IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving
1996-97 State Finals in Review
Carmel used outstanding team depth to capture its
11th consecutive title in the 23rd Annual Indiana High School
Athletic Association Girls Swimming and Diving Championships February
14-15, 1997 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Coached by Tony Young, the Greyhounds won four of
the 12 events and amassed a meet-record 420.5 points. The total
broke the previous mark of 418 set by Carmel in the 1995-96 meet.
Richmond was second with 178 points, followed by DeKalb, Homestead
and North Central of Indianapolis with 128 points each.
This was the first year the state tournament series
was conducted as a winter sport. The previous 22 state tournaments
were conducted in the fall. The IHSAA moved girls swimming to
the winter season from the fall season in order to give more girls
the opportunity to compete in a winter sport.
It was the 12th girls swimming and diving title overall
for Carmel, all coming since 1981.
Carmel's only individual title came in the 100 butterfly
as junior Lindsay Carlberg successfully defended her championship
with a 57.07 effort that was slightly faster than her 57.38 time
in 1995-96.
Carmel won all three relay titles and scored points
in every event but diving. The Greyhounds put three girls in the
championship race in four of the eight individual races. All told,
Carmel had four first-place finishes, two second-place finishes,
one third-place finish and four fourth-place finishes.
Individually, sophomore Michala Kwasny of Fort Wayne
Snider and senior Melissa Sugar of Evansville Day were double
winners, while Kwasny and Katie Fields of Columbus North broke
state meet records.
Kwasny repeated as the state champion in the 200
individual medley and then added her first 100 butterfly title.
Kwasny broke her own 200 individual medley state record twice
in the meet. Kwasny was clocked in 2:01.60 to post the top time
in Friday night's preliminaries, and then followed with a 2:01.07
in the finals. Kwasny won the 100 butterfly in 55.76.
Sugar won the 200 freestyle in 1:49.60 and came back
to take the 100 freestyle in 50.24. Fields, a junior, repeated
as the 500 freestyle champion and broke the meet record by more
than a second with a 4:50.24 clocking.
Brook Monroe, a senior from Floyd Central, won her
third consecutive 100 breaststroke title by going 1:03.05. She
set the meet record in 1995-96 in 1:02.92. She joined Heidi Hendricks
of Logansport (1984, 1986, 1987) and Tricia Tyner of Carmel (1988,
1989, 1990) as the only three-time 100 breaststroke champions.
Amy Shurr of Valparaiso, who captured the diving
competition as a sophomore in 1994-95 and was the runner-up in
1995-96, returned to the top with a strong effort on the last
of her 11 dives. Shurr edged senior Stephanie Ellis of Warsaw
389.55 to 387.85.
Melissa Sugar of Evansville Day School was selected
by the IHSAA Executive Committee as the 1996-97 recipient of the
Mental Attitude Award in Girls Swimming and Diving. Sugar was
a two-event champion in the meet and a four-year team MVP. Farm
Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented
a $1,000 scholarship to Evansville Day School in Sugar's name.
A total of 210 schools and 3,413 participants began
competition at the sectional level.
The 23rd Annual IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving State Finals
February 15, 1997
Indiana University Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Championship Results
200 Medley Relay -- 1.
Carmel (Lindsay Carlberg, Katie Simmons, Krista Davis, Andrea
Hastings), 1:46.36. 2. Fort Wayne Snider, 1:50.96. 3. Richmond,
1:51.04. 4. North Central (Indianapolis), 1:51.24. 5. DeKalb,
1:51.49. 6. Center Grove, 1:51.97. 7. Homestead, 1:52.39. 8. Mount
Vernon (Posey), 1:53.01.
200 Freestyle -- 1. Melissa
Sugar, Evansville Day, 1:49.60. 2. Katie Fields , Columbus North,
1:50.01. 3. Carolyn Horwitz, DeKalb, 1:50. 35. 4. Katie Seall,
Carmel, 1:51.82. 5. Katie Simmons, Carmel, 1:53.25. 6. Rebecca
Wilson, Homestead, 1:55:02. 7. Katie Schell, Penn, 1:56.86. 8.
Courtney McCracken, Carmel, 1:57.95.
200 Individual Medley -- 1.
Michala Kwasny, Fort Wayne Snider, 2:01.07 (meet record; breaks
record of 2:01.60 set by Kwasny in Friday preliminaries). 2. Brook
Monroe, Floyd Central, 2:01.09. 3. Gwen Haley, Carmel, 2:04.89.
4. Lindsay Carlberg, Carmel, 2:05.89. 5. Allison Lloyd, Fort Wayne
Canterbury, 2:05.99. 6. Jennifer Watts, Carmel, 2:06.89. 7. Brooke
Taflinger, Kokomo, 2:06.98. 8. Kristin Brinsley, Avon, 2:12.04.
50 Freestyle -- 1. Heather
Auld, DeKalb, 23.95. 2. Sarah Beltrame, Richmond, 24.07. 3. Kerrie
Fineran, Fort Wayne Concordia, 24:18. 4. Maureen Hillenmeyer,
Westfield, 24:23. 5, and Andrea Hastings, Carmel, 24:23. 6. Adrienne
Williams, Anderson, 24:41. 7. Sarah Bowman, Center Grove, 24.42.
8. Krista Davis, Carmel, 24.61.
One Meter Diving -- 1.
Amy Shurr, Valparaiso, 389.55. 2. Stephanie Ellis, Warsaw, 387.85.
