RECORD TIMES SET AS SWIMMERS WIN 10 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
Wabash, IN, March 6, 2019– The Indiana Stars Swim Club, the competitive swim team of the Wabash County YMCA and Parkview Huntington Family YMCA, competed in the 2019 YMCA State Championship Swim Meet Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Fishers High School in Fishers, Indiana. Thirty-one Stars swimmers won ten individual events, set four state records, and earned one hundred twenty-four personal records. Top ten place finishers are listed below:
Seth Blossom: 13-14 Boys High Point Winner; State Champion in 1650 Freestyle (state record time of 16:53.75), 200 Backstroke (state record time of 2:04.72), 500 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley, and 100 Butterfly; State Runner-up in 200 Butterfly and 400 Individual Medley
Cooper McQuiston: 7-8 Boys High Point Runner-up; State Champion in 50 Freestyle (state record time of 32.04) and 100 Freestyle (state record time of 1:12.60); State Runner-up in 25 Butterfly, 100 Individual Medley, 25 Freestyle, 25 Breast, and 25 Backstroke
Cael McCann: 9-10 Boys High Point 5th place; State Champion in 50 Freestyle (30.66) and 50 Backstroke (34.87); State Runner-up in 50 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke, and 100 Freestyle; 5th place 100 Individual Medley; 7th place 100 Breaststroke; 9th place 50 Breaststroke
Cooper Kowalski: 11-12 Boys State Runner-up in 50 Breaststroke; 3rd place in 100 Breaststroke; 9th place in 100 Individual Medley; 9th place in 50 Butterfly
Mya MacAleese: 13-14 Girls 5th place in 200 Breaststroke; 9th place in 200 Individual Medley; 5th place in 100 Butterfly
Isaac Kowalski: 8 & Under Boys 6th place in 25 Backstroke; 9th place 100 Individual Medley Anna Kalhoefer: 9-10 Girls 9th place in 50 Breaststroke
Jacee Dammeier: 13-14 Girls 10th place in 100 Breaststroke Dalton Husband: 9-10 Boys 10th place in 50 Freestyle Quinn Myers: 9-10 Girls 10th place in 50 Freestyle
Kayla Reich: 10th place in 200 Backstroke
Girls 8 & Under 100 Medley Relay 7th place: Aubrey Hanes, Hayden Hammel, Aubrey Miller, Harper Hanes
Girls 8 & Under 100 Free Relay 8th place: Aubrey Hanes, Harper Hanes, Aubrey Miller, Hayden Hammel
Boy 8 & Under 100 Medley Relay 3rd place: Lane Canvin, Isaac Kowalski, Cooper McQuiston, Dawson Husband
Boy 8 & Under 100 Free Relay 3rd place: Isaac Kowalski, Dawson Husband, Micah Smith, Cooper McQuiston
Girls 9-10 200 Medley Relay 8th place: Anna Kalhoefer, Ella Doyle, Mallory Tart, Haley Doyle
Girls 9-10 200 Free Relay 8th place: Anna Kalhoefer, Mallory Tart, Haley Doyle, Quinn Myers
Boys 9-10 200 Medley Relay 3rd place: Dalton Husband, Luke Blossom, Cael McCann, Maverick Sommers Boys 9-10 200 Free Relay 4th place: Dalton Husband, Maverick Sommers, Luke Blossom, Cael McCann Girls 13-14 200 Medley Relay 4th place: Kayla Reich, Mya MacAleese, Jacee Dammeier, Madison Inman Girls 13-14 200 Free Relay 6th place: Jacee Dammeier, Kayla Reich, Madison Inman, Mya MacAleese
Seth Blossom and Cael McCann will compete in the Indiana Swimming Age Group State Championships March 8-10 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana and have qualified for the Great Lakes YMCA Zone Championships March 15-17 at the McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion at The Ohio State University.
For information about joining the Indiana Stars Swim Club, email Coach Joshua Blossom at jblossom@wabashcountyymca.org or visit www.indianastars.org.