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Davie’s swim teams captured 21 of 24 events, produced 12 personal-best times and destroyed East Forsyth and Glenn in a tri-meet on Dec. 13.
“This was a great meet for our swimmers coming off three weeks without a meet due to Thanksgiving and pool availability,” coach Tak Hirata said. “Their hard work during the practice is starting to pay off, and many are getting into mid-season form nicely. Our top swimmers competed well and secured first places in quite a few of the events, and others who don’t always get to showcase their hard work and talent showed us what they’re capable of finishing top three in many of their events.”
The Davie girls had 125 points to East’s 97 and Glenn’s 16. Individually, the biggest winner was Sarah Rajacich, who won the 50 free at 27.40 and the 100 butterfly at 1:11.47. Brady Sheek (200 free at 2:28.22), Emory Butler (500 free at 6:16.62) and Samara McDaniel (100 back at 1:14.43) were among the winners.
The Lady War Eagles took all three relays. The foursomes: Butler, McDaniel, Kayden Richardson and Rajacich in the 200 medley relay (2:12.97); Richardson, Olivia Dufur, Lily Wright and Addy Buchanan in the 200 free relay (2:04.45); and Rajacich, McDaniel, Buchanan and Butler in the 400 free relay (4:26.04).
Meanwhile, the Davie boys won all 12 events and tallied 128 points, led by Zach Hirata’s victories in the 100 free (50.23) and 100 breast (1:10.99).
Ethan Diemer (200 IM at 2:41.88), Alex York (50 free at 25.92) and Logan Zuleger (100 back at 1:03.45) added first places. East was second with 14 points, followed by Glenn with 11.
“We challenged quite a few of them with unfamiliar and tougher events,” Hirata said. “Lily swam a 200 IM for the first time, Marion (Shelton) swam her first 100 breast and Caleb (McBride) in the 500 free. George (Crowley) also had a good couple of first-time swims. Sam (Samara) had a very good meet with a couple of good drops; so did Brayden (Brooks). We’re proud of all of their hard work and happy for them that they were able to put together a great meet. This meet will help us build some confidence going into our mid-season focus meet (Robert Sawyer Invitational on Dec. 19), where we expect to see some amazing swims and more time drops.”
The Davie girls were missing star freshman Skylar Zuleger, who was competing in the Speedo Winter Junior Championships in Greensboro.