2016 AZ DIVISION 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Full meet results
- Friday, November 4th – Saturday, November 5th
- Phoenix Country Day School Aquatic Center
- Short Course Yards
FINAL BOYS TOP 5 TEAM SCORES:
- Phoenix Country Day School- 300
- Seton Catholic High School- 215
- Tempe Prep High School- 172
- Sabino High School- 139
- Gilbert Classical Academy High- 116
The boys from Phoenix Country Day School are your 2016 Arizona Division 3 State Chanpions, as the team tallied a total of 300 points for the win. Seton Catholic High School earned the runner-up spot with 215 points, while Tempe Prep High School was 3rd with 172 points.
Seton Catholic High School’s Archie Spindler pulled off a successful double to help his team to their runner-up finish. Spindler swept the middle distance freestyles, first taking the 200 free in 1:41.47. He completed the sweep in the 500 free, where he clocked a 4:36.45 to win by over 2 seconds.
Tempe Prep’s Jeffrey Snoddy was also a double event winner, bringing home the gold from the 50 free and 100 breast. In the 50 free, he was the only swimmer under 22 seconds, racing to the finish in 21.75. Snoddy then swam to victory in the 100 breast with his 58.52. Also swimming sub-1:00 in that race was Sabino High School’s Grant Nations, who clocked a 59.34 for silver.
Will Newman, a Pusch Ridge Christian Academy junior, brought home a pair of golds as well. He got the ball rolling in the 200 IM, clocking a 1:57.03 to outpace Seton Catholic’s Vincent Hemingway, who also broke 2:00 for silver in 1:59.93. Newman followed that up with a dominant win in the 100 back, topping the field by 4 seconds with his 53.13.
Additional Boys Event Winners:
- 200 medley relay- Tempe High School (Shepherd, Snoddy, Hudson, Gongora), 1:41.20
- 100 fly- Zabric Kline, Bourgade Catholic High School, 50.90
- 100 free- Andrew Nay, Walden Grove High School, 47.32
- 200 free relay- Tempe Prep High School (Snoddy, Shepherd, Gongora, Hudson), 1:30.86
- 400 free relay- Seton Catholic High School (Karam, Hemingway, Rangel, Spindler), 3:22.86
FINAL GIRLS TOP 5 TEAM SCORES:
- Sabino High School- 199
- Northland Prep Academy High School- 163
- American Leadership Academy High School- 149
- Veritas Prep High School- 146
- Gilbert Classical Academy High- 142
Sabino High School brought home the 2016 Arizona Division 3 High School State Championships title on the girls’ side, picking up 199 points total. Northland Prep Academy trailed closely for a runner-up finish, earning 163 total points. Rounding out the top 3 was American Leadership Academy High School with 149 points.
Sabino High School’s Kaylin Farnum brought home an individual win to help her team take the title. Farnum led the women’s 100 free from start to finish, turning in a 52.28 for the gold. She also picked up a silver medal in the 200 IM, clocking a 2:10.40 for 2nd behind American Leadership Academy’s Katie McBratney, who won the race in 2:06.21.
Coolidge High School’s Morgan Tamisiea was the lone swimmer to win multiple individual state titles on the girls’ side. Tamisiea, an Arizona State Commit, led the field by over a second to win the 200 free in 1:55.11. She returned to the pool for the 500 free, picking up her 2nd gold of the meet with a winning time of 5:07.22.
Veritas Prep High School’s Katie Higgins had an impressive showing in the 100 fly. Higgins and American Leadership Academy’s Sadie Edwards were locked in a neck-and-neck race to the finish, but Higgins got her hands on the wall first to win gold in 56.32. Edwards turned in a time of 56.53 to bring home the silver.
Additional Girls Event Winners:
- 200 medley relay- Sabino High School (Dikeman, B. Oliver, M. Oliver, Farnum), 1:53.58
- 50 free- Naomi Vaughn, Gulbert Christian High School, 24.87
- 200 free relay- Veritas Prep High Achool (Jackson, Flower, Marbach, Higgins), 1:43.94
- 100 back- Abigail Zajdzinski, Arete Prep High School, 59.82
- 100 breast- Katie McBratney, American Leadership Academy, 1:04.18
- 400 free relay- Sabino High School (Dikeman, Oliver, Spry, Farnum), 3:46.54
Even in D3 we have swimmers going 21
Schools that are D3 are assigned that way because of size and not on the caliber of swimmers. It is not the same as college D3. It is possible hat D3 could have faster times than D2 or D1.
One thing to note is that D3 was not put on very well, in my opinion. D2 and D1 swimmers swam prelims and finals on separate days, while the D3 meet was done in one day, prelims and finals. That means that Archie swam the 200 and 500 twice along with relays, while D2 and D1 swimmers did that on separate days. Arizona high school needs to have D3 prelims and finals on separate days as well.
I totally agree. D3 az swimmers swam prelims and finals in one day with only a 110 minute break between prelims and finals warm up. D3 swimmers did not get a 24 rest period like D1 and D2 swimmers. Many D3 swimmers are fast and could have swim faster in finals if they weren’t dead tired from a 13 hour swim meet. That was poor planning, small schools but equally fast swimmers suffered slower times.