E.D. White leads all Houma-, Thibodaux-area girls teams in LHSAA state swimming championships
Just like with the boys, the girls LHSAA swimming championships were held last week at the Recreation and Aquatic Center in Sulphur.
Seven Houma- and Thibodaux-area girls swim teams across three of the four divisions qualified, and their swimmers tried to score the most points across 22 different races. Of course, not every swimmer entered every race, but each one tried to maximize her points in the races she entered, because only the team that scored the most points in each division was crowned the state champion.
Here's how every local team did:
E.D. White
The Cardinals swept the team championships in Division III, clinching the girls title with 379 points, 16 points ahead of runner-up Episcopal. Seniors Leea Breeding and Elizabeth Benoit closed their careers not only with the team title, but with three individual titles each.
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Houma Christian
HCS finished 13th in Division IV, scoring 47 points. Seniors Sara Zeng and Emmie Theriot each earned two top-10 finishes in individual races, with Zeng's fourth place in the 100-yard breaststroke leading the way for the Warriors.
St. James
The Wildcats claimed a top-10 finish in Division III, scoring 57 points. The best SJHS finish in any race came in the 400-yard freestyle relay, when Karli Levet, Mackenzie Becnel, Kennedy Folse, and Katelyn Levet combined for a seventh-place finish.
South Lafourche
The Lady Tarpons finished 12th in Division II with 40.5 points. SL's best finish for an individual came from senior Madison Gisclair, who finished 11th in the 100-yard breaststroke.
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South Terrebonne
ST finished 22nd in Division II, last among all teams that qualified for the state championship, with four points. Those four points came from the 200-yard medley relay, when Elysia Fernandez, Alyssa Trahan, Juliana Theriot, and Zaely Boudreaux combined for a 15th-place finish.
Terrebonne
The Tigers claimed an 18th-place points finish in Division II, scoring 24. Senior Abigail Fazzio led the way for THS with her 12th-place individual finish in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Vandebilt Catholic
The Terriers closed the season with an eighth-place finish in the Division III points standings, as VCHS scored 78. However, Vandebilt Catholic managed one top-5 finish in an individual race: a fifth place by Claire Cazayoux, Claire Ramirez, Miriam Coskey, and Marcelle Bourgeois in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
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