The high school swim season came to a close for all but one Coronado athlete on May 4 in the CIF-San Diego Section swim finals.
Junior Chloe Quarles not only qualified for the 2024 CIF state swimming and diving championships with her time of 56:58 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, but also broke her past school record of 57:92 seconds in that event at the CIF finals on May 4.
Quarles said one of her main goals for the 100-butterfly was to get a time that would qualify for the USA Swimming Futures Championships in July.
“I was really excited,” Quarles said. “Honestly, I was pretty nervous because I was going for a time for a Futures cut, which is just a different standard for club swimming, so I was really just trying to drop more time because I was super close to it.”
She made the cut for the Futures Championships by .01 seconds.
Quarles also shaved off about half a second from Coronado High School’s previous 200-yard individual medley (IM) record, which was previously set by Alex Rodman in 2013.
She placed second in the 100-yard fly behind a girl who broke the CIF record. She said she finished about a full-body length ahead of the third place finish.
“I was racing seven other people,” Quarles said of her qualifying race. “It was actually really exciting just because it’s totally a different atmosphere than any other meet.”
Quarles was an alternate for last year’s state finals, so this upcoming weekend will be her first time actually swimming in a state meet.
“It’s been really fun,” Quarles said of this year’s swim season at CHS. “I love the environment; everyone’s always cheering at the meets and …supporting each other.”
Quarles’ strong performance in the CIF finals follows a season laced with successful accomplishments for both her and the rest of the team.
Other notable performances at the CIF finals on May 4:
Boys relays:
- In the boys 200-yard freestyle relay, David Abdul Samad, Gage Everitt, Spencer Williams and Ryan Mondzelewski placed third.
- In the boys 200-yard medley relay, Boone Barnum, Luca Morocco, Gage Everitt and David Abdul Samad placed eighth.
- The boys 400-yard free relay team (Ryan Mondzelewski, Spencer Williams, Jake Walker, Luca Morocco) had an eighth place finish.
Boys Individual swims:
- Gage Everitt finished in first place for the 100-yard fly and finished second in the 100-yard back.
- David Abdul Samad finished 12th in the 100-yard free.
- Ryan Mondzelewski placed 16th in both the 50-yard free and the 100-yard free.
- Luca Morocco finished 11th in the 200-yard IM.
Girls Relays:
- In the 200-yard medley relay, Jillian Stachowicz, Kate Hutcherson, Harper Gilbert and Chloe Quarles placed 6th.
- In the 200-yard free, Chloe Quarles, Kate Hutcherson, Jamison Everitt and Megan Ledgerwood placed third.
- In the 400-yard free, Jamison Everitt, Mirren Fallon, Megan Ledgerwood and Jillian Stachowicz placed 9th.
Girls Individual Swims:
- Kate Hutcherson got fifth place in the 50-yard free.
- Jamison Everitt placed 12th in the 200-yard free and 10th in the 100-yard fly.
- Jillian Stachowicz finished 13th in the 200-yard IM and 11th in the 100-yard breast.
- Caraline Wastilla placed 16th in the 500-yard free.
