By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
2025 NCHSAA 4A State Championships
February 5-6, 2025 Triangle Aquatic Center — Cary, NC 25 Yards (SCY) Full ResultsGirls’ Recap
This weekend, the Myers Park girls claimed their fourth consecutive NCHSAA 4A State Championship title. The Mustangs scored 260 points, edging out Green Hope, which repeated as the runners-up, by 5.5 points.
Karina Plaza, Avery Klamfoth, Emma Richardson, and Taylor Weaver brought the mark sub-1:42 for the first time, swimming a 1:41.64. Myers Park set the previous mark at 1:42.07 in 2023.
Mary Drummond and Katherine Guenther to win the event by almost a second in 3:23.39.
Sloan Whelehan, who was named the Most Outstanding Female Swimmer of the Meet. Whelehan won the 200 freestyle in a lifetime best of 1:46.98. She returned to the blocks quickly, with just the 200 IM separating the 200 freestyle from her next individual event, the 50 freestyle. She also hit a lifetime best there, claiming the state title in 22.93.
Mere Whelehan secured the Green Hope sprint freestyle sweep by winning the 100 free (49.96). Green Hope also controlled the 200 freestyle relay, as the Whelehans teamed up with Mia Jeltema and Angelina Lu. The quartet missed the state record by eight-hundredths, clocking 1:33.30.
Nicole Zettel was the other double event winner at the championships. She placed first in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle. The Tennessee commit swam a lifetime best of 1:58.08 to win the 200 IM, and followed up with a 4:48.34 in the 500 freestyle.
Other Event Winners:
100 butterfly: Nikki Nixon, Cardinal Gibbons — 51.84 100 backstroke: Alyssa Claborn, Lake Norman — 53.44 100 breaststroke: Eliza Wallace, Ardrey Kell — 1:00.06Girls’ Top 5 Final Standings:
Myers Park — 260 Green Hope — 254.5 Charlotte Catholic — 209 Cardinal Gibbons — 169 Marvin Ridge — 157Boys’ Recap
The Cardinal Gibbons boys swam away with the boys’ team title, the school’s first since 2013. They scored 241 points, beating Enloe by 56 points. Similarly to the Myers Park girls, the team’s depth powered their title. The Cardinal Gibbons boys did not earn any event wins, but were consistently able to find their way into the podium or into the ‘A’ final.
Ian Stutts and Alex Townsend went head-to-head. Both smashed the 4A state record Stutts set last season at 1:47.72, and it’s his name that stays in the record book as he took the win in 1:46.26, three-hundredths ahead of Townsend.
Parker Van Olst and Grady Gospodarek to win the 200 medley relay (1:31.82). Later, Townsend, a Princeton commit, claimed victory in the 100 butterfly with a 47.49.
Michael Rice dismantled the second boys’ 4A state record of the championships. He swam 43.56 in the 100 freestyle, breaking Sean Setzer’s mark of 44.16 from last year. Rice picked up another win as part of Marvin Ridge’s 400 freestyle relay (3:04.33).
The relay victories went to three different programs, as Myers Park claimed the 200 freestyle relay (1:23.86).
Clement Camacho won the 200 freestyle (1:37.57), Jackson Scheiber the 500 freestyle (4:25.28), Abhay Tharakan the 100 backstroke (49.32), and Bence Burton the 100 breaststroke (54.71).
Albert Smelzer rounded out the individual event winners in the pool, clocking 19.89 for gold in the 50 freestyle.
Boys’ Top 5 Final Standings:
Cardinal Gibbons — 241 Enloe — 185 Marvin Ridge — 184 East Chapel Hill — 148 Myers Park — 140Read the full story on SwimSwam: Myers Park Girls, Cardinal Gibbons Boys Win 2025 NCHSAA 4A State Titles
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