Sectional finals at PHS, Crosby gets record

Sunday, February 22, 2015
Eagle senior Zane Crosby broke the school record in the 50-yard freestyle in Saturday's sectional final. (Banner Graphic/JAY LOCKETT)

PLAINFIELD -- It was a good day for Putnam County swimmers when the three schools raced at Plainfield in the sectional Saturday and Eagle senior Zane Crosby finished tops in the county with two second-place finishes.

His 50-freestyle time of 22.12 was a lifetime best and tops the mark set by Tayler Arnold last year. The sprinter also took second place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.02.

The other Eagle swimmer, junior Zach Rayce also had himself a good day. He took a fifth-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 57.27 and finished eighth in the 100 backstroke at 57.68.

The Tiger Shark 200-medley relay team of Mitchell Johnson, Zach Secrest, Nathan Gobert and Taylor Secrest took its podium spot after earning a third-place finish with a time of 1:47.56. (Banner Graphic/JAY LOCKETT)

"Though we had hopes that Zane might make it out of the sectional, the night was a bit heart-wrenching when he didn't," Eagle coach Anna Kendall said. "It's difficult to remain disappointed for very long. (Crosby) especially, but all the guys on the team have worked very hard to be swimming their fastest. When I look back at their progression over the course of the season and the fact that they're all swimming faster than the year before, I'm proud of the finish we've had to the season and of what the team accomplished."

Greencastle had the best finish in the county, coming in fourth place with 198 points after battling all day with Plainfield for the third-place spot.

"I'm very pleased with our fourth-place overall finish," Tiger Shark coach Kent Menzel said. "It was a thrill to get to the end and also a very nice end to the season. I was happy with our relay swims form the beginning to the end of the meet. Our medley, 200 free relay and our 400 free relay just swam like champions today. Our three season best times in those relays came today. Those included lifetime swims from everybody."

With a time of 1:48.92 in the 200-medley relay Cougars Andy Rogers, Joseph Davis, Jonah Creamean and Bailey Allen took fifth place in the event. (Banner Graphic/JAY LOCKETT)

The 200-medley relay team of Mitchell Johnson, Zach Secrest, Nathan Gobert and Taylor Secrest picked up a third place finish to start the night with a time of 147.56. The 200-freestyle relay team of Jacob Kessler, Logan Wood, Taylor Secrest, Elijah Brattain took a fouth place finish with 132.42 while the 400-freestyle relay team of senior Elijah Brattain, junior Jacob Kessler and sophomores Nathan Gobert and Logan Wood took fifth place with 3.39.24.

Menzel said the swimmers of the 400-relay team swam "out of their minds" to get the time they did.

"Logan and Nathan swan well all season long as did Jacob and they are a very nice core that will be leading us through next year and the year after," Menzel said.

Menzel was very complimentary to all of the Tiger Sharks, mentioning freshman Conner Stimpert and his two lifetime bests in the 500 freestyle and the 200 IM, sophomore Cameron Lewis' lifetime best in the 200 IM, his freshman Preston Headley and and his sprinters.

"Another highlight today was our diving," Menzel said. "Freshman Jake Bennet placed fifth in the sectional with an extremely strong performance. It was a top-10 performance in Greencastle's diving history and his teammates, Gus Manion and DJ Smiley, also performed very well and scored their best results of the entire season."

North Putnam scored 170 and finished fifth and one of its sectional highlights was sophomore Nicholas Young whose 4.56.34 finish placed him in fourth place in the 500 freestyle. Young also place sixth in the 200 freestyle with 1.50.11.

"I think we responded really well today," NPHS coach Tony Gray said. "We ended up with a fifth-place finish as a team and for a small school like us that's an amazing job by the kids. That is the highest we have ever finished out of sectional. I was real proud. We fought all day long and had some great swims."

Junior Creaman took the eighth-place spot in the 100 butterfly with 57.66 while sophomore Kavyn Timm placed sixth in diving with 313.15 points.

