Saturday, October 15 Raptor’s Girls swimming brought home the State Championship and the boys brought home second. Academic Magnet girls scored 486 points in front of Bishop England’s 401 to bring home their second straight 3A State Championship.

The Girl’s won only one event, the 200 Freestyle Relay. The meet was won by the depth of the girl’s team. Out of the 32 swims 19 were top ten finishes. The girls were predicted to win by 89 points and still with one DQ in an individual event the girls won by 85. The girl’s started off the meet strong with 3 top ten finishes in the 200 Free and 200 IM and a 3rd place finish in the 200 Medley Relay. The weak spot for the girls was the sprint freestyles with only one top ten in both the 50 free and 100 free. Points are awarded for top 20 places; these are the following place finishes for each girl who swam this weekend. Every girl who swam this weekend scored at least one point.

200 Medley Relay- swam by Madeline McQuillan, Julia Zimlich, Emma Ludman, and Simone Kavarana 3rd place

200 Free- Malia Borg 6th, Skyler Ayers 7th, Maya Stefanelli 9th, Isabelle Valiulis 11th

200 IM- Emma Ludman 4th, Julia Zimlich 6th, Carolyn Prickett 8th, Simone Kavarana 11th

50 Free- Skyler Ayers 4th, Campbell Babb 12th, Ali Delambo 21st, Natasha Tirpak 23rd

100 Fly- Maya Stefanelli 6th, Ali Delambo 8th, Madeline McQuillan 15th

100 Free- Isabelle Valiulis 10th, Natasha Tirpak 20th, Carly Hall 21st

500 Free- Malia Borg 3rd, Grace Beischel 11th, Abigail Keating 14th, Carly Hall 15th

200 Free Relay-  swam by Campbell Babb, Skyler Ayers, Malia Borg, and Ali Delambo 1st place

100 Back- Madeline McQuillan 7th, Campbell Babb 8th, Simone Kavarana 13th, Grace Beischel 15th

100 Breast- Julia Zimlich 3rd, Sarah Feingold 4th, Carolyn Prickett 9th

400 Free Relay- swam by Skyler Ayers, Julia Zimlich, Malia Borg, and Simone Kavarana 3rd place