Led by three winning relays and two individual champions, the Oakton Cougars won their fourth straight Concorde District girls swimming and diving title.
Oakton finished first in the high-school meet Saturday (Feb. 1) with 521 points at the Cub Run Rec Center in Chantilly under first-year Oakton head coach Nathan Pawlowicz, a former swimmer with the team.
The 521 points were the team’s highest total during the championship streak.
The Cougars’ individual winners were Alexa Thrash in the 100 backstroke (58.75 seconds) and Esther Swanson in the 200 freestyle (1:58.37).
Thrash was second in the girls individual medley race and swam on the winning medley relay (1:48.27). Swanson was third in the 100 free and was a member of the winning 200 (1:39) and 400 (3:39.14) free relays.
Oakton’s Devon Corderman was second in the 50 free and 100 breaststroke, and swam on the medley and 200 relays.
Ady Chow placed second in the 100 butterfly, third in the IM and swam on the medley and 400 free relays. Alicia Yangas also had a second (100 free) and third (200 free) and was on the 400 relay.
Alessandra Gavino was third in the fly, fourth in the 50 free and a member of the 200 and 400 relays. Mira Gareau was fourth in the IM and 500 free. Charlotte Lim was fifth in the 500 free, eighth in the 200 free and a member of the medley and 200 relays.
Faith Sun was fourth in the fly and seventh in the 200 free, Dana Barakat was fifth in the 500 free and eighth in the 200 free, Danielle Kim was sixth in the 500 free and Taryn Knepper was seventh in the 100 free.
Oakton divers Isabelle Whang and Kayla Knight finished second and fourth, respectively.
