Feehan swimmers earn D2 state crown
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 2:17 AM EST
Members of the Bishop Feehan High girls’ swimming team celebrate their title win. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
CAMBRIDGE - Senior Kendra Cheng of Franklin captured first place in two events, while Erin Foley produced a first and second place finish as the Bishop Feehan High School girls' swimming team captured its first-ever MIAA Division 2 State Championship Meet title at Harvard University.
Capturing first place in both the 200 and 400 freestyle relay events, good for 64 points, coach Kyle VanDenBerghe's Shamrocks compiled a grand total of 264 points, a whopping 89-point margin of victory over Southern Conference rival Bishop Stang.
The Boston University-bound Cheng finished first in both the 100 butterfly (58.65) and 100 breaststroke (1:08.13), while also being a member of the both first place relay teams.
Cheng outdistanced Winchester's Grace Senko (59.14) for the 100 butterfly title, one of three swimmers to break the one-minute mark. Then she nipped Norwell's Emily Metta (1:08.9) for the breaststroke championship.
Foley delivered a slew of points too, winning the 200 freestyle (1:54.9) by a stroke over Winchester's Suzi Stein, while taking second in the 500 freestyle (a 13-second margin ahead of the third place finisher), in addition to also being a member of those two title-taking relay teams.
The Seekonk High Warriors finished sixth among the 17 schools entered into the meet with 140 points. Junior Jacqui Johnson came through with a third place finish in the 200 freestyle and a fourth in the 100 freestyle, while Kaila Greene also had a pair of placements.
MIAA Division 2 State Championship MeetAt the Blodgett Pool, Harvard University, Cambridge
Team results: 1-Bishop Feehan 264, 2-Bishop Stang 175, 3-Notre Dame Academy 154, 4-Winchester 148, 5-Reading 140,
6-Seekonk 140, 7-Westwood 79, 8-Norwood 75, 9-Fontbonne Academy 67, 10-Ursuline Academy 38.
Bishop Feehan results: 200 Medley relay 6-Samantha Jankowski, Daniella Beasley, Colleen Scanlon, Caroline Capece, 1:57.4; 200 Freestyle 1-Erin Foley 1:54.9,. 4-Caroline Steiner 2:02.76, 6-Colleen Millett 2:03.0; 200 IM 4-Capece 2:15.9, 9-Beasley 2:21.1; 50 Freestyle 5-Caitlin Callanan 25.79, 8-Jankowski 26.19; 100 Butterfly 1-Kendra Cheng 58.65, 5-Beasley 1:02.19; 100 Freestyle 8-Callanan 56.42, 9-Steiner 56.79; 500 Freestyle 2-Foley 5:06.3, 5-Capece 5:25.9, 9-Millett 5:334.3; 200 Freestyle relay 1-Foley, Cheng, Jankowski, Callanan, 1:41.3; 100 Backstroke 5-Jankowski 1:03.7, 6-Caitlin Schofield 1:04.0; 100 Breaststroke 1-Cheng 1:08.13, 5-Scanlon 1:11.9, 8-Schofield 1:14.5; 400 Freestyle relay 1-Foley, Cheng, Callanan, Steiner 3:39.0.
Seekonk results: 200 Medley relay 8-Caroline Silva, Kaila Greene, Madison Behan, Kristen Sherrerd, 2:02.8; 200 Freestyle 3-Jacqui Johnson 1:57.78, 5-Amy Nunes 2:02.8; 100 Butterfly 6-Kaila Greene 1:02.5; 100 Freestyle 4-Johnson 55.19; 500 Freestyle 4-Nunes 5:19.9; 200 Freestyle relay 9-Nunes, Sherrerd, Silva, Johnson, 1:50.2; 100 Backstroke 4-Greene 1:02.9; 100 Breaststroke 10-Behan 1:15.5; 400 Freestyle relay 7-Greene, Nunes, Behan, Johnson, 3:53.9.
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