With top-three finishes in 10 of 12 events and a little help from an opponent, the Robinson Rams won a third straight girls 6C Occoquan Region swimming and diving championship.
The Rams won the high-school competition Friday (Feb. 7) with 365 points at the Oakmont Rec Center in Oakton. The C.G. Woodson Cavaliers were just three points behind in second.
Woodson suffered a big blow when its 200 free relay, a top seed, was disqualified and received no points in the race.
The region title was not only Robinson’s third in a row, it was the Rams’ fourth in five years. Robinson has placed first or second in the region every year dating back to the 2018 campaign.
In this year’s region final, the Rams won the 200 free relay (137.01) and had two individual race winners in Lilla Wilbur in the 200 breaststroke (1:01.61) and Madison Bedford in the 100 free (52.64).
Diver Beatrice Sultanaeva won with a 380.25 point total, with Anamarie Harrison ninth.
Wilbur also was second in the 200 individual medley, and swam on the 200 relay and second place 400 free relay. Bedford was sixth in the 50 free, and swam on each relay.
Lexie Morrison was another top swimmer for Robinson, with a second in the 100 free and third in the 50 free, and was a member of the winning relay. Naomi Scherber was third in the 500 free and sixth in the 200 free.
Lucia Vazquez was fifth in the 100 butterfly and 16th in the 50 free, Petra Gauendel was eighth in the 500 free, Madeline Feinberg was ninth in the 500 free and 11th in the 100 free, Alexandra Weatherbee was ninth in the breast, and Sydney Suma was ninth in the 100 backstroke and 12th in the IM.
Gina Amatucci had finishes of 10th and 11th, Allison Nemets had a 10th, Tabitha Sisco had a 12th and a 15th, Emma Lundy a 14th and 15th, Caitlyn Murphy had a 15th and Karina Bird had a 16th.
Robinson’s medley relay finished third.
Leading Woodson were Lien Nguyen was a win in the 500 free (5:06.15) and a second in the 200 free, Lyla Devlin with a win in the fly (56.45) and a third in the IM, and Emma Casas with fourths in the back and 50 free.
Woodson won two relays, the medley in 1:47.06 and the 400 free in 3:33.56.
Other top swimmers were Riley Peters with a fifth in the 50 free and ninth in the 100 free, Cally Codding (sixth, fly and ninth, 200 free), Gabriela Song (sixth, 50 free), Aubrey Hymans (seventh, fly and 200 free), Maggie Johnson (seventh, back and eighth, 100 free), Olivia Strosin (seventh, 100 free), Lucie Frank (eighth, back), Kiera Stark (eighth, IM) and Anna Woody (ninth, IM).
A week earlier, the Robinson girls won the Patriot District championship, with Woodson coming in second.
Over on the boys’ side, the 6C North Region Occoquan championship title went to the West Springfield Spartans.
