The Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association has named the Indiana High School Swimmer of the Year for 2007-08 Boys Swimming and Diving. This award, which honors the finest swimmers and divers in the state of Indiana based on performances at the IHSAA state finals, is calculated using the Power Point tables published by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.
The Indiana Swimmer of the Year is sophomore Kyle Whitaker of Chesterton, the state champion in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 butterfly. Whitaker’s time of 1:46.75 in the 200 IM not only set a new national public high school record, but it also earned him the Indiana Swimming and Diving Performance of the Year.
Whitaker, whose winning time in the 100 fly was :48.44, had a combined total of 329 power points – the most by any boy since the award has been given out.
Whitaker’s coach, Kevin Kinel, was named the Indiana High School Boys Swimming & Diving State Coach of the Year. The Chesterton boys won the state championship for the first time in school history.
IHSSCA Swimmer of the Year
Year, Athlete, Power Points
2005 Arthur Miller, Northridge, 309
200 IM: 1:48.76 (160)
100 Backstroke: :50.43 (149)
2006 Peter Jameson, North Central (Indianapolis), 315
200 Free: 1:37.02 (161)
100 Free: :44.82 (154)
2007 Michael Christy, North Central (Indianapolis), 308
200 IM: 1:49.57 (156)
100 Backstroke: :49.93 (152)
2008 Kyle Whitaker, Chesterton, 329
200 IM: 1:46.75 (169)
100 Butterfly: :48.44 (160)
IHSSCA Performance of the Year
Year, Athlete, Event, Time, Power Points
2005 Arthur Miller, Northridge 200 IM 1:48.76 (160)
2006 Peter Jameson, North Central (Indianapolis) 200 Free 1:37.02 (161)
Aaron Koger, Richmond, 100 Breaststroke :55.36 (161)
2007 Tyler Lemert, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran 100 Breaststroke :54.82 (165)
2008 Kyle Whitaker, Chesterton 200 IM 1:46.75 (169)
Thank you, Mike Penrose!
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