IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving
1996-97 State Finals in Review
Carmel's superior depth proved to be the difference
as the Greyhounds captured their eighth consecutive title in the
60th Annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Boys Swimming
and Diving Championships February 28-March 1, 1997 at the Indiana
University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Coached by Tony Young, the Greyhounds accumulated
208.50 points to take top honors. Columbus North finished second
with 193.50 points, followed by Munster (135), West Lafayette
(124) and Homestead (110).
Two meet records went by the wayside, including the
200 freestyle as senior Nick Arzner of Crawfordsville won the
event for the third consecutive year. His 1:38.06 clocking in
the finals broke the 1:38.50 mark he had set in the preliminary
competition. Arzner, the meet's only double winner, earned his
second 1997 title when he edged defending state champion Dan Barnes
of West Lafayette in the 100 freestyle with a winning time of
:44.91.
The other meet record fell when Anderson's John Retrum
successfully defended his state title in the 500 freestyle. Retrum
clocked a 4:29.96 to eclipse the mark of 4:29.46 set in 1988 by
Todd Griner of Anderson.
Besides Arzner and Retrum, three other athletes won
their second straight state championship. Justin Hoggatt of Homestead
captured the 50 freestyle in 20.70, Jon Karr of Columbus North
took the 100 backstroke in 49.96 and Devin Meece of East Central
won the 100 breaststroke in 56.62.
Dan Barnes of West Lafayette High School was selected
by the IHSAA Executive Committee as the 1997 recipient of the
Herman F. Keller Award for Mental Attitude in Boys Swimming and
Diving. Barnes finished second in the 50 freestyle and the 100
freestyle. He was the 100 freestyle champion in 1996. Farm Bureau
Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000
scholarship to West Lafayette High School in the name of Barnes.
A total of 201 schools and 2,703 athletes began competition
at the sectional level.
The 60th Annual IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving State Finals
March 1, 1997
Indiana University Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Championship Results
200 Medley Relay -- 1.
Columbus North (Jon Karr, Jake Green, Alec Sheehy, Conor Leehaug),
1:34.84. 2. West Lafayette, 1:36.51. 3. Fort Wayne Concordia,
1:36.64. 4. Carmel, 1:36.99. 5. Homestead, 1:37.00. 6. Center
Grove, 1:37.84. 7. Lake Central, 1:38.89. 8. Wawasee, 1:38.90.
200 Freestyle -- 1. Nick
Arzner, Crawfordsville, 1:38.06 (meet record, breaks old record
set by Arzner in Friday preliminaries). 2. John Retrum, Anderson,
1:38.40. 3. Jeff Lee, Munster, 1:40.09. 4. Brian Stryker, Bloomington
South, 1:41.68. 5. David Tweedie, South Bend St. Joseph's, 1:42.02.
6. Marcelo Azenha, Wawasee, 1:42.99. 7. Matthew Krenzke, Carmel,
1:43.00, and Patrick Norman, Columbus North, 1:43.00.
200 Individual Medley -- 1.
Bart Wickard, Fort Wayne Snider, 1:50.57. 2. Joe Trent, Fort Wayne
Concordia, 1:53.17. 3. Tim Haley, Carmel, 1:53.52. 4. Matt Lee,
Munster, 1:53.78. 5. William Bernhardt, South Bend Riley, 1:54.43.
6. Brian Ashead, Franklin, 1:54.71. 7. Todd Smolinski, Lake Central,
1:55.09. 8. Max Riesen, Brebeuf, 1:55.12.
50 Freestyle -- 1. Justin
Hoggatt, Homestead, 20.70. 2. Dan Barnes, West Lafayette, 20.87.
3. John Drescher, Chesterton, 21.12. 4. Jonathan Duncan, Ben Davis,
21.33. 5. Eric O'Neill, Greenwood, 21.36. 6. Jon Karr, Columbus
North, 21.39. 7. Jason Carlberg, Carmel, 21.41. 8. Nick Barnes,
Frankfort, 21.55.
Diving -- 1. Elliott Massuda,
Valparaiso, 479.85. 2. Dylan Nichols, Pike, 459.40. 3. Ryan Fillman,
Muncie Central, 456.65. 4. Aaron Kirkpatrick, Pendleton Heights,
448.80. 5. Heath Knowling, Anderson Highland, 442.20. 6. Mike
Luber, South Bend Riley, 407.95. 7. Paul Geiger, Knox, 398.40,
8. Daniel Burk, Penn, 391.90.
100 Butterfly -- 1. Jason
Carlberg, Carmel, 50.25. 2. Matt Lee, Munster, 50.48. 3. Tim Ellis,
Chesterton, 51.07. 4. Justin Doty, Fort Wayne Concordia, 51.24.
