The New Palestine sectional for girls opened on Thursday, Feb. 6, with preliminary races to determine participants for the consolation races and the finals both held on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Centerville advanced swimmers to both finals and consolation races. Hagerstown advanced swimmers to consolation event races. Richmond advanced swimmers to both finals and consolation races, and Seton Catholic advanced swimmers to three consolation races and to one finals event.
Placements for Wayne County athletes for finals events:
Centerville: Avery Dickerson, third in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle. Taylor Heaston, second in diving (advanced to regional). Anna Nevels, tie for fifth in the 500 freestyle. The team of Dickerson, Yaretzi Moreno-Espitia, Evangeline Morgan and Kenna Hemmerling, fifth in the 200 freestyle relay. The team of Dickerson, Hemmerling, Moreno-Espitia and Nevels, fourth in the 400 freestyle relay. The team of Heaston, Sylvia Dam, Nevels and Morgan, fifth in the 200 medley relay.
Richmond: The team of Emma French, Alejandra Acosta, Kate Holthouse and Olivia Bailey, seventh in the 200 medley relay. Addison Jones, eighth in diving. The team of Holthouse, Bailey, Catriona Moore and French, seventh in the 400 freestyle relay.
Seton Catholic: The team of Caroline Fraley, Jackie Clemente, Frances Kelly and Rosie Fraley, eighth in the 200 medley relay.
Placements for Wayne County athletes for consolation events:
Centerville: Heaston, sixth in the 100 backstroke. Hemmerling, 11th in the 200 freestyle and 12th in the 500 freestyle. Moreno-Espitia, ninth in the 200 IM and ninth in 100 butterfly. Dam, 11th in the 100 breaststroke and 14th in the 200 IM. Mackenzie Pierce, 14th in the 100 butterfly. Morgan, 12th in the 100 freestyle.
Hagerstown: The team of Emily Hill, Cecilia Banta, Olivia Smith and Kate Carrico, ninth in the 200 medley relay. Carrico, 15th in the 200 IM and 15th in the 100 butterfly. Smith, 13th in the 100 butterfly. The team of Smith, Hill, Carrico and Cameron Robinson, 10th in 200 freestyle relay. The team of Banta, Evie Finney, Robinson and Magdalen Williamson, 10th in the 400 freestyle relay.
Richmond: Olivia Bailey, 10th in the 200 yard freestyle. Moore, 14th in the 200 freestyle. Kate Holthouse, 10th in the 100 butterfly and 16th in the 100 breaststroke. French, 10th in the 100 freestyle and 14th in the 100 backstroke. Bailey, 10th in the 500 freestyle. The team of Acosta, Rosalinda Colaj, Katelyn Phillips and Moore, 11th in the 200 freestyle relay.
Seton Catholic: Clemente, 16th in the 200 IM and 15th in the 100 freestyle. Fraley, 14th in the 50 freestyle.
Final team placements: Greenfield-Central 535, Mount Vernon (Fortville) 317.5, New Palestine 298.5, Shelbyville 243, Centerville 218.5, Connersville 177, New Castle 125.5, Richmond 106, Eastern Hancock 105, Hagerstown 54,Seton Catholic 28.
A version of this article appeared in the February 12 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.