The Cougar boys were even more dominant, racking up 506 points over the Chargers. Chantilly finished second with 412 points. Westfield was third on boy sides with 334.5 (girls) and 332.5 (boys) points. Their top end talent will be hard for the likes of Woodson and Madison to compete with next week at the regional championship.

It was automatic for Hu, who won convincingly in the girls’ 200 IM (2:02.79) and 100 backstroke (55.17). She is the defending state champion in the 200 IM and 50 freestyle, and also the Northern Region record holder in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Logan Coulson-Moore blew away the field in the 200 freestyle, winning by nearly five seconds, in 1:55.51. She finished second to Hu in the 100 backstroke in 58.66.

Carli Molano made a case for why she is the area’s best sprinter. The Westfield senior won the 50 freestyle in 23.94 and the 100 freestyle in 52.19, surging ahead of runner-up Laura Branton, who finished in 24.63 and 53.93, respectively.

Rachel Anderson (Centreville) got the win in the 100 butterfly (59.11) over Oakton’s Gillian Crews (59.41). Crews teammates, Julia Capobianco and Gabriela Galvez, would clean of the top four in 1:00.22 and 1:01.43.

It was that kind of night for Oakton’s girls, who did a great job on Friday night of placing their swimmers in the top heats on Saturday.

In one of the few races that didn’t feature an Oakton swimmer, the girls’ 500 freestyle came down to the wire between Chantilly’s Maggie Shaw and Robinson‘s Kathleen Dodson. Shaw would best Dodson by less than half a second, winning 5:15.41 to 5:15.80.

Finishing up the individual events was Jenna Van Camp (Herndon). The Olympic Trials qualifier finished in 1:03.89. She is in a league of her own in the breaststroke event this year.

Oakton’s boys were bolstered by wins in the 200 medley (1:38.04) and 200 freestyle (1:29.90) relays. They would disqualify in the 400 freestyle relay, where they would most likely have finished second to Chantilly’s winning squad of William Schulte, Evan Baker, Christopher Grimmett-Norris, and Brian Rothschild, who finished in 3:15.41.

Chantilly may have come up short in the team competition, but junior Grimmett-Norris did not leave empty handed. He took first in the boys’ 200 freestyle (1:42.26), beating out Oakton’s Philip Hu (1:43.79).

While the top-dogs fought for first, the race for third was even more thrilling. Conor Cudahy (Herndon) touched first, just ahead of Oakton’s Brian Phillips (1:46.96) and teammate Johnathan Nguyen (1:47.08), to take third in 1:46.81.

Grimmett-Norris had a much closer race in the 500 freestyle, as Phillips refused to shrink from the competition. Grimmett-Norris got the win in 4:42.10, just ahead of Phillips in 4:42.83. Cudahy finished third in 4:45.55.

Hu showed Robinson’s Matthew Jones and Westfield’s Richard Xue why he’s still one of the best butterfliers in the region, winning the 100 butterfly event in a blazing 50.58. Jones finished second in 52.10; Xue was third in 53.50.

Xue was the big winner in the boys’ 200 IM (1:56.85), in a close race with Oakton’s Denny Nguyen (1:56.94). Rothschild faded to third in 1:58.28.

Xue’s teammate Brandon Fiala continued to impress winning both the 50 freestyle in 21.47 and the 100 breaststroke in a blistering 57.78. It was not even close. Jones was second in 22.05, just .04 seconds ahead of Carter Sharer (Oakton) in third.

Sharer got the win in the 100 freestyle with a 48.28. His only challenger was teammate Conor Murphy, who took second in 48.45.

Murphy would take first later in the meet, winning the 100 backstroke by a wide margin, with a time of 52.73. Matthew Glowacki was second in 55.71.

The AAA Northern Region championship meet gets started on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with girls’ diving. Boys’ diving will follow the next night, Feb. 1. Swimming prelims will be split up this year, with the girls on Thursday and the boys on Friday. Finals will take place Saturday night with two heats in each event.

 Read more about the 2012 High School Championship meet season here.

A Concorde District team has won a Va. AAA Swimming and Diving state championship every year since 2006, either on the girls’ or boys’ side. You could go further back if you included Robinson‘s championships won before they moved to the Concorde District in 2005.

Those championship runs started during this meet, and Oakton‘s girls’ squad (7-0) is looking to get off on the right foot by repeating as district champions. Meanwhile, their boys’ team (7-0) is looking to get back to their 2010 form, when they were district, region, and state champions. They will have to go through Chantilly (5-2), who is loaded with talent in each and every one of its classes this year. Defending district, region, and state champion Westfield Bulldogs will also get in the mix, despite a 4-3 record.

Diving begins at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, swimming preliminaries at 5:30 p.m. Swimming finals kick off at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday

Janet Hu headlines for the Oakton girls. She is expected to dominate in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, where she is in a league of her own. The 16-year-old sophomore is one of two high school swimmers in the area with three or more Olympic Trials cuts.

The other Olympic Trials qualifier in the meet is Herndon‘s Jenna Van Camp (senior), who is the top seed in the 100 breaststroke.

Both Hu and Van Camp will be chased by Robinson star, Rachel Canty, seeded second in both events. If Canty has a good race, she could pull an upset over the speedy Van Camp in the 100 breaststroke.

There are no clear favorites in the remainder of the events heading into prelims, but Friday night may clarify who is ready to swim at a high level this championship season and who was caught sleeping.

