Cambridge Swim/Dive Team Takes 2nd to South Forsyth in Hosted Quad Meet, Monday, Nov. 19th

Posted: Nov 26, 2018

On Monday, Nov. 19th, Cambridge hosted South Forsyth, Riverwood, and West Forsyth at Cumming Aquatic Center.

Combined Team Score
South Forsyth 846
Cambridge 654.5
West Forsyth 600.5
Riverwood 400

Girls Team Score
South Forsyth 444
Cambridge 398
West Forsyth 234
Riverwood 192

Boys Team Score
South Forsyth 402
West Forsyth 366.5
Cambridge 256.5
Riverwood 208

Diving

The Bears started off the meet with a strong showing in the dive competition. Cambridge had one male diver, Maddox Riddick, who showed a lot of improvement in his most challenging dives. Riddick placed third in the 11-dive competition with a score of 280.90. Cambridge had three divers competing in the girls' 11-dive competition: Noor El-Gazairly, Haley Copeland and Margeaux Messier. All three divers showed a lot of improvement and were able to secure the scores they needed to earn their state qualifying score and degree of difficulty. El-Gazairly took first with a score of 325.75, Copeland took second with a score of 312.40 and Messier took third with a score of 303.15. Kate McKay competed in the 6-dive competition along with Camila Montes and Michaela Prevallet. In the 6-dive competition, McKay took third followed by Montes in 7th and Prevallet in 9th.

With El-Gazairly, Copeland and Messier joining McKay on the state roster, there's a lot to look forward to for Cambridge at the state meet this year!

The state dive meet has changed its format to only be a 6-dive meet, so the ladies will be working the rest of the season on perfecting their short routine to get ready for the competition they will see in February.

Swimming

In the boys' medley relay, the Cambridge A relay (Ben Grottle, Gabe Montes, Billy Blood, Nick DiPonzio) took third to West Forsyth and South Forsyth with a time of 1:49.18.

The girls' A-medley relay (Abby Grottle, Jayla Brown, Lauren Jonsson, Brooke McLain) also had a great start to the meet as well by swimming a season best time of 1:56.37. The B-relay (Libby Jones, CR Burke, Claire Kerber, Grace Ghent) took 5th.

In the boys' 200-yard freestyle, Michael O'Connor took 5th with a time of 2:00.48, followed immediately by teammate Nick DiPonzio in 6th with a time of 2:06.54. Aiden Goodnight took 8th with a time of 2:08.28.

In the girls' 200-yard freestyle, Emma Guy was the first from Cambridge to touch the wall in 7th place with a time of 2:17.26. Teammate Libby Jones touched the wall right after Guy in 8th with a time of 2:17.26, and then Morgan Young in 10th with a time of 2:23.24.

In the boys' 200-yard individual medley, Ben Grottle took 3rd with a state qualifying time of 2:07.36. Teammate Jack O'Connor took 5th and just narrowly missed the state qualification with a time of 2:14.79. Gabe Montes took 7th with a time of 2:17.17.

In the girls' 200-yard individual medley, Abby Grottle took 2nd with a time of 2:10.90 which not only qualifies her for state, but also breaks her own school record in the event. Lauren Jonsson touches the wall in 4th with a time of 2:16.46 which also qualifies her for state. To complete the power trio, teammate Jayla Brown takes 6th with a state qualifying time of 2:16.53. Great event for the Bears!

In the boys' 50-yard freestyle, John Empoliti took 7th with a timme of 26.20 which was a new personal best time. Harrison Cottick took 11th and Abhi Malik took 13th.

In the girls' 50-yard freestyle, Brooke McLain took 5th with a time of 27.11 followed by CR Burke in 10th, Adyson LeeMaster in 11th, Sydney Forbes in 12th, Katie Fox in 13th, and Emma Solomon in 14th.

In the boys' 100-yard butterfly event, Billy Blood took 3rd with a time of 56.80, Michael O'Connor took 9th with a time of 1:01.73, and Aiden Goodnight took 12th with a time of 1:06.25.

