Program Highlights

1967

November The Raiders hit the water for the first time as a sport at Regis Jesuit. The team was coined the “Waders” and recorded a onewin, six-loss season.

1981

February Regis Jesuit won the Skyline League title for the first time.

1982

March Lawrence Kough ‘82 became RJ‘s first State Champion when he won the 100 breaststroke at the Air Force Academy.

1983

December Regis Jesuit won the medley relay at the Colorado Invitational, marking the first “big” win for the school in a relay at a major meet.

1984

March Regis Jesuit moved to the Centennial League. Seven of the top ten teams in the state came from this league in 1984.

1985

March Regis Jesuit placed second in State. Jim Dunn ‘85, Fred Ingham ‘86, Trevor Mihalik ‘85 and sophomore Eric Bradac ‘87 broke most of the school‘s records.

1986

January Regis Jesuit won the Arapahoe Relays for the first time. February Regis Jesuit repeated as State runners-up. Junior Eric Bradac ‘87 won two individual titles and recorded two All-American swims at the meet.

1987

February Senior Eric Bradac ‘87 was named Colorado High School Swimmer of the Year. He ended his career setting two state records in 200 free and broke Olympic Gold Medalist George DiCarlo‘s mark in the 500 free.

1988

January Brady Murphy ‘88 set a new standard for RJ for the six dive list with a score of 237.65.

February Brady Murphy ‘88 dove to a second place finish at State and Parker Bradley ‘88 set a new school record in the 50 free.

1989

February Freshman Matt Hall ‘92 earned All-American honors in the 100 fly.

1990

April Regis Jesuit defeated Littleton (six-time State Champions) in a dual meet for the first time by the score of 97-75. May The 400 free relay of Matt Hall ‘92, Tom Byorick ‘90, Mike Bradac ‘91 and Joe Ferraro ‘91 won State in a touchout over Littleton. The victory lifted Regis Jesuit to a second place team finish at the meet. Sophomore Matt Hall ‘92 defeated defending state champion Josh DelCore in the 100 fly.

1991

March Senior Captain Joe Ferraro ‘91 was named Swimmer of the Meet at the Colorado Invitational. April A packed house watched Regis Jesuit defeat Cherry Creek in a dual meet. A record 47 state-qualifying swims were recorded. May Regis Jesuit‘s medley relay of Matt Hall ‘92, Matt Beck ‘92, Ben Hammond ‘92 and Jamie Christman ‘93 took first place and junior Matt Hall ‘92 earned his second title by winning the 100 fly.

1992

April Regis Jesuit won the Colorado Invitational for the first time, scoring 384 points to Creek‘s 343. Before a full house of fans, RJ defeated Creek for the second consecutive year in a dual meet. Fifty state-qualifying times were posted, a new record. Regis Jesuit completed a second straight undefeated season, extending the total to 28 meets without a loss.

May RJ qualified 16 swimmers for the State Meet and won the school‘s first State swimming championship. The team won all three relays, set three new state records and also posted numerous AllState and All-American swims. The 200 medley relay included Jamie Christman ‘93, Rich Leduc ‘93, Matt Beck ‘93 and Nick Anziano ‘93. The 400 free relay included Beck, Matt Hall ‘92, Luis Lopez ‘95 and Phil Long ‘92. Matt Beck also won the 100 fly in state-record time. Winning the 200 free relay for the first time in team history was the team of Matt Hall, Jamie Christman, Luis Lopez and Rich Leduc. July Regis Jesuit won the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches of America (NISCA) Power Point Championship, amassing 5783 points. Of the hundreds of schools participating, the Peddie School of New Jersey finished second with 5762 points, and Carmel High School of Carmel, Indiana, finished third.

1993

March Regis Jesuit won the Arapahoe Relays for the first time since 1986. Three weeks later, the Raiders won the Coaches Invitational from a field of 50 teams. Regis Jesuit swimmer Jamie Christman ‘93 was named the Swimmer of the Meet. April Regis Jesuit defeated Cherry Creek for the third consecutive time with a score of 117-68. Winning the remaining dual meets, RJ pushed the undefeated winning streak to 44 meets without a loss.

