Columbus North High School

January 11, 2026 - Junior diver Dagan Kleffman won the Conference Indiana diving title as both the boys and girls teams finished third at the Conference Indiana Swimming and Diving Championships in Terre Haute on Saturday, January 11. Bloomington South won both the boys and girls divisions, with Terre Haute South finishing in second place in the girls division, followed by Columbus North, Bloomington North, Southport, and Terre Haute North. In the boys division, Bloomington North finished second, the Bull Dogs third, followed by Terre Haute South, Southport, and Terre Haute North. Top finishers for the Bull Dog boys included: 200 medley relay: Hudson Clock, Oliver Lifferth, Aarush Mahato, Eli McIntier - 3rd 200 free: McIntier - 8th 200 individual medley: Mahato - 5th 50 free: Sarthak Kamble - 11th 1m diving: Dagan Kleffman - 1st 100 butterfly: Mahato - 2nd 100 free: McIntier - 8th 500 free: Eli Varchenko - 8th 200 free relay: Mahato, Clock, McIntier, Varchenko - 4th 100 backstroke: HP Devaguptapu - 6th 100 breaststroke: Isaac Niewedde - 7th 400 free relay: Lifferth, Varchenko, Anand Neela, Devaguptapu - 6th In the girls division, top performances for Columbus North were recorded by: 200 medley relay: Advika Badve, Cora Tregoning, Mridula Muthukumaran, Brooklyn Pendleton - 2nd 200 free: Tregoning - 2nd 200 individual medley: Muthukumaran - 2nd 50 free: Pendleton - 6th 100 butterfly: Muthukumaran - 2nd 100 free: Caroline Crawford - 7th 500 free: Tregoning - 4th 200 free relay: Muthukumaran, Badve, Carolina Balogona, Pendleton - 4th 100 backstroke: Crawford - 6th 100 breaststroke: Sanchita Ponnathpur - 9th 400 free relay: Tregoning, Crawford, Balogona, Ell Maignan - 5th The Bull Dogs will have over a week to recover and practice before hosting Jennings County on Tuesday, January 20. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm. Photo: Junior Dagan Kleffman, shown here against Bloomington North on January 8, won the Conference Indiana 1m diving title, helping the boys to a third-place finish as a team. The girls also finished third in their division.