Knight Wins Twice; Tigers Take 13th Straight Swimming Sectional Title
Knight Wins Twice; Tigers Take 13th Straight Swimming Sectional Title
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Knight Wins Twice; Tigers Take 13th Straight Swimming Sectional TitleWarsaw won its 13th consecutive boys sectional title Saturday, scoring 459 points to easily outdistance runner-up Columbia City’s 326.
Tippecanoe Valley was fifth, and Manchester finished 11th.
Grant Knight was a double winner as an individual and was a part of two winning relays. Knight took the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, and was a member of the 200 medley relay, along with Zach laLonde, Michael Ray and Mel Littlefield, and the 200 freestyle relay with Mick Bazzoni, Ray and Littlefield.
Other Warsaw winners were Cooper Archer, 200 individual medley; and the 400 freestyle relay team of Jacob Monesmith, Nathan Taylor, Bazzoni and LaLonde.
Winners earned automatic entry into the state finals Saturday in Indianapolis.
In the Concord Sectional, Wawasee finished fourth behind the host Minutemen, Elkhart Central and Northridge.
Warsaw Sectional
Team Standings – 1. Warsaw 459, 2. Columbia City 326, 3. Culver Academies 300, 4. Rochester 216, 5. Tippecanoe Valley 153, 6. Plymouth 152, 7. Wabash 138, 8. Pioneer 118, 9. Logansport 106, 10. Cass 97, 11. Manchester 48, 12. Northfield 37.
Local Results
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Zach LaLonde, Grant Knight, Michael Ray, Mel Littlefield) 1:39.08; 2. Tippecanoe Valley (Brandon Hoffman, Mason Stephen, Karl Parker, Logan Hummitch) 1:48.87; 11. Manchester (Ethan Esepset, Leonard Pohlen, Tyler Andritsch, Seth Garete) 2:08.91; 200 freestyle – 3. Nick Bazzoni (W) 1:50.81, 5. Jacob Monesmith (W) 1:52.10, 9. Gabe Bowers (W) 1:57.38; 200 individual medley – 1. Cooper Archer (W) 2:08.38, 2. Nathan Taylor (W) 2:02.78, 6. Karl Parker (TV)?2:21.43, 11. Arton James (W) 2:26.20, 50 freestyle – 1. Knight (W) 21.98, 5. Littlefield (W) 22.87, 6. Ray (W) 22.93, 7. Stephen (TV)?22.97; Diving – 8. Greg Rodriguez (W) 253.20; 100 butterfly – 3. Taylor (W) 55.97, 4. Gabe Bowers (W) 1:00.86, 10. Parker (TV)?1:01.93, 14. Gerardo Marroquin (W) 1:14.61; 100 freestyle – 3. Ray (W) 49.88, 5. Monesmith (W) 50.85, 6. Littlefield (W) 52.04, 7. Hoffman (TV) 52.09; 500 freestyle – 3. LaLonde (W) 5:10.88, 7. Ian Wihebrionk (W) 5:32.64, 11. James (W) 5:49.82; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Ray, Bazzoni, Littlefield, Knight) 1:29.27, 9. Manchester (Andritsch, Raice Martin, Garete, Leonard Pohlen) 1:47.69, 10. Valley (Mitchell Smith, Andrew Burke, Grady McGriff, Logan Hummitch) 1:51.44; 100 backstroke – 1. Knight (W) 57.44, 2. Bazzoni (W) 59.88, 3. Stephen (TV) 1:04.25, 5. Wihebrink (W) 1:06.80, 13. Pohlen (M)?1:15.03; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Monesmith, Taylor, Bazzoni, LaLonde) 3:23.04, 4. Valley (Parker, Smith, Hoffman, Stephen) 3:42.28, 10. Manchester (Caden Marcum, Martin, Logan Perkins, Espeset) 4:51.91.
Concord Sectional
Team Scores – 1. Concord 428, 2. Elkhart Central 403, 3. Northridge 289, 4. Wawasee 278, 5. Goshen 272, 6. East Noble 166, 7. Angola 138, 8. NorthWood 110, 9. Elkhart Memorial 54, 10. DeKalb 42, 11. Jimtown 36.
