Locals Fare Well At Record-Setting Girls State Finals
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Locals Fare Well At Record-Setting Girls State Finals
By Anthony [email protected]
While the Carmel girls swim team was winning its 27th-straight state championship, the Warsaw and Wawasee swim teams also had something to cheer about.
Finishing 14th overall, the 10th-ranked Wawasee Lady Warriors were highlighted by junior Breanna Robinson, who finished second in both the 100 fly and 100 back.
In the 100 fly, Robinson was the runner-up to Crown Point junior Aly Tetzloff's state record time of 52.70, finishing in 53.77.
Then, in the 100 back, Robinson's time of 53.96 was impressive, but was second to Carmel sophomore Claire Adams' record-setting time of 52.97, which was announced as the second-fastest time in the nation.
Despite losing out on state championships, Robinson was more than pleased with her times.
"Of course I'm not upset with two lifetime bests and second in both of my events," she said. "I'm very happy.
"The competition here is insane this year," she added. "Just competing with the girls is amazing."
According to Wawasee coach Julie Robinson, the fast state meet is a result of top-quality swimmers entering the field at the same time.
"I think you're seeing an amazing number of kids coming in," she said. "As those kids are coming in, the training is getting harder, because as you train with those kids everyday, it just kind of bumps everybody up."
And despite her daughter competing against the second-best time in the entire country, Julie Robinson feels Breanna Robinson can compete with Adams on any given day.
"On another day, who knows?," Julie Robinson said. "Bre is going faster than she ever has before, but her walls were off. If she led the first 50 (yards), I don't know. If it came down to them racing again, who knows who would win?"
In the 100 back, Robinson and Adams were actually neck-and-neck going into the final 25 yards, but Adams' length proved to be too much down the stretch.
"If she could reach back and fix the walls, I think that would be the perfect race for her," Julie Robinson said. "Her ultimate goal was to come down here and go 53 (seconds) in both the fly and the back. So, it was really about times. She's really focused on college and where she's going. She knew those were the kinds of times for those colleges to see."
As far as attracting college attention, Breanna Robinson feels she did her job, especially after she finished third in the 100 free as a freshman and sophomore, as well as second in the 200 free as a freshman and third last year.
"I feel like I did my job and they know that," she said of any collegiate scouts.
Robinson also anchored Wawasee's 400 free relay, pulling the team of junior Kendra Miller, sophomore Kayla Hershberger and freshman Paige Miller from 16th place to 14th.
Paige Miller also competed in the 200 IM and 500 free, finishing 15th and 16th, respectively.
"I thought Paige did real well," Julie Robinson said. "She came down here, and I don't know if she's fighting a bug, but she felt tired the whole time. I think a lot of it is nerves. Emotionally, it's very difficult to come down here, especially when you have this many kids going so fast. The pressure that is on them is so intense. I thought she did really well. I think she'll come back next year a different girl and we'll see something different out of her."
Another area freshman at the meet was Warsaw's Brenna Morgan, who finished 15th in the 50 free, but really got her coaches excited by winning the consolation heat of the 100 free in a school record time of 51.64.
"She just took it off fast tried her best not to slow down," Warsaw coach Nathan Long said of Morgan's 100 free performance. "That's about the best way to say it. In warmups, we were telling her to really focus on her breakouts - 'Fast strokes from your breakouts on.' I think she really applied that in that race."
And Morgan agreed.
"Between last night and this morning, I worked on (my breakouts) quite a bit," she said. "I think that's what really helped."
Her 51.64 time was actually the eighth best of the day, but because she was competing in the consolation heat, ninth was the best she could do.
Regardless, the effort will going a long way in her motivation for next season.
"I'm really excited for next year, to see what can happen," she said.
While all the local swimmers at the meet will be back in action next season, so to will be most of the individual girls that set state records.
"The girls in Indiana are insane," Breanna Robinson said. "Colleges have noticed it, athletes have noticed it, coaches have noticed it - everybody has noticed it."
IHSAA STATE FINALS
Team Scores (Top 5, Local) – 1. Carmel 399, 2. Crown Point 209, 3. Fishers 203, 4. Penn 166, 5. Zionsville 137, 15. Wawasee 43, 26. Warsaw 11.
(Top 3, Local Results)
200 Medley Relay – 1. Carmel (Hanna House, Alex Clarke, Veronica Burchill, Amy Bilquist) 1:40.83*, 2. Crown Point (Aly Tetzloff, Kelsi Artim, Hannah Kukurugya, Racheal Bukowski) 1:42.78, 3. Zionsville (Alex Cleveland, Taite Kitchel, Audrey Battisti, Gretta DeCoursey) 1:43.92; 200 Free – 1. Claire Adams (Carmel) 1:46.95*, 2. Hannah Kukurugya (Crown Point) 1:47.69, 3. Summer Brown (Western) 1:48.85; 200 IM – 1. Bethany Galat (Penn) 1:57.52, 2. Aly Tetzloff (Crown Point) 2:00.04, 3. Lillia King (Evansville Reitz) 2:01.42, 15. Paige Miller (Wawasee) 2:08.86; 50 Free – 1. Amy Bilquist (Carmel) 22.17, 2. Alex Cleveland (Zionsville) 22.68, 3. Veronica Burchill (Carmel) 22.91, 15. Brenna Morgan (Warsaw) 24.29; Diving – 1. Sarah Bacon (Cardinal Ritter) 546.45*, 2. Meme Sharp (Noblesville) 492.35, 3. Courtnee Williams (Fishers) 480.10; 100 Fly – 1. Aly Tetzloff (Crown Point) 52.70*, 2. Breanna Robinson (Wawasee) 53.77, 3. Vanessa Krause (Chesterton) 53.84.
