Columbus East High School

Columbus East swimmers and divers delivered a strong performance in Tuesday’s meet at the Chuck Newell Natatorium. The East boys swept all 12 events to claim a decisive 113-71 victory, while the East girls faced tough competition, falling 137-42. Boys Results: Final Score Columbus East 113 - Columbus North 71 Event Results **200 Medley Relay** 1. Columbus East (Ethan Hall, Misha Machavariani, Josh Pendleton, Keaton Stephenson) - 1:45.11 2. Columbus North (Aarush Mahato, Nicolas Bowers, Diego Cotero Tapia, Eli McIntier) - 1:50.19 3. Columbus East (Todd Hundley, Charlie Wells, Eli Isaacs, Mason Bean) - 1:56.78 **200 Freestyle** 1. Josh Pendleton (CE) - 1:49.35 2. Diego Cotero Tapia (CN) - 1:51.33 3. Ethan Hall (CE) - 2:06.29 4. Mason Bean (CE) - 2:13.45 5. Eli Varchenko (CN) - 2:17.49 **200 Individual Medley** 1. Todd Hundley (CE) - 2:12.86 2. Aarush Mahato (CN) - 2:13.84 3. Eli Isaacs (CE) - 2:24.50 4. Isaac Niewedde (CN) - 2:35.81 5. Abhay Bhadauria (CN) - 3:11.18 **50 Freestyle** 1. Keaton Stephenson (CE) - 23.15 2. Nicolas Bowers (CN) - 25.70 3. Jameson Kessler (CE) - 25.94 4. Eli McIntier (CN) - 26.82 5. Eddie Aranda (CE) - 31.20 **Diving** 1. Gavin Day (CE) - 265.95 2. Dagan Kleffman (CN) - 200.95 3. Jameson Kessler (CE) - 142.45 4. Gary Streeval (CN) - 119.55 **100 Butterfly** 1. Misha Machavariani (CE) - 53.55 2. Diego Cotero Tapia (CN) - 53.60 3. Aarush Mahato (CN) - 1:02.06 4. Eli Isaacs (CE) - 1:03.11 5. Hudson Clock (CN) - 1:05.92 **100 Freestyle** 1. Keaton Stephenson (CE) - 50.54 2. Luis Valerdi (CN) - 1:02.96 3. Charlie Wells (CE) - 1:03.00 4. Ethan Kessler (CE) - 1:10.82 5. Oliver Lifferth (CN) - 1:16.53 **500 Freestyle** 1. Josh Pendleton (CE) - 4:57.16 2. Eli Varchenko (CN) - 5:53.86 3. Hudson Clock (CN) - 6:08.50 4. Mason Bean (CE) - 6:10.22 **200 Freestyle Relay** 1. Columbus East (Keaton Stephenson, Ethan Hall, Misha Machavariani, Eli Isaacs) - 1:34.31 2. Columbus North (Diego Cotero Tapia, Aarush Mahato, Eli McIntier, Nicolas Bowers) - 1:38.54 3. Columbus East (Charlie Wells, Gavin Klakamp, Ethan Kessler, Jameson Kessler) - 1:57.22 **100 Backstroke** 1. Todd Hundley (CE) - 59.47 2. Ethan Hall (CE) - 1:03.02 3. Isaac Niewedde (CN) - 1:15.40 4. Alexander Poisel (CN) - 1:42.07 5. Sebastian Jackson (CN) - 3:04.88 **100 Breaststroke** 1. Misha Machavariani (CE) - 1:04.15 2. Nicolas Bowers (CN) - 1:12.34 3. Charlie Wells (CE) - 1:19.32 4. Oliver Lifferth (CN) - 1:21.69 5. Abhay Bhadauria (CN) - 1:40.17 **400 Freestyle Relay** 1. Columbus East (Mason Bean, Ethan Kessler, Todd Hundley, Josh Pendleton) - 3:54.32 2. Columbus North (Eli McIntier, Hudson Clock, Isaac Niewedde, Eli Varchenko) - 4:11.64 3. Columbus North (Luis Valerdi, Oliver Lifferth, Abhay Bhadauria, Alexander Poisel) - 5:13.98 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Girls