BSw Highland Inv.: #3 Munster slips past #2 Chesterton for title

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

Second-ranked Chesterton won eight of 12 events, but it was No. 3 Munster that captured the boys swimming team title Dec. 27 at the Highland Invitational.

Munster managed just one winner – Kevin Behrens with a :52.14 in the 100-yard backstroke – but the Mustangs prevailed with their unparalleled depth. Munster mustered up seven second-place finishes, and the Mustangs racked up 18 top-five finishes overall.

That was enough to roll up 366 points in the loaded eight-team field (six of the eight teams were ranked), 35 more than runner-up Chesterton. No. 12 Lake Central (216) finished third, with No. 8 Crown Point (199) finishing fourth and Valparaiso tying No. 35 South Bend Riley for fifth with 98 points.

Chesterton won all three relays, including a pool-record 3:13.44 in the 400 freestyle relay from Kyle Whitaker, Ethan Hall, Taylor Zakhar, and Bill Bass. Whitaker and Bass were double winners for the Trojans, the former taking the 200 individual medley (1:56.22) and the 100 butterfly (a pool-record :49.08) and the latter capturing the 200 free (1:43.67) and the 500 free (4:47.69).

Chesterton’s other win came in the 100 free with Tyler Fozkos’ :47.23.

The meet’s other champions were Lake Central’s Chris Johnson – a double winner in setting pool records in the 50 free (:20.87) and the 100 breaststroke (:57.87) – while Valparaiso’s James Raber took the 1-meter diving title with 375.05 points.

Team scores
1. #3 Munster 366
2. #2 Chesterton 331
3. #12 Lake Central 216
4. #8 Crown Point 199
5. Valparaiso 98
5. #35 South Bend Riley 98
7. #28 Portage 54
8. Highland 33

The individual results (courtesy nwitimes.com and Bill Meyer):

1-METER DIVING
1. James Raber (V) 375.05
2. Matt Poulus, (Mu) 358.25
3. Tony Trinoski (V) 349.85
4. Mike Majchrowicz (LC) 329.90
5. Alex Olson (C) 329.25
6. Matt Miller (C) 328.95

200 MEDLEY RELAY
Heat A
1. Chesterton (Kyle Whitaker, Matt Rosiecki, Bill Bass, Tyler Fozkos) 1:35.03
2. Munster 1:35.77
3. Lake Central1:41.88
Heat B
1. Munster (Joshua Martin, Patrick Raycroft, Zach Wallar, John Gaskill) 1:44.52
2. Chesterton 1:46.73
3. Lake Central 1:48.60

200 FREE
1. Bass (C) 1:43.67
2. Matthew Schmidt (LC) 1:46.91
3. Blake Yeager (CP) 1:48.88
4. Ethan Hall (C) 1:49.8
5. Adam Meyer (M) 1:51.4
6. Frank Rapin (M) 1:52.75

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. Whitaker (C) 1:56.22
2. Dion Low (V) 2:00.26
3. Dillon Thompson (M) 2:01.13
4. Joe Wulf (M) 2:01.49
5. Raycroft (M) 2:02.59
6. Rosiecki (C) 2:02.84

50 FREE
1. Chris Johnson (LC) 20.87 (pool record)
2. Fozkos (C) 20.92
3. Corey Bandura (M) 21.71
4. Brendan Morin (CP) 21.9
5. Trybula (CP) 22.52
6. Eric Blue (SBR) 22.7

100 BUTTERFLY
1. Whitaker (C) 49.08 (pool record)
2. Kevin Behrens (M) 49.98
3. Chris Schreier (P) 52.71
4. Morin (CP) 54.78
5. Ted Melk (SB) 55.97
6. Blue (SBR) 56.03

100 FREE
1. Fozkos (C) 47.23
2. Bandura (M) 47.73
3. Trybula (CP) 49.88
4. Murray Crabtree (M) 50.61
5. Tim Gyure (H) 50.88
6. Taylor Zakhar (C) 51.0

500 FREE
1. Bill Bass (C) 4:47.69
2. Thompson (M) 4:49.08
3. Schmidt (LC) 4:58.87
4. Yeager (CP) 4:59.03
5. Rapin (M) 5:00.85
6. Teryn Solan (LC) 5:03.93

200 FREE RELAY
1. Chesterton (Rosiecki, Hall, Zakhar, Fozkos) 1:28.50
2. Lake Central 1:30.40
3. Crown Point 1:30.42
4. Munster A 1:31.85
5. South Bend Riley 1:32.64
6. Munster B 1:34.03

100 BACK
1. Behrens (M) 52.14
2. Schreier (P) 54.46
3. Karl Weisser (SBR) 57.66
4. Martin (M) 58.27
5. Mike Kukurugya (CP) 59.05
6. Hall (C) 59.26

100 ******
1. Johnson (LC) 57.87 (pool record)
2. Wulf (M) 1:00.18
3. Low (V) 1:00.97
4. Rosiecki (C) 1:01.48
5. Matt Kukurugya (CP) 1:01.72
6. Ryan Hunter (LC) 1:02.36

400 FREE RELAY
1. Chesterton (Whitaker, Hall, Zakhar, Bass) 3:13.44 (pool record)
2. Munster A 3:14.46
3. Crown Point 3:25.6
4. Munster B 3:28.86
5. Lake Central 3:34.01
6. Portage 3:35.17