In the girls' 100-yard butterfly, Claire Kerber took first overall with a slightly improved time from Friday of 1:03.23 followed by teammates Camille Brown in 5th with a 1:09.75, Olivia Cash in 6th with a 1:10.55, and Delaney Goodell in 7th with a 1:11.08.

In the boys' 100-yard freestyle event, Jack O'Connor took 3rd with a time of 54.89.

In the girls' 100-yard freestyle, Brooke McLain took 3rd with a time of 59.06, and teammate Emma Guy in 4th with a time of 59.08. Anna Kerber took 8th with a time of 1:02.97. Delaney Goodell took 11th, Sydney Chambers took 12th, Morgan Young took 13th, and Katie Fox took 14th.

In the boys' 500-yard freestyle, Ben Grottle took 2nd with a state qualifying time of 5:03.29.

In the girls' 500-yard freestyle, Lauren Jonsson battled with the two top swimmers from South Forsyth. The three of them took turns setting the pace in the lead and fought at the end to be the first into the wall. In the end, Jonsson was out-touched and finished in third but only because the two South Forsyth swimmers tied for first place and Jonsson finished less than a tenth of a second behind with a time of 5:13.50. This has been Jonsson's best time this season and improves her state seed time by 13-seconds. Teammate Claire Kerber took fifth with a time of 6:00.64, Anna Kerber in 9th, and Isabel Filipek in 10th.

In the boys' 200-yard freestyle relay, the A-relay (Michael O'Connor, Jack O'Connor, John Empoliti, Aiden Goodnight) took third with a time of 1:41.54.

In the girls' 200-yard freestyle relay, the A-relay (Camille Brown, Olivia Cash, Emma Guy, CR Burke) took fourth with a time of 1:54.94. The B-relay (Delaney Goodell, Sydney Chambers, Anna Kerber, Morgan Young) took 7th and the C-relay (Katie Fox, Adyson LeeMaster, Sydney Forbes, Amelia Duffner) took 8th.

In the boys' 100-yard backstroke event, Billy Blood took 3rd with a time of 58.52 which improves his state qualifying seed time. Nick DiPonzio finished in 5th with a time of 1:02.21.

In the girls' 100-yard backstroke, Abby Grottle took 3rd with a state qualifying time of 1:02.97. Her time also broke the school record set by Caley Cramer in the 2015-2016 season. Camille Brown took 12th, Sydney Chambers took 14th, Rachel Henderson took 15th, Emma Solomon took 16th and Laura Watkins took 17th.

In the boys' 100-yard breaststroke event, Gabe Montes battled with the top swimmer from South Forsyth and in the ending to a very exciting event, Montes managed to reach for the wall first and took first in the event with a time of 1:10.43.

In the girls' 100-yard breaststroke, Jayla Brown swam an exciting race to take 2nd overall with a time of 1:09.80 which improved her previously earned state qualifying time. Grace Ghent took 4th with a time of 1:17.85. Amelia Duffner took 9th and Adyson LeeMaster took 10th.

In the boys' 400-yard freestyle relay, the A-relay (Ben Grottle, Billy Blood, Nick DiPonzio, Michael O'Connor) took third overall with a time of 3:33.45. The B-relay (Aiden Goodnight, John Empoliti, Jack O'Connor, Gabe Montes) took fifth with a time of 3:55.13.

In the girls' 400-yard freestyle relay, the A-relay (Abby Grottle, Jayla Brown, Lauren Jonsson, Brooke McLain) took first easily with a time of 3:46.78 and an over 12-second lead from the next relay team. Grottle also earned a state qualifying time in the 100-yard freestyle with her leadoff split of 54.60. The B-relay (Emma Guy, Camille Brown, Olivia Cash, Claire Kerber) took 5th and the C-relay (Grace Ghent, Anna Kerber, Libby Jones, Morgan Young) took 7th.

Preview of Next Week

Next Friday, Nov. 30th Cambridge will host Blessed Trinity, Lassiter and Westlake at Cumming Aquatic Center at 8:15 PM. Diving will go first and swimming will start immediately after at around 9:00 PM.

Come and support the Bears as they try to add to their state roster! Currently, Cambridge has qualified all of the relay teams and 26 individual events plus four divers! It's been a great start to the season and proves that it will only get better!