Penn wins Northern Indiana Conference boys swimming title Saturday in Elkhart
For the second straight year, the Penn boys swim team took home the Northern Indiana Conference title. The Kingsmen (609 points) outlasted Riley (540) and New Prairie (376) despite only winning six of Saturday's 12 events at the Elkhart Acquatic Center.
Penn won the 200-yard freestyle (Nate Temeles), 200 individual medley (Leo Ni), 100 butterfly (Nate Reininga) and 500 freestyle (Matthew Weeks). Ni was also part of Penn's 400 freestyle relay winning team.
Elkhart's Lucas Byrd also made noise, setting the new league meet record in the 100 breaststroke and also winning the 100- butterfly.
Here are the top-three finishers from Saturday's NIC boys swim meet:
Team Scores: Penn 609, South Bend Riley 540, New Prairie 376, Elkhart 273.5, SB Adams 195.5, Bremen 141, SB Saint Joe 44, SB Clay 27, Mishawaka Marian 24, Jimtown 22, SB Washington 18
200-Yard Medley: Riley (Ike Ruszkowski, Chris Bartmess, Joel Kricheff, Paddy Chapman) 1:35.56, Penn (Leo Ni, Collin Fleming, Nate Reininga, Chris Oberlie) 1:35.85, Elkhart (Gabe Kazmierczak, Lucas Byrd, Christian Khamkueang, Gavin Sommer) 1:38.87
200-Yard Freestyle: 1. Nate Temeles (Penn) 1:45.96, Jarek Ruszkowski (Riley) 1:46.02, Matthew Weeks (Penn) 1:47.71
200-Yard IM: Leo Ni (Penn) 1:57.18, Gabe Kazmierczak (Elkhart) 1:58.37, Chris Bartmess (Riley) 1:58.56
50-Yard Freestyle: Paddy Chapman (Riley, 21.63), Nate Reininga (Penn, 22.11), Reid Ohlson (Penn, 22.34)
1-Meter Diving: Nick Hardy (Elkhart) 461.25, Eliot Riem (Riley) 308.85, Omar Zidan (Penn) 296.05
100-Yard Butterfly: Nate Reininga (Penn) 52.11, Joel Kricheff (Riley) 53.29, Collin Fleming (Penn) 53.53
100-Yard Freestyle: Lucas Byrd (Elkhart) 46.00, Paddy Chapman (Riley) 47.74, Reid Ohlson (Penn) 48.47
500-Yard Freestyle: Matthew Weeks (Penn) 4:50.33, Nate Temeles (Penn) 4:50.35, 3. Cooper VanDriessche (Riley) 5:00.96
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Riley (Paddy Chapman, Chris Bartmess, Ashton Maurer, Jarek Ruszkowski) 1:28.39, Penn (Reid Ohlson, Nate Reininga, Tristan Zuyderwyk, Nate Temeles) 1:28.59, Elkhart (Gavin Sommer, Gabe Kazmierczak, Christian Khamkueang, Lucas Byrd) 1:31.41
100-Yard Backstroke: Ike Ruszkowski (Riley, 52.54) Leo Ni (Penn) 53.25, Gabe Kazmierczak (Elkhart)
100-Yard Breaststroke: Lucas Byrd (Elkhart) 56.20 NR, Chris Bartmess (Riley) 58.21, Collin Fleming (Penn) 1:00.67
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: Penn (Reid Ohlson, Chris Oberlie, Leo Ni, Nate Temeles) 3:17.09, Riley (Jarek Ruszkowski, Cooper VanDriessche, Joel Kricheff, Ike Ruszkowski) 3:19.30, Penn (Matthew Weeks, Chris Howell, Rhys Holt, Tristan Zuyderwyk) 3:21.99
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Elkhart's Byrd sets meet record, but Penn boy claims NIC boys swim title
