Shelbyville senior Will Rife will chase two sectional swimming titles Saturday at New Palestine High School.
Rife qualified Thursday for sectional championship races in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly.
Rife finished third in the 50 freestyle in 22.75 seconds. Richmond’s Owen Fowler produced the top qualifying time in the field at 21.58. Mt. Vernon’s Adison Mayes followed at 22.62.
In the 100 butterfly, Rife posted the second fastest qualifying time at 54.66. New Palestine’s Jacob Myers had the top qualifying time of 54.46.
Rife also will be part of two Shelbyville relay teams that qualified for sectional championship races.
The Golden Bears finished third in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:37.47 with Rife, Everett Stegemiller, Andrew Duffy and Brody Jeanette.
That same Shelbyville quartet also placed seventh in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:40.29.
Jeanette, a freshman, also earned two sectional championship swims Saturday at New Palestine. He finished sixth in the 200 freestyle in 1:55.69 – more than seven seconds faster than his seed time.
Jeanette also finished eighth in the 500 freestyle in 5:19.15 – a seed time drop of more than 18 seconds.
The top eight finishers in each event Thursday qualified for sectional finals. The next eight fastest return to New Palestine Saturday for consolation swims.
Also earning consolation swims for Shelbyville were:
- Everett Stegemiller in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke
- Andrew Duffy in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke
- Anderson Mollenkopf in the 100 freestyle
All sectional champions qualify for the IHSAA State Finals Feb. 23-24 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
In another prep event Thursday:
Gymnastics
New Palestine 98.15, Morristown 75.2, Fishers Inc.
At Morristown, New Palestine’s Lynzie Stiller won three individual events and had the top all-around score. Stiller took first in the uneven bars (8.45), vault (8.65) and floor exercise (9.025). Her all-around score was 34.475.
Morristown’s Remi Spicklemire won the balance beam competition with an 8.575. She also finished second on vault, third on uneven bars and sixth in floor exercise. Spicklemire also was third in the all-around with a 31.675 behind New Palestine’s Chiara Polo (31.9).
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