Scouting the IHSAA boys swimming and diving finals

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

When: Swimming preliminaries, 5 p.m. Friday; diving preliminaries and semifinals, 8 a.m. Saturday; consolation and finals in all events, noon Saturday. (All times region)

Tickets: $8 per session or $12 season pass.

Webcast: www.ihsaatv.org (live on Saturday).

Favorite: Carmel. Dark horse: Chesterton.

Top seeds and local qualifiers

200 MEDLEY RELAY -- 1. Hamilton Southeastern 1:34.68, 2. Munster 1:34.77, 8. Crown Point 1:36.79, 10. Chesterton 1:36.96, 14. Michigan City 1:37.74.

200 FREE -- 1. Matt Gerth (Carmel) 1:40.05, 5. Casey Hooker (Rensselear) 1:42.78, 10. Blake Yeager (Crown Point) 1:43.27, 26. Blake Pieroni (Chesterton) 1:45.97.

200 I.M. -- 1. Cameron Miller (Michigan City) 1:52.87, 7. Dillon Thompson (Munster) 1:55.35.

50 FREE -- 1. Harrison Wagner (Indianapolis Brebeuf) 20.65, 4. Frank Rapin (Munster) 21.2, 12. Adam Johnston (Highland) 21.45, 21. Marcus Trybula (Crown Point) 21.75, 23. Stephen Castillo (Highland) 21.79, 27. Mike Kukurugya (Crown Point) 21.87, 28. Tyler Fozkos (Chesterton) 21.98.

DIVING -- 1. Layne Rogers (Harrison) 532.85, 7. Josh Batten (LaPorte) 437.25, 10. Tyler Croell (Crown Point) 422.8, 18. Alex Olson (Chesterton) 401.65, 20. Tony Trinosky (Valparaiso) 386.2.

100 FLY -- 1. Kevin Behrens (Munster) 49.91, 6. Aaron Whitaker (Chesterton) 51.37, 9. Hooker (Rensselaer) 51.59.

100 FREE -- 1. Wagner (Indianapolis Brebeuf) 45.73, 13. Yeager (Crown Point) 47.2, 16. Fozkos (Chesterton) 47.32, 24. Trybula (Crown Point) 47.71.

500 FREE -- 1. Kiernan McGeehan (Carmel) 4:37.45, 4. Rapin (Munster) 4:38.58, 6. Pieroni (Chesterton) 4:41.55, 8. Teryn Solan (Lake Central) 4:42.49.

200 FREE RELAY -- 1. Munster 1:24.69, 4. Highland 1:26.44, 6. Chesterton 1:27.04, 11. Crown Point 1:27.04, 23. Michigan City 1:28.76.

100 BACK -- 1. Justin Rossillo (Hamilton Southeastern) 51.02, 2. Behrens (Munster) 51.12, 10. Thompson (Munster) 52.33, 16. LaPorte 52.97, 23. Kukurugya (Crown Point) 54.11.

100 BREAST -- 1. Miller (Michigan City) 57.19, 9. Nathan Quinlan (Michigan City) 58.55, 18. Connor Wood (Lowell) 59.85, 20. Dan Kvachkoff (Crown Point) 1:00.05, 25. Jack Wallar (Chesterton) 1:00.45.

400 FREE RELAY -- 1. Carmel 3:08.37, 4. Crown Point 3:10.06, 20. Chesterton 3:14.31, 23. Highland 3:14.86.

Advancement: The top 16 in each swimming event during Friday's prelims will return for competition on Saturday with the top eight individuals vying for state championship honors. Those finishing nine through 16 on Friday advance to the consolation heats. All diving will take place on Saturday with the top 21 of 32 competitors advancing from the prelims to the semis after five dives each. After three dives each in the semis, the top 16 will advance to the final round for another three dives each.

Fast fact: Munster's Kevin Behrens (100 fly, 100 back), Chesterton's Tyler Fozkos (50 free) and Carmel's Matt Gerth (200 free) return to defend their respective crowns.

Directions: Take I-65 south to Exit 114 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr St./West St.). Turn right onto W. Michigan Street, left on N. University Boulevard, then left on W. New York Street.