5. Tim Haley, Carmel, 51.37. 6. Alec Sheehy, Columbus North, 51.85.
7. Ryan McNally, Mount Vernon, 52.02. 8. Ryan Tabereaux, Bloomington
South, 52.37.
100 Freestyle -- 1. Nick
Arzner, Crawfordsville, 44.91. 2. Dan Barnes, West Lafayette,
45.42. 3. Justin Hoggatt, Homestead, 45.57. 4. Jeff Lee, Munster,
46.04. 5. Matt Schultz, Bedford North Lawrence, 46.55. 6. Eric
O'Neill, Greenwood, 46.64. 7. Thomas Rueger, Mount Vernon, 46.74.
8. Jonathan Duncan, Ben Davis, 46.80.
500 Freestyle -- 1. John
Retrum, Anderson, 4:29.29 (meet record; breaks old record set
by Todd Griner, Anderson, 1988). 2. Matthew Krenzke, Carmel, 4:36.41.
3. Heath Montgomery, Hanover Central, 4:36.66. 4. Brian Stryker,
Bloomington South, 4:38.98. 5. Adam Jacob, East Central, 4:40.05.
6. Gary Raketich, Lake Central, 4:40.75. 7. Jason Fastrich, Carmel,
4:42.75. 8. Rich Ostertag, Portage, 4:45.86.
200 Freestyle Relay -- 1.
Munster (Jeff Lee, Matt Beck, Franz Kerekes, Matt Lee), 1:25.43.
2. Mount Vernon, 1:26.59. 3. Carmel, 1:26.59. 4. Chesterton, 1:27.16.
5. Columbus North, 1:27.62. 6. Richmond, 1:29.14. 7. Valparaiso,
1:29.16. 8. Floyd Central, disqualified.
100 Backstroke -- 1. Jon
Karr, Columbus North, 49.96. 2. Matt Schultz, Bedford North Lawrence,
50.01. 3. Bart Wickard, Fort Wayne Snider, 50.53. 4. Todd Smolinski,
Lake Central, 51.01. 5. Shawn Cismowski, Homestead, 51.68. 6.
William Bernhardt, South Bend Riley, 51.88. 7. Tim Ellis, Chesterton,
52.14. 8. Joe Trent, Fort Wayne Concordia, 52.42.
100 Breaststroke -- 1.
Devin Meece, East Central, 56.62. 2. Matt Gouwens, Highland, 58.22.
3. Zach Landrum, West Lafayette, 58.97. 4. Matthew Elliot, Elkhart
Central, 59.48. 5. Adam Howard, Fort Wayne Concordia, 59.80. 6.
Max Riesen, Brebeuf, 59.98. 7. Jeff Walkey, Lafayette Jefferson,
1:00.05. 8. Zach Smith, Northridge, 1:00.27.
400 Freestyle Relay -- 1.
Columbus North (Conor Leehaug, Sam Green, Patrick Norman, Jon
Karr), 3:08.19. 2. West Lafayette, 3:08.82. 3. Munster, 3:09.26.
4. Carmel, 3:12.52. 5. Homestead, 3:12.73. 6. Mount Vernon, 3:13.43.
7. Wawasee, 3:14.69. 8. Lake Central, 3:16.31.
Team Scores
Carmel 208.5, Columbus North 193.5, Munster 135,
West Lafayette 124, Homestead 110, Fort Wayne Concordia 109, Mount
Vernon 107, Lake Central 100, Chesterton 98, Wawasee 70, Center
Grove 65, South Bend Riley 62, Bloomington South 60, Crawfordsville
58, Richmond 46, Hamilton Southeastern 46, Valparaiso 44, East
Central 42, Anderson 37, Fort Wayne Snider 36, Elkhart Central
34, Bedford North Lawrence 31, Highland 29, Muncie Central 27,
Greenwood 27, Ben Davis 26, Hanover Central 25, Brebeuf 24, Floyd
Central 23, South Bend St. Joseph's 23, Lafayette Jefferson 22,
Franklin 20, Penn 20, Pike 18, Northridge 18, Vincennes Lincoln
17, Plainfield 16, Anderson Highland 15, Pendleton Heights 15,
North Central (Indianapolis) 12.5, Knox 12, Portage 11, Frankfort
11, LaPorte 9, Bloomington North 7, Plymouth 7, Warsaw 7, Crown
Point 7, Twin Lakes 6, Noblesville 6, Tippecanoe Valley 5, Seymour
5, Hammond Gavit 4, Kankakee Valley 3.5, Lebanon 3, Heritage Hills
2, South Bend Clay 2, Bremen 1, Westfield 1.