Junior Jillian Bennett grabbed top honors in the 100 breaststroke. Courtesy photoSPORTS News:
The Los Alamos High School swimming and diving teams travelled to Albuquerque Academy for the 20th Annual Academy Invitational Jan. 12-13.
The boys team finished runner-up to Academy by a close 872-842 tally, while the girls team finished 3rd behind host Academy and Clovis. The meet attracted 23 teams.
The lone winner for the Hilltoppers was junior Jillian Bennett who took her specialty, the 100 breast, in a 1:10.43 win over Academy senior Sewit Yohannes.
Senior Alana Goodwin qualified for the state meet with her 1:04.96 backstroke and versatile 8th grader Julia Chen lowered her state meet seed in the 100 fly. Senior co-captain Sara Shiina made the state meet standard in the 100 back (1:03.53).
Senior Alana Goodwin picked up her 3rd state qualifying time. Courtesy photoThe boys kept it close with their depth. Academy won 7 of the 12 boys events; the Hilltoppers had no event victories.
Standouts for the Topper boys included sophomores Ian Jaegers and Nick Berndt, and rookie Andy Corliss.
Diver Emme Mooday qualified for the state meet with her 1 meter performance.
Breakthrough swims were also recorded by freshman Takuma Shiina (100 breast) and sophomore Cory Liechty (200 free), among others.
Soph Ian Jaegers helped the Toppers stay close to Academy in the team standings. Courtesy photoThe teams are in action next at the Santa Fe Prep-hosted Griffin Invitational at Chavez Center on Thursday and Friday.
2018 Albuquerque Academy Invitational
January 12-13, 2018―Albuquerque, NM―25 yard course
Event winner plus Los Alamos HS finishers; team points were awarded 24 deep
SQT = new state qualifying time for LAHS
Girls
Team Scores: 1) Academy 929, 2) Clovis 614, 3) Los Alamos 610, 4) Las Cruces 536, 5) Cleveland 412, 6) Rio Rancho 353, 7) Cottonwood Classical 269, 8) Belen 209, 9) Hope Christian 188, 10) Hobbs 173, 11) Farmington 110, 12) Alamogordo 94, 13) Los Lunas 91, 14) Piedra Vista 85, 15) Carlsbad 77, 16T) St Pius X 76, 16T) Santa Fe 76, 18) Taos 34, 19) St Michael’s 33, 20) Valencia 14, 21) Sandia Prep 8, 22) Socorro 7, 23) El Paso Bowie 4
200 Medley Relay: Academy 1:52.12, Clovis 1:55.87, Los Alamos A 2:00.03 (Julia Chen, Jillian Bennett, Sophie Schmidt, Kim McKinley); also: 13) Los Alamos B 2:07.49 (Maddie Ovaska, Sonyia Williams, Injie Mourad, Meredith McBranch)
200 Free: Sara Vianco ACAD 1:55.90, AJ Threhane CCPS 2:02.36, Sara Gormley LCHS 2:03.81; also: 9) Alana Goodwin LAHS 2:06.81, 11) Cory Liechty LAHS 2:09.91, 15) Sophie Schmidt LAHS 2:13.06, 21) Maddie Ovaska LAHS 2:17.83
200 IM: Ally Bernier ACAD 2:13.67, Key McFarland ACAD 2:18.74, Bella Zamora CLOV 2:21.50; also: 9) Julia Chen LAHS 2:25.57, 13) Sonyia Williams LAHS 2:32.55, 25) Kezia Tripp LAHS 2:42.92, 26) Oliva deCroix LAHS 2:45.72
50 Free: Susan Harding LCHS 25.74, Anya Hammond CLOV 26.00, Brooke Sturdevant HOPE 26.17; also: 6) Jillian Bennett LAHS 26.45, 24) Kim McKinley LAHS 28.10, 28) Meredith McBranch LAHS 29.04
100 Butterfly: Sara Vianco ACAD 57.87, AJ Threhane CCPS 1:02.23, Key McFarland ACAD 1:03.86; also: Julia Chen LAHS 1:04.02, 10) Sophie Schmidt LAHS 1:06.75, 20) Kezia Tripp LAHS 1:12.73, 24) Kamaya Ronning LAHS 1:13.36
100 Free: Kaci Jarry ACAD 56.68, Susan Harding LCHS 56.82, MacKenzie Jarrell ACAD 56.89; also: 10) Injie Mourad LAHS 59.63, 12) Cory Liechty LAHS 1:00.15, 24) Kim McKinley LAHS 1:02.48
500 Free: Ally Bernier ACAD 5:16.09, Caitlin Fitzpatrick CCPS 5:36.71, Annie Smith CLOV 5:43.11; also 10) Kamaya Ronning LAHS 6:19.91
200 Free Relay: Academy 1:41.00, LCHS 1:43.64, Clovis 1:46.04; also: 4) Los Alamos A 1:48.22 (Alana Goodwin 27.25, Sara Shiina, Kim McKinley, Jillian Bennett), 6) Los Alamos B 1:52.41 (Meredith McBranch, Sophie Schmidt, Cory Liechty, Sylvia Holesinger)