Robinson’s Kathleen Dodson is seeded first in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, but Maggie Shaw has the speed and ability to win both races. Shaw’s teammate, Logan Coulson-Moore (Chantilly), will also challenge in the 200 freestyle.

As per usual in the sprint events, the 50 freestyle is wide open. Gillian Crews (Oakton), Abby McCranie (Centreville), Stephanie Hallock (Oakton), and Sydney Pereira (Chantilly) all have the ability to get up for the quick lap, but top-seeded Carli Molano (Westfield) and third-seeded Laura Branton may have the edge in the race.

Molano and Branton are also the break-away favorites in the 100 freestyle. Crews will battle top-seeded Rachel Anderson (Centreville)  in the 100 butterfly later in the meet.

Despite a host of highly slotted swimmers, Oakton’s real strength is its depth, which should propel them ahead of the rest of district. There closest dual meet this season was a 45 point win over Chantilly. Their ability to place a large portion of their girls in Saturday night’s ‘A’ finals makes it difficult for the rest of the district to match their pace.

“We’re focused on swimming well Friday night, so we can swim well on Saturday night,” said Oakton coach Parker Ramsdell. “Getting as many of our girls as possible under regional cuts will set us up to win this weekend, and next weekend.”

In the boys’ side of the district meet, nothing is certain. Chantilly only lost to Oakton by 5 points a few weeks back. Westfield was blown out by Oakton during the week of the Tom Dolan and Winter Classic championship meets, when both teams were missing many of their key year-round swimmers. At full strength, the Bulldogs could be a different team.

“Our boys have to swim out of their minds on Friday and Saturday night if we want to win,” said coach Ramsdell. “Nothing is guaranteed. It will take everyone to win this. We need to get as many of our boys back on Saturday night as possible.”

Philip Hu (Oakton), Brian Rothschild (Chantilly), and Richard Xue (Westfield) will have to step up for their respective teams, individually and in the relays.

All three will meet in the boys’ 100 butterfly. Xue is the top seed going into Friday’s prelims. He will try to hold that spot at finals, but Rothschild and Hu are two of the best butterfliers in the region, and could pull away from Xue. Rothschild and Xue will meet earlier in the meet in the 200 IM, where Rothschild is favored to win.

In the first individual event of the night, Chris Grimmett-Norris and Hu will face off in the boys’ 200 freestyle. Grimmett-Norris is the top seed, but Hu has plenty of speed and stamina to snag this race from the Chantilly junior. Expect Hu’s teammate Brian Phillips to compete with Herndon’s Jonathan Nguyen and Conor Cudahy for third place, in a race that could set the tone for the remainder of the meet.

Grimmett-Norris leads the way for the Chargers in the 500 freestyle as well. Phillips is seeded second, Cudahy is third, and Will Schulte is fourth. All four swimmers are within ten seconds of each others best times.

Westfield could get a boost in the final two individual events. Matthew Glowacki is seeded second for the Bulldogs in the 100 backstroke. He will meet Oakton senior Conor Murphy in a race that will be sure to be a close finish.

Brandon Fiala is the overall seed in the 100 breaststroke. David Stewart (Chantilly), Ryan Santoro (Oakton), and Denny Nguyen (Oakton) will probably fall back to fight for second behind the Westfield junior.

Fiala’s other event is the 50 freestyle, where it is anyone’s race between himself, Carter Sharer (Oakton), and Matt Jones (Robinson).

Sharer will also swim the 100 freestyle, where he has the top position going into prelims. He hopes to hold on over teammate Murphy, J. Nguyen, Johann Shim, and at least three other swimmers who could jump up into the final heat. This is a race no one should look past on Friday if they expect to make it back to the ‘A’ final on Saturday.

The top 16 swimmers from prelims advance to finals, with the top eight making the ‘A’ final, guaranteeing their team at least 11 points for eighth place. Points quickly drop off after the top eight, making Friday night’s finishes extremely important in such a stacked district.

Making the ‘A’ final is also important for the teams who hope to compete for the regional championship next week. Only the top six swimmers in the ‘A’ final advance to regionals. You can also qualify for regionals by achieving a cut time at any point in the season. Each team can qualify up to four swimmers for the regional championship meet.

Read more about the 2012 High School Championship meet season here.

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

*provided by Broad Run Swimming

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]

Madison versus Langley, Friday, 6:30 p.m., at Spring Hill RECenter

After graduating most of its district, regional, and state winning team, Langley will face off against district rival Madison.

“This meet has a lot of history,” Madison Coach Andrew Foos said. “We love to see each other each year and we love to beat each other.”

Langley’s teams are both 4-0, as are the Warhawk boys. Madison’s girls are 3-1, their only loss coming against Jefferson in the last meet before the three-week break.

Madison is led by freestyler Evan Owens and IM and breaststroke specialist Howe Wang. Both are juniors. The Warhawks girls’ team boasts one of the deepest freshmen classes in the region, including Sidney Owens, Cassidy Humphrey, and Laura Sullivan.

Langley is anchored by its superstars, Abi Speers, second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle at states, and Ryan Natal, last year’s state runner-up in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle, as well as their own crop of freshmen girls.

“This rivalry means a lot to the kids,” Langley Coach Ryan Jackson said. “Most of them are summer and club teammates. They want to beat each other.”

Robinson versus Westfield, Friday, 6:30 p.m., at Cub Run RECenter

In a heavyweight matchup between teams that have each won state championships within the last two years, this meet holds significance for both teams coming out of the mid-season break.

