Columbus North High School

February 18, 2024 - Columbus North scored 216 points to earn a fifth-place finish at the IHSAA Columbus North Boys Swim Sectional Finals on Saturday, February 17. While the Bull Dogs did not have any Sectional champions who automatically qualified for the State Championships, North had three events called back to fill the top 32 performances statewide to compete in the State Finals next weekend. Bloomington South won the Sectional team title (438 points), with Bloomington North finishing second. Jude Abdallah finished fifth in the 50 yard Freestyle, earning a state call-back. Diego Contero Tapia’s third-place finish in the 100 yard Butterfly also earned him a call-back. Abdallah and Contero Tapia then teamed with Aarush Mahato and Isaac Proffitt to finish second in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay and earn a call-back position. The State Championship Prelims will begin on Friday, February 23, with the Finals taking place the following day. Top Bull Dog performances at the Sectional Finals included the following: 200 yard Medley Relay (Mahato, Abdallah, Contero Tapia, Proffitt) - 4th 200 yard Freestyle - Contero Tapia - 6th, Mateo Gamez-Lamadrid - 16th 200 yard Individual Medley - Brock Smith - 10th 50 yard Freestyle - Abdallah - 5th, Proffitt - 7th, David Zhang - 15th 1-meter Diving - Dagan Kleffman - 6th, Gary Streeval - 12th 100 yard Butterfly - Contero Tapia - 3rd, Mahato - 6th, Smith - 10th 100 yard Freestyle - Zhang - 16th 500 yard Freestyle - Gamez-Lamadrid - 15th 200 yard Freestyle Relay (Contero Tapia, Mahato, Proffitt, Abdallah) - 2nd 100 yard Backstroke - Saisri Harshith Devaguptapu - 14th 100 yard Breaststroke - Abdallah - 3rd, Victor Joergensen - 16th 400 yard Freestyle Relay (Proffitt, Zhang, Smith, Nicolas Bowers) - 6th Photo: Diego Contero Tapia catches his breath after his third-place finish in the 100 yard Butterfly at the Sectional Finals. Contero Tapia’s performance earned him a berth in next weekend’s State Finals along with Jude Abadallah (50 yard Freestyle) and the 200 yard Freestyle Relay (Contero Tapia, Aarush Mahato, Isaac Proffitt, Abdallah).