Catalina Foothills Sweeps Arizona 4A High School Championships

TEMPE, Arizona, November 1. CATALINA Foothills High School of Tucson swept the boys' and girls' team titles at the Arizona 4A State High School Championships, held in rare dripping, drizzling weather at Arizona State University in Tempe.

For the boys, it was Catalina Foothills fourth straight crown, and they did it in style, racking up 379 points by cleaning up in the relays.
Thunderbird was a distant second with 197 points, followed by Chaparral with 189.

The Catalina Foothill girls were led by freshman Molly Houlton, who won back-to-back events and anchored the CFHS team to a 4A record in the 200 free relay. The Catalina Foothill girls were not quite as dominant as the boys, but still breezed to victory with 319 points. Sunnyslope, led by another freshman sensation, Katherine Raatz, were second with 234.5 points, followed by Chaparral with 219.

Boys' Meet
Catalina Foothills' Dane Patching won the 50 free and was third in the 100. Teammate Will Weeks was third in the 100 fly and second in the 100 breast. The duo also swam the last two legs of CF's winning 400 free relay. Weeks also swam on the winning 200 medley relay.

Sabino High took home four individual titles, but the Sabercats were hurt when two relays were DQ'ed at regionals a week ago. Senior Geoff Davis won the 200 IM (1:56.76) and 100 breast (59.36). Nick Sparks took the 100 fly in 51.01 and teammate Matt Barnard won the 100 free in 46.49.

Scottsdale Saguaro senior Phil Owen swept the 200 and 500 freestyle events, coming from begind in both races. In the 500, where he was the defending champion, he clocked 4;37.78, just out-touching Sabino's Dan Waller (4:37.86).

Girls' Meet
Goodyear Millennium sophomore Skye Elbert repeated as chmpion in both the 50 free and 100 back, despite having been sidelined most of the last six weeks by illness. In the 50, Elbert, a member of the US Junior National Team, clocked a 4A record 23.46, just beating out freshman Katherine Raatz (23.65). In the 100, her 56.12 was half a second shy of her own 4A mark set last year.

Raatz, a freshman at Thunderbird H.S. and the Junior National champion in the 100m fly, clocked a 4A record 55.78 to take the 100 fly. Her time shaved 2-hundredths off the old mark set by Emily Thompson.

Ctaalina Foothills frosh Molly Houlton won back-to-back races, taking the 200 free (1:51.33) by nearly three seconds and, five minutes later, the 200 IM (2:05.44) by four. She then anchored her team to a state record 1:37.18 in the 200 free relay. The old mark of 1:37.47 was set by Catalina Foothills last year.

Arizona 4A High School Champs
10/31/2003 to 11/1/2003

Team Rankings

Female Team Scores
Place School Points
1 Catalina Foothills High School CFHS 319
2 Sunnyslope High School SUNNY 234 . 50
3 Chaparral High School CHAP 219
3 Rincon/Unviverstiy High School R/UHS 219
5 Sabino High School SAB 186
6 Arcadia High School ARC 177
7 Thunderbird High School TBIRD 153
8 Pinnacle High School PINN 127
9 Millennium High School MILLE 125
10 Cactus Shadows CSHS 89
11 Centennial High School CENT 82
12 Marana High School MAR 67
13 Phoenix Country Day Schoo PCDS 47
14 Shadow Mountain High School SMHS 46
15 Cactus High School CACT 35
16 McClintock High School MCCLI 33
17 Saguaro High School SAG 29
18 Lake Havasu LAKE 24
19 Flagstaff High School FLAG 22
20 Santa Rita High School SR 20
21 Cholla High School CHO 18
22 Bradshaw Mountain High School BRAD 11
23 Amphitheather High School AMPHI 9
24 Seton Catholic High School SETON 6
25 Buckeye High School BUCK 5
25 Desert Christian High School DC 5
27 Washington High School WASH 4
27 Valley Christian High School VCHS 4
29 Catalina Magnet High School CMHS 2 . 50
30 Greenway Demons GREEN 2
30 Prescott High School PRES 2
30 Mingus Union High School MINGU 2
33 Ironwood Ridge High School IRHS 1

Male Team Scores
Place School Points
1 Catalina Foothills High School CFHS 379
2 Thunderbird High School TBIRD 197
3 Chaparral High School CHAP 189
4 Sabino High School SAB 183
5 Shadow Mountain High School SMHS 143 . 50
6 Arcadia High School ARC 138
7 Sunnyslope High School SUNNY 110
8 Saguaro High School SAG 107
9 Desert Christian High School DC 97
10 Rincon/Unviverstiy High School R/UHS 96
11 Lake Havasu LAKE 69
12 Cactus High School CACT 68
13 Pinnacle High School PINN 60
14 McClintock High School MCCLI 55
15 Prescott High School PRES 54 . 50
16 Phoenix Country Day Schoo PCDS 46
17 Sedona Red Rock High School SRRHS 37
18 Valley Christian High School VCHS 32
19 Ironwood Ridge High School IRHS 29
20 Apollo H.S. APOLL 26
21 Desert Ridge High School DR 20
21 Notre Dame ND 20
23 Millennium High School MILLE 19
24 Seton Catholic High School SETON 18
25 Moon Valley High School MOON 16
26 Mingus Union High School MINGU 15
27 Bradshaw Mountain High School BRAD 14
28 St. Gregory's College Prep STG 13
28 Washington High School WASH 13
30 Centennial High School CENT 12
31 Greenway Demons GREEN 11
32 Flagstaff High School FLAG 7
33 Cortez CORTE 4
34 Apache Junction High School AJ 2
34 Basha High School BASHA 2

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