Boys Swimmers Conclude Sectional PreliminariesWarsaw Community High School hosted the preliminary round of the boys swimming sectional Friday night. Swimmers had to finish in the top eight to qualify for today’s finals.
Warsaw’s 200-yard medley relay team of Nicholas Zogbi, Nicolas Bazzoni, Nathaniel Taylor and Ian Deming finished first in the event. The Tigers’ 200-yard freestyle relay of Zachary LaLonde, Jacob Lalonde, Deming and Bazzoni advanced to the finals. The 400-yard free relay (Michael Ray, Gabe Bowers, Zogbi and J. LaLonde) move on as well.
Evan Borchers, Jacob LaLonde and Michael Ray will swim in the finals for the 200-yard free event for Warsaw. Grant Knight, Bazzoni and Deming move on in the 200-yard individual medley. Alexander Cook and Zachary LaLonde advance in the 50-yard free.
Three swimmers secured top-eight finishes in the 100-yard butterfly for the Tigers, Nathaniel Tayler, Borchers, and Deming. Jacob LaLonde and Cook move on in the 100-yard free. Zogbi earned a spot in the 500-yard free final.
Zachary LaLonde and Zogbi received placings in the 100-yard backstroke finals. Knight, Bazzoni and Deming advanced in the 100-yard breaststroke race.
For Tippecanoe Valley, the 200-yard medley relay (Chase Brower, Mason Stephen, Daniel Alexander and Zach Hodge) finished eighth to move on to the finals. The 400-yard free relay of Dakota Prater, Alexander, Brower and Stephen move on.
Brower advanced in the 50 and 100-yard free events. Alexander moved on in the 100-yard butterfly.
The Manchester Squires had Parker York secure a spot in both the 50 and 100-yard free finals.
Diving will begin at 10 a.m. today at the Warsaw Community High School pool. The swimming finals will follow at 1 p.m.
