WAYWARD MILLERS SWEEP TIGERS ON ALUMNI NIGHT

There's a new catch phrase in the Noblesville pool this morning. It's, "Hey, where's my GPS?" At least it should be after the Millers boys shook off a VERY late arrival Friday night and beat Yorktown in a coed dual meet here.

The bus carrying the NHS girls arrived on time for their warmup period. But the driver bringing the NHS BOYS to the meet got lost en route and ended up somewhere in Muncie before figuring out how to get to the meet. By that time, it was 5:40 (ten minutes past the scheduled start time) and the natives were getting restless. That includes the large number of former YHS/YSC competitors who took time out of their busy schedules to attend and cheer on the Tigers. Thanks SO much for your moral support, ladies and gentlemen!

Coach Rich Wolfred's boys put on their suits, got NO warmup in the water, and went right to work, leading Noblesville to the sweep. The Millers girls defeated Yorktown 110-75, while the NHS boys took home a 122-64 win over the Tigers.

The Lady Tigers actually put a scare into the Millers. Yorktown opened the night with big momentum, with the 200 Medley Relay team of Caroline Grasso, Jessica Extine, Lauren Elston, and Larah Beaver posting a season-best 1:54.38 to beat the Noblesville 'A' squad by nearly two seconds! In fact, Yorktown won three of the first four swimming events (Beaver in the 200 IM in 2:18.37 and Extine in the 50 Free in 25.74), and the YHS ladies led Noblesville 55-54 with only five events left in the meet.

That's when the wheels came off. YHS had to finish the meet without Caroline Grasso, who left early to fulfill another commitment. Her departure cost Yorktown dearly--there's no doubt in my mind that the 200 Free Relay team would have taken first place WITH Caroline. We settled for 2nd without her. She also would have likely won the 100 Back later in the evening.

But you have to play the hand you're dealt. And Yorktown simply ran out of points in the second half of the meet. The Noblesville girls went 1-2-4 to outscore YHS 12-4 in the 500 Free and 1-2-3 in the 100 Back to outpoint the Lady Tigers 13-3. By then, the meet was effectively over for the girls.

The boys had an even rougher time with the deep and talented Millers. Yorktown managed only two wins on the night, both by sophomore Scott Heavilon. He took top honors in the 200 Free in 1:55.62, and later made it a double by whipping the field to win the 500 Free in 5:13.00.

The Tigers get a 20-day respite from competition over the upcoming Christmas break, but that only means that it's time for what I lovingly call Special High Intensity Training. "HIT" weeks are the most grueling conditioning period of the season for YHS swimmers. They'll need every ounce of love, support, sleep, food and fluids we can give them between now and the next time they race. For the record, that's on January 5th at New Castle.

GO TIGERS!
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Girls--Noblesville 110, Yorktown 75
Boys--Noblesville 122, Yorktown 64
Meet Results

Girls 200 Medley Relay--1. Yorktown ‘A’ (Caroline Grasso, Jessica Extine, Lauren Elston, Larah Beaver) 1:54.38, 2. Noblesville ‘A’ (Cora Meehan, Rachel Thompson, Aubrey Kluth, Claire Brolsma) 1:56.27, 3. Noblesville ‘B’ (Emily Christopherson, Sarah Walsh, Alyssa Heniser, Lauryn Jones) 2:02.97.

Boys 200 Medley Relay--1. Noblesville ‘A’ (Kevin Lunte, Josh Bleisch, Alex Wolfred, Nick Strader) 1:45.81, 2. Noblesville ‘B’ (Luke Conner, Adam Blazier, Spencer Twiehaus, Cameron Gill) 1:53.54, 3. Yorktown ‘A’ (Isiah Huisman, Scott Heavilon, Thommy Brown, Luke Ledbetter) 1:53.64.

Girls 200 Free--1. Heather Hayes (N) 2:06.34, 2. Caroline Grasso (Y) 2:11.13, 3. Taylor Seyfried (N) 2:13.46, 4. Katelyn Grasso (Y) 2:15.97, 5. Bailey Windell (Y) 2:17.04.

Boys 200 Free--1. Scott Heavilon (Y) 1:55.62, 2. Miles Newkirk (N) 1:57.19, 3. Jack Mangeot (N) 2:07.53, 4. Kyle Rees (Y) 2:12.56, 5. Scottie Ogle (N) 2:12.69.

Girls 200 IM--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 2:18.37, 2. Michelle Hance (N) 2:20.81, 3. Emily Christopherson (N) 2:21.09, 4. Sarah Potter (N) 2:39.46, 5. Kersea Gable (Y) 2:40.08.

Boys 200 IM--1. Tommy Verbrugge (N) 2:10.56, 2. Isiah Huisman (Y) 2:16.94, 3. Thommy Brown (Y) 2:23.23, 4. Isaac Tat (N) 2:31.27, 5. Avery Howard (N) 2:31.91.

Girls 50 Free--1. Jessica Extine (Y) 25.74, 2. Lauryn Jones (N) 26.19, 3. Sarah Walsh (N) 27.96, 4. Delaney Brake (N) 28.17, 5. Macey Taylor (Y) 28.45.

