<p>Whiteland swim coach Alec DeWitt probably could have rested pretty easily had Thursday’s home meet with Greenwood and Indian Creek been scored as a regular tri-meet, riding his team’s superior depth to comfortable wins.</p>
<p>Instead, the meet was scored as a double dual, which served to inject quite a bit more drama into the evening.</p>
<p>The Warrior boys went down to the wire with the Braves, claiming a 48-46 victory after the foursome of Nicholas Klenner, Sam Udrasols, Wyatt Sell and Cyler Nelis picked up a win in the decisive 400-yard freestyle relay.</p>
<p>"I like it all coming down to the last race," DeWitt said. "You want to have a little bit of fun in dual meets."</p>[sc:text-divider text-divider-title="Story continues below gallery" ]Click here to purchase photos from this gallery
<p>Whiteland beat Greenwood’s boys more comfortably, 67-31. On the girls side, the Warriors took a 62-40 win over the Woodmen and beat the Braves, 82-11. The Greenwood girls beat Indian Creek by a 73-8 score.</p>
<p>Indian Creek’s boys had held a slim lead for most of the evening after opening up with a 200-yard medley relay victory from Sam Smith, Clay Key, Chase Smith and Joey Smith. Key and Joey Smith then earned first-place finishes in the 100 and 500 freestyle, respectively.</p>
<p>Key, Chase Smith, Evan Dennis and Joey Smith then gave the Braves a victory in the 200 freestyle relay, but the Warriors rallied and took first in each of the final three events.</p>
<p>Despite coming up short, Indian Creek coach Brad Smith was happy with how his guys performed on Thursday after a subpar opener against Mooresville.</p>
<p>"Even though we won on Tuesday night, I wasn’t happy the way we swam," he said. "So we had a little ‘coming to Jesus’ moment at the end of that meet, had a good practice yesterday and a good practice this morning, so I thought we definitely stepped up and did much better tonight.</p>
<p>"I’m glad we were in the meet. This is what it’s all about when it comes down to the last relay."</p>
<p>Klenner won the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke for Whiteland, and Nelis claimed the 50 free and the 100 breaststroke. Klenner’s backstroke time of 53.29 seconds was good enough to break the school record that he had set last season.</p>
<p>"We’re definitely excited," DeWitt said of Klenner. "He’s been working his butt off."</p>
<p>The Warrior girls got two wins apiece from Avery Herring (200 and 500 free) and Addison Daily (50 and 100 free). Those two teamed with Alex Halle and Amelia Edens to win both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.</p>
<p>DeWitt says that his girls team had a great preseason and has been building confidence ever since. </p>
<p>"I think they know they can compete with Greenwood, I think they know they can compete with Center Grove, and we swam with Franklin all (summer) long, so we know we can compete with them."</p>
<p>For the Greenwood girls, the medley relay team of Naomi Weaver, Madison Peckinpaugh, Grace Nuhfer and Ava Leininger took first place. Weaver later won both the 200 individual medley and the backstroke. Nuhfer was victorious in the 100 butterfly and Peckinpaugh hit the wall first in the breaststroke.</p>
<p>Joe Sheets (200 IM and 100 fly) was a double winner for the Woodmen boys, and Noah Chaplin was first in diving.</p>
<p>Sierra Bowman won the girls diving for Indian Creek.</p>
