Wootton girls roll; WJHS boys sneak by despite missing key swimmers

Wootton girls were dominant against the Wildcats on Saturday, but the boys team squandered and opportunity against a depleted Walter Johnson boys’ team. [read more here]

Churchill sweeps B-CC

Churchill looked like the paramount team we’ve come to expect, commanding the meet from start to finish. B-CC showed it has some talent, but it lacks the depth to compete for a divisional title against teams like Churchill and Whitman. [read more here]

Woodson remains undefeated; beats TC Williams

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Despite the long layoff over winter break, Woodson was able to rattle off 34 season’s best times to win 224-91 (boys), 213-99 (girls) over TC Williams.

The Cavalier boys and girls swept diving (1,2,3,4) with Eric Pavord and Samantha Eldridge each taking first. More than half of the divers recording season high scores.

James Chung (Woodson) recorded his first individual region time of the season in the boys’ 200 IM in 2 minutes 3.77 seconds.

Gloriya Mavrova won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke for the Titans.

Leah Rogers (Woodson) easily eclipsed the region qualifying time in girls’ 200 IM (2:13.55), cutting nearly 2 seconds from her personal best.

Titans’ captain, senior Abby Cox scored a regional cut in the 200 IM (2:13.04), winning the event.

One of the standout performances of the night came form Katie McGraw (Woodson), who crushed her personal best time, dropping five seconds, in the girls’ 200 freestyle, and chopped 15 seconds off her previous best in the 500 freestyle for second place, behind Cox, a two-time state qualifier in the event.

Lawrence Lincoln (TC Williams) tied for first in the 50 free style and anchored the winning boys’ 400 freestyle relay.

Despite the dominance by Woodson, the meet ended with excitement. The last event of the night, the girls’ 400 free relay, was decided by .01, with TC edging out the Cavs. The team of A. Cox, Charlotte Sackett, Colleen Cox, and Mavrova set a team new record.

Next week will match the Woodson boys and girls (5-0) against the West Springfield Spartans (5-0, 5-0) in a meet that may very well determine the regular season titles for both.

Patriot beats Broad Run

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In a meet filled with tight finishes, Patriot High School defeated the Broad Run boys’ and girls’ swim teams in Saturday’s Cedar Run District meet. The Patriot boys won 163-123, while the girls won 166-120.

The night started off well for the Patriot boys, winning the opening 200 medley relay in 1:44.73, with excellent swims by the young team of Marcus Quint, Andrew Proper, Thomas Scot, and Gavin Graham.

Proper was a double winner in the 200 freestyle (1:51.89) and 500 freestyle (5:07.18).

Broad Run seniors Alan Horback and Jacob Leidy each won two individual events with Northwest Regional qualifying times.

In the closest race of the night, Horback edged out Patriot’s Quint in the 100 free, 50.32 to 50.34. Horback also won the 50 free in 22.96.

Leidy’s victories came in the 200 IM (2:01.46) and 100 breaststroke (1:05.18).

Sophomore Jack Morrisroe (Broad Run) also took first in the 100 back stroke (59.58) and second in the 100 butterfly (57.42).

Horback, Leidy and Morrisroe teamed with Michael Kopecky for a win in the 200 freestyle relay in a season-best time of 1:34.28.

Junior Caroline Ruttenberg led the Broad Run girls with two individual first places and two exciting finishes.

Broad Run's Caroline Ruttenberg (top) and Patriot's Samantha Baird go stroke for stroke in the final leg of the 200 IM, which Ruttenberg won 2:20.28 to 2:20.47. (photo provided by Marianne Thiede)

In the 200 IM, Ruttenberg and Patriot’s Samantha Baird went stroke for stroke in the freestyle leg, with Ruttenberg winning 2:20.28 to Baird’s 2:20.47.

After taking first in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.31), Ruttenberg nearly pulled off a come-from-behind win, as she anchored the 400 free relay, but Patriot was able to hang on, 4:05.25 to 4:05.31.

Also a double winner, Sydney Thorpe (Patriot) won the 200 freestyle (2:07.96) and 500 freestyle (5:30.60).

