SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez and sophomore Erica Jaffe each earned two individual awards while the 200- and 400-yard freestyle squads also snared nods as NISCA announced its high school All-America honor roll this week.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis head swimming coach Brian Nabeta earned Co-Coach of the Year while a total of 16 Troubadours won a total of 16 first-team honors, as the spring sports All-Delta League awards were announced by commission Rick Spears’ office Monday.
CLOVIS, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez finished second in each of her two individual events and helped the two freestyle relays to school records, leading St. Francis swimming to a team-best sixth-place finish at the CIF State Championships, hosted a Clovis Olympics Swim Complex Saturday afternoon.
CLOVIS, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez placed second in the preliminary rounds in each of her individual events, led off two fourth-place freestyle relays, and broke three of her own school records to highlight St. Francis on the first day of swimming action at the CIF State Swimming & Diving Championships at Clovis Olympic Sports Complex Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A total of seven St. Francis swimmers will compete in the seventh CIF state swimming championships, held Friday and Saturday at the Clovis Olympic Sports Complex. Alphabetically, the Troubadour representatives are senior Ava Chavez, senior Maddy Ching, junior Makenna Frederiksen, senior LK Holliday, sophomore Erica Jaffe, senior Jordyn Larson and junior Grace Mering.
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez and sophomore Erica Jaffe each won an individual championship while joining Maddy Ching and LK Holliday in a section relay title, while five school records fell as St. Francis won its sixth all-time Sac-Joaquin Section team title during the championship meet Friday.
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez and sophomore Erica Jaffe each won two individual events and joined forces as part of a first-place 200-yard freestyle relay, leading St. Francis on the first day of action at the Sac-Joaquin Section swimming championships, hosted at the relatively new Elk Grove Aquatics Center Wednesday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez won the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly with school records in each, while sophomore Erica Jaffe snared individual championships in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, leading St. Francis to its first Delta League team title since 2015. The Troubadours scored 619 total points, 19 ahead of defending-champion Davis, and more than the third- through fifth-place teams combined at the championship meet, concluded at American River College Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore Erica Jaffe led the prelims in both the 200-yard individual medley and 100 backstroke, while senior Maddy Ching leads six Troubadours to Friday’s final in the 50 freestyle, highlighting St. Francis in Thursday’s portion of the Delta League swimming and diving championships, held at American River College.
ATHERTON, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez and sophomore Erica Jaffe each won individul events and set meet records, leading St. Francis to a second-place finish at the California Catholic Challenge, hosted by Sacred Heart Prep at the Dunlevie Aquatic Center Saturday.
CARMICHAEL, Calif. – Sophomore Erica Jaffe and senior Ava Chavez each won two individual events and took part in two winning relays, as St. Francis outdueled Carondelet, 95-75, in a prep swimming dual meet between the state’s two largest all-girls high schools Monday afternoon.
CARMICHAEL, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez and sophomore Erica Jaffe each won two events, but the spotlight rested on St. Francis’ sizable senior class as the Troubadours beat both Sheldon and Pleasant Grove in a Delta League double-dual swimming meet at Jesuit High Friday.
CARMICHAEL, Calif. – Sophomores Marissa Recio and Mia Hill each captured two varsity events and took part in two winning relays, while Alexis DeAngelis and Myra Slaughter performed similar feats in the junior varsity division, leading St. Francis to a 136-19 win over Elk Grove in a Delta League dual meet Wednesday at Jesuit High.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Maddy Ching, junior Grace Mering and sophomore Erica Jaffe each won two individual events, while Gabriella McHugh and Isabella Schmid each were multiple JV winners, leading St. Francis to dominating wins in each division in the return of Holy Splash, the rivalry swimming dual between the Troubadours and Christian Brothers. The meet took place at Sacramento City College’s Hoos Pool.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Maddy Ching and sophomore Erica Jaffe each won two individual events and took part in two first-place relays, helping St. Francis to a 102-84 win over defending Delta League and Sac-Joaquin Section champion Davis in a swimming dual meet at Jesuit High.
CARMICHAEL, Calif. – Sophomore Mia Hill, junior Megan Gawlick and junior Gabriella Ching each won two varsity events, while Alexis DeAngelis, Gabriella McHugh and Milena Bonnici each captured two junior varsity races, leading St. Francis to a 141-30 win over Franklin in a season-opening Delta League swim meet at Jesuit High School Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A total of 11 St. Francis Catholic High School students were recognized for their future participation in athletics at nine different colleges and universities during the preparatory school’s National Letter of Intent and College Commitment celebration Wednesday morning.
Despite the tired and recurring joke, no, the sport of water polo has nothing to do with horses. While most water polo players have likely heard some version of that turn of phrase, few people have mastered the difference between the aquatic and the equine like St. Francis senior Laura “L.K.” Holliday, who completed her prep career on the Troubadours water polo team, and is about to sign her National Letter of Intent to complete for the equestrian program at nearby UC Davis.
IRVINE, Calif. – St. Francis High School sophomore Erica Jaffe and senior Ava Chavez, competing for the Sierra Marlins Swim Team, each earned second swims during the five-day Speedo Junior National Championships, which concluded at the William Woollett, Jr. Aquatics Center Friday night.
Troubies garner six NISCA All-America nods
June 26, 2023SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Ava Chavez and sophomore Erica Jaffe each earned two individual awards while the 200- and 400-yard freestyle squads also snared nods as NISCA announced its high school All-America honor roll this week.
