The Chesterton boys
swim team brought home six medals from the IHSAA State Finals over the
weekend in Indianapolis as the Trojans finished sixth overall as a team.
“We did really well
on Friday,” Chesterton coach Kevin Kinel said. “Saturday was a typical
finals day with people dropping time like crazy.”
The Trojans top
finishes came in the 200 and 400 Free Relays.
“That was the
plan,” Kinel said. “We thought we might have a shot to score high or win
one. Those times are fast. We didn’t really think about records.”
In the 200 Free
Relay, the quartet of Wesley Slaughter, Sam Kravitz, Declan Tharp and Gary
Kostbade finished runner-up in 1:24.01. They also set the school record.
“The 200 Free Relay
was a school record,” Kinel said. “That’s hard to do.”
In the 400 Free
Relay, the group of Slaughter, Kravitz, Chris Kaptur and Kostbade finished
third in 3:05.73.
“Gary, Sam and Wes
were unbelievable on the relays today,” Kinel said. “Chris Kaptur was great
in the 400 Free too.”
Individually, the
top finish came from Kostbade in the 100 Breaststroke (55.42) in third
place. Kravitz finished sixth in the 50 Free (21.22) and Nick Hanas was
seventh in the 500 Free (4:36.83).
“For those guys to
get on the podium individually was good,” Kinel said.
Kostbade also
finished eighth in the 100 Fly (50.11).
“Gary has been our
top guy all year,” Kinel said. “Then to go down to the State Meet and
perform like that is great.”
Other Chesterton
point scorers included Slaughter in the 50 Free (11th, 21.52) and 100 Free
(13th, 47.37), Kravitz in the 100 Free (11th, 46.65), Hanas in the 200 Free
(13th, 1:43.15) and Andrew Gillen in the 100 Breast (13th, 58.64).
The Trojan
contingency that ventured to Indy over the weekend included just one senior,
Chris Kaptur.
“Everyone that
swam, except Kaptur is back,” Kinel said. “We got everybody really good
experience this weekend. It was a good cap to a great year.”
IHSAA State
Finals
AT INDIANAPOLIS
Team Results
1. Carmel, 216; 2.
Zionsville, 215; 3. Avon, 192; 4. Northridge, 185; 5. FW Carroll, 174; 6.
Chesterton, 144; 7. Fishers, 132; 8. Homestead, 110; 9. Valparaiso, 86; 10.
Castle, 81.5.
Individual Results
200 Medley Relay --
1. Avon, 1:30.72; 2. Zionsville, 1:31.10; 3. FW Carroll, 1:31.86; 4. Carmel,
1:34.00; 5. Valparaiso, 1:34.88; 6. Fishers, 1:35.31; 7. Homestead, 1:36.03;
8. Penn, 1:36.45; 18. Chesterton (Danny Schmiegel, Andrew Gillen, Declan
Tharp, Chris Kaptur), 1:38.14.
200 Free -- 1. Troy
Li (Carmel), 1:38.59; 2. Jackson Sandala (Warren Central), 1:39.26; 3. Jacob
Destrampe (Franklin), 1:39.81; 4. Vince Partlow (Avon), 1:40.12; 5. Jacob
Heidecker (Castle), 1:41.08; 6. Logan Elijah (Northridge), 1:41.19; 7. Seth
Cripe (Northridge), 1:41.31; 8. Setphen Krecsmar (Concord), 1:41.66; 13.
Nick Hanas ©, 1:43.15.
200 IM -- 1.
Charles Vaughan (Carmel), 1:48.13; 2. Spencer Lehman (Northridge), 1:48.42;
3. Glen Brown (Fishers), 1:48.44; 4. Chandler Bray (Avon), 1:49.70; 5.
Andrew Schuler (Zionsville), 1:49.92; 6. Jackson Kent (FW Carroll), 1:51.87;
7. Dixon Tierney (Mt. Vernon), 1:54.10; 8. Luke Ingram (Fishers), 1:54.17;
25. Nathan Carlson ©, 1:57.66.
50 Free -- 1. Jack
Franzman (Zionsville), 20.25; 2. Ryan Huizinga (FW Carroll), 20.65; 3. Grant
Sprout (Avon), 20.83; 4. Ryan Hrosik (Valparaiso), 21.04; 5. Ethan Churilla
(Highland), 21.12; 6. Lane Robertson (Twin Lakes), 21.28; 7. Sam Kravitz ©,
21.42; 8. Noah Coomler (Perry Meridian), 21.46; 9. Wesley Slaughter ©,
21.38.