Freshman Emily Adams (Broad Run) notched her first individual win for the season as she out-touched fellow freshman, Baird, in the 100 back, 1:05.46 to 1:05.84.

Patriot junior Hannah Romine took first in the 50 freestyle in 27.65, and teammate Caroline Rector took first in the 100 freestyle in 1:02.15.

Adams, Ruttenberg and Anna Sarman teamed with Brooke Graham to win the 200 medley relay (2:03.44), while Sarman and Graham teamed with Gina Pappagallo and Megan Thiede for the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:54.40). Sarman was also an individual winner in the 100 fly (1:06.81).

The Spartans have a double-header this weekend, facing Stonewall Jackson on Friday and Osbourn on Saturday at the Freedom Center in Manassas.

Yorktown sweeps Wakefield in lopsided wins

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The Yorktown Swim and Dive team headed to the Wakefield pool on Friday, January 6th for a swim meet with Wakefield High School, emerging as the winner in both the boys’ and girls’ meets. Both teams are now 5-0 for the season.

The boys won their meet with a score of 131 – 51, with eleven first place wins in the twelve events.

First place finishes in individual events came from Jason Henley (200 freestyle), Will Tarkenton (50 freestyle), Chris Saulnier (diving), Max Fish (100 buttefly), Henry Love (100 freestyle), Crosby Sensibaugh (500 freestyle), David Emson (100 backstroke) and Peter House (100 breaststroke). The three relay teams also came through with first place finishes: 200 medley relay (Henley, Jack Storrs, Sean Coleman, Quinn Romanek); 200 freestyle relay (Emson, Fish, Eric Newton, Tarkenton) and 400 free relay (Shahan Jayasinghe, Love, Sensibaugh, Coleman).

The girls won their meet with a score of 147 – 21, also with first place finishes in every event. Mason Nassetta was a double winner in the 100 butterfly and diving events.  Other individual event winners were Greta Mosley (200 freestyle), Anastasia Gustafson (200 IM), Ellie Belilos (50 freestyle), Amanda Didawick (100 freestyle), Abby Young (500 freestyle), Rachel Robertson (100 backstroke ) and Katie Linek (100 breaststroke). The girls also won each of the relays:  200 medley relay (Didawick, Lauren Allard, Young and Mason Nassetta); 200 freestyle relay (Allard, Belilos, Gustafson, Stephanie Romano); and 400 freestyle relay (Allard, Grace Greenwood, Romano, Young).

Click here for Yorktown results.

The Patriots return to the pool next weekend with a meet against Edison at the South Run Pool.  The meet begins at 6:30 p.m.

Gaithersburg and Magruder boys tie; Trojan girls fall

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Gaithersburg started out strong against Magruder, with a first and third place finish in the boys’ medley relay. The first place boys’ team had a very close race and fought to the finish to in a time of 1:50.54, nearly five seconds faster than their best relay time this season.  The first place team members were: Tyler Pham, Kieran Mahoney, Jacob Ado, and Daniel Valencia.

Gaithersburg continued the meet with several first places, best times, and new team record.

Senior, Pham, broke his own record in the 100 breaststroke with a new time of 1:01.92 a 1.71 second improvement.

Tyler Pham wins the 100 breastroke against Magruder (photo provided by Maria Brunett)

First places were earned by Ado in the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle; Pham in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke; Ellen Anderson in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle; Valencia in the 50 freestyle; and Nicole Polen in the 100 buttefly.

Gaithersburg boys also took first place in the 200 freestyle relay.  The team members were: Chris Munoz, Adam Foreman, Brian Houk, and Valencia

For Gaithersburg’s results, click here.

Other headlines and results:

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Cathedral and St. Albans beat Bullis, 138-28 and 138-21. [click for full results]

Thursday, Jan. 5

Holton-Arms beats Georgetown Visitation, 122-64. [click for full results]

Gonzaga rolls over Landon, 125-61. [click for full results]

Friday, Jan. 6

Oakton boys pull off the win against the Chargers, 160-155; Cougar girls strong against powerhouse Chantilly, 177-135.