The boys’ matchup should be extremely close, most likely being won or lost in the relays. As always with these teams, depth will play a major factor and Robinson is expecting freshmen swimmers Martin Javelosa, Patrick Myers, and JP Boland to step up to the challenge, according to Rams Coach Phil Caslavka.

Also key for the Rams will be standout swimmer Matt Jones and diver Cory Bowersox.

“This is a big one for our boys. The boys at Robinson and Westfield have always swam club together and tend to get extra pumped up for this meet,” Caslavka said. “I know both teams want this one badly.”

Westfield was hit by illness during the holiday break, but Coach Bruce Andersen says his team has been training hard over the last few weeks.

“This is a tough meet for us,” Andersen said. “We’re looking for some big time drops from our kids.”

Expect Brandon Fiala, Richard Xue, and Carli Molano to be key for the Bulldogs. Molano already has one state cut, and all three swimmers have shots at multiple state cuts this year, including relays.

This is the last real test for Westfield, who finishes the season against winless Centreville and one-win Herndon. Herndon’s girls’ team is 0-4.

For the Rams, this is a mid-season litmus test before they conclude their season with back-to-back meets against powerhouse Oakton, who they already met earlier in the season.

Over the years, the Concorde District has been the juggernaut at the Northern Region and AAA championship meets. The district has won a state swimming title in each of the last six years.

Walter Johnson versus Wootton, Saturday, 9:15 a.m., at Montgomery Aquatic Center

Walter Johnson boasts one of the deepest boys’ lineups of any team in the DMV, especially among its freestyle corp. But Wootton Coach Howard Blume doesn’t mind being the underdog in this week’s meet.

“This is a great meet for our boys. They get to race some really top-notch competition in only the third meet of the season,” Blume said. “We’re underdogs, but we’ll give them a run for it.”

In one of the fastest meets of the year, which could feature a 100 breaststroke race with three swimmers under one minute, expect fiercely contested second, third and fourth place finishes in nearly every event.

Wootton stars Michael Fu and Matt Gibson will have their hands full in whatever event they are placed, especially if they have to face Walter Johnson’s stud freestyler Barry Mangold or breaststroker Fletcher Tollefson.

Churchill versus Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Saturday, 11:30 a.m., at Olney Aquatic Center

Against the defending MCPS champion Bulldogs (2-0), B-CC’s boys’ team (0-2) will face an uphill battle. But the 1-1 matchup on the girls side is the perfect chance for both teams to build momentum coming out of the break.

(provided by Churchill High School)

B-CC was able to knock off Whitman’s girls earlier in the season when both teams lost stars to Tom Dolan and the Winter Classic.

“This meet offers a lot of opportunities to swim fast and be in close races,” B-CC Head Coach Jason Blanken said.

Churchill boasts one of the top female swimmers in the area in senior Natalya Ares, while B-CC is led by juniors Grace Swinnerton and Emily Berchem.

In order to keep the meet close on the boys’ side, B-CC stars Graham Baird and Jorge Rios must have a strong showings against the Churchill boys led by Austin Cole, Harrison Gu, Eric Eig, Todd Erickson, and diving Olympic Trials qualifier Tim Faerbera.

Parents and coaches, remember to send in highlights, results, and picture from you team’s meet this weekend. Post to your team’s page on RFTW or send them directly to flahertyb@washpost.com. Submitted content may be used in our weekly wrap-up feature, published each Monday.

But swimming revved up the year before the 2012 Summer Olympics, again drawing the attention of fans beyond its immediate circle of swimmers, parents, and coaches.

Ryan Lochte took down the first world record in the post-super-suits era. Sixteen-year-old phenom Missy Franklin stepped out as a contender for Olympic gold. Swim suit manufactures unveiled their newest textile speed-suits. And gold medalist breaststrokers Brendan Hansen and Ed Moses ended their retirements in hopes of tasting Olympic glory one last time.

The DC, Va., and Md. metro areas saw their own swimmers making headlines locally and nationally. Let’s look back at RFTW’s top stories of 2011.

1. November 14 – Katie Ledecky shines at National Age Group Team Challenge

In a meet stacked with nationally ranked age group swimmers, 14-year old Kate Ledecky smashed two 13-14 National Age Group yards records at the 5th Annual National Age Group Team Challenge. Ledecky now finds herself in an elite category of American distance freestylers heading into 2012.

Katie Ledecky in the 1000 freestyle final (Bryan Flaherty/The Washington Post)

2. February 27 – Whitman girls repeat at metros; Gonzaga boys victorious

On a night when six meet records fell, depth proved to be the deciding factor for both the Whitman girls and the Gonzaga boys. The Purple Eagles won just one individual event and one relay but picked up enough points to capture their first Metros title since 2003. Whitman used nine top-five finishes to pile up enough points to pull away from Good Counsel and Churchill.

3. February 19 – Langley girls, Westfield boys win Va. AAA titles

After finishing in second place in district, regional and state competition last year, Langley senior Jayme Katis wrote on her team captain application that the Saxons would win region and state titles this winter. The team outdid that forecast, taking Liberty District and Northern Region titles on their way to the Va. AAA state title.

Madison senior Kelly Corish helped completed the sweep for the Warhawks at the AAA Northern Region diving championships (Photo courtesy of Sandy Corish).

