Carmel Three-Peats At 80th State Finals
INDIANAPOLIS — It was another record-setting day in the state capital as three records fell in the championship races. Drew Kibler won the 100- and 200-yard freestyles and was on two winning relays, helping Carmel to a third consecutive team title in the 80th IHSAA boys swimming and diving championships Saturday in Indianapolis.
The championship was the sixth in eight years and 17th since 1989-90 for Carmel, which scored a near-record 359 points. Also for the third year in a row, Zionsville finished second at the Natatorium on the IUPUI campus.
The state record for points is 369, set by Carmel in 2003. The Greyhounds’ 130-point margin over second place was fifth-largest in state history. However, a measure of Zionsville’s strength is that it had nearly as many top-three finishes (nine) as Carmel (10).
Chesterton finished third with 205 points and Bloomington South fourth with 148.
Kibler lowered the state record in the 100-yard freestyle for a second and third time within 22 hours. He won the final in 43.20, bettering his 43.25 from prelims, then led off the 400 freestyle relay even faster — 43.02.
Kibler earlier won the 200 freestyle in 1:33.79, slower than his state record of 1:33.30 from prelims.
Local flavor was provided in the 200 medley relay with Warsaw taking 16th with a time of 1:38.83 behind the team of Nick Zogbi, Grant Knight, Evan Borchers and Alexander Cook.
Wawasee’s Brady Robinson was seeded ninth heading int Saturday’s consoles of the 200 IM and would end up taking 12th after swimming a 1:53.66.
Carmel’s Andrew Couchon, Charles Vaughan, Stefano Batista and Kibler set a state record of 1:21.21 in the 200 freestyle relay.
Another relay record fell in the opening 200 medley, won by Zionsville in 1:29.44. Tyler Harmon, Brock Brown, Andrew Schuler and Jack Franzman broke the state record of 1:29.64 set by Chesterton in 2014.
Another double winner was Northridge’s Spencer Lehman. He won the 200 individual medley in 1:47.35 and repeated in the 500 freestyle in 4:23.10.
Carmel freshman Wyatt Davis, about 20 minutes after the 500 free, beat defending champion Harmon to win the 100 backstroke in 48.43. Davis became the first freshman to win that event since 1985 and only the second ever.
State Champions
200 Medley Relay: Zionsville (Tyler Harmon, 12; Brock Brown, 12; Andrew Schuler, 11; Jack Franzman, 11) 1:29.44. State Record
200 Freestyle: Drew Kibler, 11, Carmel, 1:33.79.
200 Individual Medley: Spencer Lehman, 12, Northridge, 1:48.58.
50 Freestyle: Jack Franzman, 11, Zionsville, :20.00.
One Meter Diving: Isaac Khamis, 11, Richmond, 519.95.
100 Butterfly: Zachary Cook, 11, Greenfield-Central, :48.60.
100 Freestyle: Drew Kibler, 11, Carmel, :43.20. State Record
500 Freestyle: Spencer Lehman, 12, Northridge, 4:23.10.
200 Freestyle Relay: Carmel (Andrew Couchon 11, Charles Vaughan 12, Evan Kopp 11, and Stefano Batista 11), 1:21.21. State Record
100 Backstroke: Wyatt Davis, 9, Carmel, :48.43.
100 Breaststroke: Matt Jerden, 12, Bloomington South, :54.66.
400 Freestyle Relay: Carmel (Drew Kibler, 11; Wyatt Davis, 9; Brett Sherman, 11; Charles Vaughan, 12) 3:00.06.
State Records During Saturday’s Championship Finals (3)
200 Yard Medley Relay: Zionsville (Tyler Harmon, 12; Brock Brown, 12; Andrew Schuler, 11; Jack Franzman, 11) 1:29.44
100 Yard Freestyle: Drew Kibler, 11, Carmel, :43.20
200 Freestyle Relay: Carmel (Andrew Couchon 11, Charles Vaughan 12, Evan Kopp 11, and Stefano Batista 11), 1:21.21.
State Records During Friday’s Preliminaries (4)
200 Yard Freestyle: Drew Kibler, 11, Carmel, 1:33.30.
50 Yard Freestyle: Jack Franzman, 11, Zionsville, 19.85
100 Yard Freestyle: Drew Kibler, 11, Carmel, :43.25* Broken during Saturday’s Championship Race
200 Yard Freestyle Relay: Carmel (Andrew Couchon 11, Charles Vaughan 12, Evan Kopp 11, and Stefano Batista 11), 1:22.67* Broken during Saturday’s Championship Race.