Tippecanoe Valley Swimmers Beat Knox, Finish Dual Season Unbeaten
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AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley won seven of 12 events contested, and five of the last seven, to edge visiting Knox 87-79 in a boys swimming meet Monday night. The regular-season ending win caps a perfect 6-0 record in dual meets for the Vikings. Chase Brower and Tyler Ross were double winners for the Vikings; Brower won the 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke, and Ross the 50 and 100 free. Valley took the lead in the team scoring when Daniel Alexander and Dakota Prater finished 1-2 in the 100 butterfly. Jacob Wagner won the 500 free and the 200 freestyle relay team of Brower, Alexander, Prater and Ross won as well. The Vikings now head to the Warsaw Sectional, with preliminaries on Feb. 18 and the finals two days later. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 87, KNOX 79 200 medley relay – 1. Knox (Justin Tompkins, Noah Kender, Sequoya Elder, Logan Berndt) 2:10.47; 200 freestyle – Chase Brower (TV) 2:07.87, 2. Jacob Wagner (TV) 2:18.56, 3. Kris Berndt (K) 2:34.69, 4. Tompkins (K) 2:35.30, 5. Jacob McDonald 2:36.80; 200 IM – 1. L. Berndt (K) 2:25.29, 2. Daniel Alexander (TV) 2:31.69, 3. Kender (K) 2:32.05, 4. Dakota Prater (TV) 2:33.71; 50 freestyle – 1. Tyler Ross (TV) 24.43, 2. Preston Watts (K) 26.68, 3. Thomas Shaw (K) 28.00, 4. John Salmon (TV) 32.33, 5. C. Baca (TV) 38.52; Diving – 1. Travis Shull (TV) 164.95, 2. Daniel Darda (K) 153.90, 3. Jared lowe (K) 134.65; 100 butterfly – 1. Alexander (TV) 1:07.76, 2. Prater (TV) 1:08.54, 3. Elder (K) 1:09.59; 100 freestyle – 1. Ross (TV) 55.01, 2. L. Berndt (K) 55.82, 3. Shaw (K) 1:01.65, 4. Watts (K) 1:02.93, 5. Camden Tucker (TV) 1:03.90; 500 freestyle – 1. Wagner (TV) 6:20.53, 2. K. Berndt (K) 6:44.53, 3. Elder (K) 6:45.30, 4. Zac Capps (TV) 6:51.97; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Valley (Brower, Prater, Alexander, Ross) 1:47.07, 2. Knox 1:53.22, 3. Knox 2:05.05; 100 backstroke – 1. Brower (TV) 1:08.44, 2. Tompkins (K) 1:21.75, 3. McDonald (TV) 1:33.91, 4. Baca (TV) 2:08.16; 100 breaststroke – 1. Kender (K) 1:20.74, 2. Tucker (TV) 1:24.33, 3. Capps (TV) 1:41.80; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Knox (Watts, Lowe, K. Berndt, Shaw) 4:37.01, 2. Valley 5:05.40.
