IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving

1995-96 State Finals in Review

CARMEL ESTABLISHES IHSAA RECORD WITH 10TH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Winning a state-leading 53rd IHSAA title overall, Carmel earned a special place in Indiana high school sports history November 3-4, 1995 when it captured its 10th straight title in the 22nd Annual IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving Tournament at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.

Carmel's 10-year championship streak broke a tie the Greyhounds shared with Gary Roosevelt as the only schools to win nine consecutive IHSAA state championships in any sport. Gary Roosevelt won nine straight boys track titles from 1981 through 1989.

Coached by Tony Young, Carmel won six of the 12 events and shattered its won state meet record with 418 points. Valparaiso was second with 1781/2 points, followed by North Central of Indianapolis at 134 and Richmond with 108. The champion Greyhounds were led by senior Emily Ayers, who won the 50 freestyle for a fourth straight year, added the 100 butterfly title, and participated on two winning relay teams.

Besides Ayers, the meet's only other double winner was sophomore Katie Fields of Columbus North in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. Three meet records were broken, with Ayers breaking her own 100 butterfly record (55.62, 1993 preliminaries) with a 55.45 clocking in Friday night's preliminaries. Her winning time in the finals was 55.92.

Freshman Michala Kwasny of Fort Wayne Snider broke the 200 individual medley standard with a 2:03.14 to eclipse the 2:03.73 established by Logansport's Laura Brown in 1990. The other record went to Floyd Central junior Brook Monroe in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.92 to wipe out the 1:03.61 set by Carmel's Tricia Tyner in 1990.

The IHSAA Executive Committee selected Emily Ayers of Carmel as the 1995 recipient of the Mental Attitude Award in Girls Swimming. Ayers finished her high school swimming career with six individual IHSAA titles and eight relay titles. Farm Bureau Insurance, corporate sponsor of all IHSAA tournaments, will present a $1,000 scholarship in Ayers' name to Carmel High School.

1995 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

200 MEDLEY RELAY -- Carmel (Hastings, Tancredi, Davis, Lambert), 1:48.38.

200 FREESTYLE -- Katie Fields, Columbus North, 1:50.59.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY -- Michala Kwasny, Fort Wayne Snider, 2:03.14*.

50 FREESTYLE -- Emily Ayers, Carmel, :23.39.

1 METER DIVING -- Susie Hambling, Mishawaka, 425.40.

100 BUTTERFLY -- Emily Ayers, Carmel, 55.92*.

100 FREESTYLE -- Carolyn Horwitz, DeKalb, 51.38.

500 FREESTYLE -- Katie Fields, Columbus North, 4:51.55.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY -- Carmel (Davis, Lambert, Enoch, Ayers), 1:39.59.

100 BACKSTROKE -- Lindsay Carlberg, Carmel, 57.38.

100 BREASTSTROKE -- Brook Monroe, Floyd Central 1:02.92*.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY -- Carmel, 3:28.32.

* Meet record

1995 TEAM LEADERS
Carmel 418
Valparaiso 1781/2
North Central (Indianapolis) 134
Richmond 108
Fort Wayne Snider 87
Center Grove 86
Chesterton 83
Evansville Day 82
DeKalb 78
Penn 74
Mount Vernon 60
Columbus North 60
Homestead 59
Anderson 57
Zionsville 48
LaPorte 48
Floyd Central 37
Elkhart Central 36
Hamilton Southeastern 34
Lawrence North 34
Fort Wayne Canterbury 33
West Lafayette 32
Crawfordsville 30
Franklin 28
Westfield 26
Munster 24
Avon 22
Mishawaka 20
Muncie Central 20
Portage 20
South Bend Clay 20