With 10 athletes preparing for the start this week of two consecutive State Championship meets, Club Olympia sent mostly 12-and-under swimmers to Noblesville last weekend to compete in the annual Enchanted Forest Invitational.
The meet, hosted by the Noblesville Swim Club, annually draws several top teams from Indiana and Ohio.
Myra Jaryal led Club Olympia and took the second-place individual High Point Award for the 8U Girls division. Jaryal was the only 7-year old in the top 10 in points for 8U Girls. She was joined by Bella Zhang, who placed seventh in the High Point scoring.
Also placing in the top 10 in their respective age groups were Josh Pendleton and Chad Pendleton, both after competing in only two days of the three-day meet.
Jaryal placed second in the 100-meter butterfly; third in the 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 100 breaststroke; fourth in the 200 individual medley and fifth in the 50 backstroke and 100 freestyle, with three additional top-10 finishes. Bella Zhang placed fourth in the 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly; fifth in the 200 IM and had three additional top-10 finishes.
Josh Pendleton took first in the 200 butterfly, second in the 400 freestyle and fifth in the 200 freestyle, competing in the 13-14 boys division. Chad Pendleton placed first in the 8U Boys 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 200 freestyle and 200 IM, with a second-place finish in the 50 backstroke.
Additional Club Olympia Swimmers scoring points during the weekend included Aahan Gupta with six top-10 finishes, Ty Mayer with two top-five finishes, Shreyan Kulkarni and Arash Thokade both with two top-10 finishes and Camila Mejia Murguia with one top-10 finish. Sanaa Kulkarni, Rayaan Malviya, Emily Meek, Aksh Ranjan and Xavier Zhang all also scored points in their respective age groups.
This weekend and next weekend, Club Olympia athletes who are competing in the 2023 Indiana Swimming Long Course Senior State and Age Group State meets include Connelly Furnish, Gupta, Shreyan Kulkarni, Ty Mayer, Camila Mejia Murguia, Rebeca Mejia Murguia, Annie Murer, Judah Nickoll, Chad Pendleton and Josh Pendleton.
