Riley's Chris Bartmess wins Northern Indiana Conference boys swimming MVP
South Bend Riley's Christopher Bartmess earned two first-team All-Northern Indiana Conference honors and two second-team honors as part of relay teams to win the NIC Most Valuable Player in boys swimming and diving.
Penn High School's Jess Preston was named Coach of the Year.
Bartmess was first-team in the 100 butterfly (49.99) and the 100 breaststroke (56.07) and is a member of the second-team 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Joining Bartmess on the NIC first team are teammates Padraig Chapman (50 freestyle, 21.44) and diver Eliot Riem (344.35).
Penn swept the other eight first-team spots. Nate Temeles is a quadruple first-teamer, in the 200 freestyle (1:45.52), the 100 freestyle (47.12) and swimming legs of the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams.
The 200 freestyle relay (1:27.5) team is made up of Cole Stevenson, Temeles, Seth Werntz and Reid Ohlson. The 400 freestyle relay (3:11.68) is made up of Matthew Weeks, Temeles, Leo Ni and Ohlson. Penn's 200 medley relay (1:33.40) of Chris Oberlie, Stevenson, Ni and Ohlson is also first-team. Stevenson won top honors in the 200 individual medley (1:54.88), Weeks won the 500 freestyle (4:52.69) and Oberlie the 100 backstroke (52.39).
Second team
200 medley relay: Riley (Ignatius Ruszkowski, Chris Bartmess, Joe Kricheff, Padraig Chapman) 1:33.44; 200 freestyle: Matthew Weeks (Penn) 1:46.32; 200 individual medley: Ignatius Ruszkowski (Riley) 1:58.20; 50 freestyle: Reid Ohlson (Penn) 22.02; diving: Omar Zidan (Penn) 329.50; 100 butterfly: Leo Ni (Penn) 51.42; 100 freestyle: Padraig Chapman (Riley) 47.38; 500 freestyle: Carter Schultz (Penn) 4:57.88; 200 freestyle relay: Penn (Alex Fleming, Joshua Seluzhitskiy, Kelan Whitehouse, Matthew Weeks) 1:30.89; 100 backstroke: Ignatius Ruszkowski (Riley) 52.48; 100 breastroke: Cole Stevenson (Penn) 57.36; 400 freestyle relay: Riley (Joel Kricheff, Ignatius Ruszkowski, Padraig Chapman, Chris Bartmess) 3:13.34.
Honorable mention
200 medley relay: Penn (Elliott Dye, Joshua Brown, Joshua Seluzhitskiy, Alex Fleming) 1:39.96; 200 freestyle: Carter Schultz (Penn) 1:48.63; 200 individual medley: Joshua Seluzhitskiy (Penn) 2:01.80; 50 freestyle: Joel Kricheff (Riley) 22.22; diving: Trystan Lathon (Riley) 304.55; 100 butterfly: Joel Kricheff (Riley) 51.43; 100 freestyle: Donovan Go (Adams) 49.74; 500 freestyle: Luke Temeles (Penn) 5:05.02; 200 freestyle relay: Elkhart (Gabe Kazmierczak, Max Malloy, Cayden Pettis, Christian Khamkueang) 1:36.23; 100 backstroke: Leo Ni (Penn) 52.60; 100 breaststroke: Joshua Brown (Penn) 1:00.98; 400 freestyle relay: Penn (Chris Oberlie, Luke Temeles, Kelan Whitehouse, Seth Werntz) 3:25.45.
Final standings: Penn 9-0, Riley 8-1, Elkhart 7-2, New Prairie 6-3, Adams 5-4, Saint Joseph 4-5, Bremen 3-6, Jimtown 0-8, Marian 1-8, Washington 1-7.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: All-Northern Indiana Conference boys swimming and diving team.
