Jesuit, Holy Cross, SSA win state swim titles

It was a banner day for New Orleans area teams at the LHSAA state swimming championships at the SPAR Aquatic Center in Sulphur on Saturday as Jesuit and Holy Cross claimed state titles, St. Scholastica won a girls state championship and Mandeville placed second.

The Blue Jays repeated as boys champions, fighting off rival Catholic of Baton Rouge with 448 points to 405 for the Bears. Dutchtown was third, East Ascension finished fourth and Northshore was fifth.

Charles Korndorffer, who officially signed with Notre Dame earlier in the week, was the star as he won both the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke. Mike Foley won the 100 freestyle and the Blue Jays won the 200-yard medley relay the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay.  Michael Bonson of Northshore was terrific, winning both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle.

In Division II, after finished second to Ruston a year ago, Holy Cross turned the tables, easily capturing the title with 423 points with Ruston a distant second. Destrehan was third with Lakeshore fourth.

Lane Coleman was the star for the Tigers, winning both the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Antonio Rivera won the 200 individual medley while Carson Doll won the 500 freestyle. Holy Cross also won the 200-yard medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay. Jacob Price of Lakeshore won the 100 freestyle and the Titans won the 200 freestyle relay.

In girls competition, St. Joseph’s dominated to win the Division I title with 349 points, led by Kirby Black, who won the 100 backstroke. Mandeville was second. The Skippers won the 200-yard medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay. Mount Carmel Academy was third as Emily Schexnayder was the star of the meet, capturing both the 100 butterfly and the 100 freestyle. Caeleigh Miller of the Cubs won the 50 freestyle.  Dominican was fourth with Northshore fifth.  Hannah Morris won the 200 individual medley for Dominican.

After finishing second to St. Thomas more a year ago, St. Scholastica dominated to win the Division II state title with the Cougars a distant second. Gabriella O’Neill starred for the Doves, winning both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. SSA also won the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay in accumulating 429 team points. Ruston finished third.

Newman’s boys were among the team state title winners earlier in the championships.

LHSAA State Swimming Results from Sulphur for Saturday, Nov. 17

Full scores and results:

Division I

Division II

Quick Scores/Finals Results:

Division I

Girls

Team scores: 1, St. Joseph’s Academy 349. 2, Mandeville 237. 3, Mount Carmel Academy 235. 4, Dominican 202. 5, Northshore 165. 6, Baton Rouge High 156. 7, Captain Shreve 146. 8, Fontainebleau 122. 9, Lafayette 85. 10, Barbe 78. 11, Sulphur 69. 12, Zachary 61. 13, Slidell 46. 14, St. Amant 44. 15, West Monroe 33. 16, Hahnville 29. 17, Pineville 27. 18, East Ascension 25. 19, Denham Springs 20. 20, Dutchtown 17. 21, Byrd 13. 22, Chalmette 8.

Top individuals

200-yard medley relay: 1, Mandeville 1:51.86. 2, Northshore 1:52.28. 3, Dominican 1:53.88.

200 freestyle: 1, Natalie Stump, Barbe, 1:54.45. 2, Rachel Fontan, Mandeville, 1:58.14. 3, Sydney Weidner, Sulphur, 1:59.24.

200 individual medley: 1, Hannah Morris, Domincan, 2:08.17. 2, Anni Thompson, Lafayette, 2:09.32. 3, Ema Lavigne, Baton Rouge High, 2:13.05.

50 freestyle: 1, Caeleigh Miller, Mount Carmel Academy, 24.82. 2, Brooke Fegley, Captain Shreve, 25.13. 3, Julia Brinson, SJA, 25.56.

100 butterfly: 1, Emily Schexnayder, Mt. Carmel Academy, 58.30. 2, Amanda Andrews, SJA, 59.05. 3, Bailey Wycoff, Fontainebleau, 1:00.22.

100 freestyle: 1, Emily Schexnayder, Mt. Carmel Academy, 54.13. 2, Kimberly Dobie, Mandeville, 54.47. 3, Brooke Fegley, Captain Shreve, 54.64.

500 freestyle: 1, Anni Thompson, Captain Shreve, 5:04.68. 2, Natalie Stump, Barbe, 5:07.99. 3, Hannah Morris, Dominican, 5:11.84.

