourth, and even fifth place points. Among the many highlights were sophomore Cam Knurek in the 200 free, Truxall in the IM, Reising in the 50 free, freshman Kaeden Smith in diving, and freshman Keegan Streett in the 100 free.
Freshman Carson Drish also stood out in the backstroke, freshmen Alex Kaminski and Jake Connor highlighted the 100 free, and freshman Owen Armstrong swam a great 200 free.
The Royals have have two more meets this week. They host Franklin Central Thursday night at 6 p.m. and head to Brownsburg to face the conference rival Bulldogs Saturday morning.