The CHS Swim Team won its 9^th overall LHSAA Division 1 State Championship in Sulphur on Saturday, November 18^th. The title was the swim team’s 2^nd in the last 4 years and its 8^th title in the last 13 years.

The Bears won 3 events, recorded 3 All-American consideration times, and used overwhelming depth with 15 swimmers scoring points for the team to claim the championship over 2-time defending champion Jesuit by 110 points.

The relay team of Jackson DeJean, Alex Cooper, James Stuckey, and Sammy Smith won the 200 free relay with an All-American consideration time and with a margin of victory of more than 5 seconds over the 2^nd place Jays and narrowly missed the LHSAA composite record, already owned by the Bears for their performance in 2014 by .13 seconds.

The relay team of Jackson DeJean, Alex Cooper, Eric Jurkovic, and Sammy Smith set the school record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:08.18. That is also an All-American consideration time and just shy of the current LHSAA record.

Senior Alex Cooper won the state championship in the 200 freestyle and his teammate Jackson DeJean was 2^nd. Other medalists for the Bears included Sammy Smith who was 2^nd in the 50 & 100 free. In the 50 Sammy Smith swam an All-American consideration time of 20.85.

The top 10 Final Team Scores:

1. Catholic High School 426
2. Jesuit High School 316
3. Baton Rouge High 188
4. St. Paul’s 165
5. Destrehan 140
6. Thibodaux 90
7. Mandeville 87
8. Northshore 84
9. Brother Martin 79
10. Pineville 78

Scoring points for the Bears:

200 Medley Relay: 2^nd place Blake Talbert, Harrison Martin, James Stuckey, Eric Jurkovic

200 Freestyle: State Champion: Alex Cooper, Runner-up Jackson DeJean, 7^th place Briggs Bargas, 9^th place Jonathan Kirk

200 IM: 4^th place Jackson Gautreau, 5^th place Harrison Martin, 14^th place Miles Babin

50 Free: 2^nd place Sammy Smith*All-American consideration time, 4^th place Eric Jurkovic, 7^th place James Stuckey, 13^th place Blake Talbert

100 Fly: 6^th place James Stuckey, 9^th place Briggs Bargas

100 Free: 2^nd place Sammy Smith, 4^th place Jackson DeJean, 7^th place Eric Jurkovic, 9^th place Henry Mensman

500 Free: 4^th place Jackson Gautreau, 9^th place Jonathan Kirk, 15^th place Austin Martinez

200 Free Relay: State Champions, *All-American Consideration time 1:25.30 Jackson DeJean, Alex Cooper, James Stuckey, Sammy Smith

100 Back: 2^nd place Alex Cooper, 4^th place Blake Talbert, 9^th place Henry Mensman, 10^th place Miles Babin

100 Breast: 5^th place Harrison Martin, 12^th place Austin Martinez, 13^th place Mason Prochaska, 15^th place Khoa Nguyen

400 Free Relay: State Champions, *All-American consideration time 3:08.18 Jackson DeJean, Alex Cooper, Eric Jurkovic, Sammy Smith

Congratulations to all these young men!