May Regis Jesuit sent 16 swimmers to the State Meet and captured a second straight title. Regis won all three relays and set new State records in the 200 and 400 free relays. Jamie Christmas ‘93, Eric Schneider ‘96, Nick Long ‘94 and Benji Lodholm ‘95 made up the medley relay while Christman, Luis Lopez ‘95, Lodholm and Zach Hall

‘94 swam the 200 free relay in record time of 1:24.88. Lopez, Rich LeDuc ‘93, Lodholm and Chris O‘Sullivan ‘93 set a new 400 free relay record of 3:08.17. July In the year‘s final NISCA power point tabulations, Regis Jesuit finished first in Class 10 (determined by schools of equal population) and fourth overall.

1994

April Finishing off the ‘94 dual meet schedule with a 110-72 win over Rangeview, Regis Jesuit capped a fourth consecutive undefeated season and extended the unbeaten streak to 58 meets.

May RJ sent 15 swimmers to State, won six of the twelve events, and finished second. Luis Lopez ‘95 won four gold medals in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay (with Nick Long ‘94, Benji Lodholm ‘95 and Zach Hall ‘94) and the 400 free relays (with Long, Lodholm and Jay Wolberg ‘95). Individual events were also won in the 200 IM by Eric Schneider ‘96 and the 200 Free by Benji Lodholm.

1995

April Regis Jesuit won the Coaches Invitational amid a field of 56 teams and Luis Lopez ‘95 was named Swimmer of the Meet. Traveling to California, RJ won the Jesuit Invitational for the second time by defeating Loyola Prep and Mission Viejo. The Raiders defeated Cherry Creek (for the fourth straight time) in a dual meet to cap another undefeated season and extend the unbeaten streak to 72 straight wins.

May Regis Jesuit won State for the third time in four years and also won all three relays for the third time. The medley relay included Justin Carter ‘98, Eric Schneider ‘96, Jay Wolberg ‘95 and Todd May ‘95. Wolberg, Luis Lopez ‘95, Justin Christman ‘95 and Matt Weisbrod ‘95 made up the 200 free relay and Lopez, Benji Lodholm ‘95, Wolberg and Weisbrod set a state record in the 400 free relay. Eric Schneider won the 200 IM and, with individual event wins in 50 and 100 free for the second year in a row, Luiz Lopez became the state‘s all-time gold medal winner with 12 first-place finishes.

1996

March Jeremy Heit ‘96 won Colorado Coaches Most Valuable Swimmer Award en route to a team win at the Colorado Invite. April Jeremy Heit ‘96 won the Denver Post/9 News Student/Athlete of the week. RJ beat Cherry Creek for the fifth year in a row while on the road to complete another undefeated season. Running total: 85 consecutive meets. May Regis Jesuit won a fourth State championship in five years. Justin Carter ‘98, Ryan Paterson ‘97, Scott Runyon ‘97 and Eric Schneider took gold in the medley relay and Jeremy Heit ‘97 won diving.

1997

February Daniel Lopez ‘97 named Denver Post Athlete of the Week. March Regis Jesuit traveled to Long Beach, California and won the Millikan Southern California Relays from a field of 48 teams. April The Raiders won the Colorado Invitational swim meet. Ryan Paterson ‘97 was named the Swimmer of the Meet. Regis won a 100th consecutive meet, defeating Fort Collins 114-71. May Regis Jesuit won a third straight State Championship and the fifth in six years. Once again, RJ won all three relays: Luke Wagner ‘00, Jimmy Shvirage ‘98, Justin Carter ‘98 and Scott Runyan ‘97 took gold in the medley relay, Shvirage, Nick Dawson ‘97, Daniel Lopez ‘97 and Carter in the 200 free relay and Jeff Parkinson, Shvirage, Wagner and Rob Amos ‘99 captured the 400 free relay. Luke Wagner also took first place in the 100 back. Regis Jesuit finished the season tabulating a second National Power Point championship.

1998

May Regis Jesuit won a fourth consecutive State Championship, its sixth in seven years. Luke Wagner ‘00 won a second consecutive 100 back and the three relays won gold AGAIN. Wagner, Jimmy Shvirage ‘98, Zach Shattuck ‘99 and Justin Carter ‘98 in the medley relay, Carter, Shvirage, Rob Amos ‘99 and Andrew Barnes in the 200 free relay, and Barnes, Matt Peterson ‘00, Wagner and Amos the 400 free relay.

