CHS teams move up in state swimming standings

ALBUQUERQUE — If nothing else, the Clovis High swim teams accomplished one thing in this year’s state meet at Albuquerque Academy — they moved up in the standings.

Clovis’ girls finished 11th with 68 points while the boys were 15th with 47, scoring in six girls and three boys events in Saturday’s finals. Each team was five places better than a year ago.

Coach Vincent de Maio said he was pleased with his squads’ overall performance.

“We’re a young team, and that’s a big step for them,” he said.

Host Academy cruised to both team titles, winning the boys division with 288 points to 253 for runnerup Eldorado and taking girls competition with 334 1/2 points to 268 for second-place Los Alamos. Twenty-six boys teams and 27 girls squads scored points.

Junior Jill Southard was involved in four of the girls’ scoring events. She finished sixth in the 500 freestyle in a time of 5 minutes, 28.65 seconds and ninth in the 100 butterfly — or first in the consolation bracket — at 1:02.97.

She also swam a leg on the 200 medley relay team, which was eighth in 1:58.7, and the 400 freestyle relay, which came in seventh and broke the school record with a time of 3:53.37.

Eighth-graders Madison Silveira and Caitlin Dial earned the other places for the Lady Wildcats. Silveira was 12th in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.56 while Dial finished 16th in the 200 freestyle in 2:09.94.

The boys set records in both of their relay events on Saturday, with the 400 freestyle finishing ninth in 3:28.14 and the 200 medley placing 10th in 1:48.24.

De Maio said the 400 freestyle relay would have been sixth in the championship race with the time it swam on Saturday.

“I’m real proud of them coming back today and setting a school record,” he said.

In the 500 freestyle, freshmen Lucas Brock and Brock Smith scored. Brock posted a personal-best time of 5:00.74 to finish seventh, while Smith was 14th at 5:14.68.

Brock also missed out on a chance to score in the 100 butterfly when he was DQed for a false start.

De Maio said it’s all part of the process.

“The good news is we have young swimmers,” he said. “The bad news is we have young swimmers. But they swam well here in breaking 10 school records.”

STATE MEET
Friday, Saturday
At Albuquerque Academy
Boys
Team standings: 1. Albuquerque Academy 288; 2. Eldorado 253; 3. Las Cruces High 219; 4. Los Alamos 216; 5. Albuquerque High 211; 6. Rio Rancho High 173; 7. St. Pius 169; 8. Sandia 126; 9. Farmington 93; 10. St. Michael’s 79; 11. West Mesa 60; 12. La Cueva 58; 13. Valley 53; 14. Cibola 48; 15. Clovis 47; 16. Mesilla Valley 31; 17. Bosque 27; 18. (tie) Artesia, Santa Fe Prep 26; 20. (tie) Hobbs, Rio Rancho Cleveland 23; 22. Desert Academy 17; 23. Santa Fe High 16; 24. Piedra Vista 14; 25. Volcano Vista 10; 26. Carlsbad 6.
Clovis results
200 medley relay: 10. Nick de Maio, Ryan Waters, Lucas Brock, Brock Smith 1:48.24 (school record). 500 freestyle: 7. Brock 5:00.74; 14. Smith 5:14.68. 400 freestyle relay: 9. Smith, Kenan Bussen, Waters, Jon McCormick 3:28.14 (school record).

Girls
Team standings: 1. Albuquerque Academy 334 1/2; 2. Los Alamos 268; 3. (tie) La Cueva, Las Cruces High 256; 5. Eldorado 188; 6. Albuquerque High 134; 7. Volcano Vista 128; 8. Cibola 112; 9. Rio Rancho High 88; 10. Farmington 85; 11. Clovis 68; 12. St. Pius 63; 13. Sandia 58; 14. Manzano 42; 15. Socorro 37; 16. Rio Grande 36; 17. Rio Rancho Cleveland 25; 18. Santa Fe High 23; 19. Bosque 19; 20. St. Michael’s 17; 21. Alamogordo 16; 22. Piedra Vista 15; 23. Highland 14; 24. Desert Academy 11; 25. West Mesa 9; 26. Valley 7; 27. Sandia Prep 6.
Clovis results
200 medley relay: 8. Madison Silveira, Caitlin Myers, Jill Southard, Caitlin Dial 1:58.7. 200 freestyle: 16. Dial 2:09.94. 100 butterfly: 9. Southard 1:02.97. 500 freestyle: 6. Southard 5:28.65. 100 backstroke: 12. Silveira 1:05.56. 400 freestyle relay: 7. Southard, Dial, Martha Chace, Myers 3:53.37 (school record).