Loomis Girls Wrap up Record-Setting Swim Season

The Loomis Chaffee girls swim team cemented their place among the premier swimming and diving programs in New England this past season. Coach Bob DeConinck's squad finished fifth out of 32 teams in the New England championship earlier this month, which came on the heels of a first-place finish in the Founders League championship for the third year in a row.

Loomis placed first in six races in the Founders League championship: 200-meter individual medley (Samantha Pierce), 100-meter butterfly (Samantha Pierce), 100-meter freestyle (Sela Wang), 200-meter freestyle relay (CeCe Coffey, Samantha Pierce, Kendra Waters, and Kaily Williams), 100-meter backstroke (Sela Wang), and the 400-meter freestyle relay (CeCe Coffey, Megan Farrell, Samantha Pierce, and Sela Wang).

The Pelicans' recorded a 6-4 team record during the regular season, but their standout individuals performances contributed to their Founders League win and the breaking of multiple school records this winter.

Pierce broke the school's 100-meter freestyle time, finishing in 52.47 seconds in the New England championship at Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH). The record time and her finish in the 200-meter freestyle qualify her for All-American consideration.

Pierce, Wang, Waters and Williams joined forces to set a school and New England record in the 200-meter medley relay in January, swimming a time of 2:04.42.  During the same meet, Pierce broke a 24-year-old, 200-meter individual medley school record with a time of 2:25.90.