The girls of Brunswick High School took home the state title at the 2016 Maine High School State Class A Championships with a total of 289 points. Second place went to Scarborough High School (256 points), while Cheverus High School rounded out the top three with a total of 251 points.<\/p>\n
Brunswick’s\u00a0Caitlin Tycz<\/strong> dashed ahead of the competition in the 200 IM, claiming the state title in a final time of 2:06.23. Second in the event was Scarborough’s\u00a0Charlotte Pratt<\/strong> with a time of 2:13.89, while\u00a0Caroline Arpin\u00a0<\/strong>of Cheverus was third with a 2:15.41.<\/p>\n Abby Longstaff\u00a0<\/strong>of Cheverus grabbed first in the 50 free with a time of 24.40.\u00a0Emma Blair<\/strong> of Brunswick posted a time of 24.63 for second. The two were the only athletes under the 25-second mark.<\/p>\n Charlotte Janelle\u00a0<\/strong>of Falmouth turned in a new meet record in 1-meter diving. The senior accumulated a total of 417.40 points to overturn the 27-year-old record of 415.70 set in 1989 by\u00a0Stacy Cooper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Tycz returned in the 100 fly to deliver a stunning first place finish along with new state and meet records. The junior finished in a sizzling time of 53.32 to down\u00a0Emma Waddell’s\u00a0<\/strong>2014 records of 54.49.<\/p>\n Elaine Dudley<\/strong> of MASS finished first in the 100 free with a time of 53.80, touching 1.24 seconds ahead of the competition. Blair took second in the event with a time of 55.04, while third went to Scarborough’s\u00a0Hannah Griffin<\/strong> (56.14).<\/p>\n Brunswick’s 200 free relay team of Blair (25.31),\u00a0Lynsie Russell<\/strong> (25.45),\u00a0Lexi Stevenson<\/strong> (26.51), and Tycz (23.48) turned in a final time of 1:40.75 to claim first by more than four seconds.<\/p>\n Abby Longstaff\u00a0<\/strong>of Cheverus neared the state record of 57.40 in the 100 back finishing with a time of 57.88.<\/p>\n It was a close race in the 100 breaststroke with the top three finishers posting times within .16 seconds of one another. Arpin got her hands on the wall first, stopping the clock at a time of 1:10.76. Scarborough’s Pratt took second with a time of 1:10.81, while\u00a0Brooke Cloutier<\/strong> of LEW was a close third at 1:10.92.<\/p>\n Brunswick delivered a new state record in the 400 free relay. The relay team of Blair (54.75), Russell (55.29),\u00a0Alex Morse<\/strong> (58.00), and Tycz (51.06) turned in a combined time of 3:39.10 to post a new record.<\/p>\n On the boys side it was\u00a0Cheverus High School that took home the state title with a total of 339.5 points. In second was Brunswick High School with 275 points, while third went to Bangor High School (207.5).<\/p>\n Michael O’Donovan<\/strong> of Cheverus turned in a scorching 1:43.50 to win the 200 free by more than five seconds. The senior from Cheverus would later add a win in the 500 free with a final time of 4:41.42, finishing more than six seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Nate Samson<\/strong> of Brunswick tied the state record in the boys 50 free with a time of 21.41. He now shares the record with\u00a0Evan Long<\/strong> who originally posted a 21.41 in 2013. Samson collected another win in the 100 fly, posting a first place finish of 51.04. Cheverus teammates\u00a0Jacob Griffin<\/strong> (53.37) and\u00a0Kevin Kane\u00a0<\/strong>(53.44) finished second and third respectively.<\/p>\n Kyle Adams\u00a0<\/strong>of Bangor dominated the competition in the 1-meter diving, finishing first with a total of 449.65 points.<\/p>\n Cheverus knocked down another state record in the 200 free relay. The relay team of Griffin (22.35), Kane (22.13), O’Donovan (22.31), and Moore (21.42) posted a combined time of 1:28.21 to better the former record of 1:29.08 from 2000 by close to a full second.<\/p>\n Colby Prouty<\/strong> of Bangor lowered the state and meet record in the 100 breaststroke by .30 seconds to a 57.31. The former record of 57.61 was set in 2014 by\u00a0Eric Delmonte.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Other Winners:<\/p>\n The girls of Brunswick High School took home the state title at the 2016 Maine High School State Class A Championships with a total of 289 points. Second place went<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":48888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[67155],"class_list":["post-187495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-maine-high-school-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n\n