New Palestine High School

The New Palestine boys swimming and diving team set two school records Saturday as it finished second in the sectional at the NPHS Natatorium. The 200 medley relay team of Dawson Lynch, Blake Hurst, Jake Myers and James Watson broke its own school record with a time of 1:38.81, finishing second. They earned a State Finals berth on time. Lynch also broke his own school record in the 100 backstroke, finishing second in 54.53 seconds. Aidan Stephens finished fourth in diving and will advance to Tuesday's diving regional. Other top finishers were Blake Hurst, who was second in the 100 breaststroke, and the 200 free relay team of Luke Appleby, Myers, Ashton Turner and Watson, which also finished second. Dragons coach Chris Kingery was named the sectional Coach of the Year. As a team, the Dragons tallied 368 points to finish second in the 10-team sectional. Greenfield-Central won with 400. NP was comfortably ahead of third-place Mt. Vernon (297). Saturday's results 200MR: Dawson Lynch, Blake Hurst, Jake Myers, James Watson 2nd, 1:38.81 200 free: Luke Appleby 4th 1:52.36; James Watson 7th 1:53.42; Sam Dobbins 13th 1:59.57] 200 IM: Reese Cox 5th 2:04.95; Dawson Lynch 6th 2:06.68; Blake Hurst 8th 2:10.66 50 free: Ashton Turner 5th 23.11; Luke Bartusek 10th 23.83; Max Watson 15th 25.28 Diving: Aidan Stephens 4th 297.85; Camden Rodgers 6th 254.50 100 fly: Jake Myers 4th 54.61; Luke Appleby 6th 55.96; Karter McNeil 7th 57.08 100 free: James Watson 3rd 49.13; Ashton Turner 10th 52.45; Sam Dobbins 12th 54.29 500 free: Parker Hurst 14th 5:39.44 200 FR: Luke Appleby, Jake Myers, Ashton Turner, James Watson 2nd 1:31.07 100 back: Dawson Lynch 2nd 54.53; Reese Cox 5th 58.17; Jake Myers 6th 59.22 100 breast: Blake Hurst 2nd 1:02.54; Karter McNeil 8th 1:06.51; Tyler Schmidt 9th 1:05.93 400 FR: Luke Appleby, Ashton Turner, Karter McNeil, Dawson Lynch 5th, 3:25.52