1999

May Back at the Air Force Academy for the first time in a decade, RJ captured a seventh State Championship. Matt Peterson ‘00 captured individual gold in the 200 IM, Luke Wagner ‘00 in 100 fly and 100 back, while the 200 medley relay (Wagner, Rob Amos ‘99, Zach Shattuck ‘99 and Jason Tanaka ‘01) and 400 free relay (Wagner, Amos, Peterson and Ted Romero ‘99) also brought home gold.

2000

May Capping off an undefeated season, Regis Jesuit won the Continental League title and brought 21 swimmers to the State Meet. Adding to gold medals in the three relays, Matt Peterson ‘00 (200 IM and 500 free) and Luke Wagner ‘00 (100 fly and 100 back) swept their individual events as well. Members of the medley relay included Wagner, Peterson, Jason Tanaka ‘00 and Bryan McCormick ‘03. The 200 free relay included Tanaka, Derek Dalton ‘00, Andrew Long ‘00 and Greg Lestikow ‘00 and the 400 free relay was comprised of Wagner, Peterson, Long and Dalton. Luke set two new State records and became the all-time leader in the history of Colorado swimming with 14 gold medals over his four year career. Luke was named Colorado Swimmer of the Year.

August Regis Jesuit completed the 2000 season with a national ranking of third place.

2000 - Nick, Phil, Fritz and Andrew Long with D

2001

May Twenty-four Raider swimmers captured a ninth State Meet title and another third-place national ranking. Jason Tanaka ‘01 won the 100 fly, and he competed on the winning medley relay along with Casey Lowdermilk ‘03, Noah Pavlakovich ‘01 and Tom Canny ‘01.

2002

May A record 26 swimmers qualified for the State Meet and won Regis Jesuit‘s tenth title. Gold medals were won by Bryan McCormick ‘03, Chris Good ‘05, Tyler Borg ‘04 and Piers Blyth ‘04 in the 200 medley relay and Casey Lowdermilk ‘03, Tyler Borg, Hugh Waymel ‘02 and Joseph Murdy ‘03 in the 200 free relay.

2003

March Chris Eide ‘03 broke the pool and team record for six dives at the Jay Struckhoff Invitational with a score of 297.70. May Casey Lowdermilk ‘03 won the 200 free and finished the meet in a thrilling touch-out in the 400 free relay over Thompson Valley along with relay members Joseph Murdy ‘03, Seth Urban ‘05 and Greg Mengel ‘05.

2004

March Regis Jesuit defeated seventeen-time Louisiana State Champions, Jesuit New Orleans, in a dual meet 196-98.

April Regis Jesuit won its 68th consecutive dual meet defeating Littleton. May Twenty state qualifiers represented Regis Jesuit at Fort Collins and won a 12th State Championship. The medley relay of Chris Good ‘05, Agustin Magruder ‘04, Chris Dini ‘05 and Greg Mengel ‘05 won State, earned automatic All-American honors and set a new school record. Chris Good also won the 100 back, and the 400 free relay of Good, Seth Urban ‘05, Tyler Borg ‘04 and Greg Mengel won State and earned automatic All-American honors. July Sean Moore ‘07 finished first in the nation in All-American diving.

2005

March Regis Jesuit (324) outscored Monarch (205), Arapahoe (203), Fairview (174) and the rest of the 4A and 5A Colorado teams to win the Dick Rush Invitational. May The Raiders won their 13th State Championship. Both the 200 (Seth Urban ‘05, Greg Mengel ‘05, Brent Haselden ‘05 and Jay Kim ‘05) and 400 Free (Chris Good ‘05, Mengel, Urban and Haselden) relays won gold, and Chris Good won individual gold in the 100 backstroke. August In the final 2005 NISCA rankings, Regis Jesuit finished first for the fourth time, outpacing Brophy Prep (Arizona), St. Xavier (Ohio), Bellarmine Prep (CA), Mission Viejo (CA) among others.

2006

April Regis Jesuit increased the team dual meet record by defeating Arapahoe at their home pool 97- 89. May Regis Jesuit won their 14th State Championship in a row by defeating Arapahoe by nine points. Sean Moore ‘07 won the State Championship in diving and earned All-American honors. AllAmerican was achieved in six other events.

