Indiana State Champions topped in Girls Swimming & Diving

INDIANAPOLIS – Every yr the opposite ladies swimming and diving groups across the state of Indiana are elevating their stage.

And each time, Carmel has the reply.

The Greyhounds gained their nationwide document fortieth straight state championship on Saturday afternoon on the Indiana University Natatorium, scoring 326.5 factors to beat co-runners up Carroll (Fort Wayne) and Fishers.

“We certainly understood we had a challenge in front of us, and we knew we needed to swim our best to have a chance,” Carmel head coach Chris Plumb mentioned. “The girls really stepped up and did that.”

It was the primary time because the 2008 season {that a} workforce was inside 100 factors of Carmel on the state meet, with Carroll and Fishers ending with 227 factors,
Plumb mentioned that they advised the ladies main as much as the meet to embrace and welcome the challenges, not succumb to the strain and quit something.

Senior Molly Sweeney mentioned the Greyhounds embrace the challenges thrown their means and that it brings out the very best in them.

“This feels amazing and honestly I think this is the best year yet, because the competition has been closer,” Sweeney mentioned. “Winning doesn’t feel as special when you win by like 10 seconds. But the relays were close, the individual events were close, it is much more rewarding.”

The Greyhounds gained 5 occasions on the day.

They took the medley relay title for the 18th straight season, with the workforce of Leah DeBosch, Sweeney, Ellie Clark, and Sophia Floyd profitable in a time of 1:40.90.

“The big win for us was that medley relay, going two seconds faster than last week,” Plumb mentioned. “I thought that was a huge win for our team and got us fired up.”

Carmel additionally received two particular person titles every from Sweeney and Clark.

Sweeney took first within the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 52.78 and within the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 59.24. 

After a irritating state meet a yr in the past, Sweeney mentioned she had misplaced her love of swimming and critically thought-about giving up the game.

But she took a step again and reprioritized issues, and located ardour for the game once more.

“I really hated the sport. I was experiencing some over training syndrome and I’m being serious when I say I wanted to quit,” she mentioned. “I kind of had to take a step back and realize there is much more to life than swimming, that I have this God given gift as an athlete and I’m just trying to use it to my fullest and make others around me better.”

Plumb mentioned Sweeney has been a incredible chief for this Greyhound workforce.

“Molly did a great job leading in and out of the pool,” Plumb mentioned. “She understood what her role was, she unified the team and I love the way she brought the team together.”

The sophomore Clark captured the 200-yard IM in a time of 1:57.73, transferring from third to first within the last 50 yards to overhaul defending state champion Jordyn Glassley of Carroll and Zionsville’s Haley Hunter.

Clark additionally repeated because the champion within the 100-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 53.08.

“Our team really swam well as a whole, and everyone stepped up when they needed to,” Clark mentioned. “We got a lot of important races. I feel like I swam alright, but this is a meet where places mean more than time.”

Carmel received a second place end from Helena Gibson in diving, and third place finishes from Haley Morris within the 500-yard freestyle and Leah DeBosch within the 100-yard backstroke. 
The Greyhounds capped the State Finals with a 3rd place end within the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Carroll and Fishers tied for second, the primary time within the 52-year historical past of the state meet that groups tied for second.

“I’m extremely proud of our girls,” Fishers head coach Joe Keller mentioned. “I told the girls when we got on the bus today that regardless of what happened I was proud of everything they have done. The best part is when you try to create and live a culture of excellence, then success will follow. The things that they have learned and grew from and achieved this year, that’s kind of what the IHSAA embodies.”

Fishers had a double champion in junior Emily Wolf, who took the gap double, profitable the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.84 and the 500-yard freestyle in 4:43.25.

“She made the national junior team this year based on performances, and she can manage and handle situations in this setting,” Keller mentioned. “She has a level of confidence, it’s not arrogance, it’s confidence from within that she has put in the work and time and saw it pay off.”

Carroll completed second on the power of their dash freestylers.

Maris Williams gained the 50-yard freestyle in 22.86, with teammate Kate Fetters in second in 22.92. They had been the primary teammates to complete 1-2 within the occasion since Carmel’s Amy Bilquist and Kendall Smith in 2015.

“That was awesome,” Williams mentioned. “It’s so fun to be able to swim with my teammates and have that success together. We have definitely been thinking about doing that, and it was something we wanted to do.”