1-Meter Diving --
1. Kevin Frebel (Homestead), 613.35; 2. Isaac Khamis (Richmond), 512.65; 3.
Noah Marble (Homestead), 510.80; 4. Evan Cooper (Tri-West), 482.95; 5. Dylan
McCammon (Pendleton Heights), 475.40; 6. Josh Richardson (Mishawaka Marian),
471.70; 7. DaeQuan Quinn (Concord), 469.35; 8. Cole Van Devender (Fishers),
458.15.
100 Fly -- 1. Ryan
Huizinga (FW Carroll), 48.51; 2. Vince Partlow (Avon), 49.14; 3. Matthew
Jerden (Bloomington South), 49.16; 4. Kyle Morris (Penn), 49.43; 5. Zachary
Cook (Greenfield Central), 49.58; 6. Timothy Schoof (Michigan City), 49.60;
7. Gabriel Swardson (FW Snider), 49.64; 8. Gary Kostbade ©, 50.11.
100 Free -- 1. Jack
Franzman (Zionsville), 44.93; 2. Grant Sprout (Avon), 45.45; 3. Jackson
Sandala (Warren Central), 45.82; 4. Tyler Harmon (Zionsville), 45.85; 5.
Troy Li (Carmel), 45.93; 6. Jacob Edstrom (Franklin), 45.99; 7. Jackson Kent
(FW Carroll), 46.22; 8. Ethan Churilla (Highland), 46.34; 11. Sam Kravitz ©,
46.65; 13. Wesley Slaughter ©, 47.37.
500 Free -- 1.
Spencer Lehman (Northridge), 4:25.60; 2. Matthew Jerden (Bloomington South),
4:32.93; 3. Seth Cripe (Northridge), 4:34.79; 4. Connor Glenn (Northridge),
4:35.79; 5. John Roop (West Lafayette Harrison), 4:35.97; 6. Bryce Warner
(Homestead), 4:36.35; 7. Nick Hanas ©, 4:36.83; 8. Brett Sherman (Carmel),
4:37.76; 20. Justin Wallar ©, 4:45.90.
200 Free Relay --
1. Avon, 1:23.20 (STATE RECORD); 2. Chesterton (Wesley Slaughter, Sam
Kravitz, Declan Tharp, Gary Kostbade), 1:24.01; 3. Zionsville, 1:24.43; 4.
Northridge, 1:25.87; 5. Carmel, 1:25.89; 6. Valparaiso, 1:25.94; 7. Hamilton
Southeastern, 1:26.87; 8. Concord, 1:27.14.
100 Back -- 1.
Tyler Harmon (Zionsville), 48.87; 2. Glen Brown (Fishers), 49.62; 3. Jacob
Steele (FW Snider), 50.58; 4. Alex King (Evansville Reitz), 50.88; 5.
Zachary Cook (Greenfield Central), 50.89; 6. Joseph Vinyard (Carmel), 51.72;
7. Timothy Schoof (Michigan City), 51.81; 8. Camden Koch (Northridge),
51.85; 21. Danny Schmiegel ©, 53.23.
100 Breast -- 1.
Chandler Bray (Avon), 53.82; 2. Charles Vaughan (Carmel), 55.23; 3. Gary
Kostbade ©, 55.42; 4. William Schrensky (FW Carroll), 55.80; 5. Andrew
Schuler (Zionsville), 56.10; 6. Stefano Batista (Carmel), 57.09; 7. Brock
Brown (Zionsville), 57.45; 8. Tim Greci (SB St. Joe), 57.53; 13. Andrew
Gillen ©, 58.64.
400 Free Relay --
1. FW Carroll, 3:05.10; 2. Carmel, 3:05.50; 3. Chesterton (Wesley Slaughter,
Sam Kravitz, Chris Kaptur, Gary Kostbade), 3:05.73; 4. Zionsville, 3:07.89;
5. Northridge, 3:08.41; 6. Fishers, 3:09.39; 7. Castle, 3:10.18.