Westfield girls get past tough part of their schedule, beating Robinson 180-132; boys fall to Rams in a close one, 154-161.

West Springfield advances to 5-0, beating Lake Braddock 204-111 (boys), 176-139 (girls).

Langley girls win, 204-107; boys team falls to Madison, 118-197. [edited]

Stone Ridge gets past Holy Child, 105-78. [click for full results]

Loudoun County goes 2-0 in double-header meets on Saturday; beats Heritage, 164-122 (girls), 157-129 (boys) and Handley, 94-76 (girls), 97-73 (boys) [click for full results]

Northwood and Clarksburg split meet; Gladiator girls win, 97-68; Coyote boys win 89-72 [click here for full results]

Northwest boys win over Poolesville; girls team comes up short [click here for full results]

Seneca Valley wins big over Paint Branch [click here for full results]

Sherwood girls roll over Quince; Quince boys return favor [click here for full results]

Broad Run's Mark Sarman won two individual titles and a relay crown for the Spartans at the Virginia A-AA chapmpionships. (Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post)

Several championship meets took place this weekend. Here is a round-up of the meets we were not able to cover in-person.

Also, with Metros this weekend, check out the psych sheet here: METROS PSYCH SHEET

VIRGINIA A-AA CHAMPIONSHIPS

FULL Va. A-AA RESULTS HERE

Several local schools turned in top performances in the Virginia A-AA championships this weekend at Old Dominion University, but it was the Brentsville boys’ who had the best – winning the team title with 206 points.

Briar Woods‘ girls took fourth (163.5), and the Broad Run boys finished fifth (149).

Handley’s Ben Grove won a second consecutive state title, taking the 100 breaststroke crown in an automatic All-American time of 57.43 – setting a new Virginia AA state record in the process.

The Briar Woods girls’ also won the school’s first state titles, opening the meet with the 200-yard medley relay of Caleigh Hensley, Kristin Haufler, Alli Haufler and Elise Guessford winning a title with an All-American consideration time of 1:50.60, and then capturing the 400 freestyle relay with an All-American consideration time of 3:36.14.

Broad Run’s Mark Sarman won two individual titles, first taking the 200 IM with an All-American consideration time of 1:54.30 and then winning the 100 butterfly with an All-American consideration time of 51.23.

The Spartans’ boys’ 200 freestyle relay of Mike Poltash, Alan Horback, Jacob Leidy and Sarman also brought home a title, finishing ahead of third-place Brentsville (1:30.37) with a time of 1:29.09. Freedom-South Riding took fifth in 1:33.07.

Broad Run’s boys also took fourth in the 400 freestyle relay (3:22.30).

Brentsville’s Ryan Dunne took third in the 200 free (1:44.33) and was second in the 50 free with a time of 21.81. Teammate Michael Hughes took third in the 500 free in 4:44.92. Brentsville’s boys 400 free relay of Nathan Brown, Hughes, Jacon Katuin and Dunne finished second in 3:16.85.

Alli Haufler finished second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.61, while teammate Elise Guessford finished fifth in the 500 free in 5:15.63.

FULL Va. A-AA RESULTS HERE

VSIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

FULL VSIS RESULTS HERE

It was Seton that walked away with the VSIS Div. II state championship on Saturday at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas, led by All-Met senior Jameson Hill – who was named the swimmer of the meet.

Bishop Ireton‘s girls took fourth overall in the competition, just behind Seton, while Madeira finished sixth. Other girls teams were Flint Hill (12th), St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (18th), Potomac School (18th) and Paul VI (22nd).

Seton’s boys had the highest overall finish for a local school, coming in sixth. Bishop Ireton (9th), Paul VI (10th), St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (12th) and Flint Hill (21st) were other local teams competing.

Ireton’s girls 200 medley relay of Maddie Zeigler, Liz Collins, Alina Hall and Saskia Kroesen opened the meet by taking the title in a time of 1:51.43. Madeira finished third in 1:53.36.

Hill won the first of two titles in the 200-freestyle with an automatic All-American time of 1:38.81. He later also took the 500-yard freestyle title in a VSIS record and automatic All-American time of 4:28.82.

