Knights take out two Fort Wayne teams; Tigers crush Elwood, Frankton
Norwell High School’s swim teams dominated two Fort Wayne teams in a three-way dual meet Tuesday night. The men’s team defeated Fort Wayne Wayne by a 116-31 score and Fort Wayne Snider 104-73. Meanwhile, the ladies defeated the Wayne team 116-41 and Snider by a 110-62 tally.
The squads were led by their relay teams, which swept those six races.
In the girls 200-yard freestyle relay, the team of Molly Threewits, Ryleigh Huffman, Kerrigan Melcher and Cassie Coyne took first place with a 1:57.62 time. The Knights also won the boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay with a 1:46.65 mark. This foursome included Evan Swallow, Parker McCartney, Braden Hoag and Ethan Williamson.
The Knights also dominated in the 400-yard freestyle relays, with the boys squad of Williamson, Gage Reinhard, Kale Meredith and Ryan Heyerly posting a winning time of 3:49.94. Melcher, Cyne, Annalise Cornett and Marles Meredith won the girls race in 4:12.49.
Rilynn Ervin, Cornett, Emerson Meredith and Marlee Meredith won the 200-yard medley relay with a 2:05.03 time. Braden Hoag, Colten Strunk, Kale Meredith and Heyerly won the boys version in 1:52.43.
In individual races: Annalise Cornett won the girls 100-yard butterfly, 1:08.40; Colten Strunk won the boys 100-yard butterfly, 1:00.50; Ryan Heyerly won the boys 100-yard freestyle, 52.60; Cassie Coyne won the girls 500-yard freestyle, 6:03.10 and the girls 50-yard freestyle, 27.75; Karrigan Melcher won the girls 200-yard freestyle, 2:21.88; Evan Swallow won the boys 200-yard freestyle, 2:07.35; Marlee Meredith won the girls 200-yard IM, 2:32.44; Gage Reinhard won the boys 50-yard freestyle, 25.56; Rilynn Ervin won the girls 100-yard backstroke, 1:11.72; and Braden Hoag won the boys 100-yard backstroke, 1:09.87.
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The Bluffton boys swimming and diving team got a pair of dominating wins over Elwood and Frankton high schools Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Elwood 145-27 and Frankton, 145-6.
Every boy in the meet scored points for the second time this season. Top finishers included: Diving, Blake Reinhard; Medley relay, Clay Brubaker, Anthony Hartman, Grant Reifsteck, and Jackson Meyer; 200 yard freestyle, Griffin Linderwell; 200 yard IM, Isaac Wheeler; 50 yard freestyle, Lincoln Rodgers; 100 yard butterfly, Braden Lemler; 100 yard freestyle, Rhett Gerber; 400 yard freestyle, Jackson Meyer; 200 yard freestyle relay, Wes Frettinger, Athan King, Lincoln Rodgers, and Isaac Wheeler; 100 yard backstroke, Rhett Gerber; 400 yard freestyle relay, Rhett Gerber, Griffin Linderwell, Blake Reinhard, and Isaac Wheeler.
