News Post
Swim Team Wins High School Invitational
The St. Joseph’s Academy swim team won its third of three swim meets with another dominating performance in the High School Invitational Swim Meet, held September 26 at Crawfish Aquatics. The Redstickers scored 401 points to outdistance the six-team field.
E.D. White finished second with 278 points, while Isidore Newman School posted 233 points to finish third.
SJA won all three relay events and five individual events. Another two swimmers achieved LHSAA state qualifying times, bringing the season’s total to 28.
“SJA swimmers continued to post great in-season meet times in our third regular season meet,” said head coach Jimmy Roberts. “Our swimmers’ support of each other before, during and after event swims helps deliver great efforts as we challenge each other to perform. We continue to improve each meet and deliver team performances.”
Winning relay teams were Lindy Slay, Molly Mayo, Adelaide Drennan and Evie Landry, 200 medley relay (1:53.03); Molly Mayo, Riley Roedel, Evie Landry and Molly Watson, 200 freestyle relay (1:42.68); and Riley Roedel, Cate Clapinski, Emile Farah and Adelaide Drennan, 400 freestyle relay (3:47.39).
Winning individual events were Riley Roedel, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly; Adelaide Drennan, 200 individual medley; Mary Claire Roberts, 500 freestyle; and Molly Mayo, 100 breaststroke.
Finishing in the top three in their events were the following.
200 freestyle: Olivia Serrano, third place
200 individual medley: Molly Mayo, second place, Mary Claire Roberts, third place
50 freestyle: Molly Watson, second place; Evie Landry, third place
100 freestyle: Molly Watson, second place; Cate Clapinski, third place
100 butterfly: Lindy Slay, second place
100 backstroke: Lindy Slay, second place
500 freestyle: Julia Black, second place; Alex Payne, third place
100 breaststroke: Adelaide Drennan, second place; Grace Roussel, third place
The swimmers return to action on October 3 in the CCSL League Meet #2 at Crawfish Aquatics.