The duo reversed the end within the 100-yard freestyle, with Fetters profitable in 49.52 and Williams putting second, turning into the primary teammates to complete 1-2 in that occasion since Carmel’s Claire Adams and Kelly Pash in 2016.

“I love having someone there that I can race every day, and I know she’s there to make me better also,” Fetters mentioned. “It’s just so exciting to see what we’ve worked so hard for all season really come true.”

They additionally teamed with Glassley and Naomi Bowland to win the 200- and 400-yard freestyles.

All 4 ladies are again subsequent yr.

Concord’s Catie Brenneman, who positioned second within the 200-yard freestyle and third within the 100-yard freestyle, was named the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award winner.

 

 

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Concord’s Catie Brenneman earns Mental Attitude Award 

Catie Brenneman of Concord High School was named the recipient of the Mental Attitude Award by the IHSAA Executive Committee after right now’s state meet.

Academically, Catie ranks fourth in her senior class and is a member of the National Honors Society. She has been named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and NISCA All-American for the previous three years and is a four-year All-Conference choice within the Northern Lakes Conference.

This yr, she certified within the 100 and 200 freestyle occasions and was a member of Concord’s 200 and 400 freestyle relay groups. Catie certified for state all 4 years of highschool and earned medals yearly heading into right now’s meet. As a freshman, she broke Olympian Lindsay Benko’s sectional document within the 200 free and now holds faculty information within the 200 free, 500 free, and 200 IM.

Outside of faculty, she will likely be a 10-year 4-H membership member this upcoming summer season and has been a long-time volunteer, the place she assists with youthful members and the annual Elkhart County Fair. Catie is also a volunteer with the Concord Swim Club and Concord Junior High Swim Team as a timer.

Catie, the daughter of Dan and Angie Brenneman of Elkhart, Indiana, will attend the University of Notre Dame, the place she plans to main in advertising and compete for the Fighting Irish swimming workforce. She turns into the second ladies swimmer from Concord to earn this award, becoming a member of her sister, Grace Brenneman, who obtained the respect in 2022.

Each yr the IHSAA Executive Committee selects a senior who was nominated by her principal and coach and was decided to have finest demonstrated psychological perspective, scholarship, management and athletic capacity. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the IHSAA’s proud company associate, offered $1,000 to Concord High School’s normal scholarship fund within the title of Catie Brenneman.

 

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The 52 Annual IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving State Finals
Indiana University Natatorium, IU Indianapolis
February 13-14, 2026

Top 10 Teams
1. Carmel 326.5 fortieth consecutive workforce championship
T2. Fishers 227 
T2. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 227
4. Zionsville 201
5. Penn 157
6. Hamilton Southeastern 141
7. Chesterton 138   
8. Valparaiso 122   
9. Center Grove 76   
10. Munster 73  

State Champions
200 Medley Relay: Carmel (Leah Debosch 10, Molly Sweeney 12, Ellie Clarke 10, Sophia Floyd 11) 1:40.90
200 Freestyle: Emily Wolf (11) Fishers 1:45.84 
200 Individual Medley: Ellie Clarke (10) Carmel 1:57.73 2 hundredth title by a Carmel particular person or relay workforce
50 Freestyle: Maris Williams (11) Carroll (Fort Wayne) 22.86 
One Meter Diving: Adelyn Flessner (12) North Central (Indianapolis) 529.30 Repeat state champion
100 Butterfly: Molly Sweeney (12) Carmel 52.78 
100 Freestyle: Kate Fetters (11) Carroll (Fort Wayne) 49.52 
500 Freestyle: Emily Wolf (11) Fishers 4:43.25 Repeat state champion
200 Freestyle Relay: Carroll (Fort Wayne) (Kate Fetters 11, Maris Williams 11, Jordyn Glassley 11, Naomi Bowland 11) 1:32.63 First-ever relay title for varsity  
100 Backstroke: Ellie Clarke (10) Carmel 53.08 Repeat state champion
100 Breaststroke: Molly Sweeney (12) Carmel 59.24 Third state title in 4 years
400 Freestyle Relay: Carroll (Fort Wayne) (Jordyn Glassley 11, Kate Fetters 11, Naomi Bowland 11, Maris Williams 11) 3:21.30