An already standout season for the Chantilly Chargers became the best ever when the boys swimming and diving team won its first state championship last week.
The Chargers won the Virginia High School League Class 6 title in Stafford with 284 points, 50 ahead of the runner-up and defending champion Langley Saxons.
Counting swimmers, a diver and a relay team, there were four champions from local schools at the recent private school state meet in Stafford.
In swimming, juniors Kate Douglas from Potomac School and Elizabeth Bryan from Oakcrest School each won two races in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association girls’ competition, held at the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center last Saturday (Feb. 15).
On paper, the Chantilly Chargers had calculated they could win their first boys region swimming and diving championship by a close score.
In reality, and with a little help, the squad won comfortably.
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.
The West Springfield Spartans have again claimed a significant swimming and diving team championship, despite winning few, if any, events.
The latest title won by the high school boys’ squad was the 6C North Region Occoquan competition, where they amassed 367 points on Friday, Feb. 7. The Lake Braddock Bruins finished second in the region with 310 points.
By scoring in every event, the West Springfield Spartans amassed enough points to win a second straight Patriot District boys swimming and diving championship.
The Spartans won two of the 12 boys events and scored 452 points in the high-school meet, as their depth showed throughout the competition. Lake Braddock finished second with 410.
The Langley Saxons’ streak of five straight boys postseason swimming and diving championship meets came to an end this season — but barely.
The two-time defending Class 6 state champions finished second in this winter’s Liberty District meet by just 23 points. The McLean Highlanders won the Saturday (Feb. 1) event with 488 points. Langley had 465.
Aaron Jia’s high school swimming and diving career now includes bookend Liberty District boys championships for the McLean Highlanders.
The latest came last Saturday (Feb. 1), when the senior swimmer won two events and was on a winning relay to help McLean finish on top with 488 points.
This season it was the Chantilly Chargers’ turn to win the boys Concorde District swimming and diving championship.
The Chargers won the crown Saturday (Feb. 1) at the Cub Run Rec Center in Chantilly with 565 points. The defending champion Oakton Cougars were second with 443 in the high-school meet.
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.