4. March 22 – Locals shine at Junior Nationals; Curl-Burke wins

In a testament to the hotbed of swimming talent that is the greater Washington region, Curl-Burke Swim Club, a member of Potomac Valley Swimming, brought home the boys’ title as well as the combined team crown.

5. November 11 – On signing day, no letters to sign for three Maryland high school swimmers

On the eve of the early signing period for NCAA National Letters of Intent, three area high school swimmers — verbally committed to swim for the University of Maryland next year — were contacted by the school’s athletic department and told that Maryland would not be sending out letters to swimming recruits, and they should pursue offers from other institutions.

6. July 13 – Recap: MCSL Coaches Long Course Meet

With clear skies and large crowds lining the 50-meter Olympic-sized pool, nine records were broken and two Olympic Trials cuts were achieved at the MCSL Coaches Long Course meet at Rockville Swim Center.

The 15-18 women line-up for the 200m breaststroke at the 2011 MCSL Coaches' Long Course meet. (Danielle Schulkin)

7. February 19 – Churchill boys, Whitman girls take MCPS titles

Churchill’s boys team mounted a comeback after trailing early in the MCPS championship meet to beat defending champion Wootton. Sparked by dominant performances in both freestyle relays, the Whitman girls went on to claim a second consecutive championship.

8. July 7 – Joe Pascale: a swimmer and a fighter

Last summer at the 2010  Senior Nationals, Joe Pascale made his first Olympic Trials cut in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 23.20 seconds.  He attributes his recent success in the water to a swimming regimen supplemented with mixed martial arts.

9. August 8 – McLean, Conger impress at Nationals

Matt McLean broke Tom Dolan’s 1996 Potomac Valley Swimming resident record in the 400 freestyle.  The former All-Met from Potomac Falls produced the second-fastest time in the event for an American this year. Jack Conger breaks 15-16 year-old NAG record.

10. January 19 – “The Magic of Miracles”

In the summer of 2010, Chuck Katis (current Harvard swimmer) and twin sister Jayme founded a non-profit organization, which they named The Magic of Miracles, to bring wonder and joy to the lives of young cancer patients receiving treatment at local hospitals

11. December 12 – Records tumble at Tom Dolan Invitational

The year ended with a record setting meet held at the beautiful University of Maryland Eppley Center. The PVS record books were rewritten over the four day meet, including several National Age Group records.

Michael Andrews sets NAG record in 100 IM (Bryan Flaherty/The Washington Post)

Jayme Katis and the Langley girls captured the Virginia AAA state championship (Richard A. Lipski/For the Washington Post).

Complete meet results

Virginia Beach — After finishing in second place in district, regional and state competition last year, Langley senior Jayme Katis wrote on her team captain application that the Saxons would win region and state titles this winter.

“I didn’t know how confident I actually was in that statement,” Katis said, smiling.

The team outdid that forecast, taking Liberty District and Northern Region titles, and then capping the year with a Virginia AAA championship on Saturday at the Princess Anne Recreation Center.

Though the Saxons did not capture any individual titles, they won both the 200- and 400-meter freestyle relays, the former breaking state and national records with a time of 1:47.86.

Oakton was Langley’s nearest competitor overall, finishing with 166 points to the Saxons’ 187. Robinson was third with 161 points.

“We have an amazing group of girls,” said Katis, who has signed with Virginia Tech. “And I’m sad to see it all go when I go off to college, but I’m just so proud.”

Westfield’s boys entered the meet with an unmistakable swagger — they headed out to the meet’s opening 200 medley relay with a choreographed dance routine — and left with the program’s first-ever swimming state title.

The Bulldogs won both relays with times of 1:47.13 and 3:32.56 en route to the program’s first-ever swimming state title.

C.J. Fiala and the Westfield boys left their mark on the state meet (Richard A. Lipski/For the Washington Post).

Senior Kurtis Ratcliff, who will swim for Penn State, captured the 100 butterfly title (56.20) and finished second in the 400 freestyle. Teammate C.J. Fiala, meanwhile, rebounded from being disqualified from the 50 freestyle for flinching on the start. The Wilmington-bound senior won the 100 freestyle (51.74) and anchored both winning relays (the 200 medley and 400 freestyle).

Westfield (238 points) finished ahead of Cox (215.5) and Langley (128).

“Every day for the past year I’ve been thinking about this,” Fiala said. “And to finish it like this and [eventually] win the title … it’s something we’ve always really, really wanted.”

Oakton’s Texas-bound senior Kaitlin Pawlowicz, the 2010 All-Met swimmer of the year, won titles in the 200 individual medley (2:16.06) and 400 freestyle (4:14.26), setting national records in both events. Oakton freshman Janet Hu also won two events, the 50 freestyle (26.08) and 100 butterfly (1:01.05). Hu holds state records in both events.

Langley senior Chuck Katis (Harvard) set a state record in the 200 individual medley (2:02.83) and won the 100 breaststroke (1:02.85). Katis eclipsed Olympian Ed Moses’s national record in the 100 breaststroke on Friday in preliminaries with a time of 1:02.63.

Other winners included Oakton’s girls 200 medley relay (national record 2:00.24), Marshall’s Cyrus Hashemi (200 free, 1:52.36), Osbourn Park’s Audrey Kula and Forest Park’s Shannon Harper (tied-200 free, 2:03.16), Osbourn Park’s Gregory Stoffa (400 free, 3:57.84), and McLean’s Charlie Putnam (100 backstroke, 56.74).

