State bound swimmers Delphi boys varsity swim team has five members who qualified to compete at the state swim meet on Saturday. A sixth, diver Andy Flora, was a regional qualifier. Swimmers pictured are (l-r): Front - Flora. Back - Jeremy Sterrett, Kyle Price, Clint McLeland, Andrew Burton and Jared Kelley Photo provided Five members of the Delphi Boys Varsity Swim team are headed to the State swim meet Friday at the Natatorium in Indianapolis.

After a less than stellar performance at last Thursday's preliminaries, the boys bounced back strong Saturday afternoon, winning five events.

The 200 medley relay team led from the start as backstroker Kyle Price handed breaststroker Clint McLeland the lead. Butterflyer Andrew Burton widened the lead and freestyler Jeremy Sterrett hung on for the win with a time of 1:40.86.

The 200 freestyle relay team came from behind for the win as Jared Kelley and Sterrett swam well on their first two legs of the relay. Price closed the gap on the third leg, almost handing the lead to anchor Burton who powered his way to win by nearly a second with a time of 1:31.67.

Price pulled away for the win in the 100 backstroke in what looked like a four-man race after the first 50 yards. His time of 54.54 was over a second faster than the runner-up.

Burton repeated as sectional champion in both the 50 and 100 freestyle events with times of 21.99 and 47.86. He won the 50 by half a second and the 100 by over two seconds.

All five winning times are school records as the medley relay dropped over two seconds, the 200 free relay took almost a second and a half off the old mark, Price, who had tied the backstroke record at conference, took off three quarters of a second while Burton shaved off just over a tenth of a second in the 50 and a second off in the 100.

Diver Andy Flora's third place finish earned him a trip to the diving regional at Hamilton Southeastern. Flora is believed to be the first Delphi diver to qualify for the regional. If Flora places eighth or better Tuesday, he will join his teammates in Indianapolis.

Delphi swim coach Al Brannan was chosen by his peers as Coach of the Year for the West Lafayette Sectional. The DCHS team placed third with 159 points.