Swimming: Amador JV boys stay undefeated

As submitted by the Amador swimming representatives 

Despite missing many key swimmers, the Amador Valley High JV boys swim team kept its perfect EBAL season going with a 104-72 win over De La Salle. James Cheney was a key part of the Dons victory with a pair of individual wins in the 200 and 500 free, and participated in a pair of relay wins on the 200 and 400 free relays.

Amador came into the meet down by six points from the diving event held earlier, but it quickly erased that deficit by going 1-3 in the medley relay. David Becker, Camren Chang, Kaleb Peterson, and Alec Grotegut got to the wall first for the Dons.

Amador then took 11 and 10 points in the 200 free and the IM with Cheney winning the 200 and Justin Pasquale taking the IM. The Spartans brought the score to 37-31 by winning the 50 free, but Pedersen won the fly, and Ben Sorensen and Becker went 1-2 in the 100 free to open the lead back to 58-42. After Cheney and Joey Lindley went 1-2 in the 500 and Amador won the 200 free relay (Cheney, Matt Sun, Sornsen, and Grotegut) the Dons were up 78-52 and it was all but over.

Becker won the backstroke and Andrew Song and Chang went 2-3 in the breast to set up an anti-climatic 400 free relay, which Cheney, Becker, Sun, and Sornsen won to cap the win.

Amador Valley's JV girls swimming and diving team turned in some nice individual performances, but fell to Carondelet 127-59.  Lissi Knell was a standout for the Dons with first place finishes in the IM and in the fly. She also swam on the medley and 400 free relay teams which finished second. Joining Knell on the medley relay were Lindsey DeWilde, Elaina Gates, and Katie Marlin. Swimming on the 400 team were DeWilde, Marlin and Kristine Waldear.

The diving team was also impressive with Nicole George, Raquel Fraticelli, and Gabby Schulz going 1-2-3 to sweep the event. The Dons other top three finishers were Erica Efigenio, second place in the breaststroke, and Emily Truax, third in the 200.

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