The medley relay team of Andy Rogers, Joseph Davis, Jonah Creamean and Bailey Allen took a fifth-place finish.

The youth of the Cougar swimmers can only add to the potential of North Putnam's swim program, as no one seniors were on the fifth-place sectional finisher.

"Things look good for us," Gary said. "We aren't graduating any boys so we'll have everyone back. We've got four or five really good freshman boys coming next year so the future looks really bright."

IHSAA Plainfield Sectional

At Plainfield

1, Avon, 518.5. 2, Terre Haute South Vigo, 376.5. 3, Plainfield, 214. 4, Greencastle, 198. 5, North Putnam, 170. 6, Terre Haute North Vigo, 152. 7, Danville Community, 149. 8, Tri-West Hendricks, 126. 9, West Vigo, 122. 10, South Putnam, 101. 11, Cascade, 96.

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1, Avon '' 1:35.47. 2, Terre Haute South Vigo '' 1:43.96. 3, Greencastle '' 1:47.56. 4, West Vigo '' 1:48.54. 5, North Putnam '' 1:48.92.

6, Plainfield '' 1:50.16. 7, Terre Haute North Vigo '' 1:53.18. 8, Tri-West Hendricks '' 1:56.34. (B - Final) 9, South Putnam '' 1:57.38. 10, Cascade '' 2:09.88.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1, Parks Jones, Avon, 1:40.38. 2, Dalton Mitchell, Terre Haute South Vigo, 1:42.30. 3, Grant Sprout, Avon, 1:43.53. 4, Gabe Caldwell, Avon, 1:46.77. 5, Chaz Rhodes, Plainfield, 1:48.42. 6, Nicholas Young, North Putnam, 1:50.11. 7, Christian States, Plainfield, 1:50.90. 8, Will Cammack, Terre Haute South Vigo, 1:50.98. (B - Final) 9, Devon Berg, Danville Community, 1:50.83. 10, Paul Ghejan, Terre Haute North Vigo, 1:51.14. 11, Griffin Crum, Cascade, 1:51.59. 12, Elijah Brattain, Greencastle, 1:52.49. 13, James Turman, Terre Haute South Vigo, 1:53.91. 14, Ryan Lennox, Plainfield, 1:55.44. 15, Warren Miller, Cascade, 1:56.87. 16, Joshua Powers, Terre Haute North Vigo, 1:57.08.

Boys 200 Yard IM

1, Grant Lewis, Avon, 1:53.38. 2, Chandler Bray, Avon, 1:55.55. 3, Jess Partin, Avon, 1:58.22. 4, Jacob Corbett, Tri-West Hendricks, 2:02.19. 5, Ben Allen, Terre Haute South Vigo, 2:03.08. 6, Harrison Barnes, Terre Haute North Vigo, 2:05.51. 7, Alex Van Winkle, Cascade, 2:08.85. 8, Michael Crowell, Terre Haute South Vigo, 2:11.21. (B - Final) 9, Jonah Creamean, North Putnam, 2:10.41. 10, Brayton Adams, Plainfield, 2:11.38. 11, Joseph Davis, North Putnam, 2:12.30. 12, Connor Stinson, Plainfield, 2:14.13. 13, Connor Stimpert, Greencastle, 2:14.93. 14, Jimmmy Yeng, Terre Haute South Vigo, 2:19.16. 15, Bailey Sherrill, West Vigo, 2:20.09. 16, Cameron Lewis, Greencastle, 2:22.22.