Results: Columbus North 137, Columbus East 42 200 Medley Relay Columbus North (Mridula Muthukumaran, Cora Tregoning, Sanaa Kulkarni, Brooklyn Pendleton) 2:02.15 Columbus North (Advika Badve, Sanchita Ponnathpur, Nandini Kondhare, Kara Buntin) 2:12.46 3. Columbus East (Ainslee Shaw, Baylee Benefield, Cassidy Furnish, Ella Thompson) 2:51.01 200 Freestyle 1. Cassidy Furnish (Columbus East) 2:17.86 Max Andrews (Columbus North) 2:18.14 Nandini Kondhare (Columbus North) 2:22.55 Caroline Crawford (Columbus North) 2:26.67 5. Hannah Dean (Columbus East) 2:38.20 200 Individual Medley Mridula Muthukumaran (Columbus North) 2:19.86 2. Connelly Furnish (Columbus East) 2:26.42 Sanaa Kulkarni (Columbus North) 2:31.10 4. Maddie Beyer (Columbus East) 2:53.97 Mattie Handlon (Columbus North) 2:59.28 50 Freestyle Brooklyn Pendleton (Columbus North) 27.28 Kara Buntin (Columbus North) 29.17 Nicole Brault (Columbus North) 29.53 4. Baylee Benefield (Columbus East) 34.14 5. Ainslee Shaw (Columbus East) 37.10 Diving Kristin Waite (Columbus North) 120.90 2. Delaney Rogers (Columbus East) 118.45 3. Kinsey Marks (Columbus East) 98.15 4. Izzy Sturgeon (Columbus East) 66.95 100 Butterfly Mridula Muthukumaran (Columbus North) 1:03.61 Sanaa Kulkarni (Columbus North) 1:07.98 Advika Badve (Columbus North) 1:08.09 100 Freestyle Kanav Mehta (Columbus North) 1:02.40 Kara Buntin (Columbus North) 1:06.17 Adyasha Panda (Columbus North) 1:09.58 4. Baylee Benefield (Columbus East) 1:16.13 500 Freestyle 1. Connelly Furnish (Columbus East) 5:33.43 Cora Tregoning (Columbus North) 6:01.29 Max Andrews (Columbus North) 6:05.82 4. Cassidy Furnish (Columbus East) 6:13.56 Caroline Crawford (Columbus North) 6:55.51 200 Freestyle Relay Columbus North (Muthukumaran, Kulkarni, Badve, Pendleton) 1:48.84 Columbus North (Brault, Buntin, Mehta, Kondhare) 2:00.44 3. Columbus East (Connelly Furnish, Dean, Benefield, Beyer) 2:09.69 100 Backstroke Kanav Mehta (Columbus North) 1:10.74 Nicole Brault (Columbus North) 1:16.50 3. Hannah Dean (Columbus East) 1:18.27 Adyasha Panda (Columbus North) 1:23.79 100 Breaststroke Advika Badve (Columbus North) 1:18.85 Cora Tregoning (Columbus North) 1:22.09 Sanchita Ponnathpur (Columbus North) 1:24.21 4. Maddie Beyer (Columbus East) 1:29.07 400 Freestyle Relay Columbus North (Crawford, Panda, Kondhare, Andrews) 4:27.27 Columbus North (Pendleton, Brault, Mehta, Tregoning) 4:37.25 3. Columbus East (Connelly Furnish, Dean, Cassidy Furnish, Beyer) 4:37.42 The meet showcased the determination and progress of the East swimmers and divers. The Olympians remain focused on improving their times and refining techniques as they gear up for the remainder of the season. Their next meet is Saturday, December 21st as they head to New Albany High School to battle the Bulldogs, an HHC opponent. Meet time: 10 a.m.