St. Anthony's takes CHSAA girls swimming title

The St. Anthony's 200-yard medley relay team of Melissa Bischoff, Amanda Barry, Shannon Lulley and Marielle Pavek finished first with a time of 1:57.50 and broke a school record, set last year, to lead St. Anthony's to the CHSAA girls swimming title Sunday.

The top three teams in the meet were St. Anthony's, with 801 points, Sacred Heart second with 744 and Mary Louis third with 585.

Lulley also finished second in both the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly and her twin sister, Chandler Lulley, won the 100 freestyle with a time of 58.12.

The Sacred Heart 400 freestyle relay team of Casey Francis, Megan Brady, Frances Warren and Emily Tan broke a league record, set by St. Anthony's in 2004, with a time of 3:33.81. Brady broke a league record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.00 and Francis finished the 200 IM in 2:06.88, another league record. Their efforts in the meet earned the Sacred heart teammates co-swimmers of the meet honors.

The championship for St. Anthony's is the first for the school since 2007. Sacred Heart came into the finals as the two-time defending CHSAA champion. "We're finally back on top," St. Anthony's coach Dan McBride said.

girls volleyballSt. Anthony's 3, Sacred Heart 0: Kristin Castellano had 10 kills, Michele Impellizeri 10 kills and 10 blocks, Katie Gallagher 10 kills and Mariel Metalios 35 assists to lead No. 1 St. Anthony's (26-1) over Sacred Heart, 25-12, 25-13, 25-10, in the state finals of the Catholic League. St. Anthony's has won back-to-back state titles for the first time in school history.

St. John the Baptist 3, Cardinal Spellman 1: Colleen DeGraff had 14 kills and Gabriella Gilmartin 39 digs, four aces and two kills to lead No. 1 St. John the Baptist (11-10) to a 25-13, 25-15, 14-25, 25-17 win over No. 2 Spellman in the State Catholic High School Class A championships.