In a loud and spirited contest, the Yorktown Patriot boys' team outscored the Washington & Lee Generals in 9 of 12 events, winning 169-146, while the girls' team won 5 of 12 events, prevailing 164-151.
The Patriots had one double winner, Jonathan Day, who placed first in the 200 IM and 100 back. Single event winners included Annika Creedon (dive), Jacob Kreider (dive), Thomas Outlaw (100 fly), Kayle Park (200 IM), Mary Kate Reicherter (100 back), Chandler Sensibaugh (100 breast), and the girls' 200 medley relay squad (Natalie English, Park, Reicherter and Sensibaugh).
AGAINST FAIRFAX
The Yorktown boys' team ended the regular season with a decisive 198-117 win over Fairfax High School, taking 9 of 12 events and ending the season with a 4-3 record. Adi Kambhampaty was the boys' sole double-winner, taking the 100 breast and the 200 IM. Boys' individual event winners included Charles Beall (dive), Jack Browne (200 free), Jonathan Day (100 back), and Zach Rosenthal (100 fly). In the relays, the Patriot boys took first in three events: the 200 medley (Day, Kambhampaty, Thomas Outlaw, Ryan Soh), the 200 free (Kambhampaty, Outlaw, Rosenthal, Soh), and the 400 free (Day, Sam Ellison, Andrew Rehr, and Rosenthal).
The Yorktown girls also prevailed 174-141, winning 8 of 12 events and ending the year with a 3-4 record. On the girls' side, single event winners included Hannah Karlin (dive), Peyton Nassetta (100 back), and Chandler Sensibaugh (200 IM). The Patriot girls also took first in two relays, the 200 medley (Emily Brooks, Nassetta, Mary Kate Reicherter, Sensibaugh) and the 400 free (Natalie English, Nassetta, Kayle Park, and Sensibaugh).
The Patriots look forward to sending 35 swimmers and eight divers to the 2017 Liberty Conference 6 swim/dive championships, the preliminaries of which will be held this Thursday (dive) and Friday (swim) at Washington & Lee High School.