Ireton’s Hall took fourth in the girls’ 200 IM in 2:13.50, while St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes junior Conor MacNair took fifth in the boys’ 200 IM with a time of 1:58.89. MacNair also took fifth in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:00.06.

Seton junior Lauren Donohoe won the 50 freestyle in 24.84 seconds, while sophomore teammate Alex Doonis took third with a time of 25.17. Donohoe also took second in the 100 freestyle (54.08), ahead of Ireton’s Hall (3rd – 54.22) and Madeira’s Brittney Jansen (5th – 55.30).

Ireton’s Samuel Ellis finished fifth in the 50 free with a time of 22.02.

Potomac School’s Chloe Grinshaw won the diving title with a score of 341.35, while Ireton senior Mandy Imbriglia finished fifth (226.25).

Flint Hill freshman Rachel Swarts took second in the 100 butterfly with an All-American consideration time of 57.42, ahead of Ireton junior Kroesen, who finished in fourth at 59.71, and Madeira’s Christa Ann Saunders who took fifth (1:00.06).

Swarts later took second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.36, ahead of Saunders (3rd – 1:00.65) and Seton sophomore Doonis (4th- 1:00.78)

Ireton senior Angus MacDonald took fourth in the 100 butterfly in 51.80, ahead of fifth-place Paul VI junior Eric Nasakaitis (53.04). MacDonald later won the 100 backstroke title with an automatic All-American time of 51.22.

Madeira’s Maddie Alagia took third in the 500 freestyle in 5:21.08.

Seton’s girls’ 200 freestyle relay of Doonis, Cat Rogers, Laura Talbott and Donohoe won the title in 1:40.05.

Ireton junior Collins won the title in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.99, while Seton’s Rogers finished fifth in 1:10.23.

Seton’s girls 400 free relay (Doonis, Rogers, Carolyn Claybrooks and Donohoe) took third in 3:40.51 and Ireton (Kroesen, Hall, Ziegler, Allison Wulff) finished fifth in 3:44.90.

Seton’s boys’ 400 free relay of Hill, Connor Cook, Vincent “Catfish” Dunn and David Basinger closed out the meet with a fourth place finish in 3:17.05.

FULL VSIS RESULTS HERE

WMPSSDL GIRLS

FULL WMPSSDL GIRLS RESULTS HERE

Good Counsel‘s girls’ ran away with the WMPSSDL title on Friday with 460 points, 117 points ahead of second-place Holy Cross. St. John’s took third with 303 points.

The Falcons opened the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in an automatic All-American time of 1:50.66 and closed the meet by winning the 400 freestyle relay in 3:44.89.

In between they were just as dominant, getting a title from All-Met sophomore Sarah Haase but otherwise relaying on at least two top six finishers in all but two events through the meet.

Haase won the 100 breaststroke title in an All-American consideration time of 1:05.08 and finished fifth in the 50 free in 25.39.

Good Counsel freshman Catherine Mulquin had a third-place finish in the 50 free (25.24) and took second in the 100 in 55.10.

Holy Cross junior Katie Rogers won titles in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.24) and 500 freestyle (AAC – 4:57.78), while Maret School freshman Sofie Pietrantonio took titles in the 200 IM (2:10.32) and 100 butterfly (58.54).

Maret School senior Anna Pietrantonio took second in the 200 free (1:57.86) and 500 free (5:11.35).

Holy Cross sophomore Ashleigh Ferguson won the 50 freestyle title in 24.88, then doubled up her night with a win in the 100 backstroke in a WMPSSDL-record and All-American consideration time of 58.40, out-touching Good Counsel’s Kaitlin Mills (58.52).

Mills also took third in the 200 IM in 2:12.36.

National Cathedral sophomore Christine Rholl won the 100 free with a time of 54.73.

St. John’s 200 freestyle relay of Amina Wilson, Morgan Whyte, Joanna Ladas and Marissa Gentry won the title in 1:41.13, ahead of Holy Cross and Good Counsel.

Wilson finished third in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.49 and second in the 200 IM in 2:12.36.

FULL WMPSSDL GIRLS RESULTS HERE

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