Corish, Buergler take diving titles

Madison's Kelly Corish won the girls' diving title to complete a sweep of the district, region and state meets (Photo courtesy of Sandy Corish).

Madison senior Kelly Corish capped her perfect postseason by winning the state diving championship in record fashion. Corish’s score of 428.5 set a new school record and completed her clean sweep of the Liberty District, Northern Region and Virginia AAA titles. A North Carolina recruit, Corish was unbeaten this season except during a dual meet on senior night when she attempted a triple. Robinson’s Laura Gartrell finished a close second (421.25) and Marshall’s Katherine Van Winkle (385.30) placed third.

On the boys’ side, Washington-Lee junior Carl Buergler rebounded from a narrow 6.6-point loss to Madison’s Ryan Fox at the Northern Region meet to blow away the field with a total 11-dive score of 510.55. Fox placed second with 447.70 points and was followed by Oakton’s Joseph LeBerre (412.65).

(Matt Brooks contributed to this report.)

Complete meet results

2008 All-Met Swimmer of the Year Eric Friedland won two Big 12 titles this weekend for Texas. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

The University of Virginia’s men’s team won its third consecutive ACC championship this weekend, totaling 806 points behind top performances from several local products — ahead of second-place UNC (656.5) and Florida State (566.5).

Virginia Tech finished fourth with 417.5 points, while Maryland took eighth with 197 points.

Potomac Falls product Matt McLean took home titles in the 500 freestyle (NCAA ‘B’ standard 4:17.21) and was second in the 200 freestyle with an NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 1:34.76.

McLean took third in the 1650 freestyle with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 14:56.91.

Former All-Met Swimmer of the Year Josh Hafkin (Georgetown Prep) finished 20th in the 50 freestyle (20.65), sixth in the 100 backstroke (48.39) and 18th in the 200 backstroke (1:47.87).

Maryland’s Andrew Relihan (Georgetown Prep) finished seventh in the 200 IM (NCAA ‘B’ standard 1:47.69), ninth in the 400 IM (NCAA ‘B’ standard 3:52.88) and 10th in 200 backstroke (1:46.67).

North Carolina’s Andy Brake (Lake Braddock) took 20th in the 200 IM (1:51.05), fourth in the 400 IM (NCAA ‘B’ standard 3:50.75) and 17th in the 200 butterfly (1:49.26).

Among other locals (of which there were many): Boston College’s Sean Heffernan (Gonzaga), N.C. State’s Kevin Vallario (Good Counsel), Maryland’s Sean Stewart (Wootton), North Carolina’s Brock Park (Landon) and Robert Grimmett-Norris (Georgetown Prep), Virginia Tech’s Mikey McDonald (W.T. Woodson), Phil LaRosa (Osbourn) and Logan Shinholser (Paint Branch), U.-Va.’s Briggy Imbriglia (Ireton) and Duke’s Ben Tuben (Jefferson).

Local Longhorns perform well at Big 12s

Several area alums had strong weeks at the Big 12 championships for Texas.

Former Yorktown standout and two-time All-Met Maren Taylor finished fourth in one-meter and three-meter diving and third in platform diving in her first collegiate championships, as the No. 3 Longhorns took second at the meet.

Diving teammate and Whitman alum Matt Cooper finished second in three-meter diving and took the platform diving title with a score of 434.60.

2008 All-Met Swimmer of the Year Eric Friedland (Walter Johnson) also had a standout meet. The sophomore won Big 12 titles in the 100 breaststroke with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 53.44 and the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:54.32. He also finished fifth in the 200 IM with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 1:46.72.

Friedland’s time in the 200 breast set a new meet record and was the fastest time registered in college swimming this year. The mark broke the previous meet record of 1:54.41 set last season by Texas’ Agustin Magruder.

The two titles were the first of Friedland’s career, as No. 1 Texas claimed its 31st consecutive conference title.

Danner, Knight named CAA’s top championship swimmers

Both 2008 All-Met Swimmer of the Year Ashley Danner (Lake Braddock) and Westfield grad Eric Knight earned CAA Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Championships honors for the second time in their respective careers.

Danner, in addition to her titles in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, also earned an automatic bid to the NCAA championships with a record-breaking time of 2:08.66 in the 200 breaststroke.

Knight, who took a medical redshirt last season after winning the top honor in 2007-08, finished fourth in the 50 freestyle (20.13) and won titles in the 100 freestyle (record and NCAA ‘B’ standard 44.06), 200 freestyle (record and NCAA ‘B’ standard 1:35.85).

George Mason’s men’s team took second place while the women finished fifth.

Towson’s Meredith Budner (Walter Johnson) equaled Danner’s leading point total on the weekend, while Yorktown grad Katie Radloff was third with 57 points. O’Connell grad Maggie Macedonia was tied for 19th with 34 points.

Mason freshman David Kiss, a two-time All-Met at Edison, finished seventh with 50 points, while Mount Vernon grad Bryan Bahr was 15th with 36.

Oakton’s Pawlowicz up for USA Swimming Race of the Week honors

All-Met Oakton junior Kaitlin Pawlowicz‘s national high-school-record-breaking 200-meter individual medley is up for USA Swimming’s race for the week honors.

You can vote for Pawlowicz here.

Local clubs earn national honors

North Baltimore Aquatic Club, the home of Olympic legend Michael Phelps, was named the 2010 Club Excellence Title by USA Swimming by scoring 56,155 points – just 2,420 points ahead of Swim Atlanta.