200 freestyle relay: 1, SJA 1:42.47. 2, Mt. Carmel Academy 1:43.08. 3, Fontainebleau 1:45.30.

100 backstroke: 1, Kirby Black, SJA, 58.57. 2, Kimberly Dobie, Mandeville, 1:00.51. 3, Gabrielle Joffrion, SJA, 1:01.36.

100 breaststroke: 1, Zoe Mekus, West Monroe, 1:04.99. 2, Aubrey St. Pierre, 1:06.10. 3, Ema Lavigne, Baton Rouge, 1:08.50.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Mandeville 3:41.23. 2, SJA 3:43.47. 3, Captain Shreve 3:46.88.

Boys

Team scores: 1, Jesuit 448. 2, Catholic (BR) 405. 3, Dutchtown 147. 4, East Ascension 124. 5, Northshore 122. 6, St. Paul’s 108. 7, Fontainebleau 99. 8, Mandeville 92. 9, Sulphur 85. 10, Brother Martin 78. 11, Zachary 71. 12, Slidell 64. 13, Lafayette 51. 14, Baton Rouge High 43. 15, West Monroe 37. 16, Hahnville 34. 17, Thibodaux 30. 18, Barbe 27. 19, Byrd 24. 20, Ponchatoula 21. 21,Walker 20. 22, Archbishop Rummel 8. 23, Denham Springs 6.

Top individuals

200-yard medley relay: 1, Jesuit 1:36.28. 2, Catholic (BR) 1:39.07. 3, East Ascension 1:41.70.

200 freestyle: 1, Michael Bonson, Northshore, 1:39.17. 2, Mike Foley, Jesuit, 1:40.80. 3, Zachary Babin, Dutchtown, 1:40.91.

200 individual medley: 1, David Boylan, East Ascension, 1:51.58. 2, Davis Edwards, Jesuit, 1:53.09. 3, Philip Endom, Jesuit, 1:53.79.

50 freestyle: 1, Connor Widemeier, West Monroe, 21.23. 2, Connor Schwartz, Jesuit, 21.52. 3, Cameron Richard, Catholic (BR), 22.17.

100 butterfly: 1, Charles Korndorffer, Jesuit, 49.31. 2, Harrison Say, Catholic (BR), 52.33. 3, Wes Daniel, Dutchtown, 52.20.

100 freestyle: 1, Mike Foley, Jesuit, 45.67. 2, Connor Widemeier, West Monroe, 46.06. 3, Zachary Babin, Dutchtown, 47.64.

500 freestyle: 1, Michael Bonson, Northshore, 4:28.18. 2, Mason Nyboer, Catholic (BR), 4:31.93. 3, Daniel Woodruff, Catholic IBR), 4:44.27.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Jesuit 1:25.62. 2, Catholic (BR) 1:28.57. 3, Northshore 1:29.09.

100 backstroke: 1, Charles Korndorffer, Jesuit, 49.99. 2, Philip Endom, Jesuit, 52.54. 3, Harrison Say, Catholic (BR), 53.23.

100 breaststroke: 1, David Boylan, East Ascension, 57.88. 2, Davis Edwards, Jesuit, 58.42. 3, Drew Putfark, St. Paul’s, 1:00.67.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Jesuit 3:09.48. 2, Catholic (BR) 3:16.37. 3, Dutchtown 3:19.36.

Division II

Girls

Team scores: 1, St. Scholastica 429.5. 2, St. Thomas More 258. 3, Ruston 206. 4, Caddo Magnet 191.5. 5, Alexandria 176. 6, Academy of Sacred Heart (NO) 159. 7, South Lafourche 143. 8, Destrehan 138. 9, Lakeshore 115. 10, Ben Franklin 92. 11, Sam Houston 72. 12, Archbishop Chapelle 62. 13, Benton 45. 14, Terrebonne 32. 15, Central Lafourche 22. 16, Live Oak 11. 17, Academy of Our Lady 8, South Terrebonne 8.

Top individuals

200-yard medley relay: 1, St. Thomas More 1:55.96. 2, Caddo Magnet 1:57.81. 3, St. Scholastica 2:01.30.

200 freestyle: 1, Gabriella O’Neil, St. Scholastica, 1:53.97. 2, Sophie Wiener, Caddo Magnet, 1:58.55. 3, Ella Balhoff, St. Thomas More, 2:04.23.

