One dynasty continues and another one looks to be getting started. The Jesuit Blue Jays won their fourth consecutive Division I swimming championship and 35th overall, while the Northshore Lady Panthers won their second consecutive title at the final day of the LHSAA State Swimming Championships at the Sulphur Parks and Recreation Aquatic Center.

Jesuit won in their usual dominating fashion behind the legs and arms of seniors Marc Dorsey, Brian Carr and Ramsey Burch.

Between trio, they pulled in five individual state championships, two runners-up, and three relay titles. They each posted at least one Consideration for All-American time, which was part of a fast evening at the Division I meet with a total of eight CAA times and three All-American Qualifier times.

"We had a good state meet and the boys swam well," Jesuit head coach Bret Hanemann said. "I will tell you one thing, it is not hard to get this group up to come to state. The tradition is part of the school and they are a phenomenal group of kids."

And it never gets old winning state title after state title, according to Hanemann.

"No way. In fact, they get better as you get older," Hanemann said. "Year after year we have a big ol' 'X' on our backs and everybody wants it but it makes us work harder."

Carr won the 500-yard freestyle for the fourth consecutive year while posting a CAA time in both the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyles. Carr won the 200-yard freestyle title for the third consecutive year.

Burch set a CAA time in the 50-yard freestyle and won the 100-yard freestyle, while Dorsey took second in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke.
Some would think it would start to get old always finishing behind Jesuit but not for the Catholic-Baton Rouge Bears as they finished as the Division I runner-up for the fourth consecutive year.

"We stepped up big time yesterday (Friday) and put ourselves in a position to swim fast today," Catholic-Baton Rouge head coach Doug Logsdon said. "I think a lot of our sophomores and juniors were very good.

"Andrew Layman stepped up big time. Overall, we are extremely happy with the way we swam this weekend. You can only do as best as the numbers say you can do and I think we came in with an idea of what we can do and we by far exceeded that. Jesuit is a good team no doubt but getting second never gets old."

The Bears took second despite not winning a single event. But they did get two runner-up finishes from Andrew Layman (200-yard and 500-yard freestyle) and a second and third place finish from Grant Grenfell (2nd-100-yard butterfly, 3rd-100-yard backstroke).

The fastest swimmer in the pool Saturday night was St. Paul's Colin Babcock who posted two All-American Qualifier times. Babcock's time of 1:52.95 in the 200-yard IM was just under nine-tenths of second off the Division I record set by Kris Babylon in 1994. He other AAQ times was set in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.80 seconds).

On the girls' side, Northshore outpaced the competition by over 100 points for the second year in a row. The Lady Panthers finished with 376 points followed by Fontainebleau at 211 and Mandeville at 202.

Northshore placed swimmers in the top-3 in nine of eleven events and won five.

Northshore's Heather Winn won the 200-yard freestyle four the forth-consecutive year and won the 500-yard freestyle for the third time in four years. Fellow teammate Colleen Donovan continued her dominance in the 100-yard freestyle picking up her fourth consecutive state title. But she was unseated in the 200-yard individual medley by Fontainebleau freshman Kara Kopcso after winning the event three years in a row.

"I said this to somebody else before, I think what happened is that finally our younger swimmers are coming through for us," Northshore head coach Ed Kelly said. "At this meet, we had several freshman and several sophomores.

"They finally realized that they can do it too and we don't have to rely on them (Donovan and Winn) totally. I was in a way (surprised) because we lost some key swimmers last year. We were great in the relays even though we lost the 200-yard medley relay. I think the relays were phenomenal. We will lose Heather and Colleen but our relays will be sound for next year."

Fontainebleau’s Jessica Kopcso won the 100-yard butterfly state championship for the third consecutive year and the 100-yard breaststroke for the second year in a row

Baton Rouge Magnet junior Joann Chien came in to the meet as the two-time defending state champion in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke. She retained her 50-yard freestyle title for the third year but was defeated by Mandeville sophomore Emma Levendoski by three tenths of second, 58.65 to 58.90.