Club Olympia swimmers competed in the Santa Claus Classic, also at Fishers, against clubs from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Tony Machavariani won the 8-and-under 25 freestyle, 25 breaststroke, 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 25 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle and 25 butterfly, placing in the top five for 10U in three of those events. He [...]
Club Olympia Swim team members took part in two competitions last weekend in Fishers. Fishers was one of the regional sites for the 18-and-under National Championships. Brady Beyer, a 15-year-old sophomore at Columbus East, won the 200-yard breaststroke and 100 breaststroke for the Fishers site. He had six top-five finishes and made the finals in all [...]
Earlier this fall, Club Olympia competed in the Michiana Meet at Northridge High School against teams from northern Indiana and Michigan. With 20 swimmers, Club Olympia finished third behind Michiana and Northridge, both of which had more than 50 swimmers. Freel led Club Olympia with 157 points on nine first-place and one second-place finish in her [...]
Three COST swimmers returned to competition for the first time since last high school season in last weekend’s Return to the Nat meet at IUPUI’s Indiana University Natatorium. Entries were limited to 50 swimmers for each of the three sessions per day. Club Olympia swimmers Brady Beyer, Nalanie Cortez and Ashley Freel competed in the session [...]
Nalanie Cortez, a Columbus North sophomore swimming for Club Olympia, finished third in both the Junior (16-and-under) 2.5K (30:55.90) and 5K (1:03.35.70). Club Olympia’s Ashley Freel finished 10th in the girls race in 32:48.44. In the boys Junior Division, Columbus East sophomore and Club Olympia swimmer Brady Beyer finished 10th in 31:38.02. Beyer and Cortez had [...]
Congratulations to our athletes representing Club Olympia and Columbus, Indiana and the surrounding communities this past weekend at the 2020 SE Indiana Swimming Divisionals in Franklin, Indiana.12 different swimmers earned gold medals in 8 different events including relays. Several more achieved “state cuts” while winning their prelim events allowing them to scratch from finals.6 different swimmers [...]
Club Olympia finished second out of 12 teams from northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois in the 2020 Munster Swim Club Sprints Invitational.Swimmers from Club Olympia recorded 25 individual event titles, 19 runner-up finishes, one relay winner and two runner-up relays. They had six first-place high point award winners, two second-place high point winners and three third-place [...]
Thirty-seven Club Olympia swimmers competed in the Indian Creek Aquatic Club ChaseStrong Invitational last weekend. On the first day, 18 swimmers competed in the ChaseStrong Challenge, which consists of the 400-yard individual medley and 200 butterfly. This challenge is named after Chase Smith, a senior at Indian Creek and one of Indiana’s best age group swimmers [...]
Club Olympia’s Brady Beyer swam in his last meet as a 14 year old at the 2020 Boilermaker Aquatics Gold Fever Invitational in West Lafayette and won the Men’s Open 100-yard breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 freestyle.Beyer, a freshman at Columbus East, currently is ranked fourth in the nation in the 13-14 200 breaststroke, 22nd in [...]
Four swimmers from Columbus helped Team Indiana win last weekend’s Mid-States Championships, a prestigious All-Star 14-and-under championship meet against teams from Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Kentucky. Brady Beyer, Nalanie Cortez, Ashley Freel and Misha Machavariani represented Club Olympia. Beyer won the 13-14 Boys 100 and 200 breaststroke, setting a meet and Indiana state record in [...]
