CORA at HGC Meet Recap

The score breakdown by division was as follows:

• Novice: HGC 498, CORA 414
• Advanced: CORA 169, HGC 87
• Junior Varsity: CORA 91, HGC 40
• Varsity: CORA 105, HGC 26
• Senior Varsity: CORA 139, HGC 64
• Combined Team Scores: CORA 909, HGC 715

Harper Grace Johnson headlined a record-breaking night for the Stingrays, first smashing the 30-year-old Girls’ 11-12 100-Yard IM team record with a blazing 1:07.09—surpassing CORA legend Rebecca Harper’s 1994 mark of 1:07.47. She followed it up with a 35.16 in the 50-Yard Breaststroke, toppling Josie Bragg’s long-standing 1989 record of 35.87. Carter Rettig added to her growing CORA legacy, clocking a 26.56 in the Girls’ 13-14 50-Yard Freestyle to narrowly edge out Lindsey Winston’s 2009 record of 26.69. The night closed with a dominant performance by the 13-14 medley relay team—Maren Minor, Diego Salinas, Nate Doran, and Carter Rettig—who blew past the 2023 record with a time of 2:07.34, shaving over four seconds off the previous standard set by Laila Feldman, Zach Martin, Brogan VanLesser, and Carter Jiancristoforo (2:11.50).

Quadruple winners were: Andrew Austin, Tucker Barnes, Rebecca Crady, Charlie Doran, Nate Doran, Harper Grace Johnson, Oliver Merritt, Maren Minor, Parker Nystrom, Carter Rettig, Diego Salinas, Layne Smith, and Cecelia Thorne.

Triple winners were: Quinn Holt, Sean Rettig, Paolo Tique, Brogan VanLesser, Aubrey Wittwer, John Grayson Ballou, and Madeline Fogg.

Congratulations to all of our Stingray swimmers on another amazing performance!

This meet was a true team triumph—so many of you stepped up to the occasion, pushing through tough conditions and giving it your all. Despite having fewer swimmers, we came together and secured a nearly 200-point victory! The coaches couldn’t be prouder of your sportsmanship, determination, and passion. Let’s carry this momentum into our final two meets and make this season one for the ages!

- Coach Paul