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By TR HARLAN Everything has a standard by which it is judged. For programs in the Duneland Athletic Conference that standard is now the Chesterton Boys Swimming program after the Trojans won their 13th consecutive league title Saturday at Crown Point. Chesterton’s 489 points outdistanced second-place Crown Point (360) and tied the Portage Wrestling program’s 13 consecutive league titles. “In this streak, we’ve had a lot of kids who have been sick or something else and the team has always come first,” Chesterton coach Kevin Kinel said. “They’ve gone out and done their very best to keep this thing going. I tried to point that out to the kids. There are a lot of people who have put a lot of blood and a lot of sweat into this program to get this streak to where it is. “We needed to step up to honor those guys.” The Trojans came out of the gate fast with the quartet of Kyle Whitaker, Matt Rosiecki, Bill Bass and Tyler Fozkos winning the 200 Medley Relay (1:36.22). “We really wanted to set the tone during the first half of the meet,” Whitaker said. “The 13th title was really important. Coach had us take a look up at the (conference) board (in the CHS pool) to see the streak of championships. We didn’t want to let those guys down that got us to this point. “The streak has become a Trojan tradition.” Bill Bass won the first of his two individual titles with a win in the 200 Free (1:44.49). He also took top honors in the 500 Free (4:43.51). “Billy was swimming a little under the weather today,” Kinel said. “You have to give him credit for swimming great and with a lot of guts.” Whitaker would win the first of his two individual titles with a victory in the 200 IM (1:50.05). Later, he would win the 100 Fly (49.71). Both times were Pool and DAC records. “The IM was definitely a good swim and it was my best time of the season,” Whitaker said. “It’s a good indicator of where I am now heading toward State. I really wanted to break 1:50, but it was pretty close.” Tyler Fozkos won the first of his two individual titles in the 50 Free (21.38) as the Trojans won the first four events in the pool. The sophomore also won the 100 Fee (47.66). “Tyler was a double-winner today,” Kinel said. “He had two great performances and swam great on the relays.” But, for Kinel, those were expected results. The conference title came down to the great swims of the second and third level kids. “Coming into this year, we had lost a lot of depth,” Kinel said. “We knew some other kids were going to have to come through for us and they have. I’m awfully pleased.” Kinel had no shortage of kids to talk about when he highlighted the success of his depth on Saturday. “Nate Schuster had two huge swims for us today,” Kinel said. “Nick Teall had two geat swims with best times in the 50 and 100 Free. Josh Gerber in the 100 Free had his best time by a mile. “Taylor Zakhar’s 500 Free and Ethan Hall’s backstroke were great swims. Drake Belt’s two swims were best times too.” The other victory for the Trojans came in the 400 Free Relay when the foursome of Whitaker, Hall, Zakhar and Bass took top honors in 3:14.81. Chesterton returns to the pool on Tuesday night when they host Highland beginning at 6 p.m.
