Sussex Academy shines at Henlopen Conference Swimming Championships – Sussex Academy

Sussex Academy had one other stellar outing on the aquatic middle by itself campus on Saturday. The Seahawks performed host to the 2026 Henlopen Conference Swimming Championships and used the benefit of competing of their house pool to placed on a present for the opposite 10 convention groups, breaking seven faculty data alongside the best way.

When it was all mentioned and completed, the women claimed the 2026 Henlopen Conference Championship, topping rival Cape Henlopen and bringing the {hardware} again to Georgetown. The ladies’ workforce tallied 412 factors, besting the Vikings by 11. While Cape Henlopen (401 factors) led greater than halfway via the meet, the Seahawks used their technical prowess to amass factors within the backstroke and breaststroke occasions late within the competitors.

Each workforce is capped at three entries per particular person occasion, and Sussex Academy had all of theirs within the high warmth of each occasions, pulling away from Cape to assert the title. Cape Henlopen received the ultimate relay of the day and set a convention report, however the level differential was an excessive amount of to beat as Sussex Academy secured its third Henlopen general title within the final 4 years.

The workforce accepted gold medals for a first-place end and likewise claimed the Henlopen Conference trophy, capping off one other undefeated season. Sussex Academy ladies have received both the division, dual-meet convention, or each, for ten straight years. They haven’t misplaced a twin meet since January of 2020.

The boys picked up their Henlopen Southern Division trophy as effectively and completed third general behind northern foes Cape Henlopen and Caesar Rodney, the one two groups to defeat the Seahawks this season. Cape Henlopen dominated the sector with 461 factors, whereas Caesar Rodney (313) edged out Sussex Academy (307) for second place. “The boys were very proud to once again win the Henlopen South,” mentioned Head Coach Tom Martiner.

The ladies claimed gold within the 200- and 500-yard freestyle occasions, with junior Anna Mumford blistering a 1:53.12 within the 200 and a formidable 4:56.76 within the 500.

Martiner preaches workforce swimming and depth, and that philosophy was on full show Saturday. Every Seahawk woman entered within the meet scored factors to assist produce the championship complete. While Mumford was the lone particular person gold medalist for Sussex Academy, a bevy of Seahawks discovered their solution to the rostrum. “The conference meet is always close for the girls, and our depth allowed for the narrow win,” mentioned Martiner.

The 200-medley relay workforce of Victoria Evans, Gretchen Maughan, Mumford, and Samantha Petty took silver, as did Maughan in each the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Breaststroke. Evans claimed silver within the 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:00.53. In the ultimate occasion of the day, the Seahawks—needing solely a top-three end to safe the title—earned silver behind Cape Henlopen’s convention record-setting swim. Mumford, Caitlin Perchiniak, Maughan, and Evans added to their medal haul.

The 200-freestyle relay workforce of Petty, Camila Figueroa, Emi Obertubbesing, and Perchiniak captured bronze, touching practically three seconds quicker than their seed time with a 1:49.50.

Perchiniak, Petty, Figueroa, Evans, Obertubbesing, Kendall Rhoades, and Eliza Evans all added further top-five finishes for the Seahawks.

On the boys’ aspect, there was additionally no scarcity of {hardware}. The 200-medley relay workforce of Michael Whitaker, Reed Knowlton, Angel Figueroa, and Christian Wright took silver with a school-record time of 1:42.21. Wright added two extra silvers within the 50- and 100-yard freestyle occasions. Figueroa posted a personal-best 53.36 within the 100-yard butterfly to assert silver, then added bronze within the 200 Individual Medley with one other private finest of two:05.00.

Whitaker added a silver within the 100 Backstroke (56.29) and a bronze within the 100 Freestyle, whereas Knowlton earned bronze within the 100 Breaststroke.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Figueroa, Whitaker, and Wright joined senior Kieran Probert to take silver and set one other faculty report with a time of three:24.47.

Sussex Academy additionally obtained strong level contributions from Edward Hale, Cale Argo, and the 200-freestyle relay workforce of Probert, Hale, Sebastian Scruggs, and Jackson Proctor, all of whom recorded top-five finishes.

Jacob Madden of Polytech and Payton Garnsey of Cesar Rodney had been named as Vince Morris Outstanding Performers of the meet whereas Cape Henlopen’s Bill Geppert and Cesar Rodney’s Brendan Smith had been named Coach of the Year for the women and boys respectively.

Sussex Academy’s season isn’t over but, as eight boys and 10 ladies who earned state-qualifying instances will head to the University of Delaware later this month for the DIAA State Championships, scheduled for February 25–28.