2023 IHSA Swimming and Diving State Rambler Recap

The Lady Ramblers excelled at this past Saturday’s IHSA Swimming and Diving State Championships at the FMC Natatorium!

The Ramblers placed 13^th overall in the state which is their highest finish since 2016!

Diving Greta Kavanagh '24, 1^st
200 Medley Relay (M. Cheng '25, G. Andrew '25, G. Simon '25, S. Friestedt '27), 13th
200 Freestyle; Reilly O'Hara '25, 15th and Zizi Mateja '24, 32nd
50 Freestyle; Sophia Friestedt '27, 34th
100 Butterfly; Maria Cheng '25, 20th
500 Freestyle; Reilly O'Hara '25, 11th and Gaby Simon '27 19th
200 Freestyle Relay; (G. Andrew '25, S. Friestedt '27, R. O'Hara '25, Z. Mateja '24), 24th
100 Backstroke; Maria Cheng '25, 6th
400 Freestyle Relay (R. O'Hara '25, G. Andrew '25, S. Friestedt '27, Z. Mateja'24), 21^st

Greta Kavanagh ‘24 rose above the competition posting a score of 483.80 capturing the state title and completed her historic undefeated season! Congrats Greta!!!!

 

The swimmers made their first splash a memorable one! The 200 Medley Relay Team of (Maria Cheng ’25, Georgia Andrew ’25, Gaby Simon ’26, and Sophia Friestedt ’27) qualifying for finals and placing 13^th overall lead by Maria Cheng who posted the fastest 50 Backstroke in the State!

 

The combination of Reilly O’Hara ‘25 and Zizi Mateja ‘24 got their 1^st state meet off to another fast start, placing 15^th and 32^nd overall respectively. Reilly got the ball rolling qualifying for finals and battled the field tying for 15^th in finals!

 

Sophia Freistedt ‘27 arrived in her first state appearance and raced the competition to a 34^th place finish, very impressive from the Rambler Freshmen!

 

Maria Cheng ’25 went off like a bang in the 100 Butterfly placing 20^th overall!

 

Reilly O’Hara ‘25 and Gaby Simon ‘26 had some more left in the tank crushing the 500 Freestyle. Both ladies dropped significant time placing 11^th and 19^th overall in prelims. O’Hara continued her meet in finals placing 11^th overall for her 2^nd individual medal in the meet!

 

The Relay Team of (Georgia Andrew ’25, Sophia Friestedt ’27, Reilly O’Hara ’25, Zizi Mateja ‘24) continued day with a strong lead out from Georgia Andrew as the team finished 24^th overall in the state!

 

Maria Cheng ‘25 raced to her 3^rd finals appearance in the 100 Backstroke placing 7^th coming out of prelims and raced to a 6^th place finish overall in finals!

 

The Relay Team of (Reilly O’Hara ’25, Georgia Andrew ’25, Sophia Friestedt ’27, Zizi Mateja ’24) also weren’t done as this 400 Freestyle Relay closed out the day with yet another impressive finish placing 21^st in the state!