The CHS Swim Team won its 2^nd consecutive LHSAA Division 1 State Championship on Saturday, November 21 at the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana in Shreveport. This is the 7^th state championship for the Bears in 10 years (’11,’13,’14,’15,’16,’19) and the 8^th overall for the program (2005). The Bears dominated the competition by winning 6 out of 11 events contested, including all 3 relays.

Three different swimmers won events for the Bears (Mitchell Gillem, Garrett Accardo, Will Cooper), with Gillem being named Most Outstanding Performer of the Division 1 meet. He was the champion in the 50 free and his time is an All-American Consideration time (20.74).

The Bears achieved two other All-American consideration times in the 200 free relays (1:25.37: Garrett Accardo, Gillem, Joseph Duncan, William DeJean) and 400 free relays (3:08.64 Accardo, Gillem, Will Cooper, DeJean).

In addition, the time of 3:08.64 in the 400 Free Relay is an LHSAA Division 1 and LHSAA Composite state record. The Bears bested the performance of the 2013 CHS Bears (3:09.22: Bone, Seagraves, Rodriguez, B. Grenfell).

Scoring for the Bears:

200 Medley Relay: 1^st place Stewart Black, Joseph Duncan, Reid Schroeder, Jeffery Talbot

200 Free: 2^nd place Will Cooper, 3^rd place William DeJean, 11^th place Parker St. Romain

200 IM: 3^rd place William Kitto, 4^th Joseph Duncan, 9^th place Sean Melancon, 16^th place Alex Cooper

50 Free: 1^st place Mitchell Gillem*, 2^nd place Garrett Accardo, 11^th place Adam Werth, 12^th place Sammy Smith

100 Fly: 7^th place Stewart Black, 8^th place Reid Schroeder, 12^th place Thomas Bellanger

100 Free: 1^st place Garrett Accardo, 2^nd place Mitchell Gillem, 6^th place Jeffery Talbot, 14^th place Sammy Smith

500 Free: 1^st place Will Cooper, 2^nd William DeJean, 5^th place William Kitto, 6^th place Sean Melancon

200 Free Relay*: 1^st place Garrett Accardo, Mitchell Gillem, Joseph Duncan, William DeJean

100 Back: 4^th place Stewart Black, 5^th place Jeffery Talbot, 8^th place Adam Werth, 12^th place George Scully

100 Breast: 2^nd Joseph Duncan, 12^th place William Bright

400 Free Relay**: 1^st place Garrett Accardo, Mitchell Gillem, Will Cooper, William DeJean

*All American Consideration time

**LHSAA Division 1 and Composite State Record