Bluffton - 413 Norwell - 316 Delta - 302 Muncie Central - 289 Bellmont - 201 Muncie Burris - 185 Jay County - 164 Huntington North - 128 South Adams - 82 Blackford - 70 Adams Central - 66 Your Back 2 Back Sectional Champions are the Bluffton Tigersharks. In 2024 the team earned the schools very first Sectional title in swimming, and they followed that performance up with another championship yesterday at Jay County High School. The victory yesterday also capped the season to remain undefeated for the second year in a row. In the last 2 years, the boys swim and dive team have not lost a meet are an outstanding 35-0 with an average win margin of around 50 points. Yesterday, the team won by 97 points over the runner-up. The other victory to be celebrated is for the second year in a row Coach Justin Uptgraft was selected Coach of the Year. This is the third time in his career he has won the honor. Out of the total 11 tickets possible to state yesterday, Bluffton had the most top finishes sending 4 events to the state meet along with a regional qualifier. Isaac Wheeler in Butterfly was the first ticket punched winning the event for the second year in a row. Just 2 events later the 200 Free Relay of Athan King, Rhett Gerber, Isaac Wheeler, and Noah Brooks punched their ticket to the state meet by dropping 6 seconds from their seed time. This is the first time in school history the team has won this event. The very next event, Noah Brooks punched his individual ticket by winning the 100 Backstroke again this year. On the final event of the day, Rhett Gerber, Griffin Linderwell, Isaac Wheeler, and Noah Brooks won the 400 Freestyle Relay, also an event that those boys won two years in a row. There were three other events that were incredibly close where Bluffton had an opportunity to send more to the next level. Blake Reinhard did just that and edged out the next place by only .35 points in diving. After the semi-finals round Blake was in 7th place, but still in the conversation for earning a top 4 spot which would advance him to Tuesdays regional meet. After the final 3 rounds, Blake had inched his way above the competition and locked in a 4th place finish. Only .35 points separated 4th to 5th place and proving that it’s not over till it’s over. The closest finish of the day came with Isaac Wheeler in breaststroke. In a race that was neck and neck the whole way, Wheeler walked away with a runner-up finish by just .05 of a second. Rhett Gerber also finished as a sectional runner-up in the 200 Freestyle. Rhett dropped an incredible 7 seconds in the past two days to earn the 2nd place finish. Official results from yesterday’s meet: 200 Medley Relay – 4th Lincoln Rodgers, Anthony Hartman, Graham Linderwell, and Athan King 200 Freestyle – 2nd Rhett Gerber, 5th Griffin Linderwell, 6th Graham Linderwell 200 IM – 5th Lincoln Rodgers, 6th Braden Lemler, 12th Clayton Brubaker 50 Free – 3rd Athan King, 4th Rhett Gerber, 8th Wes Frettinger Diving – 4th Blake Reinhard, 11th Evan Klopfenstein, 13th Clayton Brubaker 100 Fly – 1st Isaac Wheeler, 8th Braden Lemler, 15th Evan Klopfenstein 100 Free – 3rd Noah Brooks, 15th Athan King, 16th Wes Frettinger 500 Free – 5th Griffin Linderwell, 6th Graham Linderwell, 8th Jackson Meyer 200 Free Relay – 1st Athan King, Rhett Gerber, Isaac Wheeler, Noah Brooks 100 Backstroke – 1st Noah Brooks, 5th Lincoln Rodgers, 14th Jackson Meyer 100 Breaststroke – 2nd Isaac Wheeler, 8th Anthony Hartman, 12th Coleson Teeple 400 Free Relay – 1st Rhett Gerber, Griffin Linderwell, Isaac Wheeler, Noah Brooks Next up for the boys: Blake Reinhard will compete at the Regional Diving Competition on Tuesday night at Fishers High School The State meet at the IUPUI Natatorium will be on Friday evening starting at 6pm.