Swimmers make seven state cuts

NOBELSVILLE — With the regular season over, 27 tankers packed up from Jay County to head to Noblesville High School. After a strong showing, four more swimmers extended their seasons for another two weeks.

The Jay County Winter Swim team competed in the divisional meet over the weekend with four tankers hitting state times to make seven state cuts.

Cooper Glentzer led the way by hitting state times in three events.

He made his first cut for the 14-and-younger division on Saturday, finishing the 200-yard backstroke in 2 minutes, 9.63 seconds, which is a 4.93 second improvement from his previous times.

On Sunday, the high school freshman clinched a spot at the Natitorium on IUI’s campus in Indianapolis — state will start on March 21 and go through 23 — in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. He swam a 52.36 in the former and a 1:00.07 in the latter.

Carsyn Guggenbiller also made a pair of state cuts. She opened the weekend by earning a berth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:27.94 (an 8.79 second time drop). On Sunday, she completed the 10th and final state cut that girls in the 10-and-younger division can get with a 30.22 in the 50 freestyle. (She will have to narrow down to six events for the state meet.)

Addisyn Champ and Grady Warvel both made a state cut as well. Champ, who swims in the 12-and-younger division, put out a 28.86 time in the 50 freestyle for her state berth. Warvel dropped 7.91 seconds to top the 14-and-older field in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:16.42.