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SF tops Carondelet in all-Catholic girls swim dual

SF tops Carondelet in all-Catholic girls swim dual

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.

Host Jesuit High won its half of the meet by an almost identical score, beating De La Salle by a 93-77 final.

Jaffe led a 1-2-4 Troubadour finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of two minutes, 7.12 seconds; then led a 1-2-3 team trifecta in the 100 backstroke with a 57.66 clocking. Chavez dominated the field in the 200 freestyle at 1:50.95, then added a winning 55.89 to take the 100 butterfly. Jaffe and Chavez were also members of SF's first-place 200 free relay (1:39.30) and 400 free relay (3:34.96).

The first-through-third sweep in the 100 back garnered the Troubies the maximum 13 points in the overall scoring, as did the trio of Marissa Recio (5:16.30), Jordyn Larson (5:18.83) and Megan Gawlick (5:22.32) in the 500 free. Jaffe, Grace Mering (2:10.54) and Recio (2:16.70) added another 12-point boost in the 200 IM.

Among the unsung heroes of the meet was sophomore Isabelle Schmid, who competed mostly in the junior varsity all season. With St. Francis on spring break, many of the usual swimmers were not available for Monday's meet, allowing Schmid to move up to the varsity events. She responded with third-place finishes in the 200 free (2:02.29) and 100 back (1:03.16).

This is the second straight year with a SF-Carondelet and Jesuit-DLS meeting. The girls' matchup represents a meeting between two former college teammates: Troubie head coach Brian Nabeta and Cougar head coach Roque Santos competed together at Cal back in 1989 before Nabeta transfered to BYU.

St. Francis returns to action with another meet featuring all Catholic schools: the Catholic School Challenge, hosted by Sacred Heart on April 15. This year's edition will feature more than a dozen teams, including six of the top 10 finishers from last year's CIF state championships: Santa Margarita (champion), Saint Francis of Mountain View (tied-fifth), Archbishop Mitty (seventh), Carondelet (10th), St. Francis (tied-eighth) and the host Gators (third).

SWIMMING & DIVING: ST. FRANCIS VS. CARONDELET
Jesuit High School (Carmichael, Calif.)
Girls' events only • Winners plus SFHS finishers listed

TEAM SCORES (VARSITY) - 1. St. Francis, 95; 2. Carondelet, 75.

200 MEDLEY RELAY JV - 1. Carondelet  'A' (Craw, Simmons, Greer, Ricketts), 2:03.66... 3. St. Francis (Slaughter, McHugh, Benavidez, Brostrom), 2:06.95.

200 MEDLEY RELAY VARSITY - 1. Carondelet 'A' (Gomez, Iannaccone, Santos, Horciza), 1:51.77... 2. St. Francis 'A' (Mering, Frederiksen, Larson, Ignacio), 1:52.15; 3. St. Francis 'B' (Schmid, Hill, Recio, Asperger), 1:57.36.

200 FREESTYLE JV - 1. Sasha Carmichael, C, 2:06.88... 4. Miranda Ferguson, 2:26.39.

200 FREESTYLE VARSITY - 1. Ava Chavez, SF, 1:50.95... 3. Isabelle Schmid, 2:02.29; 4. Megan Gawlick, 2:02.43.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY JV - 1. Sasha Carmichael, C, 2:23.06... 4. Abigail Benavidez, 2:39.07.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY VARSITY - 1. Erica Jaffe, SF, 2:07.12... 2. Grace Mering, 2:10.54; 4. Marissa Recio, 2:16.70.

50 FREESTYLE JV - 1. Delilah Ricketts, C, 27.08... 6. Myra Slaughter, 27.79; 19 (tie). Rose Haag, 29.72; 33. Neta Tovar, 37.72.

50 FREESTYLE VARSITY - 1. Airi Seib, C, 24.94... 6. Bianca Ignacio, 26.86; 7. Emmy Asperger, 26.92; 12. Sydney Glenn, 28.97; 13. Camille Olsen, 29.19.

100 BUTTERFLY JV - 1. Piper Brostrom, SF, 1:08.82.

100 BUTTERFLY VARSITY - 1. Ava Chavez, SF, 55.89... 3. Jordyn Larson, 1:00.46; 4. Makenna Frederiksen, 1:01.88.

100 FREESTYLE JV - 1. Clara O'Connor, C, 59.36... 4. Myra Slaughter, 1:01.05; 8. Gabriella McHugh, 1:02.87.

100 FREESTYLE VARSITY - 1. Airi Seib, C, 55.01... 2. Mia Hill, 55.15; 6. Bianca Ignacio, 59.30; 9. Emmy Asperger, 1:00.78; 12. Sydney Glenn, 1:04.11.

500 FREESTYLE JV - 1. Stella Marks, C, 5:42.93... 2. Abigail Benavidez, 6:07.11; 5. Miranda Ferguson, 6:31.58.

500 FREESTYLE VARSITY - 1. Marissa Recio, SF, 5:16.30... 2. Jordyn Larson, 5:18.83; 3. Megan Gawlick, 5:22.32.

200 FREE RELAY JV - 1. Carondelet 'A' (Carpenter, Kelly, Bisston, Erhard), 1:50.91... 3. St. Francis (Ferguson, Haag, P. Brostrom, Tovar), 2:07.76.

200 FREE RELAY VARSITY - 1. St. Francis 'A' (Chavez, Jaffe, Ignacio, Larson), 1:39.30... 4. St. Francis 'B' (Asperger, Gawlick, Glenn, Olsen), 1:54.10.

100 BACKSTROKE JV - 1. Ava Erhard, C, 1:06.71... 3. Piper Brostrom, 1:09.05.

100 BACKSTROKE VARSITY - 1. Erica Jaffe, SF, 57.66... 2. Grace Mering, 1:00.51; 3. Isabelle Schmid, 1:03.16.

100 BREASTSTROKE JV - 1. Avery Simmons, C, 1:16.93... 3. Gabriella McHugh, 1:19.73; 5. Rose Haag, 1:25.25.

100 BREASTSTROKE VARSITY - 1. Stephanie Iannaccone, C, 1:06.11... 2. Makenna Frederiksen, 1:11.74; 3. Mia Hill, 1:11.79; 6. Camille Olsen, 1:25.56.

400 FREE RELAY JV - 1. Carondelet 'A' (Carmichael, Erhard, Carpenter, Ricketts), 3:56.72... 2. St. Francis (Slaughter, McHugh, Benavidez, P. Brostrom), 4:07.17.

400 FREE RELAY VARSITY - 1. St. Francis 'A' (Jaffe, Frederiksen, Mering, Chavez), 3:34.96... 3. St. Francis 'B' (Hill, Recio, Schmid, Gawlick), 3:47.21.