Women Take Region Title While Men Finish 3rd

Madison's swim and dive program enjoyed one of its most successful weekends in school history this past weekend. The women's team won the school's first-ever 6A North Region title while the men finished a very strong third place. The women won the meet with a score of 229 points, 24 points more than runner-up Chantilly. The men finished third just 6 points behind Oakton. There were a number of notable performances during the weekend.

The meet started with three divers continuing Madison's tradition of diving success. Greg Duncan won the region title, while his brother, Sam, and Madison Grosz took 5th place respectively in the men's and women's competition.

The swimmers picked up from there with 2 automatic All-American swims, 6 All-American consideration times, and 6 new school records.

 Automatic All-Americans included:

• Madeline LaPorte in the 200 freestyle 
• Anna Keating in the 100 breaststroke

All-American consideration swims were posted by:

• The women's 200 medley relay (Rachael Holp, Anna Keating, Elizabeth Kuhlkin, and Anna Miller)
• The women's 200 freestyle relay (Julia Downing, Anna Miller, Anna Keating, and Madeline LaPorte)
• The women's 400 freestyle relay (Madeline LaPorte, Elizabeth Kuhlkin, Julia Downing, and Rachael Holp)
• The men's 400 freestyle relay (Abraham Zimmerman, Cole Dyson, Jack Galbraith, and Patrick Kuhlkin) 
• Anna Keating in the 200 IM
• Jack Galbraith in the 100 backstroke

New school records were also set in:

• The women's 200 medley relay
• The women's 200 freestyle relay
• The women's 400 freestyle relay
• The men's 200 medley relay (Jack Galbraith, Ian Cobb, Abraham Zimmerman, and Kyle Wu)
• Madeline LaPorte in the women's 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly
• Anna Keating in the women's 100 breaststroke 

Next opponent: The team's attention now turns to states in two weeks where the women will look to hold of Chantilly for a perfect season and state title. The men will also be competing for an opportunity to avenge their close loss to Oakton and claim one of the two top spots in the state. The meet will begin on Thursday, February 16 with diving at Oak Marr and will finish on Friday, February 17 with swimming at George Mason University. Be sure to come out cheer on the Warhawks!