The Fourth Grade Hauser Dream beat Shelbyville, Warren Central and Whiteland the MYT Silver Bracket championship last weekend. Team members include, front row from left, Maci Snyder, Jaylee Maughon, Clair Strong, Ilanna Lawson, Amelia Davis, Olivia Nickerson; and back row, coaches Michael Brock and Brent Strong, Maggie Cord and coach Durell Linzy.
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The Hauser eighth-grade girls beat New Palestine and Ben Davis before falling to Bloomington South to finish runner-up in the MYT Silver Bracket last weekend. Team members include, front row from left, Ava Dempsey, Hayden Dickey, Payton Norris, Nevaeh Paetzel, Lylah Konradi; and back row, coach Derek Baker, Amiyah Crutcher and Abigail Stacey. Not pictured are coaches Robert Jordan and Andy Dempsey.
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Club Olympia placed fourth out of 10 teams in last weekend’s Holiday Slam Invitational at Franklin. Thirty-four swimmers from Club Olympia competed, scoring 765 points.
Host Franklin Regional Swim Team, with 120 swimmers, scored 3,796 points to win. Southeastern Swim Club out of Fishers, with 155 swimmers, placed second with 3,549 points. Carmel Swim Club finished third with 174 swimmers who had not competed at the Nashville’s Music City Invitational or the Winter Junior National Championship meet at Ohio State earlier this month, scoring 1,748 points. Only 10 swimmers from Club Olympia competed on all three days of the invitational, with six competing on just one day due to scheduling conflicts or illnesses.
Aahan Gupta led the team with 134 points, placing second in the 10-and-under Boys 50-yard freestyle, 200 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley and third in the 50 backstroke and 100 freestyle. Gupta now has Age Group State cuts in seven events.
Camila Mejia Murguia scored 130 points, placing first in the 11-12 Girls 50 butterfly, second in the 50 freestyle, third in the 100 butterfly, 200 IM, 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle; fourth in the 50 backstroke and fifth in the 100 freestyle. Mejia Murguia now has six Age Group State cuts.
Chad Pendleton, swimming on only two days, scored 97 points by placing second in the 10U Boys 100 breaststroke and third in the 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 200 IM. Pendleton now has eight 10U Age Group State cuts.
Rebeca Mejia Murguia, scored 82 points, placing third in the 11-12 Girls 50 breaststroke, fourth in the 100 breaststroke, sixth in the 50 butterfly, seventh in the 50 freestyle and ninth in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle.
Due to an administrative error, Myra Jaryal, 8, was scored as a 10U, although the meet was supposed to score 8Us separately. Despite that, Jaryal still scored 57 points in the Girls 10U by placing sixth in the 200 freestyle and eighth in the 200 IM. If scored as an 8-year-old in the 8U age group, she would have won the 50 butterfly and placed second in her nine other races to earn 173 points, which would have made her the highest scorer for Club Olympia.
Josh Pendleton scored 56 points in two days by winning the 13-14 Boys 400 IM and 100 backstroke. He also placed third in the 50 freestyle and qualified ninth out of prelims in the 100 breaststroke, but scratched from finals in that event to focus on the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke, getting an Age Group State cut in each event in the finals. He has cuts in 12 of the 14 events for his age at Age Group State, where swimmers are limited to only six individual events.
Lexi Miller scored 54 points by placing fourth in the 11-12 Girls 500 freestyle, eighth in the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle and 10th in the 200 IM.
Arjun Agarkar scored 51 points in five events. He would have scored in all eight of his events, but scratched out of finals on the last day of competition. Agarkar placed fifth in the 11-12 Boys 50 butterfly, seventh in the 50 freestyle and 500 freestyle and 10th in the 200 IM.
Shreyan Kulkarni placed as high as second in the 11-12 Boys 100 Fly on the third day of competition after racing in the 11-12 3,000 at the UST&F Junior National Cross Country Championships in Louisville on Saturday. Kulkarni also placed fourth in the 50 backstroke and 10th in the 100 freestyle to score a total of 38 points.