2007

March RJ won the Dick Rush Invitational in Loveland. April RJ finished the regular season by winning the 100th straight dual meet. Despite losing to Cincinnati‘s St. Xavier in 1999, Regis Jesuit had posted 222 wins and 1 loss since 1991. They had not lost a dual meet in Colorado since 1990.

May Winning all three relays and six of the twelve events, Regis Jesuit won a 15th State Championship. The 200 medley relay (Blas Yslas ‘09, Jay Kim ‘08, Peter Swanson ‘07 and John Buckley ‘07) set a new state record of 1:34.63. Jay Kim won the 200 IM, Sean Moore ‘07 won diving and John Buckley won the 100 breast. The 200 free relay included Blas Yslas, Peter Swanson, John Buckley and Callan Hetterich ‘07. The 400 free relay was made up of Jay Kim, Callan Hetterich, Charlie Patch ‘07 and Alex Reinhardt ‘09. All-American status was achieved 11 times in nine events.

2008

March Sean Moore ‘07 captured the NCAA platform diving title as a freshman at Ohio State. Regis Jesuit entered 26 swimmers in the Dick Rush Invitational, competed with 38 teams and won by 100 points. May Regis Jesuit won the 16th consecutive State Championship. The medley relay of Mike Kelly ‘08, Bryce Suchomel ‘09, Blas Yslas ‘09 and Jay Kim ‘08 won gold. Jay Kim capped off his high school swimming career at RJ (eight state golds, two State records, 18-time AllAmerican and Colorado High School Swimmer of the Year) by winning individual gold in the 200 IM and 100 fly. In the 400 free relay, swimming with Alex Reinhardt ‘09, Mike Kelly and Jeff Lassen ‘09, Kim came from behind, and ran down Heritage record setter Connor Brennan. Regis Jesuit finished with a time of 3:09.60 to Heritage‘s 3:09.61. Blas Yslas captured the 100 breaststroke title. Coach Mike Doherty was honored as Colorado Swimming Coach of the Year

2009

March Callan Hetterich ‘07 and his Denison relay team set a new 800 free relay National Record, shattering the prior record by over 3 seconds. Regis Jesuit held off the four-high school conglomerate of Highlands Ranch in a lightning-fast, nail-biter of a dual meet which included a record-setting 62 State-qualifying swims. The Raiders took 28 athletes to Loveland and outscored the other 32 teams to win the Dick Rush Invitational with 406 points. Agustin Magruder ‘04 and his U of Texas medley relay team set a new American Record of 1:23.97. April Regis Jesuit won its 250th consecutive Colorado dual meet. May Finishing the 10th consecutive undefeated dual meet season, 22 State-qualifying athletes who qualified for 56 total individual events brought home the 16th State title. The 200 medley relay of Nick Beaulieu ‘10, Blas Yslas ‘09, Bryce Suchomel ‘09 and Stephen Ratkovich ‘09 got an All-American time and set a new Colorado State record. Gold was also brought home by the 200 free relay team with an All-American time, (Yslas, Ratkovich, Gabe Wiedel ‘09, and Suchomel), Alex Reinhardt ‘09 (500 Free) and Blas Yslas (100 breast). A total of six All-American awards were earned.

2010

March Senior Matthew Long ‘10 was awarded the Hoyt Brawner Award at Coaches Invite. May Clark Smith ‘13 won the 100 fly with an All-American time at the State Meet as a freshman. Nine All-American performances were turned in by the 2010 state team.

2011

April Regis Jesuit avenged losses in 2010 by defeating the Highlands Ranch co-op and Cherry Creek in individual dual meets.

May Qualifying a record number of 31 swimmers and divers, Regis Jesuit recaptured the Colorado State Championship, winning its 18th title. Ben Fry ‘12 and Clark Smith ‘13 raced to individual gold medals in the 50 free and 100 fly 2011 State Meetrespectively, and the team of Luke Suchomel ‘11, Zach Suter '13, Michael O‘Dwyer ‘11 and Ben Fry ‘12 won the 200 free relay with an All-American time. Conor Dunn ‘12 became the first individual to qualify in diving and an individual swimming event (100 Fly). Hennessey Stuart ‘14 and Chris Dawson ‘14 broke freshmen-level records in the 100 back and 500 free respectively. A total of six All-American performances were achieved.