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1, Jacob Riley, Terre Haute South Vigo, 22.09. 2, Zane Crosby, South Putnam, 22.12. 3, Garrett Hammons, Avon, 22.69. 4, James Pawlowski, Plainfield, 22.94. 5, Gus Moore, Avon, 22.97. 6, Duncan Emsweller, Avon, 23.00. 7, Collin Dowell, Terre Haute South Vigo, 23.32. 8, Logan Wood, Greencastle, 23.65. (B - Final) 9, Austin Stewart, Danville Community, 23.56. 10, Taylor Secrest, Greencastle, 23.90. 11, Bailey Allen, North Putnam, 23.92. 12, Jacob Kessler, Greencastle, 24.00. 13, Andrew Taflinger, Terre Haute North Vigo, 24.08. 14, Lucas Sturgess, Terre Haute South Vigo, 24.36. 15, Zach Saito, Danville Community, 24.37. 16, Andrew Rogers, North Putnam, 24.88.

Boys 1 mtr Diving

(Finals) 1, Eli Alexander, Danville Community, 367.60. 2, Dylan Porter, Danville Community, 337.95. 3, Brandon Sherrill, West Vigo, 337.90. 4, Connor Capstick, Avon, 320.80. 5, Jake Bennett, Greencastle, 315.40. 6, Kavyn Timm, North Putnam, 313.15. 7, Sean Wolfe, Danville Community, 301.00. 8, Cameron Clark, Terre Haute South Vigo, 294.45. 9, Cameron McPherson, North Putnam, 293.25. 10, Jacob Couch, West Vigo, 267.55. 11, Matthew Hinkel, Terre Haute South Vigo, 248.00. 12, Chase Ruble, North Putnam, 245.35. 13, Gus Manion, Greencastle, 227.15. 14, Ethan Roach, West Vigo, 222.90. 15, Donald Smiley, Greencastle, 212.50. 16, Hunter Jackson, Terre Haute North Vigo, 177.50.

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1, Grant Lewis, Avon, 50.61. 2, Ray Wang, Avon, 54.58. 3, Vishaal Mali, Avon, 55.15. 4, Jacob Corbett, Tri-West Hendricks, 55.88. 5, Zach Rayce, South Putnam, 57.27. 6, Nathan Gobert, Greencastle, 57.34. 7, Brett Lucas, Tri-West Hendricks, 57.36. 8, Jonah Creamean, North Putnam, 57.66. (B - Final) 9, Ronald Hernandez, Terre Haute South Vigo, 58.10. 10, Jon Wilson, Terre Haute South Vigo, 58.40. 11, Austin Stewart, Danville Community, 58.55. 12, Brayton Adams, Plainfield, 58.65. 13, Logan Thralls, West Vigo, 58.97. 14, Jacob Kessler, Greencastle, 59.26. 15, Forrest Gatrell, Terre Haute North Vigo, 1:01.47. 16, Andrew Rogers, North Putnam, 1:02.25.

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1, Jacob Riley, Terre Haute South Vigo, 48.16. 2, Zane Crosby, South Putnam, 49.02. 3, Will Cammack, Terre Haute South Vigo, 49.30. 3, Connor Capstick, Avon, 49.30. 5, Gus Moore, Avon, 49.95. 6, Devon Berg, Danville Community, 50.23. 7, Duncan Emsweller, Avon, 50.28. 8, Elijah Brattain, Greencastle, 50.89. (B - Final) 9, James Pawlowski, Plainfield, 50.54. 10, Harrison Barnes, Terre Haute North Vigo, 50.93. 11, Andrew Taflinger, Terre Haute North Vigo, 51.99. 12, Warren Miller, Cascade, 53.05. 13, Logan Wood, Greencastle, 53.19. 14, Bailey Allen, North Putnam, 53.79. 15, Tristen Carrithers, Terre Haute South Vigo, 54.37. 16, Zach Saito, Danville Community, 54.51.

