Ireton Girls Capture Metro Swim Relay Crown, Boys 4th

Bishop Ireton's girls swim team captured the 2013 Relay Carnival championship at Georgetown Prep on Saturday.

Coach John Gullickson’s girls swim team opened the 2013 campaign with a lopsided dual win over St Mary’s Ryken, then raced past the competition to claim the 2013 Washington Metropolitan Private Schools Swim & Dive League Relay Carnival championship Saturday. The boys were edged by DeMatha for third place in the 10-team field.

The Cardinals rode three first place and three more second place finishes to outdistance the runner up Holy Cross 282 to 258. O’Connell was third, Visitation 4th, and PVI in 5th place among ten total girls’ teams. The boys earned a third in the 400 meter freestyle relay as well as a pair of 4ths and four 5th place finishes to nail down a fourth place.

The girls team of Hayley Snell, Anna Shumate, Anna Fracasso, and Clara Boggs won the 200 meter medley relay in a time of 1:57.12. Snell teamed with senior Catherine Kennedy, freshman Emma Klein, and Boggs to win the 200 meter free style in 1:45.90. The Cardinals also won the 400 free style, with sophomore Virginia Beineke joining Klein, Kennedy, and Snell to cruise to the touch board in 3:52.66.

The gals racked up more points with a second in the 400 Medley behind Fracasso, Klein, Shumate, and Beineke while Ireton’s butterfly relay team of Lori Abbed, Meagan Hood, Kaileen Rouin, Maddie Sanasack, Kaitlin Nguyen, and Alex Branham covered the 200 meters in a time of 2:05.89.

Ireton’s boys covered the 400 meters of free style swimming in 3:34.70, good for a third place, with Jimmy Grant, Michael Morrison, AJ Salvatori, and Sam Price competing in the race. Junior Ryan Scott joined Morrison, Salvatori, and Grant to capture a 4th place in the 200 free, good for 30 meet points while Carl Smearman, Ryan Scott, Dylan Louison, and Price toured the men’s 400 medley relay in 4:17.69, good for another 4th place. Georgetown Prep, the host school, captured the boys’ team title, Gonzaga second, the Stags third, Ireton fourth.