N&O All-Metro boys and girls swimming teams
The Chapel Hill boys and Ravenscroft girls, the area’s only team swimming champions, placed four swimmers on The News & Observer’s All-Metro team.
Chapel Hill won its third straight N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A title while Ravenscroft took home its fourth N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 3A championship.
Carrboro’s Will Macmillan, Middle Creek’s Julia Poole and Corinth Holders’ Connor Blandford were each named MVP of their respective NCHSAA state championship meets.
Macmillan is the second NCHSAA swimmer to ever win three MVP awards.
The NCISAA does not hand out MVPs, but Ravenscroft’s Chloe Mikles made history as the first swimmer to win two individual events and two relays in four consecutive years. She will graduate with 16 first-place medals and four team titles.
Collier Cobb is the first N&O All-Metro selection out of St. Thomas More, a Catholic school in North Raleigh, in any sport.
Five swimmers are two-time All-Metro selections and three are three-time picks. Mikles and Chapel Hill’s Claire DeSelm are four-time selections.
There are 12 swimmers – the same number as there are events in the state championships – on the boys and girls teams, respectively. Each member either won an individual title, was part of a winning relay, won a state title in a previous year, or all of the above.
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N&O All-Metro boys team
Name, school | Accomplishments |
Connor Blandford, Sr., Corinth Holders* | 3A MVP won 200 IM, 100 breaststroke |
Zach Brown, Soph., Athens Drive | 4A butterfly champ |
Connor Callahan, Sr., Panther Creek# | 4A diving runner-up, won ’14, ’15 crowns |
Andrew Capobianco, Jr., Holly Springs | 4A diving champ |
Collier Cobb, Sr., St. Thomas More | NCISAA 1A/2A 100 butterfly, 500 free champ |
Sebastian Kettner, Sr., Cary Academy | NCISAA 3A 50 and 100 free champ |
Will Macmillan, Sr., Carrboro# | Three-time 1A/2A MVP won 200 free, 100 butterfly |
Jack Messenger, Jr., Broughton | 4A 100 free champ |
Jordan Ren, Soph., Chapel Hill | Third in 3A 200 IM and breaststroke |
Dowdy Sarvis, Sr., Trinity Durham-Chapel Hill | NCISAA 1A/2A 50 free champ |
Tyler Silver, Sr., Athens Drive* | Back-to-back 4A 100 backstroke champ |
C.J. Van Vooren, Jr., Cary Christian | NCISAA 1A/2A 100 free champ |
*-two-time All-Metro #-three-time All-Metro %-four-time All-Metro
N&O All-Metro girls team
Name, school | Accomplishments |
Grace Countie, Soph., Leesville Road* | 4A 50 free champ |
Claire DeSelm, Sr., Chapel Hill% | Back-to-back 3A 100 butterfly champ |
Elizabeth Henry, Soph., O’Neal School | NCISAA 1A/2A 50 free champ |
Madeline High, Jr., Ravenscroft# | Back-to-back NCISAA 3A 100 butterfly champ |
Abigail Lloyd, Sr., Trinity Durham-Chapel Hill* | Back-to-back NCISAA 1A/2A 500 free champ |
Chloe Mikles, Sr., Ravenscroft% | Four-time NCISAA 3A 50 and 100 free champ |
Julia Poole, Jr., Middle Creek* | 4A MVP; won 100 breaststroke, 2-time 200 IM champ |
Ana Pozder, Soph., Apex | 4A 500 free champ |
Mary Pruden, Soph., Ravenscroft | Back-to-back NCISAA 3A 200 IM champ |
Madeline Ross, Jr., St. David’s | NCISAA 1A/2A 100 backstroke champ |
Lindsey Ruderman, Jr., N.C. Science & Math | 1A/2A diving champ |
Sydney Willis, Soph., Raleigh Charter | 1A/2A 500 free champ |
*-two-time All-Metro #-three-time All-Metro %-four-time All-Metro
This story was originally published March 25, 2016 at 4:15 PM with the headline "N&O All-Metro boys and girls swimming teams."