Pendleton Heights’ Jacob Simpson coming up for air during the boys 100-yard butterfly race.
Pendleton Heights’ Jacob Simpson leaves the starting block for the start of the boys 100-yard butterfly race.
A member of the Pendleton Heights girls helps a teammate out during the boys 500-yard freestyle race.
Pendleton Heights’ Evan McKinney swimming in the boys 200-yard freestyle race.
Pendleton Heights’ Eli Brinkley during the butterfly leg of the boys 200-yard medley relay.
Pendleton Heights’ Nick Radcliff twists in the air during his dive.
Pendleton Heights’ Reese Dixon concentrates before the start of the boys 50-yard freestyle race.
By Brady Extin | The Times-Post
PENDLETON — The Arabians boys and girls swimming and diving teams were swept in a dual meet with Hoosier Heritage Conference foe Greenfield-Central last Thursday.
The girls fell 144-41, while the boys lost 105-74.
Despite splitting wins in the 12 events with the Cougars, the depth of Greenfield-Central led to a 31-point win.
In the 200-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley, G-C took first, third and fourth; in the 50 free and 100 free they took second, third and fourth; and in the 100 butterfly, they grabbed second and third.
In the 500 freestyle, they grabbed the top three spots, and in the 200-yard freestyle relay, they took first and second.
Despite the top Greenfield-Central finishes, it was the Arabians taking first in the opening event of the night.
In the 200-yard medley relay, the team of Evan McKinney, Jacob Simpson, Eli Brindley and Ian Christian topped the G-C A team by nearly seven seconds.
The Cougars answered with back-to-back first-place finishes.
Mason Stoughton got the Cougars first win of the night in the 200 free with a time of 2:03.23, beating Pendleton Heights’ McKinney by .04 seconds. Aiden Michael followed him with a win in the 200 IM.
The Arabians won the next three swimming events, while G-C’s Gabe Hall defeated Pendleton’s Nick Radcliff in the 1-meter diving.
Christian won the 50 free by half a second and was first in the 100 free, and Simpson was the top finisher in the 100 butterfly.
Simpson added to his night by winning the 100-yard backstroke, and he and Christian capped off four-win night’s with a top finish in the 400 free relay. They were joined once again by McKinney and Brindley.
On the girls side, the Arabians had trouble matching a Greenfield-Central team that continued its red-hot start to the season.
The Cougars swept all 12 events.
A trio of Cougars won two individual events.
Alyssa Osborn was the top swimmer in both the 200 IM and the 100-yard breaststroke, Taylor Parsons won both the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke, and Rachel Stutz took the top spot in the 50 and 100 free.
Cecilia Johnson grabbed first in the 200 free, Katie Jennings won the 500 free, and Kersey Hudson beat teammate Avery Davis by two points to win the 1-meter diving event.
The girls swept all three relays to finish off the clean sweep.
Parsons joined Caroline Felver, Kaylie Butler and Josie Kinnaman to win the 200 medley relay. Osborn, Johnson, Stutz and Selah Vahle won the 200 free relay, and to close off the night that same group took first in the 400 free relay.
Mallory Gentry placed second in the 50 free for the Arabians, Ella Rector was second in the 100 backstroke, and the relay team of Rector, Genry, Ellie Ray, and Kennedy Safford were runner-up in the 200 IM relay.
Clara McIntyre added a pair of third-place finishes.