Bishop Ireton snares City Swim title

For the second time in four days, the BI Swim & Dive team brought home a First Place trophy for both the Men’s and Women’s squads at the perennial favorite Tri-City Championship Meet with T.C. Williams and Saint Stephens / Saint Agnes high schools at Chinquapin Recreation Center on January 13, 2015 in Alexandria.

This year’s meet included a very competitive Saint Stephens/Saint Agnes swim and dive team, but the Cardinals out-swam the Saints by a combined 35-point margin of 189 – 154. The combined point spread between the Cardinals and the Titans was 79 with final score of 214 – 135. Unofficially, 2015 marks the 13th consecutive year that BI has garnered the Tri-City Championship.
First place winners included:
Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Hayley Snell, Anna Shumate, Anna Fracasso and Abigail Grillo
Men’s 200 Free – Michael Morrison
Women’s 200 Free – Emma Klein
Men’s 200 Individual Medley – Ben Gorski
Women’s 50 Free – Hayley Snell
Women’s 100 Fly – Emma Klein
Men’s 100 Free – A.J. Salvatori
Women’s 100 Free – Anna Shumate
Men’s 400 Free – Michael Morrison
Women’s 200 Free Relay – Emma Klein, Lori Abbed, Anney Matlock and Clara Boggs
Men’s 100 ****** – Ben Gorski
Women’s 100 ****** – Anna Shumate
Men’s 400 Free Relay – Michael Morrison, Jimmy Grant, A.J. Salvatori and Ben Gorski
Women’s 400 Free Relay – Emma Klein, Abigail, Hayley Snell and Anna Shumate
The freshman women divers Kate Wimbush and Kate Murray also placed 4th and 5th in the one meter dive event, respectively.
In this meet, only the top six places in each event count toward the final team scores. Worthy of note are all the individuals and relay teams, in addition to those listed above, who contributed to the total points scored to push the Water Cardinals to the wall to win the meet. The depth of the BI bench was in play with 3rd and 4th teams kicking to finishes that were competitive with, and, in some cases, exceeded the 1st and 2nd team results.

Incredible team spirit was evident as the Cardinals cheered teammates to photo finishes. Also evident was the Cardinal sportsmanship of supporting friends on competing teams in their efforts in the pool.