High school boys swimming: St. Joseph's Carroll leads parade of records

MISHAWAKA ? In a meet in which it was hard to stand out, South Bend St. Joseph senior Trevor Carroll showed how ready he is to head back to the IHSAA State Championships next week.

Carroll left the Penn pool with three firsts, including the distinction as the only double individual winner from the Penn Sectional Saturday.

Carroll will return to defend his state title in the 200 freestyle after winning that event Saturday before he turned in virtuoso performances in his other two victories.

Penn took the team title, its fourth straight, with 521 points. St. Joseph finished second with 447.

The sectional field proved to be the deepest, at least since the middle of the last decade, as seven sectional and five pool records were set. Also, there were multiple qualifiers in five events.

?This is the fastest the sectional has been in my career,? Carroll said. ?It was fun to be a part of this.?

Carroll opened the day with a 1:41.03 clocking to win the 200 free. While an outstanding time, it was over two seconds slower than his sectional record time of a year ago.

Carroll, however, won the 500 free in an outstanding 4:27.55 effort. That shattered the sectional record by more than 13 seconds and broke the pool record (4:31.25) set in 1998.

?It just felt awesome,? said Carroll. ?I felt most of the season I wanted to swim this event, but I wanted to do what was best for the team first. Our sprinters came along great, so that opened up the 500 for me.?

He brought the rest of the field along as well, as the next three finishers (in order, Penn?s Bowen Anderson, Riley?s James Salmon and Penn?s Hudson Bursch) all beat the state qualifying time.

After helping St. Joe to second in the 200 free relay (in which the Indians qualified, as well), Carroll finished the day by anchoring the 400 free relay.

Penn had a solid lead through the first three legs of the race, leaving its anchor, Seamus Lucero-Dixon, with a body-length lead. Carroll, however, made that up during the first 50 yards, then brought home a sectional and pool record time of 3:09.87. Billy Miller, Anthony Kolbus and Andre Marin swam the first three legs.

?When I anchor relays,? Carroll explained, ?I don?t look where anyone else is at during the first half. I just swim my race. After that, I just wanted to hold off (Lucero-Dixon) and we got a school record out of it, too.?

Penn also qualified with a 3:11.44 clocking, capping a banner day for the Kingsmen.

Penn opened the meet with a sectional and pool record in the 200 medley relay as the Anderson brothers (Tanner and Bowen) joined Mate Kovacs and Lucero-Dixon to win in 1:34.65.

Tanner Anderson came back to win the 200 IM (1:55.39) before Kovacs took the 50 free (:21.86) to give the Kingsmen firm control in the team standings.

From there Penn came through with four firsts. Bowen Anderson (a sophomore) won the 100 butterfly in a sectional and pool record time of :50.37, followed by Lucero-Dixon, who took care of the 100 free (:47.63). The 200 free relay of Tanner Anderson, Kovacs, Travis Bavar and Lucero-Dixon set Penn?s final sectional and pool record of the day with a 1:25.96 time before freshman Kyle Morris won the 100 backstroke in :54.34.

?We?re right on track for next week,? Penn coach Jess Preston said. ?We kept Seamus and Mate to just one individual event so they could help us in the relays and Tanner and Bowen were outstanding for us. We wanted to get them through in four events and they got it done.?

The final new sectional mark came from St. Joe?s Chris Bals, who took the 100 breaststroke in :57.36.

Source: http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/highschoolsports/sbt-high-school-boys-swimming-st-josephs-carroll-leads-parade-of-records-20130217,0,2243961.story?track=rss

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