FRESNO, Calif. – The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Erica Jaffe, Isabelle Schmid, Grace Mering and Mia Hill finished ninth overall with a time of three minutes, 29.89 seconds to lead St. Francis on the final day of the CIF Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex.
FRESNO, Calif. – The 200-yard medley relay team of senior Grace Mering, junior Mia Hill, junior Erica Jaffe and freshman Lilla Kapinya compiled an 11th-place time of one minute, 45.38 seconds to break a 13-year-old school record, highlighting St. Francis on the second day of action at the CIF Swimming & Diving Championships, held at Clovis West High’s Clovis Olympic Swim Complex.
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Erica Jaffe and senior Grace Mering finished 1-2 in the girls’ varsity 100-yard backstroke, Mering won the 200 individual medley, and that tandem joined junior Mia Hill and freshman Lilla Kapinya in the winning 200 medley relay, leading St. Francis to the Division II title at the Sac-Joaquin Section swimming championships, held at the Elk Grove Aquatics Center Friday.
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior Grace Mering led off a first-place 200-yard medley relay, qualified for championship finals in each of the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke events, then helped the 400 freestyle relay snare the fourth seed in the final, leading St. Francis varsity swimmers on the first day of the Sac-Joaquin Section Swimming & Diving Championships, held at Elk Grove Aquatic Center Wednesday.
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Erica Jaffe led a 1-2-3 Troubadour sweep in the girls’ 100-yard backstroke, added another dominating win in the 100 freestyle, then took part in both of her team’s first-place relays for four total All-Delta League awards, helping St. Francis place second at the Delta League swimming championships held at the Elk Grove Aquatics Center Friday.
ELK GROVE, Calif. – Junior Erica Jaffe finished first in both the varsity 100-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke to lead St. Francis in the preliminary heats of the Delta League swimming championships, held at the Elk Grove Aquatics Center Thursday. The Troubadours look to defend their title in their last season before joining the Sierra Foothill League.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Junior Erica Jaffe dominated the 100-yard backstroke with a winning time of 57.75 seconds while helping the 200 medley relay pick off a victory by less than a third of a second, but St. Francis fell short against league and section rival Davis in the final Delta League swim meet of the season at Jesuit High Wednesday.
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. – Junior Mia Hill finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke and tied for fourth with teammate Marissa Recio in the 200 individual medley to post the top individual finishes for St. Francis, which sent a small crew to the Catholic Challenge swim meet, hosted by Santa Margarita High School Saturday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Juniors Mia Hill and Isabelle Schmid each scored a pair of individual varsity event wins as St. Francis won every race in a dominating Delta League swimming double dual against Cosumnes Oaks and Sheldon at Jesuit High Wednesday.
CONCORD, Calif. – Junior Mia Hill edged Cougar freshman Reagan Fullerton for the 200-yard individual medley win by a margin of just four hundredths of a second, shortly after leading the Troubadours’ 200 medley relay squad to a first-place time of one minute, 49.98 seconds; but Carondelet came away with a 187-132 win over St. Francis in a non-league dual swim meet at De La Salle High’s Brother Jerome West Aquatic Center Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Freshman Lilla Kapinya made her prep debut with first-place finishes in the varsity 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke while also taking part in two winning relays, leading St. Francis to a 135-47 win over Pleasant Grove in a Delta League swimming dual meet at Jesuit High Wednesday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Makenna Frederiksen led 1-2-3 sweeps in two events and took part in two first-place relays while senior Megan Gawlick also earned two individual wins, leading St. Francis to wins over Franklin and Elk Grove in a Delta League swimming double dual at Jesuit High Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Ava Chavez hit the U.S. Olympic Trials standards in the 100-meter butterfly while Erica Jaffe placed fifth in the 200 backstroke, competing for the Sierra Marlins at the USA Swimming Speedo Junior National Championships, held at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center this week. Chavez graduated from St. Francis in 2023, while Jaffe begins her junior year at the all-girls Catholic high school this fall.
St. Francis finishes 13th at state championships
May 11, 2024FRESNO, Calif. – The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Erica Jaffe, Isabelle Schmid, Grace Mering and Mia Hill finished ninth overall with a time of three minutes, 29.89 seconds to lead St. Francis on the final day of the CIF Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex.
