E.D. White leads all Houma-, Thibodaux-area boys swim teams in LHSAA state championships
The LHSAA swimming championships were held last weekend, and seven Houma- and Thibodaux-area teams qualified for the boys titles.
Each swimmer scores points for his team, and in the eight-lane pool where the championships were decided, the winner of each race received 20 points. Second place scored 16, third place got 15, and so on, down to one point for the finisher with the 16th-place time. Whichever team scores the most points is the state champion, and while winning races helps the most, championships are won by consistently high finishes across as many races as possible.
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Here's how every local school fared:
E.D. White
The Cardinals had a season to remember in Division III, clinching the team championship with 465.5 points. EDW also had swimmers claim a whopping eight individual titles. Junior Cade Poimboeuf led the way with four individual titles, winning the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke while also taking first place in the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.
St. James
The Wildcats claimed seventh in Division III, finishing with 121 points. No SJHS swimmers won individual championships, but sophomore Ethan Long earned top-5 finishes in the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle.
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South Lafourche
The Fighting Tarpons finished 13th in Division II with 43 points. SL managed two top-10s in individual races. Alexander Friedlander, Abram Bourg, Carter Breaux, and Rustin Guidry combined for 10th-place finishes in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay.
South Terrebonne
ST managed 26 points, good for 18th in Division II. The Gators' highest finish in any race was a 12th-place finish by Jake Dardar, Mavrick Savoie, Jay Matherne, and Gavin Pellegrin in the 200-yard medley relay.
Terrebonne
The Tigers finished 20th in Division II, scoring 13 points. The top finishes for THS came from Kaden Rodrigue, Nicholas Sanders, Gordon Leaber, and Andrew Hale's 13th-place in the 200-yard medley relay.
Thibodaux
THS clinched a sixth-place finish as a team in Division I with 90 points. Junior Bryce Naquin was the top individual finisher for the Tigers, finishing third in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle.
Vandebilt Catholic
The Terriers finished eighth in Division III, scoring 105 points. VCHS finished on the podium in one race: the 200-yard freestyle relay, where Ryker Oeser, Corbin Falgout, Alex Reddoch, and Kaden Howard combined for a third-place finish.
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