Alex Shackell Powers Carmel to 39th Straight Indiana Girls Title; Julie Mishler Completes Sprint Double
Make it 39 consecutive Indiana state championships for the Carmel High School girls, as the Greyhounds totaled 448 points on Saturday to more than double 212.5 points of Carroll High (Fort Wayne). Coach Chris Plumb’s squad swept all three relays and Olympian Alex Shackell captured her fourth straight title in the 100-yard butterfly during action at the Indiana University Natatorium.
Carmel opened the afternoon with a victory in the 200 medley relay, with the foursome of Ellie Clarke (25.52), Molly Sweeney (28.41), Shackell (22.38) and Faith Gorey (22.79) recording a swim of 1:39.10. Meanwhile, Gorey (50.12), Clarke (50.57), Lynsey Bowen (50.55) and Shackell (47.15) capped the championship with a triumph in the 400 freestyle relay, thanks to a time of 3:18.39.
Courtesy: Peter H. Bick. Alex Shackell.
Shackell punctuated one of the greatest careers in Indiana high school history in unselfish style, as she opted to race on all three relays to go with the 100 fly. Shackell won her latest 100 fly crown in 50.67, which was nearly three seconds quicker than the 53.61 of Emily Wolf (Fishers). Shackell, with a 21.40 split, also joined Gorey (23.47), Alexandria Clark (23.37) and Sweeney (23.30) on the winning 200 freestyle relay, which touched in 1:31.54.
Bowen clocked a 1:47.89 to prevail in the 200 freestyle and
Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Sprint standout Julie Mishler, a Louisville recruit from Wawasee High School, completed the sprint double. The national high school record holder in the event, she opened by dominating the competition in the 50 free in 21.87. Mishler later won the 100 freestyle in 47.86, where Gorey was second in 49.70.
A sophomore, Wolf followed her silver in the 100 fly with a comfortable decision in the 500 freestyle. Wolf turned in a time of 4:46.47 to finish ahead of Clarke (4:51.20). A freshman, Clarke moved up a slot in the 100 backstroke, which she won in 54.34.
Carroll’s Jordan Glassley topped the field in the 200 individual medley, going 2:00.42, and Valparaiso’s Madeline Moreth was quickest in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a time of 1:00.58.