The Bellmont Braves NE8 campaign got off to a good start when the home team came back to beat Columbia City 83-72.
Notes & Times
-Logan Whitacre made his debut in high school diving and finished with first-place points and a total of 143.25.
-The meet also marked the debut of brothers Taufeeq and Taahir Ally, experienced swimmers who grew up in South Africa. they swam together in the team’s B relay team in the medley and took third place along with Gaven Pritchard and Samson Owens.
-Three freshmen swam the 200 for the Braves, with Whitacre clocking the best time and taking second.
-Oliver Werling scored a strong performance in the IM and won by 18 seconds. His time was just six seconds from his time in last year’s sectional finals.
-Hudson Krull, a freshman who had a great XC season, showed real potential in a third-place finish in the 50, clocking a time of 25.80.
-Zayne Roop turned in a good performance to win the Fly, beating out his lone Columbia City competitor by more than three seconds.
-Werling swam a career best in the backstroke, missing out on first place by just .13 seconds.
-Hudson Krull finished second in the breaststroke, but his time was faster than any attempt the Braves had last season. The freshmen finished in 1:09.99.
Results
1M Diving
1. Logan Whitacre-B 143.25
Gaven Pritchard 101.30
200 Medley Relay
1. Columbia City 2:00.54
2. Bellmont 2:01.99
Goble-Werling-Roop-Krull
3. Bellmont 2:26.55
Pritchard-Tfq. Ally-Owens-Thr. Ally
200 Free
1. Jackson Shipman-CC 2:09.91
2. Logan Whitacre-B 2:29.91
3. Samson Owens-B 2:35.34
4. Colten Gerber-B 2:47.80
200 IM
1. Oliver Werling-B 2:26.49
2. Keagan Born-CC 2:44.45
3. Oliver Goble-B 2:47.59
50 Free
1. Caden Bergman-CC 23.94
3. Hudson Krull-B 25.80
4. Taufeeq Ally-B 29.32
5. Taahir Ally-B 30.56
100 Fly
1. Zayne Roop-B 1:08.99
2. Reed Alexander-CC 1:12.34
100 Free
1. Caden Bergman-CC 54.61
2. Samson Owens-B 1:07.62
4. Colten Gerber-B 1:14.21
5. Taahir Ally-B 1:15.52
500 Free
1. Jackson Shipman-CC 5:41.01
2. Oliver Goble-B 6:54.88
200 Free Relay
1. Columbia City 1:50.95
2. Bellmont 2:02.78
Tfq. Ally-Thr. Ally-Gerber-Whitacre
100 Back
1. Reed Alexander-CC 1:08.26
2. Oliver Werling-B 1:08.39
3. Zayne Roop-B 1:11.00
100 Breast
1. Will Arnold-CC 1:08.71
2. Hudson Krull-B 1:09.99
4. Taufeeq Ally-B 1:31.18
5. Gaven Pritchard-B 1:35.74
400 Free Relay
1. Bellmont 4:12.17
Goble-Roop-Krull-Werling
2. Bellmont 5:00.24
Gerber-Pritchard-Whitacre-Owens