Carmel Boys expand the IHSAA title series to 11, Grant Cates breaks the oldest state record

2025 boys championship of the Indiana High School

• February 28 – March 1, 2025
• IU Natatorium – Indianapolis, Ind.
• Scy (25 meters)
• Complete results

The Carmel Boys won their 11th championship of the Ihsaa Boys' Swimming and Diving Championship this weekend. It's not as long as the Greyhound girl who won 40 team titles in a row, but it is an impressive series in itself.

Carmel was dominant during the championship final meetingThe three seasons for the second season in a row and 412.5 points, the second most common in the history of state history. The team won almost 200 points when Fischer received the second place with 216 points, 196.5 points behind Carmel.

Carmel event wins

Anderson Kopp, Yi Zheng, Andrew Shackell, And Michael Gorey I rolled the ball in the first 200 Medley relay, driven 1: 29.39 and won by 1.93 seconds. Sophomore William Allen Holded the momentum for the greyhounds and won the next event, the 200 freestyle, in 1: 37.07. He led the entire race as a senior of the fishermen Jonathan Hines Pricked 1: 37.55 for silver.

Anderson's title speed effort in 200 freestyle was a lifelong best, as was his 4: 20.88 to win the 500 freestyle. He sat down both His earlier best in the past three months; He swam 1: 37.19 at IHSAA sections and 4: 21.33 at the Winter Junior Championships – East in December. The 500 freestyle was a particularly strong Event For Carmel, when the team placed the 1st-2nd-4th. Kopp (4: 21.19) and Lewis Zhang (4: 28.36) Carmel's other “A” finalists.

Shackell earned the other individual event of the greyhounds and swam 47.42 to win the 100 butterfly. He swam 47.29 in Prelims, but still won the race by 0.73 seconds. The senior also contributed to winning Carmels 200 and 400 freestyle relay. He took both seasons and worked with him Carter Hadley, Gorey and Zheng over the 200 freestyle relay for one last time from 1: 21.64. He, Allen, Hadley and Kopp, set 2: 59.33 to win the 400 freestyle relay. They were not only the only team-sub-3: 00 teams, but no other team broke 3:03, when the Greyhounds ended their stripe expansion championships with a final event victory.

Grant Cates breaks the long -standing Diving State Record

Oak Hill Senior Grant Cates Broke the oldest record of the IHSAA Swimming and Diving History Books on Saturday. He scored 655.95 points on the 1-meter board and shaken Phillip Jones'623.90 marks that had stood since 2001.

“It really couldn't have been better today,” said Cates of the IHSAA. “There were a few dives that I could have met better, but as a list – that's as good as possible … I got 550s all Throughout the season and then the last meeting before the sections I broke 600 [for the first time] And never went under … everything came together at the right time. “

Before Cates won the title this weekend, he had won bronze in the last two seasons.

Other highlights

Bloomington South Senior David Kovacs Received a few event victories at the championships. Initially, the Indiana commit deleted its 1: 49.08 lifetime best in the 200 in the 1: 46.64. He finished third a year ago, but earned the top step of the podium decisively this year and won by a second.

Later Kovacs won the 100 back in a further lifespan and swam 47.63. He was second in the half -time brand, but changed with a final split from Field Best 24.60 to get his hand on the wall for victory. Center Grove Junior Henry Lyness won silver with 47.71.

There was another narrow breed in the 50 freestyle. There Bloomington North Senior James Stewart Set the wall hundredths Jake Tarara20.08 to 20.09. Tarara, a Princeton commit, later won 100 freestyle. He hit his prelim time and swam 43.93 to win gold after taking silver home last season.

Valparaiso Senior Jonah Lee won the final individual event, the 100 breaststroke, in 54.13. The time is Only Off the Purdue Commit's Lifetime Best, which he was at 53.87 at the Winter Junior Championships – East.

Last rating (TOP 10)

1. Carmel – 412.5
2. Fischer – 216
3. Bloomington South – 184
4. Center Grove – 170
5. Penn – 156.5
6. Homestead – 160
7. Valparaiso – 125.5
8. Franklin Community – 102
9. Carroll (Fort Wayne) – 82
10. Zionsville/Hamilton Southeasters – 81