Adir Joshi, also competing in the 11-12 Boys’ events, scored 16 points.
Shourya Malviya scored 14 points, finishing 10th in the 11-12 Boys 50 butterfly.
Kay Payne also scored 14 points, only competing on one day. Payne placed seventh in the 11-12 Girls 50 breaststroke.
Lily Pendleton scored 11 points.
Max Tempes placed first in the 8U Boys 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly, second in the 50 butterfly and 200 freestyle, third in the 100 freestyle, fourth in the 50 freestyle and fifth in the 50 backstroke and 100 backstroke. Due to the admin error, he was scored as a 10U to earn six points.
Eva Rayomand scored five points.
Miller, Rebeca Mejia Murguia, Camila Mejia Murguia and Lily Pendleton placed third in the 11-12 Girls 200 medley relay. Rebeca Mejia Murguia, Grey Bateman, Miller Camila Mejia Murguia took eighth in the 200 freestyle relay. Vibha Nagiligara, Grey Bateman, Payne and Gargi Gupta were 15th in the 200 medley relay.
Christopher Plunkett, Chad Pendleton, Aahan Gupta and Max Tempest placed fourth in the 10U Boys 200 medley relay. Tempest, Rayaan Malviya, Plunkett and Gupta also placed fifth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Agarkar, Chris Suo, Shourya Malviya and Kulkarni placed fourth in the 11-12 Boys 200 freestyle relay. Joshi, Agarkar, Malviya and Suo placed sixth in the 200 medley relay.
Also competing for Club Olympia was Landon Cottle, who had personal-best times in two of his three events, including a drop of more than 10 seconds in the 100 backstroke. Saanvi Dadheech dropped time in one of her three races. Joey Elkalla averaged a five second drop in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 50 breaststroke. Vihaan Gallege dropped over five seconds in the 50 freestyle. Gargi Gupta, dropped time in four of her six events. Victoria Mocanu averaged better than a three-second drop in four of her five races. Vibha Nagiliari dropped time in four of her seven events. Payne dropped time in four of her six swims. Harini Pinna dropped over seven seconds in the 50 breaststroke.
Christopher Plunkett, dropped almost 12 seconds in the 100 freestyle. Noah Plunkett dropped an average of three seconds in three of his five races. Bhsikr Radtogi achieved personal best times in all three of her events, including a drop of over 12 seconds in the 50 butterfly and over four seconds in the 50 freestyle. Ricky Singh dropped over four seconds in the 100 freestyle. Sara Sonalkar dropped over three seconds in the 50 freestyle. Chris Suo dropped time in all but one of his events. Ethan Suo dropped time in two events.
BROOMBALL
Hansons remain unbeaten
Hansons stayed atop the Columbus Broomball League with a 3-0 win against CCA. Rahul Bhardwaj, Erik Spilling and Ryan Jepson scored goals for Hansons (6-0). CCA fell to 1-4-1.
Monsters of Rock posted a 5-0 win against Jennings County BC. Ben Eckhart, Rob Jones, Zach Henderson, Kyle Roshak and Tyler Rash scored for Monsters (5-1). Jennings fell to 1-3-2.
Our Name Is Earl beat Toyota Tsunamis 5-2. Tom Kareus netted three goals, and Noah Marsh added two for Earl (3-3). Greg McNealy had both goals for Tsunamis (0-5-1).
The league will take a break for the holidays and resume on Jan. 15.
BASKETBALL
Lancers sweep Panther JV
Edinburgh Junior High swept the Jennings County Middle School JV teams on Monday, winning the seventh-grade game 34-24 and the eighth-grade game 28-24.
Lance Kear led the Panther eighth-graders (2-7) with 11 points. Jonah Kreutzjans led the Jennings seventh-graders (2-7) with nine points.