3. Cathy Grimes, Terre Haute North, 384.85. 4. Carrie Dougherty,
Franklin, 368.35. 5. Katie Cooper, Franklin, 356.45. 6. Marci
Kacsir, Franklin Central, 347.05. 7. Kylee Wells, Western, 345.65.
8. Dana Rogers, Portage, 344.50.
100 Butterfly -- 1. Michala
Kwasny, Fort Wayne Snider, 55.76. 2. Heather Auld, DeKalb, 56.69.
3. Erinn Hitch, 57.12. 4. Erica Watts, Carmel, 57.22. 5. Krista
Davis, Carmel, 57.62. 6. Sarah Holke, South Bend Clay, 57.71.
7. Courtney Bennett, Carmel, 58.11. 8. Adrienne Williams, Anderson,
58.74.
100 Freestyle -- 1. Melissa
Sugar, Evansville Day, 50.24. 2. Carolyn Horwitz, DeKalb, 51.34.
3. Melissa Bromley, Lawrence North, 51.9. 4. Maureen Hillenmeyer,
Westfield, 52.49. 5. Sarah Beltrame, Richmond, 52.53. 6. Andrea
Hastings, Carmel, 52.55. 7. Kerrie Fineran, Fort Wayne Concordia,
52.75. 8. Kattie Shepherd, Valparaiso, 53.55.
500 Freestyle -- 1. Katie
Fields, Columbus North, 4:50.24 (meet record; breaks old record
of 4:51.48 set by Lia Oberstar, Fort Wayne Dwenger, 1994). 2.
Katie Seall, Carmel, 4:56.39. 3. Brooke Taflinger, Kokomo, 5:02.70.
4. Rebecca Wilson, Homestead, 5:03.84. 5. Courtney McCracken,
Carmel, 5:04.92. 6. Joey Duncan, Avon, 5:05.81. 7. Mandy Muenich,
Lake Central, 5:07.22. 8. Ashley Schumacher, North Central (Indianapolis),
5:10.24.
200 Freestyle Relay -- 1.
Carmel (Andrea Hastings, Cristina Lambert, Angela Bradford, Krista
Davis), 1:37.65. 2. Richmond, 1:39.27. 3. Munster, 1;39.45. 4.
Center Grove, 1:39.75. 5. Fort Wayne Concordia, 1:40.13. 6. Valparaiso,
1:40.42. 7. Anderson, 1:41.40. 8. Hamilton Southeastern, 1:41.87.
100 Backstroke -- 1. Lindsay
Carlberg, Carmel, 57.07. 2. Melissa Bromley, Lawrence North, 58.20.
3. Erinn Hitch, Richmond, 58.33. 4. Kristin Brinsley, Avon, 58.71.
5. Jennifer Watts, Carmel, 58.92. 6. Erica Watts, Carmel, 59.22.
7. Noel Geary, Homestead, 59.32. 8. Andrea Russell, North Montgomery,
59.52.
100 Breaststroke -- 1.
Brook Monroe, Floyd Central, 1:03.05. 2. Katie Simmons, Carmel,
1:03.79. 3. Allison Lloyd, Fort Wayne Cantebury, 1:04.01. 4. Laura
Swander, Yorktown, 1:05.52, and Stephanie Moll, Mount Vernon (Posey),
1:05.52. 6. Gwen Haley, Carmel, 1:06.10. 7. Malaika Homo, Elkhart
Central, 1:06.36. 8. Beth Farris, North Central (Indianapolis),
1:07.31.
400 Freestyle Relay -- 1.
Carmel (Katie Simmons, Lindsay Carlberg, Gwen Haley, Katie Seall),
3:30.83. 2. Richmond, 3:34.04. 3. North Central (Indianapolis),
3:37.92. 4. DeKalb, 3:38.30. 5. Valparaiso, 3:38.79. 6. Center
Grove, 3:39.08. 7. Homestead, 3:40.63. 8. Munster, 3:40.69.
Team Scores
Carmel 420.5, Richmond 178, DeKalb 128, Homestead
128, North Central (Indianapolis) 128, Fort Wayne Snider 97, Center
Grove 96, Valparaiso 93, Munster 80, Anderson 72, Fort Wayne Concordia
70, Avon 46, Mount Vernon (Posey), 42.5, Evansville Day 40, Hamilton
Southeastern 40, Kokomo 40, Columbus North 37, Floyd Central 37,
Lake Central 37, Penn 35.5, Lawrence North 33, Yorktown 31.5,
Fort Wayne Canterbury 30, Westfield 29.5, Franklin 29, West Lafayette
23.5, Elkhart Central 19, Warsaw 17, Evansville Memorial 16, Terre
Haute North 16, Crown Point 15, Brebeuf 14, Lafayette Jefferson
14, North Montgomery 14, Franklin Central 13, South Bend Clay
13, Western 12, Martinsville 11, Portage 11, Chesterton 10, Norwell
10, Northridge 9, LaPorte 8, East Noble 7, Greenfield-Central
7, South Bend St. Joseph's 7, Tell City 7, Hamilton Heights 6,
Mount Vernon (Fortville) 6, Muncie Central 6, Zionsville 6, Fort
Wayne South Side 5, Seeger 5, Southwestern (Hanover) 5, Park Tudor
4, Pike 4, South Dearborn 2, Decatur Central 1, McCutcheon 1.