2012

May Joe Mullins ‘12 and Aaron Archuleta ‘12 led RJ to win the Continental A League Meet without any swimmers from the State lineup. A record 34 swimmers and divers qualified for the 2012 State Meet. 17 of 20 swimmers advanced from prelims to finals. Kyle Goodwin ‘15 and Matt Mauser ‘14 finished 1-2 in diving. Ben Fry ‘12 won the 50 free for the second consecutive year and broke Luis Lopez‘s 17 year-old team record in the 100 free. Clark Smith ‘13 won the 100 fly for the third consecutive year. Ben Fry, Zach Suter ‘13, Grayson Magruder and Clark Smith ‘13 won gold in the 200 free relay and Hennessey Stuart ‘14, Ben Fry, Clark Smith and Erik Biernat ‘13 won gold in the 400 free relay. RJ finished the meet with nine All-American performances in eight events and won its 19th Colorado State High School swimming championship. Six class and pool records as well as four team records were set during the season in addition to a new Colorado State record for the 400 free relay.

Clark Smith 2012

2013

March In the middle of a snow storm, Regis Jesuit played host to 28 swimmers from Loyola High School of California and posted a 109.5 - 60.5 dual meet victory in a battle of nationally-ranked swim programs from Jesuit schools.

2013 Loyola Boys Swim Team

April Ten of 12 pool records fell as a result of swims and dives by Erik Biernat ‘13, Kyle Goodwin ‘15, Clark Smith ‘13, Hennessey Stuart ‘14, Quinlan Stuart ‘15 and Zach Suter ‘13. RJ completed another undefeated dual meet season by beating Chaparral-Ponderosa.

May RJ again won the Continental A League Meet without any swimmers from the State line-up. Thirty-two swimmers and divers qualified for State, and for the first time in school history, flew to Grand Junction for the State Meet. Twenty-one of the 24 who competed in the meet advanced from prelims to finals. Clark Smith ‘13 won the 200 free and 100 fly, winning the later for the 4th consecutive year and set a new state and national record. Hennessey Stuart ‘14 won gold in the 200 IM and set a new State record during prelims of the 100 back. Kyle Goodwin ‘15 and Matt Mauser ‘14 went 1-2 in diving for the second straight year. Clark Smith, Zach Suter ‘13, Jesse Suchomel ‘13 and Erik Biernat ‘13 set a new State record in winning the 200 free relay while Clark Smith, Zach Suter, Hennessey Stuart and Erik Biernat shattered the State record by four seconds in the 400 free relay, also setting a National Record. RJ finished the meet with 12 All-American performances in 11 events and won State for a record 20th time. A total of ten team records were broken during the season. Clark Smith ‘13 was named Colorado Swimmer of the Year and Coach Michael Doherty was named Colorado Swimming Coach of the Year by the Denver Post. The Raiders placed first in the country for Boys Independent Schools over 900 students and second place overall for all school categories.

August After 32 years as the Regis Jesuit Boys Swim & Dive team head coach, Mike Doherty announced his retirement, leaving behind a remarkable legacy and tradition of excellence.

October Nick Frasersmith was named head coach of the RJ Boys Swim & Dive team.

2014

March Regis Jesuit won the Dick Rush Coaches Invite by over 100 points, even with a nasty virus affecting most of the team. Senior Hennessey Stuart ‘14 was awarded the Hoyt Brawner Award. RJ went undefeated in dual meets for the fourth straight year.

May RJ took second at the Continental A League Meet without any swimmers from the State line-up. Thirty-two swimmers and divers qualifed for the 2014 State Meet held at VMAC. Twenty swimmers and divers competed and 15 made it to finals as Regis Jesuit won 5A State for the 21st time, 220 points ahead of the second-place team. Hennessey Stuart ‘14 won gold in all four of his events - 200 medley relay (Hennessey Stuart, Quinlan Stuart ‘15, Chris Morales ‘15 and Will Pieseski ‘15), 200 IM, 100 back and 400 free relay. He also broke the State record in the 100 back and the 400 free relay along with Mitchell Bruckman ‘14, Chris Dawson ‘14 and Austin Phillips ‘14. Other individual State winners were Quinlan Stuart ‘15 (100 breast) and Kyle Goodwin ‘15 (diving), with Goodwin winning his third consecutive state title. At the meet, team records were set in the 200 medley relay, 200 IM, diving - 11 dives, 500 free (Chris Dawson), 100 back and 400 free relay. RJ also achieved 13 All- American performances in ten events, and Hennessey Stuart was named 2014 Colorado Swimmer of the Year.

