VISAA State Championship 2023 - Seton Girls Win!

On Friday and Saturday, February 17-18, 2023, we competed in the VISAA State Swimming and Diving Championship.

The Seton Girls won the VISAA Division II State Championship!

This was the 6^th Division II State Championship for the girls, and, combined with our four (4) previous championships for the Boys, it was Seton’s 10^th VISAA Division II State Championship!

Here is a link to State Meet living photo album. Thank you, Mr. Fifield!

Our victory came largely on the strength of our relays, but we also scored significantly in several individual events. Congratulations to Seton’s Individual State Finalists:

Ariana Aldeguer (8) – 5^th in 500 Free and 5^th in 200 IM
Connor Koehr (SO) – 5^th in Diving
Mick Fioramonti (JR) – 7^th in Diving
Clara Condon (SO) – 10^th in 100 Fly and 14^th in 100 Breaststroke
Lionel Martinez (8) – 14^th in 200 IM
JJ Brox (SR) – 15^th in Diving

Seton also won the Sportsmanship Award for 7^th time since 2008.

The other State Champions were:

Girls Overall – Collegiate School
Boys Overall – St. Christopher’s School
Boys Division II – The Covenant School

The Boys Division II State Championship came down to the very last relay between The Covenant School, Trinity Christian, and Seton.

Our Swimmers of the Meet were:

Elle Scott (SO), Collegiate School
- Four (4) Gold medals in 200 IM, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Free Relay
- Two (2) new Meet Records
  - Girls 200 IM, 1:59.39
  - Girls 100 Breaststroke, 1:01.79
- Joshua Fisher (SR), Veritas School
  - Two (3) Gold medals in 100 Fly and 100 Back
  - One (1) new Meet Record:
    - Boys 100 Back, 48.83
  - Joshua also came within .10 seconds of breaking the Meet Record in 100 Fly

Congratulations to the following coaches who were recognized by their peers as the VISAA Coach of the Year:

Girls – Mike Peters, Collegiate School and Kaitlyn Gerke, Bishop Ireton
Boys – Helen Dixon, Woodberry Forest School
Diving Boys – Sampson Miller, Fork Union Military Academy
Diving, Girls – Jamie Davidson, Flint Hill School

Here were the other Special Awards that were voted on by Coaches:

Male Team Sportsmanship Award – Seton School
Female Team Sportsmanship Award – Trinity Episcopal School
Male Team Spirit Award – Norfolk Academy
Female Team Spirit Award – Collegiate School

It was a very fast meet, as you can see from the four (4) new State Championship Meet Records:

Girls 200 IM, 1:59.39, Elle Scott (SO), Collegiate School
Boys 1 Meter Diving, 11-Dives, 673.90, Tyler Read (SR), Grove Christian School
Boys 100 Back, 48.83, Joshua Fisher (SR), Veritas School
Girls 100 Breaststroke, 1:01.70, Elle Scott (SO), Collegiate School

Here are complete results for the Meet:

Results Summary-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Meet Scores-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Meet Scores-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23-annotated for D-II

Meet Results-Complete-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Diving Scores and Score Sheets-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Meet Results-SST Only-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

SST Individual Results-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

SST Relay Results-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Meet Results-Friday Prelims-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Meet Results-Friday Finals-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23

Meet Results-Saturday Prelims-2023 VISAA States-Feb17-18,23