Wayne County will be well represented in the IHSAA swim meet next week in the State Finals at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis after winning events at the New Palestine sectional on Saturday, Feb. 17.
The state final preliminary rounds will be conducted on Friday, Feb. 23, and the consolation rounds and the finals will be on Saturday, Feb. 24.
Richmond will be represented in the state finals in four events.
Red Devil junior Owen Fowler was a sectional champion in both the 50 Yard Freestyle and the 100 Yard Freestyle.
Fowler also swam on two winning relay teams. Fowler joined Payne Forrest, Greyson Farmer and Masson Heiny to win the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, and he joined Mason Burns, Farmer and Heiny to win the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.
Hagerstown will be represented in the state finals in three events.
Tiger Shark senior Aaron Turner was a sectional champion in both 200 Yard Individual Medley and the 100 Yard Breaststroke. Tiger Shark junior Carter Ramsey was the sectional champion in the 200 Yard Freestyle.
Centerville sophomore Eli West finished fourth in diving to advance to the diving regional on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Plainfield. The Top 8 finishers from that regional meet will also advance to the state meet.
New Palestine won the sectional team championship with 396.5 points. Richmond finished third with 278 points, Centerville finished sixth with 175 points and Hagerstown finished eighth with 149 points.
Results for Richmond
Finals: 200 Yard Medley Relay – Layton Smith, Ethan Miller, Payne Forrest and Mason Burns (1:50.34) 6th, 200 Yard Freestyle – Farmer (1:51.54) 3rd, Burns (1:53.91) 5th, 200 Yard IM – Smith (2:09.50) 7th, 50 Yard Freestyle – Fowler (21:12) 1st, 100 Yard Butterfly – Heiny (56:51) 7th, 100 Yard Freestyle – Fowler (47:10) 1st, Burns (51:56) 5th, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Forrest, Farmer, Heiny and Fowler (1:30.09) 1st, 100 Yard Backstroke – Smith (58:80) 7th, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Miller (1:09.76) 14th, 400 Freestyle Relay – Burns, Farmer, Heiny and Fowler (3:20.38) 1st.
Consolation round: 50 Yard Freestyle – Forrest (24:28) 12th, 100 Yard Butterfly – Forrest (1:00.06) 13th, 500 Yard Freestyle – Farmer (5:12.75) 9th, Miller (5:38.08) 15th.
Results for Centerville
Finals: 200 Yard Medley Relay – Nate Minton, Robert Ringley, Devon Whaley and Jackson Sewell (1:45.88) 4th, 200 Yard IM – Whaley (2:03.45) 3rd, Diving – Eli West 4th, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Eli Brummett, Cohen Current, Jayden Cornett and West (1:44.19) 8th, 100 Yard Backstroke – Whaley (54:52) 2nd, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Ringley (1:07.54) 8th, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Thatcher Anderson-Thompson (1:13.97) 15th, 400 Freestyle Relay – Whaley, West, Sewell Ringley (3:40.44) 7th.
Consolation round: 200 Yard Freestyle – Sewell (2:00.77) 14th, Brummett (2:05.66) 16th, 200 Yard IM – Minton 12th, Anderson-Thompson (2:34.46) 14th, Eli West (25.85), 100 Yard Freestyle (53:61) – Sewell (53:61) 9th, Ringley (54:99) 11th, 500 Yard Freestyle – Grayson Jarvis (5:39.69), 16th, 100 Yard Backstroke – Minton (1:02.54), 10th, Sawyer Murray (1:08.23) 16th.
Results for Hagerstown
Finals: 200 Yard Medley Relay team – Connor DeBruler, Kolby Shafer, Brock Senese and Davin Chew (2:28.28) 8th, 200 Yard Freestyle – Ramsey (1:49.02) 1st, 200 Yard IM – Turner (1:58.08) 1st, 500 Yard Freestyle – Ramsey (4:59.39) 2nd, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – DeBruler, Alex Stuart, Senese and Ramsey (1:43.18) 6th, 100 Breaststroke – Turner (59:33) 1st.
Consolation round: 50 Yard Freestyle – DeBruler (25.17) 14th, 100 Yard Butterfly – Senese (1:04.07) 15th, 100 Yard Backstroke – DeBruler (1:06.48) 12th, 400 Freestyle Relay – Chew, Nolan Smith, Shafer and Stuart 4:21.36) 10th.
A version of this article appeared in the February 21 2024 print edition of the Western Wayne News.