Team Results 1. Chesterton, 489; 2. Crown Point, 360; 3. Lake Central, 305; 4. Valparaiso, 269; 5. Michigan City, 220; 6. Portage, 186; 7. LaPorte, 136; 8. Merrillville, 116. Individual Results 200 Medley Relay – 1. Chesterton (Kyle Whitaker, Matt Rosiecki, Bill Bass, Tyler Fozkos), 1:36.22; 2. Crown Point, 1:38.86; 3. Michigan City, 1:43.99; 4. Portage, 1:45.30; 5. Valparaiso, 1:45.37; 6. Lake Central, 1:45.53; 7. Merrillville, 1:50.10; 8. LaPorte, 2:00.57. 200 Free – 1. Bill Bass (C), 1:44.49; 2. Matthew Schmidt (LC), 1:46.02; 3. Balke Yeager (CP), 1:46.28; 4. Ethan Hall (C), 1:49.86; 5. Nate Schuster (C), 1:54.25; 6. Jacob Pavel (M), 1:54.57; 7. Till Hubl (CP), 1:54.67; 8. Teryn Solan (LC), 1:55.66. 200 IM – 1. Kyle Whitaker (C), 1:50.05 (POOL RECORD, DAC RECORD); 2. Cameron Miller (MC), 1:58.39; 3. Matt Kukurugya (CP), 1:59.74; 4. Dion Low (V), 2:00.10; 5. Matt Rosiecki (C), 2:02.70; 6. Nathan Quinlan (MC), 2:07.56; 7. Ryan Hunter (LC), 2:07.73; 8. Brian Johnson (LC), 2:09.22; 9. Nick Brahos (C), 2:09.76. 50 Free – 1. Tyler Fozkos (C), 21.38; 2. Brendan Morin (CP), 21.84; 3. Marcus Trybula (CP), 22.43; 4. Nick Teall (C), 22.92; 5. Taylor Zakhar (C), 23.03; 6. Johnny Bednar (V), 23.26; 7. Mike Kukurugya (CP). 23.46; 8. Kyle Plummer (MC), 23.90. 1-Meter Diving – 1. Justin Kramer (MC), 443.95; 2. Tony Trinoski (V), 372.35; 3. James Raber (V), 370.60; 4. Houston Wolfe (C), 362.50; 5. Josh Batten (L), 345.15; 6. Derek Smith (L), 340.55; 7. Devon Shaughnessy (LC), 319.80; 8. Matt Miller (C), 317.30; 12. Jake Brehmer (C), 291.70. 100 Fly – 1. Kyle Whitaker (C), 49.71 (POOL RECORD, DAC RECORD); 2. Chris Schreier (P), 52.07; 3. Matthew Schmidt (LC), 53.55; 4. Ryan Letts (L), 56.91; 5. Jordan McRae (CP), 57.05; 6. Drake Belt (C), 57.19; 7. Daniel Kvachkoff (CP), 57.42; 8. Michael Diaz (C), 58.49. 100 Free – 1. Tyler Fozkos (C), 47.66; 2. Brendan Morin (CP), 48.61; 3. Marcus Trybula (CP), 49.61; 4. Nick Teall (C), 51.15; 5. Jacob Pavel (M), 51.22; 6. Josh Gerber (C), 51.86; 7. Brian Johnson (LC), 51.90; 8. Ryan Bartock (LC), 52.23. 500 Free – 1. Bill Bass (C), 4:43.51; 2. Blake Yeager (CP), 4:53.85; 3. Teryn Solan (LC), 5:01.46; 4. Taylor Zakhar (C), 5:04.34; 5. Nate Schuster (C), 5:04.83; 6. Till Hubl (CP), 5:10.61; 7. Matthew Cain (V), 5:22.59; 8. Aaron Dobben (L), 5:24.82. 200 FREE RELAY – 1. Crown Point, 1:28.60; 2. Chesterton (Matt Rosiecki, Ethan Hall, Taylor Zakhar, Tyler Fozkos), 1:28.99; 3. Lake Central, 1:34.44; 4. Portage, 1:36.72; 5. LaPorte, 1:36.97; 6. Merrillville, 1:37.11; 7. Valparaiso, 1:39.21; 8. Michigan City, 1:41.84. 100 Back – 1. Chris Schreier (P), 54.32; 2. Mike Kukurugya (CP), 56.04; 3. Ethan Hall (C), 57.45; 4. Ryan Byers (MC), 58.92; 5. Ryan Bartock (LC), 59.02; 6. Evan Dominguez (P), 59.80; 7. Matthew Cain (V), 59.91; 8. Drake Belt (C), 1:00.26; 14. Nick Borzych (C), 1:01.97. 100 Breast – 1. Cameron Miller (MC), 59.21; 2. Matt Kukurugya (CP), 1:00.41; 3. Matt Rosiecki (C), 1:00.95; 4. Dion Low (V), 1:01.41; 5. Ryan Hunter (LC),1:03.07; 6. Nathan Quinlan (MC), 1:04.22; 7. Nick Brahos (C), 1:04.87; 8. Kris Pullins (V), 1:05.65; 13. Salvador Mujica (C), 1:09.54. 400 Free Relay – 1. Chesterton (Kyle Whitaker, Ethan Hall, Taylor Zakhar, Bill Bass), 3:14.81; 2. Lake Central, 3:23.77; 3. Crown Point, 3:26.75; 4. Portage, 3:30.05; 5. Michigan City, 3:32.68; 6. Valparaiso, 3:33.09; 7. Merrillville, 3:59.13.
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