Depth and Dominance: Cate Swimming Triumphs Again

April 17, 2024

Varsity Boys and Girls Win Big, Setting School Records

Jenevive Won ’26 breaks school record. Image by Katie

For the second time in five days, Cate swimming traveled to Ventura, this time for a dual meet with host Foothill Tech, along with teams from St. Bonaventure and Bishop Diego.

Like last week, the Cate varsity teams won by wide margins. The boys’ JV team also won easily, while the girls’ JV finished second to Foothill Tech.
Showcasing their depth, the varsity boys won every event, sometimes seeing the top three or even four places. The varsity girls won five of eight individual events, and swept all three relays.

The highlight of the day, though was a new Cate School record in the 200 individual medley by Jenevive Won ’26. Already a school record holder in the butterfly, Jen has been stalking the IM record for two seasons, and we knew it would come soon. Today she used strong backstroke and breaststroke legs to put up a new best time of 2:23.69, breaking Sophia Soriano’s 10-year-old record by nearly a second.

Other varsity event winners were as follows:

Girls’ Events

• 200 Medley Relay: 1. Angie Zoric ‘24, Michelle Wu ’27, Makayla Niu ‘27 and Kate McCoy ’25 (2:11.23)
• 200 Freestyle: 1. Maddie Kollock ‘27 (2:18.28)
• 200 Individual Medley: 1. Jen Won (new Cate school record 2:23.69)
• 100 Butterfly: 1. Jen Won (1:03.49)
• 100 Freestyle: 1. Stella Rogers (59.47)
• 200 Free Relay: 1. Rogers, Zoric, Kollock and Won (1:50.58)
• 100 Backstroke: 1. Alena Ballat ’27 (1:17.40)
• 400 Free Relay: 1. Won, Rogers, Kollock and Caroline Keohane ‘24

Boys’ Events

• 200 Medley Relay: 1. Elliot Paige ’26, Phin Stephenson ’25, Eric Jin ’26 and Ben White ’25 (1:51.17)
• 200 Freestyle: 1. Wil Rivera ’27 (1:54.51)
• 200 Individual Medley 1. Stephenson (2:10.10)
• 50 Freestyle 1. Joba Samson ‘25 (23.01)
• 100 Butterfly 1. Josiah Hansen ’27 (58.21)
• 100 Freestyle 1. Samson (53.12)
• 500 Freestyle 1. Paige (5:21.59)
• 200 Medley Relay 1. Hansen, Jae Wykoff ’26, Sebastian Brine ’26 and Devon Liang ’27 (1:37.55)
• 100 Backstroke 1. Ben White ’25 (1:01.67)
• 100 Breaststroke 1. Stephenson (1:03.20)
• 400 Free Relay: 1. Jin, Brine, Baye Breene ’25 and Samson (3:35.43)

This meet served as a final tuneup before championship season, starting with Tri Valley League Prelims next Wednesday, 4/24 at 2 pm in Ventura (Finals Friday 4/26 at the same time and place).