Vikings Split In Three-Way MeetKNOX – Tippecanoe Valley’s boys swim team wrapped up its regular season by earning a split in a three-way meet Monday, beating North Judson 116-18 and falling 89-82 to host Knox. North Judson fell to 109-21 to Knox as well. Chase Brower and Jacob Wagner were double winners for Valley. Brower won the 50 and 100 freestyle races, and Wagner took the 200 and 500 freestyles. Both were on the winning 400 freestyle relay team, along with Daniel Alexander and Dakota Prater. Jacob McDonald was second in the 100 backstroke, and Parker was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly. Mason Stephen finished second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 500 freestyle. Both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams finished second. Alexander had third-place finishes in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly. Camden Tucker was third in the 100 freestyle amd Christian Baca was third in the 100 backstroke. Next up for Tippecanoe Valley is the Warsaw Sectional, with preliminaries on Feb. 16 and the finals on Feb. 18.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 116 NORTH JUDSON 18; KNOX 89, VALLEY 82; KNOX 109, N. JUDSON 21 200 medley relay – 1. Knox (Justin Tompkins, Noah Kender, Logan Berndt, Sequoya Elder) 2:01.24, 2. Valley 2:01.36; 200 freestyle – 1. Jacob Wagner (TV) 2:08.75, 2. Kris Bendt (K) 2:21.15, 3. Preston Watts (K) 2:22.19, 4. Jacob McDonald (TV) 2:33.03; 200 IM – 1. Berndt (K) 2:14.20, 2. Noah Kender (K) 2:14.37, 3. Daniel Alexander (TV) 2:29.10; 50 freestyle – 1. Chase Brower (TV) 23.06, 2. Elder (K)?26.59, 3. Michael Holt (NJ) 26.84, 4. Camden Tucker (TV)?28.00; Diving – 1. Daniel Darda (K) 156.45, 2. JarredLowe (K) 138.40, 3. Zach Hodge (TV)?130.20; 100 butterfly – 1. Berndt (K) 1:00.99, 2. Dakota Prater (TV) 1:07.33, 3. Alexander (TV) 1:08.65; 100 freestyle – 1. Brower (TV) 54.21, 2. Watts (K) 1:03.19, 3. Tucker (TV) 1:03.49; 500 freestyle – 1. Wagner (TV) 5:54.20, 2. Holt (NJ) 6:07.07, 3. Mason Stephen (TV)?6:07.75; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Knox (Elder, Watts, Kender, Berndt) 1:44.32, 2. Valley 1:57.87, 3. Knox 2:05.97, 4. Valley 2:24.20; 100 backstroke – 1. Tompkins (K) 1:20.19, 2. McDonald (TV)?1:37.48, 2. Christian Baca (TV) 2:24.85; 100 breaststroke – 1. Kender (K) 1:14.63, 2. Stephen (TV) 1:23.05, 3. David Martin (K) 1:29.28, 4. Mitch Smith (TV) 1:52.98; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Valley (Alexander, Prater, Wagner, Brower) 3:58.56, 2. Knox 4:28.00, 3. Valley 5:36.06.