Curl-Burke finished sixth with 32,685 points, while Rockville Montgomery Swim Club took 14th with 25,984 points. It was the first time RMSC achieved Gold level.

According to the USA Swimming release, the “2010 program results are based on performances in the 2009 calendar year. Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters: Gold Level: The top 16 point-scoring clubs eligible for the Gold level. Silver Level: The remaining clubs ranked through #100 and/or not achieving Gold status. Bronze Level: Clubs ranked #101 through #200 and/or not achieving Gold or Silver status.”

The Fish qualified for gold medal status for 2009-10 by having an athlete on the 2008 Olympic team.

QDD Swim Team finished with silver medal status, while Machine Aquatics, Arlington Aquatic Club and Naval Academy Aquatic Club earned bronze medal status.

George Mason's Ashley Danner won a title in the 200 IM on Thursday night on the opening day of the CAA championships. (Photo by Joel Richardson for the Washington Post)

After opening her college career by winning the CAA Swimmer of the Year honors, 2008 All-Met Swimmer of the Year Ashley Danner (Lake Braddock) entered last night’s opening to the conference championships with high expectations.

Danner quickly showed she is up to the challenge, winning the 200 yard individual medley on Thursday night and breaking her own conference record in the process, finishing with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 1:58.32.

“I think so,” Danner said when asked if the race set the tone for the weekend. “When I saw the time I was really surprised. I was really happy so hopefully I can keep it up throughout the rest of the week”

Former Walter Johnson standout and Towson junior Meredith Budner won the title in the 500 freestyle with a NCAA ‘B’ standard 4:42.92. 2008 All-Met sophomore Molly Emery (William & Mary/Lake Braddock) finished sixth in 4:55.46.

Earlier in the meet, two-time All-Met David Kiss swam his first collegiate finals and the former Edison star nearly opened the newest chapter of his career with a title.

Kiss finished second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:51.13, finishing just behind Drexel’s T.J. Southmayd – who surprised the crowd in Lane 7 by taking the title in 1:50.46.

“I’ve been training really hard this year and I was really excited coming in here,” Kiss said. “I knew I could pull out best [time and] top three, that was my goal, so I was hoping. I got a best time so I’m happy for it and I’ll keep training hard for next year.”

Former Yorktown standout Katie Radloff took second in the women’s 50 freestyle, finishing in a time of 22.74, just one-hundredth of a second behind UNC-Wilmington’s Caitlin Kirsteier. William & Mary freshman Elizabeth Hall (Chantilly) took fifth with a time of 23.56.

Westfield grad Eric Knight, the 2008 CAA Swimmer of the Year, took fourth in the 50 freestyle with a NCAA ‘B’ standard time of 20.13

In the 1-meter diving event, George Mason’s Derrick Butts (Paint Branch) and Bryan Bahr (Mount Vernon) took second and third.

George Mason senior Steven Benecki (Chantilly) took fifth in the 500 freestyle (4:33.58), while William & Mary sophomore Stephen Fay (Chantilly) finished eighth (4:39.07).

Robinson graduate Robby Munch was part of UNCW’s winning 200 freestyle relay and also finished eighth in the 50 freestyle (20.66).

Osbourn Park standout and UNCW freshman Carly Tanner was a member of the Seahawks second-place 400 freestyle relay (3:43.24), while former teammate and All-Met Gabrielle Mizerak swam for William & Mary’s 400 free relay (4th – 3:47.03).

Oakton can celebrate another boys' Northern Region title after winning its second straight on Monday night. (Photo Provided by, Rachel Sapone, Oakton Media Group)

Get the full Northern Region results here.

For the second consecutive year it was the Oakton boys who took home the Virginia AAA Northern Region title, finishing ahead of Fairfax (215), Langley (198) and Robinson (193) with 244 points.

It was a surprising finish for Robinson, which has won seven consecutive state titles, but indicated the increased competition throughout the region and especially in the Liberty District.

Langley’s relay of Stephen Richards, Chuck Katis, Ryan Natal and Chris Pivikw opened the meet by setting a region record in the 200 yard medley relay with an automatic All-American time of 1:34.81, topping Oakton’s automatic All-American 1:35.28 and third-place Westfield‘s All-American consideration time of 1:37.86.

Oakton’s Bradley Phillips took the 200 freestyle title with an automatic All-American time of 1:40.24, falling just shy of the record he sent last year. McLean‘s Charlie Putnam (1:42.08), Washington-Lee‘s Freddy Crawford (1:42.11) and Herndon‘s Danny Camozzo (1:42.78) all followed with All-American consideration times.

It was the first of two individual titles for Phillips, who also won the 500 freestyle with an automatic All-American time of 4:29.40, ahead of the All-American consideration marks turned in by Madison‘s Adam Pennington (4:36.94) and Camozzo (4:38.18).

Katis won the 200 IM with an automatic All-American time of 1:51.68, ahead of Oakton’s K.J. Park, who also turned in an automatic All-American time of 1:52.24. Langley senior Richards finished third with an automatic All-American time of 1:53.68.

The Langley junior won a second title in the 100 breaststroke with an automatic All-American time of 57.07, ahead of Park’s automatic All-American 57.28 and three All-American consideration times turned in by Robinson’s Ricky Munch (58.51), Richards (58.98) and Westfield’s CJ Fiala (59.35)

Fairfax senior Joey Kelly took the title in the 50 freestyle with an All-American consideration time of 21.18, ahead of Woodson senior Kevin Vest (AAC – 21.34). Kelly doubled up his night with a win in the 100 freestyle, taking the title with a time of 47.01, just ahead of W-L’s Crawford (47.41) and Vest (48.04).

