Brady Gray is shown competing here for Mt. Vernon’s high school during the butterfly portion of the 200-yard medley relay consolation final at the IHSAA boys swimming and diving state finals held Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis. Gray was the individual high point scorer for his age group at the Stars and Stripes Meet last month in Pendleton.
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PENDLETON — Mt. Vernon Premier Aquatics won the team event and New Palestine Aquatics Club swimmers placed sixth at the Fifth Annual Stars and Stripes Swimming Invitational held at Alvin D. Brown Memorial Pool in Pendleton on June 24-25.
The meet was co-hosted by Pendleton Swim Club (PSC) and Mt. Vernon Premier Aquatics (MVPA).
Ranging from ages 6-to-18, 11 swim teams brought nearly 200 swimmers. There were 76 events.
“Our Stars and Stripes meet always attracts incredible talent from all over the state and this year was no exception,” PSC head coach Amanda Safford said. “This meet requires an ‘all hands on deck’ approach. We were fortunate to have Mt. Vernon Premier Aquatics as our co-host this year.”
MVPA won with a total of 2,046.50 points. PSC placed second (1,705) and Trojan Aquatic Club was third (1,044.50). NPAC scored (666.50).
Individually, MVPA had the top three scorers in the boys 15-and-over division and two of the top three in the girls 15-and-over classification.
For the boys, Brady Gray was first, Matthew Garey second and Eli Webster third. For the girls, Annelise Hiner and Emme Grubbs placed second and third, respectively.
In the 13-14 boys category, Jake Myers from NPAC placed third.
Olivia Beck of MVPA won the 11-12 girls division. Her teammate, Delaney Miller, placed third.
In the 10-and-under class, for girls, Brooklyn Turner of NPAC finished third.
