At East Central’s annual Swim Relay Invitational, the Trojan boys won the five-team event over runner up Greenwood by 20, and the Lady Trojans finished second to Greenwood by 10. The Aqua Trojans combined to win 11 relay events.
Batesville Swimming took part in the Shelbyville Relays. While the team’s didn’t fare well in the overall scoring, BHS did see four, top-three finishes. Both the boys and girls 200 medley relays took third. The boys 400 medley and 100 freestyle relays were both second.
The following is an unedited recap from East Central coach Brandon Loveless:
The AquaTrojans brought home one title and finished 2nd at the Annual EC Relay Invitational. The scores were:
Girls:
Rising Sun 26
Boys:
Rising Sun 12
EC relay winners included:
Boys 400 Free Relay (Strotman H, Cummins, Doll Mi, Weber
The following is an unedited recap from Batesville coach Greg McMullen:
The Batesville high school girls’ and boys’ swimming teams participated in the Shelbyville Relays on Saturday December, 12. Overall, the teams finished tied for 6th and 7th in the boys’ and girls’ events, respectively.
“This meet is intended to be a much more fun meet than the traditional dual, or double-dual setups we typically attend.” Said Coach McMullen, “Shelbyville always does a great job hosting this event and this year was no exception.”
The meet hosted over 200 athletes over the course of the afternoon and featured 10 new records. While the Bulldogs didn’t seem themselves atop the podium for the afternoon, they did see four top-3 finishes on the day including in the 200 Medley Relay (third for both boys and girls), second for the boys’ 400 Medley relay and 100 Freestyle relay.
“As always, the final results don’t always tell the full story in how we swam as a team. Both teams are starting to click as we get closer to the EIAC championship meet. We’re also starting to hit the heaviest part of our training loads,” commented Coach McMullen. “We’re starting to lift heavier and train farther, even with our current limitations we’re still increasing our overall volume.”
TEAM SCORES
Boys
Mt Vernon, 122
Yorktown, 120
Columbus East, 94
Bishop Chatard, 80
Shelbyville, 76
Batesville and Pendleton Heights, 70
Girls
Columbus East, 118
Pendleton Heights, 112
Yorktown, 100
Mt Vernon, 88
Shelbyville, 78
Bishop Chatard, 64
Batesville, 62
BULLDOG TOP FINISHERS
Boys
200 Medley Relay, 3rd — Matt Tekulve, Derek VanSickle, Ciaran Tyrer, Will Johnson
400 Medley Relay, 2nd — Johnson, Ben Moster, Tyrer, Sean Callahan
100 Freestyle Relay, 2nd — Joseph Shroder, Callahan, Johnson, Tekulve
Girls
200 Medley Relay, 3rd — Taylor Blanton, Lilly Wonnell, Maria Lopez, Averi Jones