200 individual medley: 1, Ashley Richard, St. Thomas More, 2:12.70. 2, Justina Vo, Caddo Magnet, 2:18.17. 3, Claudia Oggs, SSA, 2:19.69.

50 freestyle: 1, Jaila Payne, Ruston, 24.19. 2, Alanna Smith, South Lafourche, 24.42. 3, Gabriella Fouchi, SSA, 24.50.

100 butterfly: 1, Kathryn Kairschner, Benton, 56.90. 2, Ella Balhoff, STM, 1:01.13. 3, Justina Vo, Caddo Magnet, 1:01.90.

100 freestyle: 1, Jaila Payne, Ruston, 53.46. 2, Sophie Wiener, Caddo Magnet, 54.34. 3, Alanna Smith, South Lafourche, 54.96.

500 freestyle: 1, Gabriella O’Neil, SSA, 5:08.27. 2, Elise Bourgeois, Ben Franklin, 5:34.99. 3, Hannah Richard, STM, 5:37.63

200 freestyle relay: 1, SSA 1:41.41. 2, Caddo Magnet 1:44.65. 3, STM 1:47.24.

100 backstroke: 1, Kathryn Kairschner, Benton, 57.38. 2, Evelyn Zhang, Caddo Magnet, 59.11. 3, Gabriella Fouchi, SSA, 59.60.

100 breaststroke: 1, Ashley Richard, STM, 1:08.43. 2, Claudia Oggs, SSA, 1:11.70. 3, Sophia Matylis, Destrehan, 1:12.94.

400 freestyle relay: 1, SSA 3:41.62. 2, Ruston 3:58.38. 3, St. Thomas More 4:03.24.

Boys

Team scores: 1, Holy Cross 423. 2, Ruston 274. 3, Destrehan 229. 4, Lakeshore 221. 5, St. Thomas More 138. 6, South Lafourche 131. 7, Caddo Magnet 130. 8, Alexandria 111. 9, Terrrebonne 98. 10, Sam Houston 76. 11, Central Lafourche 71. 12, Plaquemine 63. 13, Benton 40. 14, Thomas Jefferson 35. 15, Woodlawn-BR 31, Ben Franklin 31. 17, South Terrebonne 21. 18, East Jefferson 14. 19, Salmen 7, Breaux Bridge 7. 21, Central 6. 22, De La Salle 4.

Top individuals

200-yard medley relay: 1, Holy Cross 1:38.64. 2, Ruston 1:40.48. 3, Destrehan 1:44.86.

200 freestyle: 1, Justin Holmes, Ruston, 1:46.22. 2, Carson Doll, Holy Cross, 1:49.26. 3, Jonah Munch, Holy Cross, 1:50.67.

200 individual medley: 1, Antonio Rivera, Holy Cross, 1:58.60. 2, Jake Steib, Destrehan, 2:02.92. 3, David Price, Holy Cross, 2:05.51.

50 freestyle: 1, Lane Coleman, Holy Cross, 21.16. 2, Jacob Price, Lakeshore, 21.85. 3, Mason Dufrene, South Lafourche, 21.96.

100 butterfly: 1, Lane Coleman, Holy Cross, 50.67. 2, Maximilien Caffery, Holy Cross, 52.62. 3, Galen Turner, Ruston, 55.43.

100 freestyle: 1, Jacob Price, Lakeshore, 48-10. 2, Mason Dufrene, South Lafourche, 48.69. 3, David Price, Holy Cross, 49.78.

500 freestyle: 1, Carson Doll, Holy Cross, 4:55.08. 2, Josh Vath, Lakeshore, 5:05.45. 3, Casey Miller, Holy Cross, 5:19.63.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Lakeshore 1:31.60. 2, Ruston 1:31.65. 3, Destrehan 1:33.78.

100 backstroke: 1, Justin Holmes, Ruston, 52.15. 2, Maximillien Caffery, Holy Cross, 54.06. 3, Matthew Alexander, STM, 59.10.

100 breaststroke: 1, Antonio Rivera, Holy Cross, 1:00.93. 2, Jake Steib, Destrehan, 1:01.14. 3, Jackson Courville, STM, 1:01.92.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Holy Cross 3:18.01. 2, Ruston 3:23.42. 3, Destrehan 3:28.27.