By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
Carmel High School hosted the 2024 Holiday Invitational at its new pool on Friday, December 27. The Greyhounds swept the meet, with the girls and boys—both defending Indiana High School state champions—winning. The girls team is seeking its 39th straight title this season and beat Upper Arlington, Carroll Fort Wayne, Zionsville, and Homestead in the team’s second competition of the season. The boys beat the same schools and the boys’ only school, St. Charles Preparatory.
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Aaron Shackell recently returned to the club after spending the first term at the University of Texas, time trialed the 200 freestyle. The results of the time trial do not show up on MeetMobile; SwimSwam has reached out, and this article will be updated as the results are made available.
Girls’ Recap
The Greyhound girls own the record for the longest high school state championship streak in any sport. So, it was unsurprising to see them take the win dominantly, winning all but two events.
Alex Shackell—recently returned from the 2024 Short Course World Championships—was a huge factor in the team’s win, touching first in her two individual events and contributing to two relay wins. Shackell won the 200 freestyle by over five seconds, touching in 1:44.24 as she and senior Lexie Ward went 1-2 in the race. Then, she took on the 100 backstroke. She’s the defending IHSAA state champion in the event and posted a 53.23 in her first effort in the event this high school season.
Faith Gorey, Mollie Sweeney, and Ellie Clarke combined for a 1:31.92 to win the 200 freestyle relay. Then, Shackell led off the 400 freestyle relay in 48.91 to end her day. Maryn Sims (53.46), Addy Czarnecki (51.96), and Ward (51.43) followed Shackell, and the quartet took first in 3:25.76.
Molly Sweeney. Sweeney, a junior verbally committed to Tennessee, was the other female double-event winner as she took first in the 100 butterfly (53.42) and 100 breaststroke (1:02.60). She recently finished third in the 100 butterfly at the Winter Junior Championships — East, swimming a lifetime best 52.10. She also took fourth at the championships in the 100 breaststroke with a season-best 1:00.80.
Kayla Barr (4:54.00) and junior Sabrina Ledwith (4:59.00).
The freshman Clarke won the 200 IM with a lifetime best 2:01.04, touching well over a second ahead of her teammate Gorey. Like many of the swimmers at this meet, Clarke had a successful showing at the Winter Junior Championships — East; she took third in the 500 freestyle, sixth in the 200 fly, and seventh in the 200 backstroke. However, the 200 IM was not one of the events she raced in Greensboro. Her time today would’ve qualified for the ‘C’ final.
Hayden Hollingsworth and Zionsville’s Annabelle Swiney were the two non-Carmel girls to record event wins on the day. Hollingsworth, a Georgia commit, won the 50 freestyle with a 23.45; Upper Arlington went 1-3 in the race as sophomore Marin Berg touched in 23.97 for third.
Addy Czarnecki, Maris Williams, and Berg—were all sub-52 seconds.
Boys’ Recap
Anderson Kopp, Yi Zheng, Andrew Shackell, and Michael Gorey took the 200 medley relay in 1:29.27, and sophomore Trent Allen won the 200 freestyle in 1:39.07.
Mason Crews was second in 1:39.66, getting his hand on the wall ahead of Carmel’s Ethan Zhang (1:39.77). Later, Allen added a second event win in the 500 freestyle, swimming 4:27.80 to again narrowly beat Crews, a Grand Valley State commit, who clocked 4:28.17.
Austin Carpenter stopped Carmel’s momentum by winning the 200 IM. Carpenter held off a late surge from Homestead’s Hayden Lynam to win; Lynam split 25.61 on the freestyle leg but ran out of room to chase down the Texas class of 2026 commit. Carpenter clocked 1:48.73 for the win, nearing his lifetime best (1:48.52). Lynam earned second in 1:48.95, resetting the lifetime best (1:49.10) he clocked two weeks ago at Winter Juniors.
Jake Lloyd, Caleb Moore, and Alex Wu won in 3:01.92.
Andrew Shackell by three hundredths. He was back on the blocks after the break for the 100 freestyle, clocking 44.98—just off his 44.85 lifetime best from this month’s Winter Juniors.
Wyatt Julian was the third individual event winner for St. Charles, taking first in the 100 backstroke with a 50.28 ahead of another 2-3 finish from Carmel. Corey Han placed second in 50.86, while Kopp finished third with 50.93.
Andrew Shackell provided another win in the 100 butterfly. Another Texas commit, Shackell, clocked 47.77 to win. At Winter Juniors, he posted a lifetime best of 47.04. Shackell also helped Carmel win the 200 freestyle relay, as he (20.73), Allen (20.84), Carter Hadley (20.90), and Gorey (20.12) won in 1:22.59.
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