East Central won both EIAC swim titles Saturday. The Lady Trojans beat runner up Connersville 317-282. Batesville was third at 192. The Trojan boys took home the crown with 434.5 points. The Bulldogs were second at 229 and Greensburg placed third with 196.
East Central conference champions included: five of six relay teams including three which set conference records: Weber, Cavins, Krider and Strotman broke the boys 200 medley record; Ketchem, Cummins, Strotman and Weber set a new record in the 200 free while Ketchem, Cummins, Crider and Cavins established a new mark in the 400 free.
Individual EC conference champs featured: two each by Kaden Cummins, Nick Weber and Skyler Cavins plus one individual event title claimed by Bree Cleary, Sam Mittermeier, Tara Hall and Emily Hafertepen.
Unedited report from East Central coach Brandon Loveless: EC AquaTrojans claimed both EIAC titles on Friday and Saturday’s swimming and diving championships. The score were as follows:
Girls:
East Central 317
Connersville 282
Batesville 192
Lawrenceburg 155
Greensburg 131
South Dearborn 104
Boys:
East Central 434.5
Batesville 229
Greensburg 196
Connersville 152.5
South Dearborn 94
Lawrenceburg 24
Conference Champions include:
Girls 200 Medley Relay (Hall, Hafertepen, MIttermeier, Bruner)
Boys 200 Medley Relay (Weber, Cavins, Krider, H. Strotman” *** EIAC CONFERENCE RECORD!!
Boys 200 Free – Kaden Cummins
Boys 200 IM – Skyler Cavins
Boys 50 Free – Nick Weber
Girls 1 meter diving – Bree Cleary
Boys 100 Fly – Ray Krider
Girls 100 Free – Sam Mittermeier
Boys 100 Free – Nick Weber
Boys 500 Free – Kaden Cummins
Girls 200 Free Relay (Mittermeier, Reany, Bruner, Hall)
Boys 200 Free Relay (Ketchem, Cummins, H. Strotman, Weber) ***EIAC CONFERENCE RECORD!!
Girls 100 Back – Tara Hall
Boys 100 Back – Ray Krider
Girls 100 Breast – Emily Hafertepen
Boys 100 Breast – Skyler Cavins
Boys 400 Free Relay (Ketchem, Cummins, Krider, Cavins)***EIAC CONFERENCE RECORD
Congrats to all swimmers. Big congrats to the new EIAC record holders.
Unedited Batesville report from coach Greg McMullen: The Batesville high school men’s and women’s swimming program headed to Greensburg Community High School for the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) Championship meet on Saturday, Jan 9.
Overall, the Bulldogs swam extremely well and were able to come home with second and third in the men’s and women’s competitions, respectively.
“I don’t even have the words to describe my feelings about the meet. But overjoyed, excited and shocked are a few,” said head coach Greg McMullen. “This is the ninth overall EIAC meet I’ve been a part of (four as an athlete; now five as coach) and the energy from this meet is always something that blows me away.”
The Bulldogs came out and out performed their seed times in nearly every relay event and had huge drops across multiple events resulting in 26 personal bests and 6 season best times. “We knew we had a ton of potential to swim fast and put up near season best times, but nearly 70% of our swims being a season best (or better) is just an incredible feat.”
Some of the biggest swims came from the Bulldog’s freshman class as Isabel Raab, after an early DQ in the 200 IM, came back from that swim to place sixth in the 100 Fly. Completing a 3-for-3 podium effort in the event. She was also a member of the 200 Freestyle relay that finished in fifth with fellow Freshman Averi Jones, and Juniors Ava Obermeyer and Madelyn Pohlman.
Maria Lopez led the team individually with a 3rd in the 100 Fly and 4th in the 200 IM, and also swam in the 3rd-place and 4th-place finishing 200 Medley and 400 Free relay.
Overall, the women swam to a 3rd place finish. Higher than the team has finished in McMullen’s tenure.
On the men’s side of the meet they swam to an overall finish of second, tying last year’s placement. The meet was tightly contested through the 50 freestyle between Greensburg and Batesville where they were tied. Greensburg briefly took the lead until later in the meet where Batesville seemed to catch a stride with two second place finishes leading the way in the 100 (Will Johnson) and 500 Free (Sean Callahan), 200 Freestyle Relay (Johnson, VanSickle, J. Shroder, M. Tekulve) and 100 Breaststroke (Ben Moster).
“Our gentleman found a way to to dig deep and make those second place finishes happen,” said McMullen. “Will was able to come away with a PR in the 100 Free (49.28), Sean lowered his best 500 Free and our 200 Free Relay hung in for a great race.”
“We couldn’t have asked for a better meet to showcase our racing capabilities. We’ll continue training for our Sectional meet and see what we can put together come February.”
TEAM SCORES
Men
East Central, 435
Batesville, 229
Greensburg, 196
Connersville, 153
South Dearborn, 94
Lawrenceburg, 24
Women
East Central, 317
Connersville, 282
Batesville, 192
Lawrenceburg, 155
Greensburg, 131
South Dearborn, 104
BULLDOG TOP FINISHERS
Men
200 Medley Relay (2nd) — Sean Callahan, Ben Moster, Ciaran Tyrer, Joseph Shroder
200 Free — Sean Callahan (2nd)
200 IM — Benjamin Moster (2nd)
50 Free — Will Johnson (2nd)
100 Fly — Ciaran Tyrer (3rd)
100 Free — Johnson (2nd)
500 Free — Callahan (2nd)
200 Free Relay (2nd) — Johnson, Derek VanSickle, Matt Tekulve, J. Shroder
100 Breast — Moster (3rd)
400 Free Relay (2nd) — Tyrer, Moster, Callahan, Johnson
Women
200 Medley Relay (3rd) — Taylor Blanton, Sarah Bedel, Maria Lopez, Lilly Wonnell
200 IM — Lopez (4th)
50 Free — Ava Obermeyer (6th)
100 Fly — Maria Lopez (3rd), Wonnell (4th), Isabel Raab (6th)
200 Free Relay (5th) — Obermeyer, Averi Jones, Madelyn Pohlman, I. Raab
100 Back — Blanton (3rd)
400 Free Relay (4th) — Obermeyer, Lily Gellenbeck, Wonnell, Lopez
NOTABLES
Will Johnson is the first Bulldog swimmer to go under 50.00, the first since 2014, currently ranked #3 all-time at BHS for the 50 and 100 Free. Sean Callahan moved into the top 5 on the BHS All-Time times in the 200 Free and is also #4 in the 50 back.
Callahan and Johnson led scoring for the men with two second place finishes, which also qualifies them for All-EIAC awards for the 2021-2022 season.