Gillen third in sectional; two wrestlers on to semistate

Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Alex Fanning of South Putnam takes a big breath during Saturday's swimming sectional.
Ronnie WIlson photo

PLAINFIELD — Greencastle’s Grace Gillen finished third in the 50-yard freestyle at the Plainfield Sectional on Saturday to highlight the results of Putnam County swimmers.

Gillen finished in third place in the 50-yard freestyle, just .59 of a second behind first-place Abri Datley of Danville. Gillen also placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle.

Others placing in the top eight in the finals were South Putnam’s Alex Fanning (eighth in the 100 breaststroke), Greencastle’s 200-yard medley relay team (Abigail Meyer, Sydney Lewis, Zoe Weltz and Katie White), North Putnam’s 200-yard freestyle relay team (Gabby Louie, Lauren Lotzow, Krissy Dill, Madison Trotter) and Greencastle’s 400-yard freestyle relay team (Gillen, Weltz, Lewis and Meyer).

Team scores — Avon 473, Plainfield 426, Terre Haute North 325, Danville 190, Terre Haute 183, Cascade 168.5, Tri-West 149.5, Greencastle 115, South Putnam 91, North Putnam 71.

200-yard medley relay – 1. Plainfield 1:48.97; 7. Greencastle (Abigail Meyer, Sydney Lewis, Zoe Weltz, Katie White) 2:03.58; 9. North Putnam (Gabby Louie, Grace Elmore, Krissy Dill, Abby Spencer) 2:06.27; 10. South Putnam (Keira Wells, Alex Fanning, Mason Chambers, Evvie Timberman) 2:06.45.

200-yard freestyle – 1. Kylie Knutson (Plainfield) 1:53.49; 11. Samantha Jones 2:10.46; 12. Abby Spencer (NP) 2:11.17.

200 IM – 1. Victoria Wendt (Avon) 2:06.48; 15. Mason Chambers (SP) 2:39.48.

50-yard freestyle – 1. Abri Datley (Danville) :25.04; 3. Grace Gillen (G) :25.63; 11. Katie White (G) :27.63; 12. Evvie Timberman (SP) :27.65.

Diving – 1. Kristina Zick (P) 459.00; 13. Emma Crowe (G) 142.55.

100-yard butterfly – 1. Amanda Waldbieser (THN) :58.36; 13. Zoe Weltz (G) 1:08.83.

100-yard freestyle – 1. Absara Sakbun (THS) :52.48; 4. Grace Gillen (G) :56.02; 11. Evvie Timberman (SP) 1:00.23; 16. Grace Elmore (NP) 1:01.32.

500-yard freestyle – 1. Lucia Engle-Wilkerson (P) 5:16.70; 9. Samantha Jones (SP) 5:51.40; 10. Abby Spencer (NP) 5:53.82.

200-yard freestyle relay – 1. Avon 1:40.73; 8. North Putnam (Gabby Louie, Lauren Lotzow, Krissy Dill, Madison Trotter) 1:57.09; 9. South Putnam (Abigail Teipen, Christina Marcum, Morgan Dixon, Samantha Jones) 2:00.28; 10. Greencastle (Paige Kaiser, Abigail Beauchamp, Anastasia Wood, Sydney Anderson) 2:00.86.

100-yard backstroke – 1. Absara Sakbun (THS) :58.29; 14. Abigail Meyer (G) 1:11.58; 15. Keira Wells (SP) 1;12.95.

100-yard breaststroke – 1. Elle Gilkeson (P) 1:05.13; 8. Alex Fanning (SP) 1:14.88; 12. Abigail Teipen (SP) 1:17.84; 14. Sydney Lewis (G) 1:19.25.

400-yard freestyle relay – 1. Plainfield 3:40.94; 6. Greencastle (Grace Gillen, Zoe Weltz, Sydney Lewis, Abigail Meyer) 4:04.50; 9. North Putnam (Abby Spencer, Krissy Dill, Madison Trotter, Grace Elmore) 4:07.59; 10. South Putnam (Samantha Jones, Keira Wells, Mason Chambers, Evvie Timberman) 4:16.55.

Grace Gillen of Greencastle (right) looks to check her time after the 50-yard freestyle.
Ronnie Wilson photo

Wrestling

Thomas, Carrington advance — Greencastle will be sending two wrestlers to the Evansville Reitz Semistate this weekend after they placed in the top four at Saturday’s Mooresville Regional.

Trace Thomas placed third in the 160-pound weight class, winning his first match, losing in the semifinals and then winning the third-place match.

Logan Carrington placed fourth in the 113-pound class, winning his first match and then losing the next two rounds.

GREENCASTLE RESULTS

106 — Mark Roberts (34-10)

Quarterfinal — Jake Bechert (Franklin Community) 30-12 won by decision over Mark Roberts (Greencastle) 34-10 (Dec 14-8)

113 — Logan Carrington (33-6) placed 4th

Quarterfinal — Logan Carrington (Greencastle) 33-6 won by tech fall over Conner Alcala (Decatur Central) 29-8 (TF-1.5 4:54 (16-0))

Semifinal — Alex Petro (Center Grove) 35-4 won by fall over Logan Carrington (Greencastle) 33-6 (Fall 0:20)

3rd Place Match — Keeghan Overton (Greenwood) 30-6 won by decision ov—er Logan Carrington (Greencastle) 33-6 (Dec 4-2)

160 — Trace Thomas (24-5) placed 3rd

Quarterfinal — Trace Thomas (Greencastle) 24-5 won by major decision over Thomas Alvarez (Cascade) 14-17 (MD 14-2)

Semifinal — Gleason Mappes (Center Grove) 39-0 won by major decision over Trace Thomas (Greencastle) 24-5 (MD 12-0)

3rd Place Match — Trace Thomas (Greencastle) 24-5 won by major decision over Will Nix (Martinsville) 15-10 (MD 15-2)

182 — Cade Winslow (35-9)

Quarterfinal — Micah Dodson (Martinsville) 31-8 won by fall over Cade Winslow (Greencastle) 35-9 (Fall 2:52)

220 — Austin Stockall (32-12)

Quarterfinal — Ryan Hammond (Whiteland) 35-0 won by fall over Austin Stockall (Greencastle) 32-12 (Fall 0:52)

NORTH PUTNAM RESULTS

113 — A.J. Ezman (20-11)

Quarterfinal — Alex Petro (Center Grove) 35-4 won by fall over A.J. Ezman (North Putnam) 20-11 (Fall 1:06)

CLOVERDALE RESULTS

132 — Caydhan Stevens (17-11)

Quarterfinal — Drew Kreitzer (Brownsburg) 28-3 won by fall over Caydhan Stevens (Cloverdale) 17-11 (Fall 1:55)

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