Shelbyville’s Trey Carrell and Will Rife will compete for sectional championships Saturday at the New Palestine Boys Swimming Sectional; and all three relay teams advanced to championship races.
Carrell posted the fifth-fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle (22.83 seconds) and fourth fastest in the 100 freestyle (49.78). The senior finished .78 seconds behind Mount Vernon’s Brady Gray – the top qualifier in the 100 freestyle; and he was less than one second behind Gray’s top time in the 50 freestyle.
Rife qualified third in the 100 butterfly (56.27). Richmond’s Cayden Lindahl (53.66) and Masson Heiny (55.21) were the top two qualifiers.
Rife, a junior, also finished fifth in the 100 backstroke (59.39) – 1.99 seconds behind top qualifier Ethan Murphy (57.4) of Mount Vernon.
Carrell and Rife teamed with Tristin Maloney and Beau Kenkel to place fourth in the 200 medley relay in 1:48.81.
Shelbyville finished third in the 200 freestyle relay with Carrell, Kenkel, Rife and Andrew Duffy.
Kenkel, Duffy, Maloney and Elijah von Werder just made the cut to the sectional championship race in the 400 freestyle relay. The quartet finished eighth in 3:47.52 to earn a return trip to Saturday’s finale.
The top eight finishers in each event Thursday advanced to Saturday’s sectional championship races. The next eight finishers also return Saturday for consolation races.
For Shelbyville, Maloney (14th in 200 individual medley; 10th in 100 butterfly), Kenkel (11th in 50 freestyle), Duffy (12th in 100 breaststroke) and Blake Hughes (10th in 100 breaststroke) all earned consolation spots.
In other prep events Thursday:
Boys basketball
Providence Cristo Rey 57, Morristown 51
At Providence Cristo Rey, Jason Johnson scored a game-high 29 points and Marcus Allen added 18 to improve the Wolves to 5-15 this season.
Morristown (1-19) led 12-4 after one quarter but saw its lead cut to 19-18 by halftime. A 23-point third quarter put Providence Cristo Rey on the way to a victory.
Jameson Palmer led the Yellow Jackets in their final road game of the regular season with 26 points, five rebounds and two assists.
Colin Kieninger finished with 12 points and two rebounds.
Morristown hosts Batesville (14-6) Friday at the Bee Hive. The final regular season game is Feb. 24 against Tri (12-5).
Gymnastics
New Palestine 101.95, Morristown 87.7, Lapel Inc.
At New Palestine, J.J. Fee won three events and the all-around title to lead the Dragons to the team title in their final home meet of the season.
Morristown’s Oakleigh Goedde took first place in the vault with her highest score of the season. Goedde also placed fifth on the uneven bars, second on the balance beam and third in the all-around.
The Yellow Jackets return to action Saturday at the Southmont Invitational.
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