Darien Swimmers Place In Top 5 At CT Class L Championships

MIDDLETOWN, CT — One of the most highly-decorated programs in Connecticut history turned in a dominating performance at the CIAC Class L girls swimming championships Wednesday in the pool at Wesleyan University.

Cheshire High School compiled 854 points to easily outdistance runner-up Darien, which had 665. New Canaan was third with 611.

Swimmers from Cheshire captured nine of the 12 individual events in leading the Rams to their first state title since 2009. The program has now accumulated 19 Class L championships, two LL titles, six M crowns and 13 State Open victories since 1978.

One state record (SR) was broken during the meet, while a pair of new Class L standards (LR) were set. Two swimmers each won two individual events.

Here are the top teams and individual event winners. Click here for complete meet results.

Teams
1. Cheshire, 854
2. Darien, 665
3. New Canaan, 611
5. Wethersfield, 324

Events

200 medley relay
1. Cheshire (Tyler - Boyer - Stevens - Murphy), 1:43.99 (SR)
200 freestyle
1. Abigail Francis, Wethersfield, 1:52.23
200 individual medley
1. Elizabeth Boyer, Cheshire, 2:02.86
50 freestyle
1. Sophie Murphy, Cheshire, 23.76
1-meter diving
1. Claire Ross, New Canaan, 498.10 (LR)
100 butterfly
1. Margaret Mantz, Hall, 56.23
100 freestyle
1. Sophie Murphy, Cheshire, 51.61
500 freestyle
1. Julia Stevens, Cheshire, 4:59.07
200 freestyle relay
1. Cheshire (Grenon - Deubel - Han - Murphy), 1:38.13

100 backstroke
1. Alexandra Tyler, Cheshire, 56.98 (LR)
100 breaststroke
1. Elizabeth Boyer, Cheshire, 1:02.35
400 freestyle relay
1. Cheshire (Grenon - Boyer - Stevens - Tyler), 3:30.91

Photo credit: Wesleyan University

— By Tim Jensen, Patch Staff