These South Bend-area swimmers and divers will compete at 2024 IHSAA girls state finals
The 2024 IHSAA girls swimming and diving state finals begin Friday at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. It’s the 50th annual state finals, making it one of the oldest girls sports championships in Indiana.
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Swimming prelims are 6 p.m. Friday. Diving prelims are 9 a.m. Saturday, with both swimming and diving finals starting at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Click HERE to see complete preliminary heat sheets.
Here is a look at the South Bend area athletes competing for state titles this weekend, where they're seeded in their events and what their times were at last week's sectional meets:
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South Bend area athletes competing at 2024 IHSAA girls swimming and diving state finals
200-yard medley relay: Penn, seeded 3rd (1:42.79); Concord, seeded 16th (1:47.28); Northridge, seeded 26th (1:51.15)
200-yard freestyle: Catie Brenneman, Concord, seeded 6th (1:50.27); Molly Barnes, Penn, seeded 12th (1:51.59); Claire Dobrydney, South Bend Saint Joseph, seeded 18th (1:53.39)
200-yard individual medley: Addy Szakaly, South Bend Adams, seeded 9th (2:05.65); Lauren McGrath, Penn, seeded 11th (2:05.85); Brynlee Yoder, Concord, seeded 12th (2:06.04); Izzy Melvin, Northridge, seeded 18th (2:08.72)
50-yard freestyle: Lily Christianson, Penn, seeded 2nd (22.66); Kaia Podlin, Penn, seeded 4th (23.21); Emma Tulacz, New Prairie, seeded 9th (23.79); Alayna Riggins, Penn, seeded 11th (23.93)
100-yard butterfly: Alayna Riggins, Penn, seeded 4th (54.46); Kaia Podlin, Penn, seeded 8th (55.75); Avery Woods, Penn, seeded 15th (57.25); Mya Ernsberger, Concord, seeded 17th (57.50)
100-yard freestyle: Lily Christianson, Penn, seeded 2nd (49.92); Catie Brenneman, Concord, seeded 7th (51.20); Molly Barnes, Penn, seeded 18th (52.29)
500-yard freestyle: Brynlee Yoder, Concord, seeded 11th (5:05.26); Claire Dobrydney, South Bend Saint Joseph, seeded 20th (5:08.96)
200-yard freestyle relay: Penn, seeded 3rd (1:35.02); Concord, seeded 17th (1:39.63); South Bend Adams, seeded 25th (1:41.51)
100-yard backstroke: Addy Szakaly, South Bend Adams, seeded 10th (56.29); Bella Biggers, Concord, seeded 21st (58.20); Lauren McGrath, Penn, seeded 24th (58.58)
100-yard breaststroke: Anika Guenther, Penn, seeded 11th (1:04.57); Izzy Melvin, Northridge, seeded 15th (1:05.38)
400-yard freestyle relay: Concord, seeded 11th (3:32.83); Penn, seeded 12th (3:33.32); Northridge, seeded 24th (3:40.55)
1-meter diving: state advancers out of the Valparaiso regional were Penn’s Giselle Guenther (4th, 378.15) and South Bend Adams’ Kailey Corban (7th, 350.05).
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