Swimming & Diving (Co-Ed) New Palestine High School
Boys swim finishes unbeaten regular season
By Andrew Smith | Jan 29, 2024 11:30 PM
The New Palestine boys swimming and diving team capped an undefeated regular season Monday, sweeping a triangular meet at Greenwood. The Dragons defeated Greenwood 55-46 and Roncalli 83-18 to finish the regular season 11-0. Winners for the Dragons boys were Cade Rodgers in diving (178.20), Dawson Lynch in the 100 butterfly (:58.68), James Watson in the 100 freestyle (:53.89), Jake Myers in the 100 backstroke (1:04.44) and Blake Hurst in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.92). Also winning were the 200 medley relay of Lynch, Aidan Kingery, Myers and Liam Fuller (1:49.29) and the 200 free relay of Dontae Thompson, Kingery, Fuller and Ashton Turner (1:40.97) Finishing second were Luke Appleby in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Reese Cox in the 200 IM, Aidan Stephens in diving, the 200 free relay of Myers, Blake Hurst, Luke Bartusek and Karter McNeil and the 400 free relay of Turner, Lynch, Watson and Thompson. The Dragons are next in action Feb. 15 in the IHSAA sectional preliminaries at NPHS.