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Chesterton boys win IHSAA State Swim team title; win five events

State Champ and National Record Holder: Chesterton’s Kyle Whitaker (above) won the State Championship in the 100 Fly Saturday at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. He also set the National Public School record in winning the 200 IM.

(Tribune photo by Steve Handly)

Boys Swimming Champions: Pictured (Top to Bottom) are Chesterton’s Bill Bass, Greg Franzen, Adam Thieling, Albert Miller and Tyler Fozkos during the IHSAA Boys State Swimming Championships Saturday at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. The Trojans won the school’s first-ever State Championship with a 271 team score to edge Hamilton Southeastern (266).

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Chesterton boys win IHSAA State Swim team title; win five events

By TR HARLAN

The Chesterton boys swim team captured the school’s first-ever team State Championship by tallying 271 points to edge Hamilton Southeasteron (265) on Saturday at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.

“The heart of these kids and the way they came through last night (Friday’s prelims) and again today is just incredible,” Chesterton coach Kevin Kinel said.

The Trojans earned five individual titles as well with sophomore Kyle Whitaker winning the 200 IM and the 100 Fly. Whitaker’s 200 IM time of 1:46.75 broke the Indiana State Record and the National Public School record of 1:46.90 set by Carmel’s Jason Lancaster in 1994.

Bill Bass won the 500 Free (4:32.64) with a comeback in the final 25 yards to edge Indianapolis North Central’s Brandon Siemasko (4:33.39).

Chesterton also won two relays as the quartet of Adam Thieling, Albert Miller, Whitaker and Tyler Fozkos rebroke their own state record in the 200 Medley (1:32.05). Fozkos, Thieling, Greg Franzen and Bass also won the 200 Free Relay in 1:24.89, just .05 ahead of Hamilton Southeastern.

Posted 2/25/2008