CLUB OLYMPIA COMPETES IN THE 2023 MUDSOCK CLASSIC SWIM MEET AT FISHERS, INDIANA

Nearly fifty Club Olympia swimmers spent this past weekend at Fishers High School competing in their first club meet of 2023, the Annual Mudsock Classic hosted by the Fishers Area Swim Team.  This year’s Mudsock Classic drew nearly 600 swimmers representing 18 teams from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.  Club Olympia finished an impressive fourth place overall behind the much larger host and local Fishers and Noblesville teams, as well as Cincinnati’s top rated Mason Manta Rays.

10 year old Shreyan Kulkarni claimed the 9-10 boys high point trophy and led Club Olympia with Top 2 finishes in all eleven of his individual events, including 1st place finishes in the 50, 100 and 200 Free and 2nd place finishes in the 50 and 100 Breast, 50 and 100 Back, and 50 and 100 Fly, as well as the 200 IM.  Kulkarni also swam the 1650 yard (mile) Freestyle placing first in the 9-10 division.

The 8&U girls were led by Myra Jaryal placing 2nd  in the 50 Breast, 3rd in the 25 Breast, 4th in the 50 Fly and 100 IM, 5th in the 50 Free, and five additional top 10 finishes.  Bella Zhang, Aahana Ingole, and Neeti Gujarathi combined for 25 top 20 finishes, including three top 10 finishes in individual events.

The 8&U boys were led by Sarthak Dishmukh, who claimed 3rd  in the 50 Breast, and 5th  in the 25 Breast, 25 Back, 25 Fly, and 100 IM with four other top 10 finishes.  Chad Pendleton, competing on only one day, finished 2nd  in the 25 Free, 25 Breast, and 25 Fly and 3rd in the 50 Back with an 8th place finish in the 200 Free.  Rayaan Malviya and Max Tempest combined for 16 top 20 finishes.

Top competitors in the 9-10 Division along with Kulkarni was Lily Pendleton placing 4th in the girls 200 Free and 5th in the 100 Fly with four other top 10 finishes along with Aahan Gupta, Adir Joshi, and Shourya Malviya who combined for 19 top 20 finishes including four top 10 finishes in the boys division.

Joshua Pendleton swam a limited schedule in the 11-12 division for the weekend, yet still claimed 1st in the 50 Fly, 200 Free, 500 Free, and 200 IM with a 2nd place finish in the 50 Free.   Camila and Rebeca Mejia Murguia combined for seven Top 20, five Top 10 and one Top 5 finish in the 11-12 girls division.

Club Olympia had several athletes compete in the 1650 yard (mile) freestyle distance event.   Rebeca Mejia Murguia placed 2nd in the 11-12 division and Nandini Kondhare and Sanaa Kulkarni placing 9th and 10th in the 13-14 division for the girls.  

Joining Kulkarni in the boys 1650, yet competing in the open division, was Ty Mayer who placed 6th, Cavan Stilson 13th, Todd Hundley 14th, Lane Mellancamp 15th, Luke Miller 16th, Keaton Stephenson 18th, and Ethan Hall 20th.  As this was a timed final event, all seven scored points for the club. 

Club Olympia relay teams competed throughout the weekend across all age groups in both medley and freestyle relays and combined for 12 Top 10 finishes with a top finish of 2nd in the 200 Medley Relay by the 10&U boys team of Gupta, Malviya, Joshi, and Kulkarni.  Those four boys also took 4th in the 200 Medley Relay.  The 8&U girls team took 3rd in both the 100 Medley and 100 Free Relays.  

Several 15&O Club Olympia swimmers competed in Sunday morning prelim events and qualified to compete for the Sunday evening finals events but scratched from those finals due to their upcoming high school team schedules this week.  

Local Columbus swimmer Brady Beyer, swimming unattached during the 60 day transfer period, competed in the Open 1650 yard (mile) event taking 2nd place overall.  Beyer also placed 1st in the 200 Breast and 3rd in the 200 Back.