Counting down the top 10 moments of the 2023-24 school year for Indianola High School with #9. Both the boys and girls swimming teams qualified multiple events to the state meet this year in their respective seasons, with the Indianola boys swimming team once again claiming a state championship. Junior Isaiah Picard won for the third straight year, this time claiming the championship in the 50 Freestyle Para with a time of 42.55, and second in the 100 Freestyle Para with a time of 1:42.85. Ethan Russell also represented the Indians boys with a 27th place finish in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 22.40.

The Indianola girls quartet of Olivia Bacon, Olivia Costigan, Chloey Hard, and Guinevere McCusker placed 26th with a time of 3:52.31, while Bacon competed in the 50 Freestyle where she placed 30th with a time of 25.44. Bacon has qualified to state multiple times in her career, and knew she and the team would come up big when they needed to.

“I was pretty confident we had a pretty good shot to make it in, in at least one of the relays. So we had a lot of hope in the team, and we backed off last week to prepare, stretch, and get a lot of sleep to help prepare, so I was really confident going in.”

Both the boys and girls teams will bring back multiple state meet qualifiers for next season.