Key Highlights
- The senior finished third in the 100 butterfly (48.69 seconds) and fourth in the 100 backstroke (49.74).
- Memorial senior Caden Zeidler also reached the podium in the 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle, an impressive combo considering he didn't start swimming competitively until his freshman year.
- Zeidler took fifth in the 100 (45.59) and seventh in the 50 (20.84). Here is the full list of finishes from Evansville-area athletes at the state championship. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement200 medley relay: Castle 21st, 1:38.90; Jasper 29th, 1:44.52.200 freestyle: Nathaniel Seibert (Castle) 22nd, 1:45.27.200 individual medley: Grant Wehr (Jasper) 21st, 1:57.02; Elijah Fee (North) 26th, 1:58.25.50 freestyle: Caden Zeidler (Memorial) 7th, 20.84; Reid Butler (Tell City) 30th, 21.76.100 butterfly: Ozzy Jankowski (Mount Vernon) 3rd, 48.69; Grant Wehr (Jasper) 17th, 50.99.100 freestyle: Caden Zeidler (Memorial) 5th, 45.59; Austin Carlile (Castle) 19th, 46.98; Benjamin Fuesler (Southridge) 32nd, 50.22.500 freestyle: Jack Jones (North) 19th, 4:45.70; Jonah Kuczynski (Jasper) 29th, 5:00.78. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement200 freestyle relay: Mount Vernon 27th, 1:29.90; Jasper 31st, 1:32.18.100 backstroke: Ozzy Jankowski (Mount Vernon) 4th, 49.74; Reid Butler (Tell City) 26th, 54.07.100 breaststroke: Elijah Fee (North) 28th, 1:00.42; Grant Zehr (Jasper) 32nd, 1:05.38.400 freestyle relay: Castle 22nd, 3:14.37; Jasper 29th, 3:18.25; North DQ.1-meter diving: Tyler Thomas (Central) 18th, 251.15. Kyle Sokeland is a sports reporter for the Courier & Press.
- Follow him on X (formerly ) @kylesokeland or email at kyle. sokeland@courierpress. com. This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Evansville athletes at the IHSAA boys swimming state finals.