Greyhounds Hang On For 3rd State Title In Row
Published February 27, 2012 |
Carmel High School senior Zech Banks won the 100-yard breaststroke and was fifth in the 200 individual medley/HC Sports Daily photos: Jeff Engel.
The rest of the state may be catching up to the Carmel High School boys swimming program, but catching up and passing the Greyhounds are two different things.
Carmel won its third straight IHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championship by the narrowest of margins on Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium on the IUPUI campus.
The final read: 246.5 points for the top-ranked Greyhounds, and 245for runner-up Bloomington South. It was the closest finish since 1989, when Anderson defeated Bloomington South 181-180.
Junior Max McKay gave Camel a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke.
| BOYS STATE SWIMMING
Team scores, event summary on Scoreboard |
The team race went down to the final event, the 400 freestyle relay with Carmel owning a 11.5-point lead over Bloomington South.
The Panthers, who were seeking the school’s first state swim title since 1972, won the race, collecting 40 points. The Greyhounds got 30 points for their fourth-place finish.
Carmel’s depth and senior Zech Banks’ victory in the 100 breaststroke (56.00), the second to last event, proved critical as Bloomington South earned the majority of its points by sweeping the three relays.
Banks, a transfer from North Central, was the county’s lone champion. He also was fifth in the 200 individual medley.
In winning, the Greyhounds won Carmel’s sixth state championship in the 2011-12 season, matching the single-season record the school set in 2010-11. It was Carmel’s 14th overall boys state championship in swimming and third under coach Chris Plumb.
Hounds Seek More Rewards In State Swimming
Published February 23, 2012 | Two-time defending state champion Carmel will lead a strong Hamilton County contingent into the Indiana high school boys state swimming and diving championships.
Carmel's Zech Banks owns the state's best time in the 100-yard breaststroke/HC Sports Daily photo: Shawn Barney.
The Greyhounds, who have won six of the last 11 state titles, shouldn’t need more motivation. But, a record-tying sixth state championship in one season could be an additional prize waiting them on Saturday.
The girls 26th straight swim title earlier this month marked the fifth state title for Carmel High School in the 2011-12 school year. The IHSAA record is six in one year, set by Carmel in 2010-11.
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Boys State Swimming
Site: IU Natatorium, IUPUI campus.
Prelims: Friday, 6 p.m.
Diving: 9 a.m. Saturday
Finals (all events): 1 p.m.
Webcast: Saturday’s championship, consolation
events will be streamed live at www.ihsaatv.org .
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The Greyhound boys qualified 23 swims and all three relays in winning their fifth consecutive sectional.
Hamilton Southeastern qualified 10 swimmers and divers Cody Coldren and Seth Winslow, and all three relays.
Fishers will send nine swimmers and freshman diver Austin Smith. Westfield also qualified nine, and Noblesville qualified seven swims and junior diver Zach Hall.
Carmel was led by senior Roman Sarapin, who won both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly in the Noblesville Sectional, and Westfield’s Nathan Hopkins won the 200 free and 500 free.
Hopkins is the defending champion in the 500.
Sectional Swimming: 20th Title In Row For HSE
Published February 19, 2012 | With only a couple of events remaining and the outcome not in doubt, Hamilton Southeastern swimming coach Andy Pedersen was asked, “Does winning ever get old.’’
HSE coach Andy Pedersen (right) and high school principal Matt Kegley share a laugh toward the end of the boys sectional.
He leaned back, folded his arms and chuckled, “What do you think?’’ His Royals not only won the Southeastern Sectional boys swimming and diving championship, it marked the 20thconsecutive year for his team to hoist the trophy high in the air.
Hamilton Southeastern sophomores Cody Coldron (right), the champion, and third-place finisher Seth Winslow qualified for Tuesday's Diving Regional at Fishers High School. Competition starts at 6 p.m./HC Sports Daily photos: Mark Morrow.
“I went through the other side of it last year when Fishers snapped our 15thstraight girls sectional champion winning streak. I like this feeling much, much better,’’ Pedersen said with a big smilie. Southeastern totaled 537 points to runner-up Fishers’ 381. At Noblesville, top-ranked Carmel won its fifth straight sectional. The Greyhounds compiled 514.5 points to runner-up Noblesville’s 391 and third-place Westfield’s 377.5 The Royals’ depth showed, but they also won all three relays, and got wins from Ricky Kelley (100 fly), Jackson Russell (200 IM) and sophomore Cody Coldron (diving). Fishers had two double winners in juniors Chris Cutter (500 free and 100 back) and Davis Arick (50 and 100 free).
| BOYS STATE SWIMMING
Feb. 24: Prelims, 6 p.m. Feb. 25: Diving prelims and semis, 9 a.m.; Consolations & Finals (all events), 1 p.m. Site: IU Natatorium. |
At Noblesville, Carmel’s Roma Sarapin (50 free and 100 fly) and Westfield’s Nathan Hopkins (200 free and 500 relay) each won two individual events. The Greyhounds also won all three relays. Continue reading
Carmel, HSE Lead Boys Sectional Swim Prelims
Published February 17, 2012 | Defending champions Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern led the boys sectional swimming preliminaries at Noblesville and HSE, respectively, on Thursday night.
Carmel, the defending state champion, and Hamilton SE qualified 27 swims for Saturday’s finals, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Diving is first up at 9 a.m.
Noblesville and Westfield also showed their strength by qualifying 26 and 25 swims, respectively.
Over at Southeastern, Fishers, which had top seeds in eight events, followed the Royals by qualifying 20 swims for Saturday.