100 Free – 1.Amy Bilquist (Carmel) 48.93*, 2. Alex Cleveland (Zionsville) 49.76, 3. Rachel Hayden (North Central) 50.39, 9. Brenna Morgan (Warsaw) 51.64; 500 Free – 1. Hannah Kukurugya (Crown Point) 4:47.83, 2. Emily Moser (Fishers) 4:48.80, 3. Abbegayle Schneider (Fishers) 4:51.47, 16. Paige Miller (Wawasee) 5:03.91; 200 Free Relay – 1. Carmel (Amy Bilquist, Claire Adams, Hanna House, Veronica Burchill) 1:31.37*, 2. Penn (Bethany Galat, Annie Spalding, Casey Ziegert, Emily Meckstroth) 1:34.21, 3. Center Grove (Emily Saugstad, Peighton Gilbert, Amanda Ward, Caroline Sheehan) 1:35.10; 100 Back – 1. Claire Adams (Carmel) 52.97*, 2. Breanna Robinson (Wawasee) 53.96, 3. Hanna House (Carmel) 54.77; 100 Breast – 1. Bethany Galat (Penn) 59.66*, 2. Lillia King (Evansville Reitz) 59.99, 3. Caroline Weigand (Homestead) 1:02.99; 400 Free Relay – 1. Carmel (Veronica Burchill, Katie Lemen, Kendall Smith, Claire Adams) 3:21.20*, 2. Crown Point (Rachel Bukowski, Aly Tetzloff, Hannah Kukurugya, Mackenzie Artim) 3:22.03, 3. Zionsville (Kylie Mihok, Gretta DeCoursey, Taite Kitchel, Alex Cleveland) 3:24.44, 14. Wawasee (Kendra Miller, Kayla Hershberger, Paige Miller, Breanna Robinson) 3:34.65.
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While the Carmel girls swim team was winning its 27th-straight state championship, the Warsaw and Wawasee swim teams also had something to cheer about.
Finishing 14th overall, the 10th-ranked Wawasee Lady Warriors were highlighted by junior Breanna Robinson, who finished second in both the 100 fly and 100 back.
In the 100 fly, Robinson was the runner-up to Crown Point junior Aly Tetzloff's state record time of 52.70, finishing in 53.77.
Then, in the 100 back, Robinson's time of 53.96 was impressive, but was second to Carmel sophomore Claire Adams' record-setting time of 52.97, which was announced as the second-fastest time in the nation.
Despite losing out on state championships, Robinson was more than pleased with her times.
"Of course I'm not upset with two lifetime bests and second in both of my events," she said. "I'm very happy.
"The competition here is insane this year," she added. "Just competing with the girls is amazing."
According to Wawasee coach Julie Robinson, the fast state meet is a result of top-quality swimmers entering the field at the same time.
"I think you're seeing an amazing number of kids coming in," she said. "As those kids are coming in, the training is getting harder, because as you train with those kids everyday, it just kind of bumps everybody up."
And despite her daughter competing against the second-best time in the entire country, Julie Robinson feels Breanna Robinson can compete with Adams on any given day.
"On another day, who knows?," Julie Robinson said. "Bre is going faster than she ever has before, but her walls were off. If she led the first 50 (yards), I don't know. If it came down to them racing again, who knows who would win?"
In the 100 back, Robinson and Adams were actually neck-and-neck going into the final 25 yards, but Adams' length proved to be too much down the stretch.
"If she could reach back and fix the walls, I think that would be the perfect race for her," Julie Robinson said. "Her ultimate goal was to come down here and go 53 (seconds) in both the fly and the back. So, it was really about times. She's really focused on college and where she's going. She knew those were the kinds of times for those colleges to see."
As far as attracting college attention, Breanna Robinson feels she did her job, especially after she finished third in the 100 free as a freshman and sophomore, as well as second in the 200 free as a freshman and third last year.
"I feel like I did my job and they know that," she said of any collegiate scouts.
Robinson also anchored Wawasee's 400 free relay, pulling the team of junior Kendra Miller, sophomore Kayla Hershberger and freshman Paige Miller from 16th place to 14th.
Paige Miller also competed in the 200 IM and 500 free, finishing 15th and 16th, respectively.
