Shaffer wins regional; Thomas also semistate bound

Sunday, February 5, 2017
Kyle Shaffer

MOORESVILLE — South Putnam’s Kyle Shaffer won the 195-pound championship in the Mooresville Regional wrestling tournament on Saturday, improving his record to 42-0 on the season.

The Eagle senior will be joined at the Evansville Reitz Semistate on Saturday by Greencastle sophomore Trace Thomas, who finished second in the 152-pound class.

Thomas improved his record to 36-5 on the season. He lost to Avon senior Jacob Clark (26-4) in the championship match by an 8-6 decision.

Trace Thomas

GREENCASTLE

113 - Jacob Baker (18-14)

Quarterfinal - Lost by 15-0 technical fall to Aaron Adkins (Whiteland)

138 - Michael Anderson (35-5)

Quarterfinal - Lost by fall in 2:57 to Jacob Schrader (Greenwood)

145 - Trae Carrington (34-7)

Quarterfinal - Lost by 16-1 technical fall to Tony Mosconi (Indian Creek)

152 - Trace Thomas (36-5) placed 2nd

Quarterfinal - Won by fall in 3:17 over Ranger Soots (Franklin)

Semifinal - Won by 10-2 major decision over Nick Willham (Greenwood)

1st Place Match - Lost by 8-6 decision to Jacob Clark (Avon)

170 - Jacob Meyer (6-8)

Quarterfinal - Lost by fall in :45 to Eli Stock (Monrovia)

NORTH PUTNAM

160 - Jacob Plessinger (22-6)

Quarterfinal - Lost by 10-2 major decision to Gleason Mappes (Center Grove)

220 - Payton Patterson (21-13)

Quarterfinal - Lost by fall in :30 to Garrison Lee (Monrovia)

285 - Bobby Phillips (19-9)

Quarterfinal - Lost by fall in :41 to Bryce Biddle (Plainfield)

SOUTH PUTNAM

126 - Clayton Maynor (27-15)

Quarterfinal - Lost by fall in 1:23 to Jadon Galvin (Decatur Central)

182 - Nicholas Theis (22-20)

Quarterfinal - Lost by 11-0 major decision to Camryn Smith (Monrovia)

195 - Kyle Shaffer (42-0) placed 1st

Semifinal - Won by fall in 3:23 over Grant Goforth (Indian Creek)

1st Place Match - Won by 7-5 decision over Ryan Hammond (Whiteland)

Swimming

• Gillen best county finisher — At Avon, Greencastle junior Grace Gillen had the best finish among Putnam County participants in the Avon Sectional finals on Saturday.

The winner of each event, plus others meeting a state qualifying time, advanced to next weekend’s state finals.

Gillen placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.60, and improvement of .21 seconds over her preliminary time. Gillen also placed sixth in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:33.99, shaving more than two seconds off her preliminary time.

South Putnam junior Alex Fanning placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:15.80.

Greencastle coach Kent Menzel was pleased with his team’s performance at Thursday’s preliminaries.

“Sectional prelims is always a powerful experience, both in terms of the quality of swimming going on, but also the emotional power of the event,” he said. “Our girls were well prepared and able to deliver some excellent swims for the night.”

He was especially proud of Gillen qualifying for the finals in two events.

“This meet had been our focus all season, and Grace shot the lights out with her preliminary third in the 200 free and sixth in the 500 free,” Menzel added. “The sectional is very competitive, and I could not be more pleased with our finishes.”

200-yard medley relay — 6. Greencastle (Abigail Meyer, Sydney Lewis, Kelly Hansen, Sarah Heithaus) 2:05.04, 9. South Putnam (Keira Wells, Alex Fanning, Masey Chambers, Evvie Timberman) 2:13.71, 10. North Putnam (Gabriela Louis, Lainey Willis, Abigail Spencer, Lauren Freije) 2:18.68.

200-yard freestyle — 3. Grace Gillen (G) 2:02.60, 11. Abigail Spencer (NP) 2:11.84.

200-yard IM — 11. Cecelia Pohlar (G) 2:30.69.

50-yard freestyle — 12. Evvie Timberman (SP) :28.30.

100-yard butterfly — 15. Kelly Hansen (G) 1:12.46.

100-yard freestyle — 9. Cecelia Pohlar (G) :58.51, 15. Lavender Crockford (G) 1:03.11, 16. Abigail Meyer (G) 1:03.29.

500-yard freestyle — 6. Grace Gillen (G) 5:33.99, 10. Abigail Spencer (NP) 5:56.96.

200-yard freestyle relay — 5. Greencastle (Grace Gillen, Sarah Heithaus, Lavender Crockford, Cecelia Pohlar) 1:49.94, 9. South Putnam (Christina Marcum, Abby Teipen, Sabina Zamora Herrero, Evvie Timberman) 2:03.97.

100-yard backstroke — 15. Abigail Meyer (G) 1:13.76, 16. Gabriela Louie (NP) 1:14.63.

100-yard breaststroke — 7. Alex Fanning (SP) 1:15.80, 11. Sydney Lewis (G) 1:16.98.

400-yard freestyle relay — 6. Greencastle (Grace Gillen, Gabrielle Selvia, Ruth Heithaus, Cecelia Pohlar) 4:07.81, 9. North Putnam (Gabriela Louie, Lainey Willis, Lauren Freije, Abigail Spencer) 4:24.31, 10. South Putnam (Sabina Zamora Herrero, Keira Wells, Masey Chambers, Christina Marcum) 4:44.18.

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