The Columbus North and Columbus East junior varsity football teams both finished undefeated in their respective conferences after concluding their regular season with wins last weekend.
The Bull Dogs (8-1, 5-0) rolled to a 56-0 win against Terre Haute South to claim the Conference Indiana title. Giovanni Alejandro ran for five touchdowns, Dylan England ran for two scores and Royce Lofton added a touchdown run. Spencer Rivera went 8 for 8 on extra points.
The Olympians (6-2-1, 5-0) beat Bedford North Lawrence 34-25. Crase Bergman and Malachi Parks each ran for two touchdowns, and PJ Henderson recovered a blocked punt in the end zone. Parks threw a 2-point conversion pass to Charles Claycamp, and Trey Neil ran for a 2-point conversion.
SWIMMING
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Club Olympia takes fifth
Club Olympia finished fifth as a team in the Lakeside Swim Team’s Jack Thompson Fall Classic last weekend in Louisville.
Nalanie Cortez led Club Olympia with 110 points in her 14 events — 10 in the Girls 13-14 age group and four in the Girls Open. Cortez won the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 400 IM and 200 backstroke. Cortez also finished second in the 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly.
In the Open events, Cortez placed fourth in the 1,000 freestyle (first among the 13-14 competitors), 10th in the 50 butterfly (third-fastest 13-14-year-old), 15th in the 50 breaststroke (fifth-fastest 13-14-year-old) and 18th in the 50 backstroke (fourth-fastest 13-14-year-old). All of her times in the five freestyle races (50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000) rank her in the top 15 of all 13-year-olds in the country and top 50 for 13-14-year-olds.
Rachel Sabotin scored 67.5 points in winning the Girls Open 200 butterfly and also placing third in the 500 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle and 400 IM; fourth in the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 IM; sixth in the 200 backstroke, eighth in the 50 backstroke, ninth in the 50 butterfly and 100 backstroke, 11th in the 50 breaststroke, 12th in the 100 freestyle and 16th in the 50 freestyle.
Brady Beyer scored 55 points, finishing in second in the Boys 13-14 100 backstroke and 400 IM, third in the 200 breaststroke, fourth in the 100 breaststroke, fifth in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, sixth in the 200 backstroke and ninth in the 200 freestyle. Beyer also was ninth in the Boys Open 1,000 freestyle (second-fastest 13-14-year-old), 10th in the 200 butterfly (in a time that would have been fourth in the 13-14 200 butterfly) and 14th in the 50 breaststroke (fifth-fastest 13-14-year-old).
Shreyan Kulkarni scored with 39 points, placing in second in the Girls 6-and-under 25 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, third in the 25 butterfly, fourth in the 25 backstroke and fifth in the 25 freestyle.
Misha Machavariani scored 32 points just two weeks after getting a cast removed after breaking his arm in late August. Machavariani finished fifth in the Boys 11-12 100 butterfly; seventh in the 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 500 freestyle; eighth in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM; ninth in the 200 freestyle; 10th in the 50 backstroke and 100 freestyle. He was the fastest 11-12-year-old in the Boys Open 1,000 freestyle, dropping more than four seconds and placing 31st.
Tony Machavariani scored 30 points, winning the Boys 6-and-under 50 freestyle and 25 backstroke and finishing third in the 25 freestyle. Joshua Pendleton scored 24 points, placing fourth in the Boys 8-and-under 25 freestyle, fifth in the 25 breaststroke and 50 backstroke, eighth in the 50 butterfly and ninth in the 50 freestyle.
Jahnavi Venugopal scored 10 points, placing sixth in the Girls 8-and-under 25 breaststroke, eighth in the 25 backstroke, 10th in the 25 freestyle and 50 Breaststroke and 13th in the 50 freestyle. Venugopal also swam five events in the Girls 10-and-under races, placing as high as 27th in the 200 freestyle.
Ayush Panda scored six points, finishing in eighth in the Boys Open 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, 16th in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle and 17th in the 1,000 freestyle.
Also swimming for Club Olympia were Advika Badve, finishing as high as 20th in the Girls 9-10 100 backstroke; Pratt Badve, placing 16th in the Boys 13-14 100 breaststroke and 18th in the 200 breaststroke; Arjun Bhadoria, taking 20th in the Boys 13-14 100 breaststroke and 500 freestyle; Zoie Chandelkar, finishing 12th in the Girls 10-and-under 100 breaststroke and 200 freestyle, 14th in the Girls 9-10 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, and 200 IM, 17th in the 50 breaststroke and 18th in the 50 butterfly; Cole Ehara, placing as high as 21st in the Boys 13-14 100 backstroke; Nandini Kondhare, taking as high as 25th in the Girls 9-10 100 butterfly and the 10-and-under 200 freestyle; Sanaa Kulkarni, finishing 19th in the Girls 10-and-under 100 breaststroke and 20th in the 9-10 100 butterfly; Hannah Manlief, placing as high as 25th in the Girls Open 500 freestyle; Lovely Panda, taking as high as 24th in the Girls 9-10 100 butterfly and 10-and-under 200 Freestyle; Brooklyn Pendleton, finishing 13th in the Girls 9-10 100 backstroke and 17th in the 100 butterfly; Erica Samuel, placing 12th in the Girls Open 1,000 freestyle, 15th in the 400 IM, 18th in the 200 butterfly and 19th in the 500 freestyle; and Jay Venugopal, taking as high as 22nd in the Boys 10-and-under 200 freestyle.
Nick Green, swimming unattached as a recent transfer back to Club Olympia, scored 30 points, finishing fourth in the Boys Open 200 butterfly and 1,000 freestyle, fifth in the 100 freestyle and 500 freestyle, seventh in the 200 IM, 15th in the 50 breaststroke, 17th in the 50 backstroke and 18th in the 100 backstroke.
With Green’s points, and if Beyer had swum the 13-14 200 butterfly instead of the Open event, Club Olympia would have moved into third place overall, just ahead of Cardinal Aquatics, the University of Louisville’s club team.
