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Shelbyville swimmers collect three conference titles

Three Shelbyville swimmers captured Hoosier Heritage Conference titles at New Palestine – and one set a new school record.

Juan Gonzalez-Gallego (main photo) won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.79 seconds to break Dylan Harker’s 2016 record of 54.05. Gonzalez-Gallego, a junior exchange student, won the race Saturday by 2.75 seconds over Pendleton Heights’ Jacob Simpson.

Gonzalez-Gallego’s teammate, Will Rife, finished fourth in 58.84.

 

 

Shelbyville senior Tyler Harker (photo) took the lead and never relinquished it while winning the 200 freestyle in 1:48.9. Harker also finished runner-up in the 500 freestyle in 5:01.41. Yorktown’s Henry Ko won the race in 4:57.79.

Gonzalez-Gallego had a third-place finish in the 200 individual medley (2:05.51). Mt. Vernon’s Matthew Garey touched first in 2:02.14 with Delta’s Zachary Baty second in 2:05.29.

Rife also had a sixth-place finish in the 50 freestyle (24.29).

 

 

In the girls meet Friday night at New Palestine, Shelbyville senior Karissa Hamilton (photo) led from start-to-finish in the 50 freestyle, besting the field with a time of 24.82 – just .31 seconds from her school record time of 24.51.

Hamilton also finished fifth in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.87.

Other top-15 finishers in the HHC meet for Shelbyville were Marlee Rice (7th in 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle), Michael Fox (15th in 200 freestyle, 14th in 100 backstroke), Tristin Maloney (13th in 100 butterfly) and Lance File (15th in 100 freestyle).

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