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

1, Parks Jones, Avon, 4:35.67. 2, Grant Sprout, Avon, 4:37.52. 3, Westin Fink, Avon, 4:45.82. 4, Nicholas Young, North Putnam, 4:56.34. 5, Paul Ghejan, Terre Haute North Vigo, 5:00.30. 6, James Turman, Terre Haute South Vigo, 5:00.86. 7, Ryan Lennox, Plainfield, 5:08.19. 8, Griffin Crum, Cascade, 5:09.80. (B - Final) 9, Lucas Sturgess, Terre Haute South Vigo, 5:13.17. 10, Conner Sheets, Tri-West Hendricks, 5:13.59. 11, Joshua Powers, Terre Haute North Vigo, 5:19.67. 12, Connor Stimpert, Greencastle, 5:26.47. 13, Caleb Smock, Plainfield, 5:27.36. 14, Sean Rogers, Plainfield, 5:27.70. 15, Preston Headley, Greencastle, 5:39.57. 16, Clayton O'Neal, West Vigo, 5:42.98.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Terre Haute South Vigo '' 1:28.33. 2, Avon '' 1:28.48. 3, Plainfield '' 1:32.33. 4, Greencastle '' 1:32.42. 5, Terre Haute North Vigo '' 1:35.17. 6, North Putnam '' 1:35.21. 7, Danville Community '' 1:35.86. 8, West Vigo '' 1:36.00. (B - Final) 9, Tri-West Hendricks '' 1:36.56. 10, Cascade '' 1:36.76. 11, South Putnam '' 1:46.30.

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1, Dalton Mitchell, Terre Haute South Vigo, 51.53. 2, Garrett Hammons, Avon, 52.25. 3, Gabe Caldwell, Avon, 53.64. 4, Chaz Rhodes, Plainfield, 54.86. 5, Tristen Carrithers, Terre Haute South Vigo, 57.21. 6, Brett Lucas, Tri-West Hendricks, 57.30. 7, Joel Richardson, Danville Community, 57.47. 8, Zach Rayce, South Putnam, 57.68. (B - Final) 9, Hayden Czerwonky, Avon, 55.62. 10, Jon Wilson, Terre Haute South Vigo, 58.31. 11, Alex Van Winkle, Cascade, 59.40. 12, Forrest Gatrell, Terre Haute North Vigo, 59.50. 13, Mitchell Johnson, Greencastle, 1:00.69. 14, Connor Stinson, Plainfield, 1:01.44. 15, Brandon Sherrill, West Vigo, 1:02.08. 16, Mark Timm, North Putnam, 1:03.91.

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1, Chandler Bray, Avon, 56.28. 2, Jess Partin, Avon, 59.25. 3, Ray Wang, Avon, 59.89. 4, Michael Crowell, Terre Haute South Vigo, 1:02.63. 5, Ben Allen, Terre Haute South Vigo, 1:03.48. 6, Jacob Weir, West Vigo, 1:04.58. 7, Christian States, Plainfield, 1:05.73. 8, Jimmmy Yeng, Terre Haute South Vigo, 1:06.77. (B - Final) 9, Joseph Davis, North Putnam, 1:08.07. 10, Zach Secrest, Greencastle, 1:09.16. 11, Reggie Asplet, Tri-West Hendricks, 1:11.12. 12, Taylor Secrest, Greencastle, 1:11.26. 13, Sean Rogers, Plainfield, 1:12.00. 14, Max Bridge, Plainfield, 1:12.10. 15, Noah Prose, Terre Haute North Vigo, 1:12.59. 16, Preston Headley, Greencastle, 1:13.07.

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

(A - Final) 1, Avon '' 3:10.00. 2, Terre Haute South Vigo '' 3:13.49. 3, Terre Haute North Vigo '' 3:25.72. 4, Plainfield '' 3:25.82. 5, Greencastle '' 3:29.24. 6, Cascade '' 3:29.81. 7, Danville Community '' 3:31.18. 8, West Vigo 3:32.30. (B - Final) 9, Tri-West Hendricks '' 3:34.88. 10, North Putnam '' 3:42.44. 11, South Putnam '' 4:01.55.

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  • Way to go Zane and Zach!! Great job to the Eagle Relay Teams as well! Fabulous day for Eagle Swimming!

    -- Posted by lduggan69 on Mon, Feb 23, 2015, at 8:10 AM
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