Fishers had two lead the way in two individual events. Davis Arick was tops in the 50-yard and 100-free events, and Chris Cutter was the top seed in the 50-freestyle and 100-yard backstroke.
Also, Anderson senior Kyle Johnson topped two events — 200 free and 100 butterfly.
Carmel and Westfield also produced two double seeds. Roma Sarapin was tops in both the 50 free and 100-yard butterfly, and Westfield’s Peter Koss led the field in the 100 free and the 200 IM.
The Greyhounds’ Zech Banks, whose 56.57 time is No. 1 in the state, turned in a 58.71 clocking in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Results on Scoreboard
Carmel Earns 26th Consecutive State Swim Title
Published February 12, 2012 | It’s 26 straight and counting for Carmel’s high-powered girls swimming program.
Carmel totaled 329 points to runner-up Zionsville’s 168 to capture the annual Indiana high school swimming and diving championship at the IU Natatorium on the IUPUI campus on Saturday.
Carmel's Alexis Bullard won the 100-yard backstroke/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
Among the other Hamilton County schools in state scoring, Noblesville placed the highest, finishing 12thwith 83 points; No. 14 Westfield edged No. 15 Fishers 58-56; and Hamilton Southeastern was No. 17 overall.
Margaret Ramsey captured the 500-yard freestyle for the Lady Greyhounds. She also placed fourth in the 200 free.
| GIRLS STATE SWIMMING Team scores/event summary on SCOREBOARD |
Carmel won two of three relays, and two individual events, but the overall depth made its usual big statement for the Lady Greyhounds program.
Carmel’s streak is the longest active in the country in any sport and tied for the third-longest in high school sports history. Punahou (HI) High School’s 29 straight in boys swimming from 1958-86 is the national standard.
GIRLS SWIMMNG: Lady Greyhounds Seeking Their 26th Consecutive State Championship
Published February 9, 2012 |
Carmel's Lacey Locke (forefront) won two events and was a member of the 200 medley relay championship last year's state meet. She's shown practicing the backstroke this past week/HC Sports Daily photos: Shawn Barney.
Will the Tidal Wave continue?
The Carmel High School girls swimming team hopes to splash its way to a 26thconsecutive Indiana high school swimming and diving championship this weekend at the Indiana University Natatorium on the IUPUI campus.
Carmel's Ariana Bullard is also a returning member of the 200-yard medley relay team at state last year. Like Lacey Locke, she's a junior.
Friday’s swim preliminaries are set for 6 p.m. Diving prelims and semifinals are Saturday at 9 a.m., with the consolations and finals for all events at 1 p.m.
| STATE SWIM MEET
WEBCAST: Saturday’s championship and consolation events streamed live at www.ihsaatv.org, beginning at 1 p.m. |
The top-ranked Carmel girls, who won 6-of-11 events in the last week’s Carmel sectional, have 22 state-qualifying swims and all three relays for the state meet, and will head to Downtown Indianapolis once again as the team to beat.
Also at Carmel, Westfield had three firsts ad qualified nine for the state meet, and Noblesville won two events and advanced 11. Sectional winner Fishers advanced 14 individuals and three relays, and Hamilton Southeastern qualified seven and two relays.
Sophomore Hanna House, a transfer from Homestead, was a Carmel double winner, taking first in the butterfly and backstroke events, while junior Lacey Locke won the individual medley. Both began the meet on the Greyhounds’ first-place medley relay team, joining senior Lucy Kramer and junior Ariana Bullard.
Locke is the defending state champion in the 200 IM and the 100-yard backstroke. She also was a member of Carmel’s state-champion 200-yard medley relay team. She has five state championships overall, three individual and two relays.
Fishers also had a double winner in Abbeygayle Schneider at the Fishers Sectional , and Kayla Effinger won two events (50 and 100 free) for Westfield at Carmel.
Top-Ranked Carmel Boys Splash Rocks
Published February 8, 2012 | Hamilton County Sports Daily
The top-ranked Carmel boys swim team overpowered visiting Westfield 109-61 on Tuesday night.
Carmel won six of the 11 events and swept the three relays.
Individual Carmel winners were: Jonathan Astashinsky (100 free), Max McKay (100 back) and Zech Banks (100 breaststroke).
Nathan Hopkins was a double winner for the Rocks, taking the 200 and 500-freestyle events.
Results on Scoreboard
Sectional Swimming: Carmel, Fishers Repeat; Lady Greyhounds Win Record 28th Title In Row
Published February 5, 2012 | Carmel and Fishers repeated as champions as expected at their respective girls swimming and diving sectionals on Saturday.
Fishers' Shelby Bartlett took first place in 1-meter diving. She's ranked No. 1 in the state. She smashed her previous state-best 484.54 point total with 486.80 points in the Fishers Sectional.
Fishers' Bethany Jones, who was second in diving, performs one of her dives/HC Sports Daily photos; Jeff Engel.
Hamilton County Sports Daily
Carmel scored 520 points en route to setting an all-time record by winning 28 straight sectional championships. Noblesville was second (440) and Westfield third (381).
The Lady Greyhounds had shared the all-time standard with Columbus North, which won 27 in a row from 1983 to 2010.
Carmel sophomore Hanna House was a double winner, capturing the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke for Carmel.
House set a pool record in the fly, while defending state champion Lacey Locke also set a pool record in the 200-yard individual medley.
Westfield’s Kayla Effinger also won two events, the 50 and 100 frees, and set a pool record in the 100. Noblesville sophomore Meme Sharp set a pool record in diving.
At Fishers, the host Lady Tigers outdistanced runner-up Hamilton Southeastern 536 to 457.
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