Boys’ Swim/Dive Defeat Hawks

By: Maddie Greer

The Boys' Swim and Dive team won over the Decatur Central Hawks last night with a final score of 129-41.

The team of junior Avarey Newman, junior Mithran Periassamy, junior William Hasselbrinck and junior Austin Kehr won the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:48.75.

Junior Lee Grimes won the 200 Free with a time of 1:54.79. Sophomore Connor Collier came in 3rd with a time of 2:08.93 and senior Arif Qasim came in 4th with a time of 2:22.71, dropping 6.26 seconds.  

Senior Nathanael Schaekel won the 200 IM with a time fo 2:08.64, dropping 1.98 seconds. Sophomore Brayden Walters came in 2nd with a time of 2:15.07 and senior Grant Thomas came in 3rd with a time of 2:25.43, droppingg 7.29 seconds.

Senior Max Plodzik won the 50 Free with a time of 24.90, junior Avarey Newman came in 2nd with a time of 25.61 and freshman Michael Williams came in 3rd with a time of 25.65. 

Junior Avarey Newman won the 100 Fly with a time of 58.34. Freshman Jamie Cameron came in 2nd with a time of 1:02.63 and senior Simon Koester came in 3rd with a time of 1:04.60.

In the 100 Free, sophomore Owen Deater came in 2nd with a time of 57.21. Junior Caleb Peschke won the 500 Free with a time of 5:03.37. Junior William Hasselbrinck came in 2nd with a time of 5:30.67, dropping 4.59 seconds. 

The team of junior Lee Grimes, junior William Hasselbrinck, junior Mithran Periassamy and junior Austin Kehr won the 200 Free relay with a time of 1:36.54.

Freshman Jamie Cameron won the 100 Back with a time of 1:01.91. Sophomore Max Deater came in 2nd with a time of 1:07.47. 

Sophomore Jacob Johnson won the 100 Breast with a time of 1:03.18. Junior Caleb Peschke came in 2nd with a time of 1:06.91.

In the last event, the team of sophomore Jacob Johnson, junior Lee Grimes, freshman Charlie Keys and junior Austin Kehr won the 400 Free Relay. 

The JV team will take on Avon/Plainfield tomorrow at 10 AM. The team will spend the next few weeks preparing for the IHSAA Sectionals on Feb. 20 at 5:30 PM.