Monroe Community College broke up a perfect event sweep for Indian River on night 2 of the NJCAA (Junior College) National Championships, but Indian River did take down a national record.
That record came in the 200 IM, where Barb Caraballo went 2:01.05 to blow out the field and set the new Junior College mark. Caraballo led a 1-2-3 sweep for IRSC, who leads the points handily in both genders.
That came one event after Monroe’s Tamara Miler put the first blot on Indian River’s otherwise-perfect record for the meet. Miler, the aptly-named distance swimmer, went 4:58.65 to take the 500 free national title by nearly 10 full seconds.
But from there, it was all Indian River. In the other individual women’s swimming event, the 50 free, Tayla Lovemore went 23.21 to take the win by a half second over Iowa Lakes’ Cheyenne Rova. And in 1-meter diving, Ashley Wright won the title for IRSC, scoring 490.75 points.
Caraballo and Lovemore combined with Leah Sims and Sarah Neely to take the 200 free relay title to open the night, going 1:33.50.
The men’s relay also went to Indian River in a blowout. Stefan Stojmenovic, Danny Hartley, Bryce Tomonera and Adam Wise combined to go 1:20.43, getting a 19.74 split from Timonera.
Hartley would go on to win the individual 50 free in 20.30, with teammate Craig Emslie (20.39) right behind. Wise was third in 20.69.
Matt Nielsen crushed the 500 free field with a 4:33.90, and Shota Nakano topped the 200 IM in 1:49.53 to round out the men’s event sweep for Indian River.
Team Scores
Women
- Indian River – 575
- Monroe – 436
- Iowa Lakes – 368
- South Georgia – 292
- Darton – 177
Men
- Indian River – 580
- Monroe – 364
- Iowa Lakes – 364
- Darton – 293
- South Georgia – 263