Scouting the IHSAA state 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.

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

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

Favorite: Carmel. Darkhorse: Chesterton.

Top seeds and local qualifiers

200 MEDLEY RELAY -- 1. Bloomington South 1:32.92, 4. Chesterton 1:35.48, 8. Crown Point 1:36.26, 20. Munster 1:38.19. 25. Lake Central 1:39.1.

200 FREE -- 1. Trevor Carroll (South Bend St. Joseph's) 1:38.76, 3. Blake Pieroni (Chesterton) 1:41.81, 11. Ethan Whitaker (Chesterton) 1:43.61, 18. Andrew Antonetti (Valparaiso) 1:44.19, 28. Luke Paprocki (Lake Central) 1:46.19.

200 I.M. -- 1. Jacob Cook (Homestead) 1:53.06, 7. Dion Low (Valparaiso) 1:55.15, 24. Nick Borzych (Chesterton) 1:58.73, 26. James Beckman (Munster) 1:58.84.

50 FREE -- 1. Adam Johnston (Highland) 20.51, 3. Stephen Castillo (Highland) 21.06, 6. Mike Kukurugya (Crown Point) 21.43, 31. Jack Wallar (Chesterton) 22.24.

DIVING -- 1. Joshua Arndt (LaPorte) 517.6, 11. Alex Rosales (Portage) 420.85, 13. Zach Schwartz (Valparaiso) 409.7, 19. Muyenda Burnett (Valparaiso) 388.6.

100 FLY -- 1. Max Irwin (Bloomington North) 49.5, 6. Aaron Whitaker (Chesterton) 51.17, 20. Daniel Kvachkoff (Crown Point) 52.72, 25. Joel Gintzler (Crown Point) 52.9.

100 FREE -- 1. Carroll (South Bend St. Joseph's) 45.82, 2. Johnston (Highland) 45.88, 4. Castillo (Highland) 46.42, 5. Pieroni (Chesterton) 46.51, 24. Johnny Lynk (Crown Point) 47.71.

500 FREE -- 1. Nathan Hopkins (Westfield) 4:37.83, 5. Antonetti (Valparaiso) 4:39.65, 11. E. Whitaker (Chesterton) 4:41.72, 20. Christopher Dabrowski (Highland) 4:47.05.

200 FREE RELAY -- 1. Highland 1:25.04, 6. Chesterton 1:26.94, 25. Crown Point 1:30.27, 28. Lake Central 1:30.49.

100 BACK -- 1. Austin Flager (Northridge) 50.55, 6. A. Whitaker (Chesterton) 51.94, 10. Kukurugyna (Crown Point) 52.52, 16. Beckman (Munster) 53.17, 20. Austin Butcher (LaPorte) 53.44

100 BREAST -- 1. Zechariah Banks (Carmel) 57.03, 7. Low (Valparaiso) 58.12, 10. Matthew Quinlan (Michigan City) 58.39, 13. Wallar (Chesterton) 58.56, 26. Connor Wood (Lowell) 1:00.05.

400 FREE RELAY -- 1. Bloomington North 3:06.49, 5. Highland 3:10.58, 8. Chesterton 3:11.74, 20. Munster 3:15.78, 23. Valparaiso 3:16.55, 26. Crown Point 3:17.67.

Advancement: The top 16 in each swimming event from Friday's prelims will return for competition 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 Saturday, with the top 21 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: Top-ranked Carmel is the defending champion.

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.