Unstoppable Cate Swim Team Dominates Invitational Meet
April 16, 2024
Overcoming Adversity and Making Waves in Ventura
The Cate Swim Team faced off against eight other teams in an invitational format in Ventura on Friday (4/12).
Head Coach Tobin White says, “We were missing an unusually large number of athletes due to illnesses and conflicts, especially on the girls’ side, and we weren’t sure we would be able to keep our unbeaten season alive. But this spirited and exceptionally deep team didn’t flinch. They shook off coughs and cold weather, stepped into unfamiliar events where they needed to balance our lineup, and got the job done. The boys managed to outscore all the other eight teams combined, something I’ve never seen before at a meet of this size. ”
The depleted girls’ squad won five of eight individual events and swept all three relays to take first place overall by a comfortable margin.
In the junior varsity meets, the Cate boys also came out on top in the overall scoring, while a small but determined girls’ team managed to take second place.
Head Coach Tobin White, Jenevive Won, Stella Rogers. Image by Katie
Event winners (Varsity Girls):
Madeleine Kollock ’27, 200 Freestyle
Jen Won ’25, 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly
Stella Rogers ’24, 50 and 100 Freestyles
Angie Zoric ’24, Karla Camacho ’24, Makayla Niu ’27 and Alena Ballat ’27, 200 Medley Relay
Won, Kollock, Niu and Rogers, 200 Freestyle Relay
Rogers, Kollock, Zoric and Won, 400 Freestyle Relay
Event winners (Varsity Boys):
Josiah Hansen ’27, 200 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke
Ben White ’25, 200 Individual Medley
Eric Jin ’25, 100 Butterfly
Joba Samson ’25, 100 FreestyleElliot Paige, 500 Freestyle
Devon Liang ’27, 100 Breaststroke
Event Winners (Junior Varsity Girls):
Chloe Chen ’26, 50 Breaststroke
Josiah Hansen. Image by Katie
Event winners (Junior Varsity Boys):
Sebastian Brine ’27, 200 and 100 Freestyles
Aydin Barry ’27, 50 Freestyle
TJ Weir ’25, 50 Butterfly and 50 Backstroke
Tristan Maigret ’26, 50 Breaststroke
Weir, Maigret, Brine and Barry, 200 Individual Medley
Maigret, Miles Williams ’27, Max van Someren ’27 and Andrew Sheshunoff ’27, 200 Freestyle Relay
Weir, Barry, Quinn Vanasco ’25 and Brine, 400 Freestyle Relay
Other Highlights:
- Seb Brine had a breakout day, winning the JV 200 and 100 freestyles in personal best times that would have placed 3rd and 4th in the varsity meet.
- Phin Stephenson’s ’25 2nd place finish in the 500 freestyle made him the 8th fastest performer in Cate history in the event (just behind teammate Elliot Paige ’26).
- The sweep of first through third places in the 50 freestyle by Rogers, Niu and newcomer Kate McCoy ’25 was the moment that sealed the meet win for the Cate girls.
- Eric Jin ’26 was almost a second behind his opponent from Villanova at the halfway point, but made a dramatic charge over the final lap to pull ahead and earn the win.
Cate returns to action back in Ventura on Tuesday 4/16 at 3 pm for the final meet of the regular season.