Head Coach Chris Plumb breaks down the state tournament into 4 quarters. Thru the first 3 quarters, the Greyhounds have been flawless. Carmel qualified 23 swims from Friday night’s IHSAA state preliminaries into Saturday’s state finals. Twenty-one of those swims made it to the “A” Final, or championship heat, with the other two moving on to the “B” Final, or consolation heat. Carmel picked up top seeds in four events. William Allen clocked in at 1 minute, 37.23 seconds to earn the first seed in the 200 freestyle, while Andrew Shackell swam the butterfly event in 47.29 seconds for a top seed there. The Greyhounds also earned top seeds in the medley relay (1:29.40) and the 200 free relay (1:23.54). Allen led a parade of three “A” Final qualifiers in the 200 free, with Ethan Zhang qualifying third and Lewis Zhang fifth. That was the first of four “Triple A” qualifying events for the ‘Hounds: Yi Zheng (second), Cory Han (fourth) and Michael Gorey (eighth) all reached the fast heat of the individual medley, while Allen (second), Anderson Kopp (third) and Lewis Zhang made the championship final of the 500 free. Kopp, Carter Hadley and Han went 3-4-5 in the backstroke for three more “A” qualifiers. William Pugh qualified eighth in the 50 free to make the fast heat in that event. Hadley (third) and Ethan Zhang (fifth) both reached the championship heat of the 100 free, while Gorey (sixth) and Zheng (seventh) made the “A” Final of the breaststroke. Carmel’s 400 free relay qualified third, giving the Greyhounds their 21st “A” Final of the meet. Pugh placed 13th in the butterfly and William Lathrop was 14th in the 100 free; both made the “B” Finals of their respective events. Streaming: All competition will be streamed live at IHSAAtv.org and the IHSAAtv suite of apps (iPhone, Android phone, Roku, Amazon Firestick, AppleTV, and Android TV) via pay-per-view for $15 for Friday's preliminaries only or $20 for both days. Saturday, March 1, 2025 Gates open at 7:30 am ET 9 am ET | Diving Preliminaries, Semifinals 1 pm ET | Championship/Consolation Finals in all swimming events; Diving Finals