Raleigh Charter’s girls swimming & diving team won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A state championship at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary on Saturday.

The Phoenix finished the day with 271.5 points, beating reigning state champion Pine Lake Prep, who finished second with 232 points.

Raleigh Charter took first place in four different events, including two relays.

Emily Lee, Christiana Hoang, Dorothy Ellen Grant, and Relina Liu won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:50.99. Later in the day, Grant, Allyson Deans, Hoang, and Liu won the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:40.90, nearly five full seconds better than second place.

Liu also won gold in two individual events, including the 200-yard individual medley where she was the only swimmer to finish under the two-minute mark, finishing with a time of 1:57.46. Liu took first place in the 100-yard backstroke as well, posting a time of 55.21 seconds.

Raleigh Charter picked up a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay and a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle race from Grant.

Pine Lake Prep had one first-place finish in the championship meet. The Pride’s team of Addy McDonough, Sophie Storie, Campbell Kolbay, and Grace McCarthy won gold in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:42.89.

N.C. Science & math, Lincoln Charter, and Christ the King rounded out the top five in the team standings.

Daisy Collins of Woods Charter was named the Most Outstanding Swimmer of the state championship meet. Collins took home gold medals in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle races with times of 1:47.92 and 4:45.36 respectively. She was the only swimmer to crack the five-minute mark in the 500-yard freestyle race, beating second place by more than 20 seconds.

This is the seventh state championship for the Raleigh Charter girls swimming & diving program. All seven came at the 1A/2A level and the last happened in 2018.

Prior to each state championship event, the NCHSAA recognizes atheltes who show good sportsmanship during the course of the season. The Sportsmanship Award winners for the 1A/2A girls swimming state championship were Katie Hu of Raleigh Charter and Sydney Haun of Pine Lake Prep.

Individual Results

200-Yard Medley Relay

1. Raleigh Charter (Emily Lee, Christiana Hoang, Dorothy Ellen Grant, Relina Liu) – 1:50.99

2. N.C. Science & Math (Natalie Dunnigan, Arianna Lee, Grace Luo, Grace Roberts) – 1:53.83

3. Pine Lake Prep (Nora Degner, Ella Deardorff, Sydney Haun, Campbell Kolbay) – 1:56.11

4. Bishop McGuinness (Amelia Wolff, Mary Gaylord, Iara Silvagnoli, Mackenzie Bowen) – 1:57.59

200-Yard Free

1. Daisy Collins (Woods Charter) – 1:47.92

2. Abigail Emrich (Northwood) – 1:50.13

3. Natalie Dunnigan (N.C. Science & Math) – 1:55.43

4. Taia Schneider (Thomas Jefferson) – 1:55.60

200-Yard IM

1. Reina Liu (Raleigh Charter) – 1:57.46

2. Kayda Geyer (Union Academy) – 2:01.06

3. Sydney Burleigh (Seaforth) – 2:09.12

4. Norah Chamblee (Lincoln Charter) – 2:11.85

50-Yard Free

1. Alexandra Tysinger (Burns) – 23.36

2. Megan Becker (Uwharrie Charter) – 23.83

3. Julia Sherrill (Brevard) – 24.23

4. Madeline Hart (Nash Central) – 24.98

100-Yard Fly

1. Sydney Burleigh (Seaforth) – 56.97

2. Norah Chamblee (Lincoln Charter) – 57.80

3. Grace Miller (Christ the King) – 1:00.19

4. Sydney Haun (Pine Lake Prep) – 1:00.38

100-Yard Free

1. Alexandra Tysinger (Burns) – 50.84

2. Megan Becker (Uwharrie Charter) – 51.03

3. Grace McCarthy (Pine Lake Prep) – 53.45

4. Jozi Hicks (South Stanly) – 55.39

500-Yard Free

1. Daisy Collins (Woods Charter) – 4:45.36

2. Taia Schneider (Thomas Jefferson) – 5:06.74

3. Dorothy Ellen Grant (Raleigh Charter) – 5:20.61

4. Iris Peterson (Hendersonville) – 5:20.91

200-Yard Free Relay

1. Pine Lake Prep (Addy McDonough, Sophie Storie, Campbell Kolbay, Grace McCarthy) – 1:42.89

2. Raleigh Charter (Katie Hu, Sydney Chase, Allyson Deans, Derin Sen) – 1:45.20

3. Christ the King (Elizabeth Jacobsen, Sara Moody, Grace Miller, Julia Filiault) – 1:45.90

4. Lincoln Charter (Aubrey Landrum, Kaedan Becker, Olivia Comesky, Norah Chamblee) – 1:45.93

100-Yard Back

1. Reina Liu (Raleigh Charter) – 55.21

2. Abigail Emrich (Northwood) – 57.24

3. Amelia Wolff (Bishop McGuinness) – 58.91

4. Natalie Dunnigan (N.C. Science & Math) – 59.14

100-Yard Breast

1. Kayda Geyer (Union Academy) – 1:01.04

2. Lexi Alexander (Wake Prep) – 1:05.92

3. Julia Filiault (Christ the King) – 1:08.42

4. Ella Deardorff (Pine Lake Prep) – 1:08.72

400-Yard Free Relay

1. Raleigh Charter (Dorothy Ellen Grant, Allyson Deans, Christiana Hoang, Reina Liu)- 3:40.90

2. Pine Lake Prep (Sydney Haun, Sophie Storie, Addy McDonough, Grace McCarthy) – 3:45.88

3. East Surry (Ashlyn Comer, Kynlee Venable, Kennedy Cook, Claire Hull) – 3:51.23

4. N.C. Science & Math (Grace Roberts, Caitlin Priechenfried, Caroline Yanni, Natalie Dunnigan) – 3:52.41

1-Meter Diving

1. Addison Nardone (Community School of Davidson) – 365.95

2. Camryn Clark (Thomas Jefferson) – 301.10

3. Avery Nardone (Community School of Davidson) – 274.45

4. Matti Grace Stachowski (Pine Lake Prep) – 236.95

Team Scores

1. Raleigh Charter – 271.5

2. Pine Lake Prep – 232

3. N.C. Science & Math – 154

4. Lincoln Charter – 138

5. Christ the King – 114

T6. East Surry – 90

T6. Union Academy – 90

8. Bishop McGuinness – 83

9. Gray Stone Day – 75

T10. Community School of Davidson – 74

T10. Seaforth – 74