Hennessey Stuart ‘14 State Meet 2014

June Hennessey Stuart ‘14 was awarded the Denver Post Male Prep Athlete of the Year Award. The Raiders placed second in the country for Boys Independent Schools over 900 students and third place overall for all school categories.

2015

March Clark Smith ‘13 won the 500 free at NCAA‘s swimming for the University of Texas.

May Kyle Goodwin ‘15 was named Diver of the Year for the Continental League and Colorado High School Male Athlete of the Year by Xfinity Sports. Twenty-six swimmers and two divers qualified for the 5A State Meet held at Air Force Academy where Regis Jesuit placed second to Fossil Ridge High School. Goodwin won his fourth straight diving title becoming the first male high school diver in Colorado to do so. He set a new State scoring record of 611.85 and was named 5A Colorado Diver of the Year.

Kyle Goodwin ‘15 State Meet 2015

2016

May Twenty-seven swimmers and one diver qualified for and participated at the 5A State Meet which was held at Air Force Academy for the second year in a row. Seeded eighth going into the meet, swimmers dropped 111.65 seconds and qualified for finals in every event. The medley relay of Ty Coen ‘18, Elijah Warren '18, Simon Barshay ‘16 and Alex Strepman ‘17 won the event for the 17th

time in team history with an AllAmerican time. Elijah Warren won individual gold in the 100 breast with an All-American time and new team record. The 200 free relay team of Fisher Basham ‘16, Alex Strepman, Nick Norie ‘16 and Simon Barshay also achieved an All -American time.

Elijah Warren ‘18, State Meet 2016

June Alec Scott ‘11, Clark Smith ‘13 and Hennessey Stuart ‘14 qualified to compete in the 2016 Olympic Swim Trials. Stuart finaled and placed eighth in 200 back and Smith placed sixth in 200 free which earned him a place on the 2016 Olympic swim team roster for the 4 x 200 free relay. August Clark Smith ‘13 earned a gold medal as part of the the 4 x 200 free relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

2017

March Regis Jesuit took first place at the Dick Rush Coaches Invite swim meet at VMAC. Clark Smith ‘13 set NCAA, American and U.S. Open records while winning the 500 free at the NCAA Men‘s Swimming and Diving Championships. Two days later, he won the 1650 in NCAA and American record time. May Twenty-seven swimmers and two divers qualified and competed at the 5A State Championships held at VMAC. The team came in second for the third year in a row with 253 points. All-American swims were achieved by Ty Coen ‘18 (100 fly and 100 back), Will Goodwin ‘19 (200 IM) and Elijah Warren ‘18 (100 breast) as well as in the 200 medley relay (Goodwin, Coen, Warren and Alex Strepman ‘17). Their time of 1:31.35 set a new team record. The 400 free relay of Coen, TJ Miller ‘18, Sam Jones ‘18, and Warren also achieved an All-American time.

2018

March Regis Jesuit took first place at the Dick Rush Coaches Invite swim meet at VMAC for the second year in a row. April Participating in the Mustang Invite, Regis earned fourteen state qualifying times allowing more swimmers to taper for state instead of leagues. May (Summary excerpt from Courtney Oakes, Aurora Sentinel and Sentinel Colorado). A season after Regis Jesuit finished 105 points behind Fossil Ridge, the Raiders topped the SaberCats by 4.5 points in a battle of programs that have developed the utmost respect for each other over the last handful of seasons. Elijah Warren ‘18 won individual state championships in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and swam the breaststroke leg on the meet-opening win in the 200 medley relay.

