Closing out the season with the IHSAA Sectional meet at Columbus North, the Lady Bulldogs put 3 individuals and 3 relays in scoring position following the Thursday night preliminary session. At the finals sessions on Saturday, Sonja Gaulin, a junior, led the team individually with a 15th and 16th place finish in the 100 Free and 50 Free, respectively. Sophomore Maria Lopez capped off the individual swims with a 16th place in the 100 Fly.
All three relays finished in the top 14 (while the event scored to 16, this sectional only has 14 total teams competing). The 200 Medley relay of Claire Sunderman, Lilly Wonnell, Lopez and Callie Main finished in 12th while the 200 Free relay team of Gaulin, Main, Paige Oldham and Gwen Martin came away with a win in the consolation heat, finishing in 9th overall. The lone podium effort came from the Lady Bulldogs’ 400 Freestyle Relay (seeded eighth, Gaulin, Lopez, Oldham, Martin) coming back from an early deficit and earning a 7th place finish while dropping eight seconds off the preliminary time.
TEAM SCORES
Women
- Bloomington South (441)
- Bloomington North (356.5)
- Columbus North (349)
- East Central (218)
- Greensburg (212.50)
- Columbus East (198)
- Milan / Edgewood (107)
- South Dearborn (77)
- Batesville (56)
- South Ripley (52)
- Trinity Lutheran (40)
- Oldenburg Academy (26)
- Lawrenceburg (0)
NOTABLES
- Maria Lopez scored in the 100 Fly for the second year in a row
- Sonja Gaulin was the only Lady Bulldog to qualify in all 4 events from prelims to finals
UP NEXT
The Lady Bulldogs are wrapped up for the season and will be back in action in Fall 2020.
The Bulldog men will be traveling to Columbus North High School on February 20 to enter the IHSAA tournament series with Sectional Prelims Thursday at 5:30 pm. Finals will be held at Columbus North on Saturday, Feb 22 beginning at 1:00 pm.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Greg McMullen.