Nearly 250 swimmers, ages five to 18, gathered Saturday at Greensburg High School to compete in the season-ending Southeastern Indiana Swimming Association conference championship.
Swimmers were assigned to swim in either the morning or afternoon session, depending on their age. Kids 10 and under swam in the morning while the middle school and high school aged swimmers took over in the afternoon.
Greensburg/Decatur County defended the home turf and their championship from last year by taking this year’s title. Combining both boys and girls point totals, Decatur County amassed 2,076 points.
Milan Aquatics battled to second place with 1,596 and Batesville finished third, scoring 1,334.
TEAM STANDINGS
- Decatur County 2076
- Milan 1596
- Batesville 1334
- Madison / Jefferson County 1005
- Hidden Valley Lake 990
- South Dearborn Sea Dragons 422
- Switzerland County 106
Milan Aquatics traveled with a total of 44 swimmers and had four individuals race to be conference champions in six events.
Brody Stock led the way with three individual championships in Boys 10U Backstroke, Butterfly and 100 Free.
His sister Taylor Stock won the Girls 14U 100 IM and older sister Lainey Stock captured the title in the Girls 18U 100 Freestyle.
James Laws also took first in the Boys 8U Breaststroke competition.
Second place finished were claimed by:
- Archer Austin
- Millie Griffith Caudill
- Kaitlynn Hicks
- Addy Laws
- Kami Laws
- Ross Lieland
- Dylan O’Neil
Athletes who raced to third place were Bridget Beiser, Ashlyn DeWire, Levi DeWire, Ava Mutz, Cooper Mutz, Seth Thomas and Alec Volz.
The conference championship meet concludes the summer team competition but individual Milan swimmers will continue competing in Swim USA – sponsored meets throughout Central and Southern Indiana. They can also choose to take a break until the winter club season resumes.
High school swimmers will start preparation for their other sport fall seasons or prepare for the high school swim season when practices start in October. Congrats to all the participants on a great meet – Southeastern Indiana continues to show it has plenty of young talent in the pool.
(Information provided by Milan Aquatics)