South Lakes senior Brad Dillon took the title in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.77, out touching Langley sophomore Natal (51.79) by two-hundredths of a second. Westfield junior Kurtis Ratcliff took third at 52.11, followed by Oakton freshman Philip Hu (52.40).

Fairfax’s 200 freestyle relay of Austin Patteson, Travis Lauri, Jake Baumgardner and Kelly won the title with an All-American consideration time of 1:27.48, followed by Jefferson (AAC – 1:27.87) and Woodson (AAC – 1:28.01).

Oakton’s Hu won the 100 backstroke title with an automatic All-American time of 50.94, out-touching the automatic All-American times of Putnam (51.11) and Dillon (51.33)

The meet closed with the champion Cougars 400 freestyle relay of Hu, Park, Chris Megaw and Phillips taking the title with an automatic All-American time of 3:09.69, ahead of Langley (3:12.03) and Fairfax (3:12.71).

Get the full Northern Region results here.

Oakton's K.J. Park turned in two district records as the Cougars snapped Robinson' 12-year win streak. (Photos Provided By Taylor Soldner, Oakton Media Group)

Snow on Saturday forced teams to prepare for district championships earlier than anticipated, as three of the four districts in the Northern Region held timed finals and relays on Friday night around the area.

Madison’s boys’ and girls’ teams took home titles in the Liberty District, W.T. Woodson’s boys’ and girls’ earned championships in the Patriot and the Oakton’s boys and Robinson’s girls won titles in the Concorde.

The National District finals will be held tonight at Washington-Lee Pool.

It was a weekend dominated by youth, as several younger swimmers turned in breakout performances in the meets. A freshman boy and sophomore girl won a title and two sophomore girls won two events in the Concorde, a freshman girl and sophomore boy took a title and a sophomore girl won two in the Patriot and three freshmen girls, a sophomore boy and sophomore girl won in the Liberty.

CONCORDE DISTRICT: FULL RESULTS (.doc)

The Oakton boys’ win ended one of Robinson’s dominant streaks, as the Rams had taken home 12 straight district titles before the Cougars halted things this weekend. Oakton finished with 492 points to Robinson‘s 404, with Herndon taking third at 334.

Leading Oakton were seniors Bradley Phillips and K.J. Park, both of whom won two individual events – and set district records along the way.

Phillips won the 200 freestyle in a automatic All-American record time of 1:41.73, nearly four seconds faster than second-place Charlie Keith (Westfield; 1:45.48), and also won the 500 freestyle with an automatic All-American time of 4:32.14 – more than 10 seconds ahead of Westfield’s Kurtis Ratcliff (4:43.01).

Park, meanwhile, enjoyed what Oakton Coach Hunter Owen called “really a standout meet.” Taking titles in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley, Park set district records in both and had an automatic All-American time in the breast (56.62). He won the 200 IM in 1:54.10, just .08 off the automatic All-American time..

Other winners on the boys’ side were: the Oakton 200 medley relay of Phillip Hu, Park, Zach Smith and Steven Robbins (automatic All-American 1:36.60), Robinson’s Ricky Munch (50 free, 21.39), Westfield’s Ratliff (100 fly, 52.13), Robinson’s Matt Osiecki (100 free, 48.59), Robinson’s 200 freestyle relay of Cameron Boster, Osiecki, Johann Shim and Munch (1:28.04), Hu (100 back, 52.25), Oakton’s 400 freestyle relay of Hu, Park, Megaw and Phillips (district record 3:11.37).

On the girls’ side, the Rams’ girls captured a fourth straight title behind a deep roster that scored points through every event, though they had just one individual title. Robinson finished with 515 points, outdistancing Oakton’s 443 and Westfield’s 316.

Robinson won relay titles to start and end the meet. The 200-medley relay of Christine Canty, Rachel Canty, Becca Bott and Hannah Walden opened the meet with by winning in 1:50.69, and the group of Kathleen Dodson, Bott, Tori Baker and Walden won the 400 free relay in 3:39.62.

Double winners on the night were Oakton junior Kaitlin Pawlowicz (200 IM, 2:07.33 and 100 fly, 57.28), Chantilly sophomore Brenna Ferris (200 free, 1:56.32 and 500 free, 5:15.64) and Westfield sophomore Carli Molano (50 free, 24.54 and 100 free, 53.93).

Other winners included Oakton’s 200 free relay of Leanne Hyer, Quinn Wilkinson, Erin Reynolds and Pawlowicz (1:41.14), Robinson senior Christine Canty (100 back, 1:00.72) and Herndon sophomore Jenna VanCamp (100 breast, 1:07.07) – narrowly out-touching Robinson sophomore Rachel Canty’s 1:07.17.

LIBERTY DISTRICT: TEAM RESULTS (pdf); INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (pdf)

Madison took home titles in both boys’ and girls’ in a tightly-contested meet that lived up to the expectations.

The Warhawks’ girls finished with 435.5 points, edging Langley (404.5) and McLean (323), while Madison’s boys took home a title by finishing atop a close race with 404.5 points – ahead of Fairfax (393), Langley (334) and Jefferson (332.5).

