The Fillmore High School Swim Team, lead by Aimee Orozco, competed in the Frontier League Championship swim finals on Friday, May 2nd at Ventura College. The Fillmore varsity girls team placed 4th overall with 150 points. Fillmore varsity boys team was also 4th overall with 126 points. JV girls were 4th and JV boys were 3rd.
Aimee Orozco repeated as Frontier League Champion in both the 50 yd. freestyle and 100 yd. freestyle with best times of 26.63 and 58.37 respectively. Aimee’s times were well under the CIF consideration time standards. All FHS varsity girls placed in the top 12 in at least one individual event: Andie McDonnell – 5th (2:30.13) 200 yd. freestyle & 4th (1:20.31) 100 yd. backstroke; Nicole Sanchez – 6th (3:11.01) 200 yd. Individual Medley & 6th (7:23.78) 500 yd. freestyle; Natalie Garnica – 9th (33.56) 50 yd. freestyle & 4th (1:27.35) 100 yd. breaststroke; Zeynep Erdemir – 10th (34.01) 50 yd. freestyle & 8th (1:36.49) 100 yd. breaststroke; Jazzmin Galvez – 8th (32.67) 50 yd. freestyle & 6th (1:14.63) 100 yd. freestyle. Varsity girls placed 5th in the 200 yd. Medley relay and 4th in the 200 yd. Freestyle relay.
Varsity boys were lead by Shane Ragatz who placed in the top 6th in both his individual events. Shane placed 5th (2:45.73) in the 200 yd. individual medley and 4th (1:19.93) in the 100 yd. breaststroke. All FHS varsity boys placed in the top 12 in at least one individual event: Kelly Bullard – 3rd (2:30.80) 200 yd. freestyle & 10th (1:09.02) 100 yd. freestyle; Andres Casas – 9th (33:00) 50 yd. freestyle & 6th (1:33.51) 100 yd. backstroke; Esteban Casas – 4th (2:35.49) 200 yd. freestyle & 7th (1:20.13) 100 yd. butterfly; Steven Garner – 8th (1:07.89) 100 yd. freestyle & 5th (1:26.06) 100 yd. backstroke. Varsity boys placed 4th in the 200 yd. Medley Relay and 4th in the 200 yd. Freestyle relay.
Megan Louth lead the JV girls with two top six finishes. Megan was 4th (36.32) in the 50 yd. freestyle and 2nd (40.10) in the 50 yd. butterfly. Also placing in the top six were: Stephanie Bolanos – 5th (2:01.64) 100 yd. individual medley; Susan Bolanos – 4th (1:29.92) 100 yd. freestyle. Megan, Stephanie & Susan along with Samantha Mchammel placed 4th in the 200 yd. Medley relay and 3rd in the 200 yd. Freestyle relay.
JV boy Mario Lopez placed second in the 50 yard backstroke (51.75).