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Girls' Swimming and Diving Conference Championships
Last weekend, the Lady Ramblers put on a show at the 2024 Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference (MCAC) Girls Swimming and Diving Championships. As a team, the program truly came together posting countless season, personal, and multiple LAGSD All-Time top ten performances.
The MCAC features many of Illinois's best in swimming and diving. At the competition, 3 pool records fell along with 8 MCAC Records! Featured below is a Rambler Recap of the Top 3 Relays and Top 8 Individuals from last weekend.
Diving started the program off on a high note scoring 3rd in the overall point total.
Varsity 11 Dive: (Simone Abbasi ’25, 6th Place)
Varsity 11 Dive: (Simone Abbasi ’25, 6th Place)
The following session featured the Frosh/Soph and Varsity division who earned runner up honors in their respective divisions. The Fresh/Soph Division was in a field of 9 teams while the Varsity was in a field of 14 teams.
F/S 200 Medley Relay 3rd Place (Kostamo-Piestrup ’28, Sander ’27, S. O’Hara ’28, E. Abbasi ’27)
V 200 Medley Relay 2nd Place (Cheng ’25, Andrew ’25, Roggi ’28, Friestedt ’27)
F/S 200 Freestyle (Victoria Simon ‘27, 1st Place, Ellie Tolentino ‘27, 5th Place)
V 200 Freestyle (Reilly O’Hara ’25, 4th Place)
F/S 200 Individual Medley (Morgan Sander ’27, 2nd Place, Elizabeth Tomaszewski ’28 6th Place)
V 200 Individual Medley (Maeve Atwood ’28, 5th Place, Melanie Angelov ’25, 7th Place)
F/S 50 Freestyle (Elise Abbasi ’27, 2nd Place, Janette Kostamo-Piestrup ’28, 4th Place)
V 50 Freestyle (Lia Roggi ’28, 2nd Place, Sophia Friestedt ’27, 3rd Place, Kinsley Fitzgerald ’27, 4th Place)
F/S 100 Butterfly (Samantha O’Hara ’28, 3rd Place, Morgan Sander ’27, 5th Place)
V 100 Butterfly (Kinsley Fitzgerald ’27, 3rd Place, Maria Cheng ’25, 4th Place, Melanie Angelov ’25, 8th Place)
F/S 100 Freestyle (Ellie Tolentino ’27, 2nd Place, Piper Dorsten ’27, 7th Place)
V 100 Freestyle (Lia Roggi ’28, 2nd Place, Sophia Friestedt ’27, 7th Place)
F/S 500 Freestyle (Victoria Simon ’27, 1st Place, Samantha O’Hara, ’28 4th Place)
V 500 Freestyle (Reilly O’Hara ’25, 4th Place)
F/S 200 Freestyle Relay 3rd Place (Simon ’27, E. Abbasi ’27, Sander ’27, Tolentino ’27)
V 200 Freestyle Relay 2nd Place (Andrew ’25, Friestedt ’27, Fitzgerald ’27, R. O’Hara ’25)
F/S 100 Backstroke (Janette Kostamo-Piestrup ’28, 3rd Place, Piper Dorsten ’27, 6th Place)
V 100 Backstroke (Georgia Andrew ’25, 1st Place, Maria Cheng ’25, 3rd Place)
F/S 100 Breaststroke (E. Abbasi ’27, 1st Place, Elizabeth Tomaszewski ’28 7th Place)
V 100 Breaststroke (Kate Kelly ’27, 6th Place, Emma Farris ’26, 7th Place)
F/S 400 Freestyle Relay 2nd Place (Simon ’27, Kostamo-Piestrup ’28, S. O’Hara ’28, Tolentino ’27)
V 400 Freestyle Relay 2nd Place (Roggi ’28, Andrew ’25, Fitzgerald ’27, Friestedt ’27)
Victoria Simon '27 was also voted as the MCAC Frosh/Soph Swimmer of the Meet!
LAGSD All-Time Top Performances:
Kinsley Fitzgerald ‘27 100 Butterfly - 10th Place
Georgia Andrew ‘25 100 Backstroke - 6th Place
400 Freestyle Relay 10th Place (Roggi ‘28, Andrew ‘25, Fitzgerald ‘27, R. O’Hara ‘25)
The final session of the meet featured our Junior Varsity division showcasing the depth of the program and they captured runner up honors in a field of 6!
JV 200 Medley Relay 3rd Place (Mesch ’25, Riekse ’26, Prosko ’27, Nunez ‘27)
JV 200 Freestyle (Nika Barkmeier ’25, 2nd Place, Ava Jefson ’25, 3rd Place, Sally Lien ’25, 6th Place)
JV 200 Individual Medley (Mia Mesch ’25, 3rd Place, Ava Mertes ’26, 5th Place, Bronwyn Wood ’28, 6th Place)
JV 50 Freestyle (Zara Nunez ’27, 4th Place)
JV 100 Butterfly (Nika Barkmeier ’25, 3rd Place)
JV 100 Freestyle (Ava Jefson ’25, 2nd Place, Zara Nunez ’27, 7th Place, Bea Hayes ’27, 8th Place)
JV 500 Freestyle (Ava Mertes ’26, 2nd Place, Natalie Riekse ’26, 3rd Place, Sally Lien ’25, 5th Place)
JV 200 Freestyle Relay 1st Place (Barkmeier ’25, Jefson ’25, Nunez ’27, Lien ’25)
JV 100 Backstroke (Mia Mesch ’25, 2nd Place, Maia Kesani ’25, 4th Place)
JV 100 Breaststroke (Grace Stetter ’28, 4th Place, Madeline Barber ’28, 6th Place, Natalie Riekse ’26, 7th Place)
JV 400 Freestyle Relay 1st Place (Barkmeier ’25, Jefson ‘25, Lien ’25, Mesch ’25)
The next stop for the Lady Ramblers will be competing in the IHSA Sectional Championships in two weeks at Highland Park H.S.
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