A CHS Swim Team Report
The Carlsbad High School Swim Team was in Santa Fe on Friday and Saturday, January 24-25, to compete in the Griffin Invite at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center. There were 22 teams with over 450 swimmers competing.
With just 17 athletes participating, the Cavegirls took 17th place with 11 points, while the Cavemen landed in 13th with 63.
The Griffin Invite was a two-day, prelims-finals format swim meet. All swimmers swam their events on Friday during preliminaries. Those finishing in the top 16 swam their events again during Saturday’s finals. Relays and the 500 Freestyle were finals-only events.
The Cavegirls had one swimmer advance to the finals. Freshman Taitum Lindsey took ninth place in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 6:17.39 and 15th place in the 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:15.05.
The Cavemen saw four swimmers reach the finals. Sophomore Constantine Gonzales finished in eighth place in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a 6:16.70 and 14th place in the 200 Yard Freestyle with a 2:15.90. Freshman Benjamin Jang finished in fifth place in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a 1:08.18 and 11th place in the 100 Yard Freestyle with an even 53.00. Sophomore Kason Longbine finished in 11th place in the 200 Yard Individual Medley (IM) with a 2:29.87. Junior Samuel Vega took fifth place in the 100 Yard Backstroke with a 1:02.80 and ninth place in the 200 Yard IM with a 2:20.12.
Freshman Benjamin Jang also earned a new state qualifying time during prelims in the Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke with a qualifying time of 1:06.68. This is his second individual event after qualifying in the 200 Yard IM earlier in the season.
Next Up, the swim team will attend the Tom Casey Invitational at Albuquerque Academy on Saturday, February 1.
Complete Griffin Invite Results:
Cavegirls: 200 Yard Medley Relay: 21st place, Taitum Lindsey, Julia Comer, Tiny Martinez, Kimberly Quintana, 2:20.92; 200 Yard Freestyle: 21st place, Julia Comer, 2:31.04; 32nd place, Jade Burgess, 2:48.71; 200 Yard IM: 25th place, Chloe Noel, 2:59.85; 50 Yard Freestyle: 44th place, Kimberly Quintana, 30.52; 61st place, Paisley Johnson, 32.13;106th place, Jeannette Gonzalez, 37.64; 100 Yard Freestyle: 39th place, Brennan Reed, 1:11.45; 44th place, Chloe Noel, 1:12.28; 500 Yard Freestyle: 9th place, Taitum Lindsey, 6:17.39; 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 23rd place, Taitum Lindsey, Julia Comer, Tiny Martinez, Kimberly Quintana, 2:04.45; 100 Yard Backstroke: 15th place, Taitum Lindsey, 1:15.05; 24th place, Tiny Martinez, 1:22.74; 31st place, Kimberly Quintana, 1:25.02; 36th place, Brennan Reed, 1:27.76;100 Yard Breaststroke: 23rd place, Julia Comer, 1:26.24; 38th place, Jade Burgess, 1:36.24.
Cavemen: 200 Yard Medley Relay: 22nd place, Moses Mendoza, Constantine Gonzales, Kason Longbine, Manuel Baldemar, 2:13.19; 200 Yard Freestyle: 14th place, Constantine Gonzales, 2:15.90; 200 Yard IM: 9th place, Samuel Vega, 2:20.12; 11th place, Kason Longbine, 2:29.87; 50 Yard Freestyle: 37th place, Kason Longbine, 26.86; 57th place, Bennett Mitchell, 28.73; 58th place, Moses Mendoza, 28.78; 77th place, Santiago Gallardo, 31.22; 94th place, Manuel Baldemar, 35.84; 100 Yard Butterfly: 25th place, Bennett Mitchell, 1:15.61; 100 Yard Freestyle: 11th place, Benjamin Jang, 53.00; 42nd place, Moses Mendoza, 1:04.42; 67th place, Santiago Gallardo, 1:15.39; 73rd place, Manuel Baldemar, 1:23.68; 500 Yard Freestyle: 8th place, Constantine Gonzales, 6:16.70; 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 23rd place, Kason Longbine, Moses Mendoza, Manuel Baldemar, Constantine Gonzales, 1:56.65; 100 Yard Backstroke: 5th place, Samuel Vega, 1:02.80; 100 Yard Breaststroke: 5th place, Benjamin Jang, 1:08.18.

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