TRACY — Highlighted by two meet records, the Ripon Sea Lions won the Mid-Valley Swim League Championships on Saturday at West High’s Pinkie Phillips Aquatic Center for the second year in a row and the fifth of the last six, claiming six individual high-point titles along the way.
The Sea Lions totaled 1,480 points, while runner-up and meet host Tracy Tritons finished with 1,154. The Manteca Dolphins placed fifth with 534.5 points and had two high-point winners.
Competing in a field of one, Ripon’s Andria Martin swam to a record time of 1 minute, 3.92 seconds in the girls 17-18 year-old 100-yard butterfly, besting the mark she set last year (1:04.48) by nearly half a second. Martin is also the individual points champion for her age group.
In the boys 9-10 200 freestyle relay, Matthew Lee, Brody Biedermann, Nate Slikker and Benjamin Corgiat tallied a record-setting finish in 2:05.90, eclipsing the 5-year-old record of 2:06.39.
Corgiat, Slikker, Biedermann and Lee were also the top four finishers in that order in the high-point standings for the boys 9-10 age group. Chetan Harvey finished in sixth place.
Nathan Trujillo and Trevor Bell were the top two placers in boys 7-8, while Kiran Tran and Lucas Rietkerk took fourth and fifth, respectively. In girls 7-8, Emery Biedermann and Bailey Brayton went 1-2 and Taylor Paris came in sixth.
The Sea Lions also took first, second and sixth in the girls 9-10 division with Keira Brink, Giolanna Loretelli and Faith Fasani. Molly Burton claimed the girls 13-14 crown.
Other Sea Lions placing in the high-point standings: Lauren Daigre (fifth, girls 13-14), Hunter Goudeau (second, boys 11-12), Ben Rogers (third, boys 11-12), Carter Mensonides (fifth, boys 11-12), Karissa Stewart (second, girls 15-16), Xavier Chavez (fourth, boys 17-18) and Craig Randolph (fifth, boys, 13-14).
Michael Chavez and Emma Kadillak were Manteca’s top performers, earning individual championships in the boys 13-14 and girls 15-16 divisions, respectively. Other Dolphins placing in the high point standings: Gabriel Monasterio (second, boys 13-14), Mo Silva (second, girls 6-under), Samantha Cerritos (third, girls 15-16), Christina Oates (sixth, girls 17-18) and Jordan Treydte (sixth, boys 17-18).
TEAM RESULTS
MVSL Championships
1. Ripon Sea Lions 1,480
2. Tracy Tritons 1,154
3. Turlock Sea Dogs 1,077.5
4. Disc. Bay Sea Otters 725
5. Manteca Dolphins 534.5
6. Modesto Mavericks 400