Boys 50 Free--1. Nick Strader (N) 24.12, 2. Cameron Gill (N) 25.49, 3. Luke Ledbetter (Y) 25.51, 4. Jake Owens (N) 26.93, 5. Jordan Fox (Y) 26.96.

Girls 1-Meter Diving--1. Meme Sharp (N) 262.20, 2. Sam Mahon (Y) 192.20, 3. Ellie Smith (Y) 167.90, 4. Jennifer Swan (Y) 126.05.

Boys 1-Meter Diving--1. Zach Hall (N) 239.00, 2. Brandon Young (Y) 190.55, 3. Cam Bolinger (N) 126.95, 4. Jordan Clements (N) 123.50, 5. Randy Weaver (Y) 96.50.

Girls 100 Fly--1. Aubrey Kluth (N) 1:00.20, 2. Lauren Elston (Y) 1:02.00, 3. Jessica Extine (Y) 1:02.35, 4. Rachel Thompson (N) 1:03.51, 5. Bailey Windell (Y) 1:19.16.

Boys 100 Fly--1. Tommy Verbrugge (N) 58.37, 2. Thommy Brown (Y) 1:02.26, 3. Isiah Huisman (Y) 1:02.38, 4. Jack Mangeot (N) 1:04.71, 5. Alex Nickoli (Y) 1:09.50.

Girls 100 Free--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 54.31, 2. Claire Brolsma (N) 56.67, 3. Lauren Elston (Y) 57.61, 4. Holly Haflich (N) 58.29, 5. Elaina Verbrugge (N) 1:00.34.

Boys 100 Free--1. Kevin Lunte (N) 50.30, 2. Nathan Olberding (N) 54.84, 3. Alec Durant (Y) 57.62, 4. Adam Blazier (N) 59.19, 5. Jordan Fox (Y) 1:01.14.

Girls 500 Free--1. Alyssa Heniser (N) 5:50.55, 2. Hunter Bragg (N) 5:53.86, 3. Katelyn Grasso (Y) 6:00.52, 4. Madeline Bridges (N) 6:02.11, 5. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 6:02.24.

Boys 500 Free--1. Scott Heavilon (Y) 5:13.00, 2. Spencer Twiehaus (N) 5:23.31, 3. Alex Nickoli (Y) 5:24.02, 4. Luke Conner (N) 5:28.07, 5. Josh Bleisch (N) 5:52.38.

Girls 200 Free Relay--1. Noblesville ‘A’ (Cora Meehan, Michelle Hance, Heather Hayes, Claire Brolsma) 1:43.33, 2. Yorktown ‘A’ (Larah Beaver, Lauren Elston, Ashley Sexton, Jessica Extine) 1:44.13, 3. Noblesville ‘B’ (Elaina Verbrugge, Delaney Brake, Holly Haflich, Taylor Seyfried) 1:52.08.

Boys 200 Free Relay--1. Noblesville ‘A’ (Alex Wolfred, Miles Newkirk, Isaac Tat, Tommy Verbrugge) 1:38.33, 2. Noblesville ‘B’ (Avery Howard, Jack Mangeot, Scottie Ogle, Nathan Olberding) 1:41.72, 3. Yorktown ‘A’ (Jordan Fox, Kyle Rees, Alec Durant, Brock Rees) 1:49.07.

Girls 100 Back--1. Aubrey Kluth (N) 1:03.97, 2. Lauryn Jones (N) 1:08.00, 3. Sarah Walsh (N) 1:08.12, 4. Katie Keller (Y) 1:08.81, 5. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 1:20.36.

Boys 100 Back--1. Arin Mauk (N) 1:07.77, 2. Cameron Gill (N) 1:08.34, 3. Brock Rees (Y) 1:09.65, 4. C.J. Stump (N) 1:13.65, 5. Seth Fuller (Y) 1:14.50.

Girls 100 Breast--1. Cora Meehan (N) 1:12.67, 2. Kersea Gable (Y) 1:19.75, 3. Chelsea Watters (Y) 1:23.17, 4. Erin DeCocq (N) 1:25.32, 5. Oyun Chingis (N) 1:28.67.

Boys 100 Breast--1. Alex Wolfred (N) 1:08.78, 2. Alec Durant (Y) 1:12.20, 3. Luke Ledbetter (Y) 1:13.31, 4. Jake Owens (N) 1:14.26, 5. Zach Bleisch (N) 1:15.47.

Girls 400 Free Relay--1. Noblesville ‘A’ (Emily Christopherson, Heather Hayes, Rachel Thompson, Michelle Hance) 3:51.14, 2. Noblesville ‘B’ (Holly Haflich, Hunter Bragg, Alyssa Heniser, Lauryn Jones) 3:58.75, 3. Yorktown ‘A’ (Kersea Gable, Katie Keller, Katelyn Grasso, Ashley Sexton) 4:24.31.

Boys 400 Free Relay--1. Noblesville ‘A’ (Kevin Lunte, Miles Newkirk, Spencer Twiehaus, Nick Strader) 3:36.23, 2. Yorktown ‘A’ (Isiah Huisman, Thommy Brown, Luke Ledbetter, Scott Heavilon) 3:38.17, 3. Noblesville ‘B’ (Luke Conner, Arin Mauk, Avery Howard, Nathan Olberding) 3:42.90.