Club Olympia swimmers competed in last weekend’s Indiana Senior State Championships in Elkhart. Pictured are, front row from left, Misha Machavariani, Cole Ehara, Tony Machavariani, Pratt Badve, Connelly Furnish, Maggie Johnson, Annie Murer; and back row, Judah Nickoll, Dathan Wolf, Cavan Stilson, Ashley Freel, Hope Westphal and Ty Mayer.
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Thirteen Club Olympia Swim Team athletes traveled to Elkhart last weekend to compete in the Indiana Swimming Senior State Short Course Championship against more than 700 of the best swimmers from Indiana representing 70 club teams. The Open championship was primarily for swimmers 15 years an older who met qualifying time standards, with select Age Group level swimmers 14 years and younger who met the time standards also competing.
By the close of the four-day meet, Club Olympia finished 15th overall. The Club Olympia girls finished ninth, led by Ashley Freel, who won her first state title in the Women’s 200-yard freestyle and extended Club Olympia’s record of having at least one state champion each year (other than 2020, due to COVID cancelling all championship meets) since its formation in 2016.
Club Olympia’s Ashley Freel won the 200-yard freestyle at last weekend’s Indiana Senior State Championships in Elkhart.
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Freel took fourth in the Women’s individual High Point standings. She also placed fourth in the 100 freestyle, fifth in the 200 butterfly, sixth in the 100 butterfly, eighth in the 100 backstroke and 11th in the 200 backstroke. Freel, Maggie Johnson, Annie Murer and Hope Westphal combined to place 12th in the 800 freestyle relay, 13th in the 400 freestyle relay and 20th in the 200 freestyle relay. Freel, Johnson and Murer swam with Connelly Furnish to place 23rd in the 200 medley relay and 33rd in the 400 medley relay.
Maggie Johnson was the second-highest scorer on the club for the weekend, finishing 10th in both the 1,000 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle, 24th in the 200 butterfly, 26th in the 500 freestyle and 29th in the 400 IM. Hope Westphal placed 11th in the 1,650 freestyle, 18th in the 1,000 freestyle, 20th in the 500 freestyle and 25th in the 400 individual medley.
Dathan Wolf was the high scorer on the men’s side for the club, finishing in 19th in the 100 backstroke and 25th in the 200 backstroke. Wolf also swam with Cole Ehara, Misha Machavariani and Judah Nickoll to place 28th in the 800 freestyle relay and with Pratt Badve, Machavariani and Cavan Stilson to place 29th in the 200 medley relay and 31st in the 400 medley relay.
Connelly Furnish, who turned 13 on the first day of the meet, scored in two events at her first senior state meet, finishing 21st in the 1,000 freestyle and 28th in the 1,650 freestyle. Machavariani also scored in his first senior state meet, finishing in 22nd in the 1,000 freestyle and 29th in the 1,650 freestyle.
Also competing for the first time in individual events were Badve, Ehara, Ty Mayer, Murer and Nickoll. Stilson, also swimming in his first senior state, competed on four relays.
PICKLEBALL
Club hosts pickleball tourney
Two hundred players from six states competed in last weekend’s Columbus Spring Open Pickleball Tournamnet at Tipton Lakes Athletic Club.
Among local players, Charlie Day and Trent Miller won the Men’s Doubles 3.5 gold medal.
Local Silver Medal winners included Dean Layman and Rick Saltsman in Men’s Doubles 3.0, Michael Burt and Brandon Snyder in men’s Men’s Doubles 4.5, Bug Brown and Rich Jordan in Mixed Doubles 3.0, Brown and Bonnie Rogers in Women’s Doubles 3.0 and Stephanie Hughes and Celeste Hook in Women’s Doubles 4.0.
Locals winning Bronze Medals were Jordan and Ed Lancaster in Men’s Doubles 3.0, Aya Nakajima and Nobu Nakajima in Mixed Doubles 3.0, Kelly Fox and Tricia Skinner in Women’s Doubles 3.0 and Shelly Burnside and Lisa Martin in Women’s Doubles 4.0.