Madison was led by senior Adam Pennington, who won the 200-yard freestyle with a district record 1:43.21 in the meet’s first individual event, out-touching Jefferson’s Stephen Seliskar (1:43.39) and Langley’s Ryan Natal (1:43.71) in a race in which first and third was separated by half a second. Pennington also won the 500 free with an All-American consideration time of 4:38.08.

The top performer in the meet might have been Langley’s Chuck Katis, who turned in an automatic All-America time of 1:53.88 to win the title in the 200 IM by almost five seconds. Katis also took home the title in the 100 breast with an automatic all-American time of 57.46, breaking teammate Stephen Richards’ district record in the process.

Fairfax senior Joey Kelly won the 50 freestyle (21.52) and Natal won the 100 butterfly in 51.93 – out-touching Seliskar’s 52.08, South Lakes senior Brad Dillon’s 52.53 and Fairfax junior Austin Patteson’s 52.87.

Langley senior Richards won the 100 free title (47.69), while the Jefferson 200 free relay of Alex Dona, Sam Speers, Seliskar and Matt Callahan won with an All-American consideration time of 1:27.96.

McLean junior Charlie Putnam won the 100 back (AAC – 51.97) and Langley’s 400 free relay of Natal, David Case, Katis and Richards won in an All-American consideration 3:12.46 – .10 short of the district record of 3:12.36 set by Madison last year. Langley’s 200 medley relay of Richards, Katis, Alex Brumas and Chris Pivik also won a title with an automatic All-American time of 1:36.82, breaking Jefferson’s district record of 1:37.96 set in 2007.

McLean junior Eva Greene won a title in the 200 free (1:54.44) and 100 backstroke (AAC – 57.84), while freshman teammate Annie Springsteen took the crown in the 200 IM in 2:15.03 – just hundredths of a second ahead of Jefferson’s Katie Bennet (2:15.13) and South Lakes sophomore Emily Sennett (2:15.26).

Langley freshman Abi Speers won the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.47, and Sennett won the 100 fly in 59.67. Langley junior Jayme Katis outdistanced Speers for the title in the 100 free with a time of 53.95, while Madison junior Bev Dobrenz gave the Warhawks their only individual title with a win in the 500 freestyle (5:21.26). Fairfax freshman Matty Ferguson won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.35.

McLean’s 400 free relay of Margaret Harlow, Springsteen, Greene and Katie Yensen set a district record with a time of 3:39.69. Other relay winners were McLean’s 200 medley relay of Greene, Springsteen, Harlow and Yensen (1:51.31) and Langley’s 200 free relay of Katis, Torrie Zarella, Megan Howard and Speers (1:41.27).

PATRIOT DISTRICT: TEAM RESULTS (.rtf); INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (.rtf)

In what was the closest win of the weekend, the W.T. Woodson girls’ used a big win in the 400 freestyle relay at the end of the night to edge out a win over West Springfield, finishing with 416 points to the Spartans 394 and Lake Braddock‘s 383.

Junior Jill King split a 53 as the anchor in the 400 free relay along with Rachel Rogers, Maggie Rodgers and Caitlin Rider to give the Cavaliers the win in 3:42.33, ahead of West Potomac‘s 3:45.28. King also took the 50 freestyle title with a time of 25.31.

West Springfield opened the night with its relay of Susan Ward, Lauren Yi, Hannah Hagy and SinHye Won winning the 200 medley in an All-American consideration time of 1:50.81, .31 short of the district record 1:50.50 set by Lake Braddock in 2008.

Won won both the 200 IM (2:11.50) and 100 breaststroke titles, turning in an automatic All-American time of 1:04.35 in the breast.

South County senior Courtney Walsh took the 200 freestyle crown in 1:59.34 just ahead of teammate Alison Smith’s 1:59.68, and West Potomac freshman Hellen Moffitt won the 100 butterfly in 58.38, just shy of the district record of 58.01 set by Katie McAdoo in 2000.

Moffitt’s teammate, sophomore Reanna Dona, won the 100 freestyle title in 53.02 and also took the crown in the 100 backstroke, setting a new district record in 58.65 – beating Moffitt’s 59.37.

West Springfield junior Kathryn Sieracki won the 500 free in 5:17.59, and the Spartans’ 200 free relay of Ward, Hagy, Won and Jessica Zeppieri set a district record with a time of 1:41.14, besting the 1:41.89 mark set by West Springfield in 2003.

On the boys’ side, Woodson’s 200 medley relay of Diet Dallmeier, Michael Chesnut, Braden Baffer and Kevin Vest opened the night by setting a district record with a time of 1:38.19, knocking off the mark of 1:39.33 set by Lee in 2007.

Chesnut won the title in the 200 freestyle (1:45.63), while Vest took the 50 free title in an All-American consideration time of 21.40. Vest doubled up his individual titles by also winning the 100 freestyle in 48.09 and Chesnut made it two with a win in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.12.

West Springfield senior Sean Nickley won the 200 IM in 2:01.62, South County sophomore Michael Herrmann took the title in the 100 fly in 52.41, West Potomac junior Mark Mattis won the 500 free in 4:57.67 and Annandale junior Kyle Tyrrell took the 100 back title in 52.71.

Woodson’s 200 free relay of Bo Ilgenfritz, Connor Wander, Dean Furst and Braden Baffer took the title in 1:30.93 and their 400 free relay of Vest, Baffer, Dallmeier and Chesnut finished the relay sweep with a time of 3:15.47