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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
No RTC area swimmers advanced to the IHSAA state finals from the Warsaw sectional Saturday.
Culver Academy won their third consecutive team title with 455 points. Warsaw was second with 379.
Pioneer was seventh in the 12-team field with 132 points, Tippecanoe Valley was eighth with 85, and Rochester and Culver tied for 11th with 47.
Pioneer senior Chloe Chan and Valley’s Kendall Craig, both seniors, and Culver sophomore were the highest finishing individual swimmers, taking fourth in their respective events. Chan was fourth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.69, but Culver Academy’s Natalia Pragale won the title in 1:10.24.
Craig was fourth in the 200 freestyle in 2:12.12, but Columbia City sophomore Holly Oelschlager won in 2:04.21.
Lute was fourth in the 500 freestyle in 5:57.97, but Columbia City freshman Erin Devito won in 5:22.78.
Chan also made the 50 freestyle final, where she finished seventh in 26.68 seconds. Lute also made the 200 individual medley final, where she took seventh in 2:31.07.
No Rochester swimmer reached an individual final, but freshman Kylie Haselby was 15th in the 100 backstroke in 1:19.13 and also 12th in diving with 230.00 points.
Only sectional champions and those who met a difficult state qualifying standard advanced to state. The top four divers, none of which hailed from the RTC area, advanced to the Valparaiso diving regional.
Pioneer was the only area school in which all three relays made the final. The 200 medley relay was seventh, the 200 freestyle relay was sixth, and the 400 freestyle relay was sixth.
Valley was 10th in the 200 medley relay and eighth in both the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays.
Rochester was 11th in the 200 medley relay and 10th in both the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays.
Culver was 12th in both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays, and they did not have a 400 freestyle relay team.
Other Valley individual swimmers participating in consolation races included Craig, who was ninth in the 500 freestyle; and Cassie Rich, who was 14th in the 100 backstroke.
Other Pioneer swimmers participating in consolation races included sophomore Cailyn Colford, who was 13th in the 200 individual medley and 10th in the 100 backstroke; Kylie Attinger, who was 11th in the 50 freestyle; and Elizabeth Rance, who was 11th in the 500 freestyle.
Gracie Clem was also 11th in diving.
WARSAW GIRLS SWIMMING SECTIONAL FINAL: Culver Academy 455, Warsaw 379, Plymouth 309, Columbia City 268, Lewis Cass 193, Manchester 186, Pioneer 132, Tippecanoe Valley 85, Logansport 77, Wabash 54, Rochester 47, Culver 47
Scoring on 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for individual events and 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10 basis for relays
State qualifiers plus all Rochester, Valley, Pioneer and Culver results
200 MEDLEY RELAY
1. Culver Academy (Liu, Zhu, Eggebraten, Teglia) – 1:53.48, 7. Pioneer (Cailyn Colford, Chloe Chan, Adeline Cripe, Kylie Attinger) – 2:03.99, 10. Valley (Martina Gonzalez, Makynna Rentschler, Cassie Rich, Claire Haney) – 2:27.89 (consolation), 11. Rochester (Kylie Haselby, Lily Chipps, Ava Thomas, Aubrey Miller) – 2:32.57 (consolation), 12. Culver (Mickinzie Beach, Hayden Lute, Madison Beach, Emma Shook) – 2:58.75 (consolation)
200 FREESTYLE
1. Oelschlager (CC) – 2:04.21, 4. Kendall Craig (TV) – 2:12.12
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Gifford (CGA) – 2:21.86, 7. Hayden Lute (CUL) – 2:31.07, 13. Cailyn Colford (PIO) – 1:43.89 (consolation)
50 FREESTYLE
1. Howett (WAR) – 24.64 seconds, 7. Chloe Chan (PIO) – 26.68, 11. Kylie Attinger (PIO) – 27.81 (consolation)
DIVING (TOP FOUR ADVANCE TO DIVING REGIONAL)
1. Gorhe (WAR) – 377.00, 2. Orendain (CGA) – 367.40, 3. Stewart (WAR) – 351.15, 4. Penn (LC) – 267.85, 11. Gracie Clem (PIO) – 239.00, 12. Kylie Haselby (RHS) – 230.00
100 BUTTERFLY
1. Devito (CC) – 58.76 seconds
100 FREESTYLE
1. Howett (WAR) – 54.35 seconds
500 FREESTYLE
1. Devito (CC) – 5:22.78, 4. Hayden Lute (CUL) – 5:57.97, 9. Kendall Craig (TV) – 6:07.15 (consolation), 11. Elizabeth Rance (PIO) – 6:21.06 (consolation)
200 FREESTYLE RELAY
1. Warsaw (Shimasaki, Stevens, Strange, Howett) – 1:42.09, 6. Pioneer (Kaia Murray, Kamryn Newby, Elizabeth Rance, Kylie Attinger) – 1:55.02, 8. Valley (Bailey Anderson, Claire Haney, Kiera Smythe, Kendall Craig) – 1:58.71, 10. Rochester (Ava Thomas, Aubrey Miller, Skyla Mitchell, Kylie Haselby) – 2:02.47 (consolation), 12. Culver (Madison Beach, Emma Shook, Mickinzie Beach, Hayden Lute) – 2:33.99 (consolation)
100 BACKSTROKE
1. Liu (CGA) – 1:03.31, 10. Cailyn Colford (PIO) – 1:10.82 (consolation), 14. Cassie Rich (TV) – 1:19.00 (consolation), 15. Kylie Haselby (RHS) – 1:19.13 (consolation)
100 BREASTSTROKE
1. Pragale (CGA) – 1:10.24, 4. Chloe Chan (PIO) – 1:12.69
400 FREESTYLE RELAY
1. Culver Academy (Gifford, Gram, Pragale, Shafeek-Horton) – 3:50.59, 6. Pioneer (Elizabeth Rance, Ayla Depoy, Kaia Murray, Kylie Attinger) – 4:29.60, 8. Valley (Kendall Craig, McKenna Lowe, Malia Kreft, Cassie Rich) – 4:37.05, 10. Rochester (Skyla Mitchell, Audrey Widman, Jenna Seuferer, Seanna Gudas) – 4:51.17 (consolation)
The Tippecanoe Valley girls swimming team scored 85 points and finished eighth out of 12 teams at the Warsaw sectional Saturday. Culver Academy scored 455 points to win the sectional for the third consecutive year. Kendall Craig, standing, fourth from the left, finished fourth in the 200 freestyle and ninth in the 500 freestyle and was the team’s high scorer.
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