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RALEIGH – In the first event of the 2016 NCHSAA 4A Swimming & Diving Championships, Holly Springs’ Andrew Capobianco outclassed the field defeating his nearest competitor, Connor Callahan of Panther Creek by 42.35 points. Callahan was the defending champion of the event.
After the victory by Capobianco, Holly Springs only trails Hough, who placed two divers in the points in the event and holds a narrow six-point advantage heading into the swimming events tomorrow.
In the women’s competition divers from Hough placed first and second. Jocelyn Porter brought home top honors with a score of 477.65. Jennifer Giacolone came in second place just 1.5 points in front of Alyssa Wang of East Chapel Hill.
Hough women had four divers place in the points in the competition and are out to a commanding 45-point advantage heading into the swimming events.
The 4A swimming events are scheduled for Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary tomorrow, February 11th.
Preliminary rounds begin at 8:30 tomorrow morning with the finals set for 4:45 pm.
4A Men’s Diving Results
PL. NAME SCHOOL TOTAL PTS. 1 Andrew Capobianco Holly Springs 593.85 20 2 Connor Callahan Panther Creek 551.5 17 3 Holt Gray Broughton 513.5 16 4 Noah Zawadzki Northwest Guilford 482.2 15 5 Logan Andrews Hough 475.4 14 6 Quinlan DeVal Middle Creek 466.7 13 7 Austin Campbell Hough 367 12 8 Ethan Foster South Mecklenburg 325.65 11 9 Gordon White Providence 315.7 9 10 Grant Tinsley Little Millbrook 298.65 7 11 Luke Foster South Mecklenburg 297.3 6 12 Trent Igoe Mount Tabor 287.65 5 13 Seamus Beecher Ardrey Kell 286.8 4 14 Kevin Smith Green Hope 271.65 3 15 Alex Holden Page 223.7 2 16 Brandon Hager Grimsley 213.25 1 17 Jack Stephens Page 168.2 18 Braden Womack Hopewell 167.05 19 Jackson Forstyth Apex 164.45 20 Trey Spence Myers Park 154.15 21 Lee Watts R.J. Reynolds 96.65 22 Bennett Butler Broughton 95.95 23 Tommy Smigla East Chapel Hill 92.35 Jacob Eastman R.J. Reynolds Scratch 4A Men’s Team Standings after 1 event TEAM POINTS 1 Hough 26 2 Holly Springs 20 t3 Panther Creek 17 t3 South Mecklenburg 17 5 Broughton 16 6 Northwest Guilford 15 7 Middle Creek 13 8 Providence 9 9 Millbrook 7 10 Mount Tabor 5 11 Ardrey Kell 4 12 Green Hope 3 13 Page 2 14 Grimsley 1 4A Women's Diving 1 Jocelyn Porter Hough 477.65 20 2 Jennifer Giacalone Hough 451.1 17 3 Alyssa Wang East Chapel Hill 449.6 16 4 Katelyn Abernathy Hough 429.35 15 5 Emma McPeeters Page 414.3 14 6 Natalie Brown South Mecklenburg 377.35 13 7 Caroline Guice Hough 366.75 12 8 Hope Byrum Providence 331.95 11 9 Maya Aizhulova Apex 315.15 9 10 Brigita Burgess Grimsley 313.05 7 11 Emily Andsanger Charlotte Catholic 304.6 6 12 Madison Ford North Mecklenburg 304.3 5 13 Leah Glisson Riverside 293.1 4 14 Rebecca Shell Page 284 3 15 Kathryn Coladonato Page 276.65 2 16 Julianna Salcido Cardinal Gibbons 273.45 1 17 Daisy Fanjoy Sanderson 188.95 18 Sophia Ehlin Green Hope 180.5 19 Megan Gale Sanderson 173.9 20 Elizabeth Gamble Leesville Road 164.15 21 Rachel Menechella Middle Creek 110.4 22 Alexandra LaRocca Millbrook 87.2 23 Mary Catherine Adams Sanderson 77.6 Ashley Cram Page Scratch 4A Women’s Team Standings after 1 event TEAM POINTS 1 Hough 64 2 Page 19 3 East Chapel Hill 16 4 South Mecklenburg 13 5 Providence 11 6 Apex 9 7 Grimsley 7 8 Charlotte Catholic 6 9 North Mecklenburg 5 10 Riverside 4 11 Cardinal Gibbons 1
