Girls swimming state finals outlook

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Updated: March 11, 2012 8:52AM

When: Friday 5 p.m. (swimming preliminaries); Saturday 8 a.m. (diving preliminaries and semifinals), noon (swimming and diving consolations and finals).

Where: IUPUI Natatorium, 901 W. New York St., Indianapolis 

Region Athletes

200 Medley Relay: Chesterton – Maddie Miller, Olivia Kabacinski, Erin Socha, Madisyn Coudriet; Crown Point – Aly Tetzloff, Hannah Raspopovich, Hayley Balko, Rachel Bukowski; Lake Central – Shelby Carroll, Alaina Willis, Elizabeth Markiewicz, Holly Spears; Munster – Brittany Gilbert, Emily Wimmer, Nicole Smith, Mary Beth Blocher; 200 Free: Julia Campbell (Chesterton); Jillian Homans (Munster); Kate Curley (Chesterton); Traci Muszalski (Lake Central); 200 IM: Nicole Smith (Munster); Maddie Miller (Chesterton); Holly Schuster (Crown Point); 50 Free: Holly Spears (Lake Central); Allie Lamberson (Valparaiso); Olivia Kabacinski (Chesterton); Hannah Raspopovich (Crown Point); 100 Fly: Kaitlyn Steffus (Valparaiso); Aly Tetzloff (Crown Point); Nicole Smith (Munster); Brittany Gilbert (Munster); Carly Jackson (LaPorte); 100 Free: Allie Lamberson (Valparaiso); Olivia Kabacinski (Chesterton); Mary Beth Blocher (Munster); Kate Curley (Chesterton); 500 Free: Carly Jackson (LaPorte); Julia Campbell (Chesterton); Holly Schuster (Crown Point); Jillian Homans (Munster); Traci Muszalski (Lake Central); 200 Free Relay: Valparaiso – Allie Lamberson, Erin Delahunty, Sydney Perry, Kaitlyn Steffus; Chesterton – Madisyn Coudriet, Kate Curley, Brittany Borzych, Julia Campbell; Crown Point – Hannah Raspopovich, Rachel Bukowski, Aly Tetzloff, Hannah Schuster; Munster – Jillian Homans, Emily Wimmer, Nicole Smith, Joann Wakefield; 100 Back: Brittany Gilber (Munster); Danielle Radosevich (Wheeler); Maddie Miller (Chesterton); Aly Tetzloff (Crown Point); Shelby Carroll (Lake Central); 100 Breast: Sierra King (Portage); Hannah Raspopovich (Crown Point); Emily Wimmer (Munster); Alex St Amour (Crown Point); 400 Free Relay: Crown Point – Holly Schuster, Hannah Schuster, Alex St Amour, Hayley Balko; Chesterton – Kate Curley, Julia Campbell, Maddie Miller, Olivia Kabacinski; Valparaiso – Kaitlyn Steffus, Sydney Perry, Justine Johnson, Allie Lamberson; Munster – Ashley Hwang, Joann Wakefield, Jillian Homans, Brittany Gilbert; Lake Central – Shelby Carroll, Elizabeth Markiewicz, Traci Muszalski, Holly Spears; Diving: Khalela El-Naggar (Valparaiso); Abbi Fryer (LaPorte); Charlie Wayne (Crown Point); Cara Leeney (Munster)

Skinny: The level of swimming seems to be on the rise throughout NWI with strong upperclassmen like Chesterton’s Olivia Kabacinski (who had two runner finishes in 2011 and won a title the year before) and Munster’s Brittany Gilbert and competing with powerful underclassmen like Crown Point’s Aly Tetzloff (who already holds multiple records in her freshman year). And top-10 perennial threats such Chesterton (placed fourth three years in a row) and Munster are vying to remain among the top. But for individuals and teams alike, the Central Indiana competition is again a force to be reckoned with. Powerhouse Carmel hasn’t lost a state title since the 1986 season. A win for the Greyhounds would mark their 26th straight.

— By correspondent Josh Lichtenfeld