Regis Jesuit was projected to finish second to Fossil Ridge for a fourth straight season according to PrepSwimCo.com‘s rankings based on the pre-meet psych sheets, which showed a 57-point margin between the teams. That margin tightened up to 20 following an outstanding prelim session for the Raiders, which ended with what turned out to be a key result when Will Kerscher ‘20 touched out Hinkley‘s Nathan Leigh in a 200 IM swim-off for the last spot in the championship finals. That result meant at least two more points going into the championship finals and the team counted on every one of those points.

The Raiders opened the championship finals with an energizing performance in the 200 medley relay, which saw a great leadoff backstroke turned in by Ty Coen ‘18 — who was cleared only days earlier to return to the pool following a broken hand he suffered in practice — followed by Warren‘s breaststroke, Jackson Gurley ‘20 swam fly and Will Goodwin ‘19 swam the fastest 50 free relay split of the meet with a 20.18. That finish gave Regis Jesuit an Automatic All-American time of 1 minute, 30.52 seconds, enough to set the Colorado and 5A state meet record by just 0.01 of a second. Cherry Creek clocked a 1:30.53 in 2013. Goodwin then turned in a runnerup finish behind Danny Kovac of Fossil Ridge in the 200 IM in an All-American time and Warren, who was seeded second behind Mountain Range‘s Lane Austin in the 50 freestyle coming in, captured his second career state championship with a time of 20.68 seconds. Diver Quinn Henninger ‘21 was runner-up behind three-time state champion Octavio Lucero of Bear Creek in the diving competition and helped Regis Jesuit‘s cause. The team trailed by just six points after six events.

Coen turned in a career-best individual performance with his secondplace finish in the 100 backstroke behind Columbine‘s Gavin Olson then Warren and Goodwin went 1-2 in the breaststroke — with AllAmerican times of 55.01 and 55.80 seconds, respectively — to make it just a 1.5-point spread for Fossil Ridge with one event left.

The SaberCats were easily the No. 1 seed in the event after prelims with a nearly four-second cushion over the Raiders, but Coen led off, Elliot Steinberg ‘18 pushed Regis Jesuit out to a lead and Goodwin added to it before Warren jumped in to finish. Fossil Ridge‘s Kovac closed near the end but couldn‘t catch the Raiders‘ star at the end and the Raiders finished in an All-American time. All told, the Raiders won four events and achieved seven All-American performances. It was their 22nd team state championship. Elijah Warren ‘18 was named Colorado Swimmer of the Year.

August Twenty-nine members of the Regis Jesuit boys and girls swim and dive teams partcipated in the inaugural Swim Across America 5K swim in Denver benefitting Children‘s Hospital.

2019

March Regis Jesuit took first place at the Dick Rush Coaches Invitational. Senior Will Goodwin ‘19 was awarded the Hoyt Brawner Award. May Twenty-seven swimmers and a record six divers qualified for the 5A state meet that took place at VMAC. While all of them competed valiantly and had many lifetime best performances, it was not enough to match up with the depth of Cherry Creek. The Bruins won their first state championship since 1994 and Regis Jesuit finished second by just over 100 points. Quinn Henninger ‘21 was the diving champion and Will Goodwin ‘19 placed first in 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, breaking a state record by just .01 in the later. The medley relay (Sean Carr ‘20, Goodwin, Jack Clouatre ‘19 and Will Kerscher ‘20) and 400 free relay (Gio Aguirre ‘22, Sawyer Inglis ‘21, Kerscher and Goodwin) both took second place while achieving Automatic All-American times. Goodwin achieved Automatic AllAmerican times in both of his individual events as well.

Will Goodwin ‘19 State Meet 2019

August The Regis Jesuit Boys and Girls Swim and Dive Teams joined together to participate in the second annual Swim Across American Sunday at Chatfield Reservoir. The team raised $10,695 for Children's Hospital.

2020

March Spring sports in Colorado and across the country are canceled due to Covid-19. The class of 2020 are unable to enjoy their senior year on the swim and dive team. May RJ Swim and Dive members of the Class of 2020 took part in the Regis Jesuit car parade to celebrate their graduation. Impressively, all thirteen members of the class of 2020 qualified for Academic AllAmerican requiring a cumulative GPA of 3.75.

November The new covering was blessed in a covid-friendly ceremony on November 1st welcoming in years more of competition under the bubble.