Worrall wins title in 100 free, XCP swimmers 4th

Senior Allie Worrall won the 100-yard freestyle (51.79 seconds), helping Xavier Prep to a fourth-place finish in the Division I state swimming and diving meet on Saturday (Nov. 7) at the Skyline Aquatic Center in Mesa.

Xavier scored 204 points, trailing winner Scottsdale Chaparral (359), No. 2 Phoenix Desert Vista (234) and No. 3 Phoenix Pinnacle (219.50).

Worrall also finished second in the 50-yard freestyle at 23.85, and senior Elise Roediger finished fifth at 24.04.

The Gators’ 200-yard medley relay team was second behind Chaparral with a time of 1:46.64. Swimmers in that event were sophomore Kaitlyn McCoy, junior Jocelyn Jones, Roediger and Worrall.

Roediger finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 55.55. Senior Madeline Rapp was 12^th overall at 58.79.

Senior Alice Hick was 15^th in the 200-yard freestyle. Hick also was 12^th in the 100 free at 54.21, and senior Lisbet Maldonado was 16^th at 54.82.

Xavier’s 200-yard freestyle relay team was fourth at 1:38.99. The group of four were Roediger, junior Quinn Blake, Hick and Jones.

McCoy finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.27, and was ninth in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:06.43.

Sophomore Mary Roediger was 14^th in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:09.94.

XCP was fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The swimmers were McCoy, Hick, Rapp and Worrall.

The Xavier divers also had a respectable showing. Senior Elizabeth Decker was 13^th with 336.50 points. Freshman Alyssa Largay was 21^st at 146.50, and freshman Talle Donley was 32^nd at 122.70.