100 Backstroke: Hannah Jones CLEV 1:00.88, Jazmine Tscherne RIOR 1:02.12, Sierra Ortiz LCHS 1:02.97; also: 5) Sara Shiina LAHS 1:03.53 (SQT), 8) Alana Goodwin LAHS 1:04.96 (SQT), 14) Injie Mourad LAHS 1:07.40, 24) Sylvia Holesinger LAHS 1:12.15
100 Breaststroke: Jillian Bennett LAHS 1:10.43, Sewit Yohannes ACAD 1:12.08, Ava Jahner ACAD 1:14.16; also: 4) Sonyia Williams LAHS 1:15.89, 21) Olivia DeCroix LAHS 1:23.67
400 Free Relay: Las Cruces 3:47.27, Clovis 3:48.81, Cleveland 3:51.69; also: 4) Los Alamos A 3:56.88 (Julia Chen, Cory Liechty, Alana Goodwin, Sara Shiina), 9) Los Alamos B (Injie Mourad, Sonyia Williams, Sylvia Holesinger, Meredith McBranch)
1m diving: Lillie Guo ACAD 426.95, Eliana Christensen PIVI 396.40, AnaMarie Perez ACAD 345.70; also: 7) Emme Mooday LAHS 278.65 (SQT)
Boys
Team Scores: 1) Academy 857, 2) Los Alamos 827, 3) Clovis 438, 4) Santa Fe 319, 5) St Pius X 300, 6) Las Cruces 289, 7) Los Lunas 281, 8) Farmington 247.5, 9) Hobbs 243.5, 10) Taos 207, 11) Carlsbad 186, 12) New Mexico Military Institute 143, 13) Santa Fe Prep 131, 14) Hope Christian 105, 15) Belen 97, 16) Valencia 69, 17) Alamogordo 59, 18) Piedra Vista 41, 19) Sandia Prep 40, 20) St Michael’s 35, 21) Socorro 30, 22) Cottonwood Classical 28, 23) El Paso Bowie 4
200 Medley Relay: Academy 1:41.65, Clovis 1:45.41, Los Alamos A 1:47.44 (Ian Jaegers, Max Corliss, Dylan Ma, Alex Bullock), also: Los Alamos B 1:52.15d (Orion Henderson, Takuma Shiina, Nick Berndt, Isaac Brogan)
200 Free: Jake Hand ACAD 1:49.20, Nathan Hernandez TAOS 1:51.10, Ethan Zamora CLOV 1:51.32; also: 7) Ian Jaegers LAHS 1:54.52, 9) Konstantin Nelson LAHS 1:56.76, 12) Neil Wilkerson LAHS 2:01.36, 13) Alex Bullock LAHS 2:02.92
200 IM: Calvin Stewart ACAD 2:01.57, Riley Kinlaw SFPR 2:07.51, Ryan Dalton ACAD 2:09.97; also: 4) Andy Corliss LAHS 2:10.55, 6) Orion Henderson LAHS 2:12.38, 8) Nick Berndt LAHS 2:13.03, 10) Dylan Ma LAHS 2:18.43
50 Free: Brad Moffett SNFE 23.15, Jaiten Whitson LLUN 23.27, Marshall Magnusson FARM 23.41; also: 8T) Neil Wilkerson LAHS 24.08, 16) Isaac Brogan LAHS 24.98, 26) Matias Rougier LAHS 26.20, 27) Presley Gao LAHS 26.21
100 Butterfly: Calvin Stewart ACAD 53.60, Alec Epley LLUN 54.56, Luke Shankin SNFE 55.14; also: 4) Dylan Ma LAHS 58.05, 6) Nick Berndt LAHS 58.60, 16) Takuma Shiina LAHS 1:02.44, 17) Tavin Brogan LAHS 1:02.74
100 Free: James Skuse CLOV 49.03, Marshall Magnuson FARM 51.65, Nathan Conley ACAD 52.73; also: 4) Konstantin Nelson LAHS 52.82, 7) Isaac Brogan LAHS 53.69, 8) Alex Bullock LAHS 53.76, 15) Tavin Brogan LAHS 57.15
500 Free: Jake Hand ACAD 5:02.31, Nathan Hernandez TAOS 5:09.31, Calvin Drexel STPI 5:13.31, also: 6) Max Corliss LAHS 5:27.90
200 Free Relay: Academy 1:32.25, Las Cruces 1:34.93, Los Alamos A 1:38.22 (Konstantin Nelson, Matias Rougier, Neil Wilkerson, Alex Bullock); also: 6) Los Alamos B 1:39.96 (Andy Corliss, Presley Gao, Max Corliss, Isaac Brogan)
100 Backstroke: James Skuse CLOV 53.85, Charles Fan ACAD 57.10, Ian Jaegers LAHS 58.07; also: 10) Orion Henderson LAHS 59.28, 16) Presley Gao LAHS 1:05.29, 23) Caleb Hatler LAHS 1:09.77
100 Breaststroke: Riley Kinlaw SFPR 1:03.75, Andy Corliss LAHS 1:05.87, Ben Hammond HOBB 1:07.13; also: 4) Max Corliss LAHS 1:08.03, 5) Takuma Shiina LAHS 1:08.56, 19) Matias Rougier LAHS 1:19.33
400 Free Relay: Clovis 3:26.88, LCHS 3:30.17, ACAD 3:34.19; also: 4) Los Alamos A 3:34.62 (Ian Jaegers, Dylan Ma, Orion Henderson, Neil Wilkerson), 6) Los Alamos B 3:38.91 (Andy Corliss, Nick Berndt, Matias Rougier, Konstantin Nelson)
1m diving: Michael Hsu ACAD 428.45, Mosiah Seavey FARM 377.65, Bodee DeWees PIVI 343.75; also: 4) Griffin Stidham LAHS 335.60, 5) Kyle Hatler LAHS 324.00, 9) Mychael Garcia LAHS 275.90, 10) Daniel Fryer LAHS 261.30.