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.<\/p>\n
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.
\nThunderbird was a distant second with 197 points, followed by Chaparral with 189.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Boys' Meet<\/b>
\nCatalina 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
Girls' Meet<\/b>
\nGoodyear 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\n Arizona 4A High School Champs
\n 10\/31\/2003 to 11\/1\/2003 <\/p>\n
Team Rankings <\/b><\/p>\n
Female Team Scores
\n Place School Points
\n 1 Catalina Foothills High School CFHS 319
\n 2 Sunnyslope High School SUNNY 234 . 50
\n 3 Chaparral High School CHAP 219
\n 3 Rincon\/Unviverstiy High School R\/UHS 219
\n 5 Sabino High School SAB 186
\n 6 Arcadia High School ARC 177
\n 7 Thunderbird High School TBIRD 153
\n 8 Pinnacle High School PINN 127
\n 9 Millennium High School MILLE 125
\n 10 Cactus Shadows CSHS 89
\n 11 Centennial High School CENT 82
\n 12 Marana High School MAR 67
\n 13 Phoenix Country Day Schoo PCDS 47
\n 14 Shadow Mountain High School SMHS 46
\n 15 Cactus High School CACT 35
\n 16 McClintock High School MCCLI 33
\n 17 Saguaro High School SAG 29
\n 18 Lake Havasu LAKE 24
\n 19 Flagstaff High School FLAG 22
\n 20 Santa Rita High School SR 20
\n 21 Cholla High School CHO 18
\n 22 Bradshaw Mountain High School BRAD 11
\n 23 Amphitheather High School AMPHI 9
\n 24 Seton Catholic High School SETON 6
\n 25 Buckeye High School BUCK 5
\n 25 Desert Christian High School DC 5
\n 27 Washington High School WASH 4
\n 27 Valley Christian High School VCHS 4
\n 29 Catalina Magnet High School CMHS 2 . 50
\n 30 Greenway Demons GREEN 2
\n 30 Prescott High School PRES 2
\n 30 Mingus Union High School MINGU 2
\n 33 Ironwood Ridge High School IRHS 1 <\/p>\n
Male Team Scores
\n Place School Points
\n 1 Catalina Foothills High School CFHS 379
\n 2 Thunderbird High School TBIRD 197
\n 3 Chaparral High School CHAP 189
\n 4 Sabino High School SAB 183
\n 5 Shadow Mountain High School SMHS 143 . 50
\n 6 Arcadia High School ARC 138
\n 7 Sunnyslope High School SUNNY 110
\n 8 Saguaro High School SAG 107
\n 9 Desert Christian High School DC 97
\n 10 Rincon\/Unviverstiy High School R\/UHS 96
\n 11 Lake Havasu LAKE 69
\n 12 Cactus High School CACT 68
\n 13 Pinnacle High School PINN 60
\n 14 McClintock High School MCCLI 55
\n 15 Prescott High School PRES 54 . 50
\n 16 Phoenix Country Day Schoo PCDS 46
\n 17 Sedona Red Rock High School SRRHS 37
\n 18 Valley Christian High School VCHS 32
\n 19 Ironwood Ridge High School IRHS 29
\n 20 Apollo H.S. APOLL 26
\n 21 Desert Ridge High School DR 20
\n 21 Notre Dame ND 20
\n 23 Millennium High School MILLE 19
\n 24 Seton Catholic High School SETON 18
\n 25 Moon Valley High School MOON 16
\n 26 Mingus Union High School MINGU 15
\n 27 Bradshaw Mountain High School BRAD 14
\n 28 St. Gregory's College Prep STG 13
\n 28 Washington High School WASH 13
\n 30 Centennial High School CENT 12
\n 31 Greenway Demons GREEN 11
\n 32 Flagstaff High School FLAG 7
\n 33 Cortez CORTE 4
\n 34 Apache Junction High School AJ 2
\n 34 Basha High School BASHA 2
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