"I thought Paige did real well," Julie Robinson said. "She came down here, and I don't know if she's fighting a bug, but she felt tired the whole time. I think a lot of it is nerves. Emotionally, it's very difficult to come down here, especially when you have this many kids going so fast. The pressure that is on them is so intense. I thought she did really well. I think she'll come back next year a different girl and we'll see something different out of her."
Another area freshman at the meet was Warsaw's Brenna Morgan, who finished 15th in the 50 free, but really got her coaches excited by winning the consolation heat of the 100 free in a school record time of 51.64.
"She just took it off fast tried her best not to slow down," Warsaw coach Nathan Long said of Morgan's 100 free performance. "That's about the best way to say it. In warmups, we were telling her to really focus on her breakouts - 'Fast strokes from your breakouts on.' I think she really applied that in that race."
And Morgan agreed.
"Between last night and this morning, I worked on (my breakouts) quite a bit," she said. "I think that's what really helped."
Her 51.64 time was actually the eighth best of the day, but because she was competing in the consolation heat, ninth was the best she could do.
Regardless, the effort will going a long way in her motivation for next season.
"I'm really excited for next year, to see what can happen," she said.
While all the local swimmers at the meet will be back in action next season, so to will be most of the individual girls that set state records.
"The girls in Indiana are insane," Breanna Robinson said. "Colleges have noticed it, athletes have noticed it, coaches have noticed it - everybody has noticed it."
IHSAA STATE FINALS
Team Scores (Top 5, Local) – 1. Carmel 399, 2. Crown Point 209, 3. Fishers 203, 4. Penn 166, 5. Zionsville 137, 15. Wawasee 43, 26. Warsaw 11.
(Top 3, Local Results)
200 Medley Relay – 1. Carmel (Hanna House, Alex Clarke, Veronica Burchill, Amy Bilquist) 1:40.83*, 2. Crown Point (Aly Tetzloff, Kelsi Artim, Hannah Kukurugya, Racheal Bukowski) 1:42.78, 3. Zionsville (Alex Cleveland, Taite Kitchel, Audrey Battisti, Gretta DeCoursey) 1:43.92; 200 Free – 1. Claire Adams (Carmel) 1:46.95*, 2. Hannah Kukurugya (Crown Point) 1:47.69, 3. Summer Brown (Western) 1:48.85; 200 IM – 1. Bethany Galat (Penn) 1:57.52, 2. Aly Tetzloff (Crown Point) 2:00.04, 3. Lillia King (Evansville Reitz) 2:01.42, 15. Paige Miller (Wawasee) 2:08.86; 50 Free – 1. Amy Bilquist (Carmel) 22.17, 2. Alex Cleveland (Zionsville) 22.68, 3. Veronica Burchill (Carmel) 22.91, 15. Brenna Morgan (Warsaw) 24.29; Diving – 1. Sarah Bacon (Cardinal Ritter) 546.45*, 2. Meme Sharp (Noblesville) 492.35, 3. Courtnee Williams (Fishers) 480.10; 100 Fly – 1. Aly Tetzloff (Crown Point) 52.70*, 2. Breanna Robinson (Wawasee) 53.77, 3. Vanessa Krause (Chesterton) 53.84.
100 Free – 1.Amy Bilquist (Carmel) 48.93*, 2. Alex Cleveland (Zionsville) 49.76, 3. Rachel Hayden (North Central) 50.39, 9. Brenna Morgan (Warsaw) 51.64; 500 Free – 1. Hannah Kukurugya (Crown Point) 4:47.83, 2. Emily Moser (Fishers) 4:48.80, 3. Abbegayle Schneider (Fishers) 4:51.47, 16. Paige Miller (Wawasee) 5:03.91; 200 Free Relay – 1. Carmel (Amy Bilquist, Claire Adams, Hanna House, Veronica Burchill) 1:31.37*, 2. Penn (Bethany Galat, Annie Spalding, Casey Ziegert, Emily Meckstroth) 1:34.21, 3. Center Grove (Emily Saugstad, Peighton Gilbert, Amanda Ward, Caroline Sheehan) 1:35.10; 100 Back – 1. Claire Adams (Carmel) 52.97*, 2. Breanna Robinson (Wawasee) 53.96, 3. Hanna House (Carmel) 54.77; 100 Breast – 1. Bethany Galat (Penn) 59.66*, 2. Lillia King (Evansville Reitz) 59.99, 3. Caroline Weigand (Homestead) 1:02.99; 400 Free Relay – 1. Carmel (Veronica Burchill, Katie Lemen, Kendall Smith, Claire Adams) 3:21.20*, 2. Crown Point (Rachel Bukowski, Aly Tetzloff, Hannah Kukurugya, Mackenzie Artim) 3:22.03, 3. Zionsville (Kylie Mihok, Gretta DeCoursey, Taite Kitchel, Alex Cleveland) 3:24.44, 14. Wawasee (Kendra Miller, Kayla Hershberger, Paige Miller, Breanna Robinson) 3:34.65.
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