Damon Light repeated as sectional champion in diving and Logan Whitacre will represent the Bellmont Braves at Tuesday’s Diving Regional at South Side.
Meanwhile, Bluffton set a new individual record with six individual champions and the Tiger Sharks captured the sectional trophy by 120 points.
Team Scores: 1st-Bluffton 396, 2nd-Delta 276, 3rd-Muncie Central 266, 4th-Norwell 257, 5th-Jay County 242, 6th-Huntington North 223, 7th-Bellmont 160, 8th-Muncie Burris 149, 9th-Blackford 92, 10th-Adams Central 89, 11th-South Adams 58
Winner of each swim event advances to the IHSAA State Finals Friday in Indianapolis.
200 Medley Relay
-The Bellmont Braves were able to trim just a fraction of a second from their time in the prelims and take sixth place.
A Final
1. Huntington North 1:40.68
2. Norwell 1:40.83
3. Jay County 1:42.23
6. Bellmont 1:47.25
Werling-Krull-Roop-Whitacre
8. South Adams 1:54.84
Stahly-Hough-Hill-Meyer
B Final
10. Adams Central 1:56.33
Hoffman-Heiman-Rathbun-Crockett
200 Free
-Rhett Gerber outswam Rylan Heyerly to take the 200 Free title away from Heyerly and advance to the State Finals. Gerber’s winning time was the fastest in the last six years at the Jay County sectional.
-Ben Goble swam a season best for the Braves in the B Final.
1. Rhett Gerber-Bluffton 1:48.03
2. Rylan Heyerly-Norwell 1:49.50
B Final
13. Ben Goble-Bellmont 2:01.50
16. Samson Owens-Bellmont 2:07.83
200 IM
-Hudson Krull cut .11 seconds from his time in the prelims to take fourth place. His teammate, Oliver Werling, cut 1.14 from his season best in his final individual medley as a Brave, winning the B Final.
1. James Isaac Wheeler-Bluffton 2:00.22
4. Hudson Krull-Bellmont 2:10.04
B Final
9. Oliver Werling-Bellmont 2:14.55
11. Brayden Hough-SA 2:18.84
50 Free
1. Gavyn Cook-Muncie Central 22.06
2. Noah Brooks-Bluffton 22.13
B Final
11. Kale Rathbun-AC 24.51
16. Logan Whitacre-Bellmont 25.25
1M Diving
-Logan Whitacre beat his previous 11-dive best to finish less than 11 points behind Damon Light.
1. Damon Light-AC 443.20
2. Logan Whitacre-Bellmont 432.25
13. Maddox Miller-SA 209.70
100 Fly
1. Samuel Stokes-Delta 53.79
15. Zayne Roop-Bellmont 1:03.07
16. Owen Garcia-Bellmont 1:03.57
100 Free
1. Gavyn Cook-Muncie Central 48.74
B Final
16. Samuel Juengel-Bellmont 55.98
500 Free
-Bellmont freshman Emmett Rumschlag made another cut to his career best, finishing third in the B Final in a time that was 4.75 seconds faster than Thursday’s prelims.
1. Cooper Glentzer-Jay County 5:03.50
B Final
11. Emmett Rumschlag-Bellmont 5:37.18
16. Samson Owens-Bellmont 5:55.03
200 Free Relay
1. Bluffton 1:28.73
2. Muncie Central 1:30.34
8. Adams Central 1:40.00
Schwartz-Isch-Wurm-Rathbun
10. Bellmont 1:44.43
Juengel-Short-OGoble-BGoble
11. South Adams 1:46.72
Hough-Meyer-Hill-Stahly
100 Back
-Zayne Roop swam his final backstroke of his career and cracked the minute mark for the first time in his career for an impressive third-place finish. Teammate Oliver Werling also swam a season best in winning the B Final.
1. Noah Brooks-Bluffton 54.31
2. Isaac Kowalski-HN 55.16
3. Zayne Roop-Bellmont 59.68
B Final
9. Oliver Werling-Bellmont 1:03.52
12. Logan Heiman-AC 1:05.27
100 Breast
1. James Isaac Wheeler-Bluffton 1:00.36
5. Brayden Hough-SA 1:04.16
6. Hudson Krull-Bellmont 1:04.22
400 Free Relay
-Despite finishing eighth in the A Final, the Adams Central Jetskis still managed to swim a season best.
1. Bluffton 3:19.56
7. Bellmont 3:38.12
BGoble-Werling-Juengel-Krull
8. Adams Central 3:48.38
Schwartz-Tomkinson-Heiman-Crockett
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