41 Gauchos on the ECHS Swim Team competed at the TCAL League Championship meet on Thursday May 1, and came away with an almost clean sweep! The ECHS Varsity Girls won the TCAL pennant! Earning 419 points, they were 50 points ahead of 2nd place Albany HS. The ECHS Varsity Boys came in 2nd with 327 points, after Hercules (352), and ahead of Albany (305), SPSV (304), and the remaining 5 competing teams. In addition to the success of the Varsity squads, both the JV Girls and the JV Boys won their divisions. 

The swim season isn’t over yet! Several swimmers earned consideration times for qualification in the NCS sectional championship meet that will be contested this Friday and Saturday. These include:

Sophomore Ellie de Hart in the 500 yd free (with a new TCAL meet record!) AND 100 yd backstroke

Senior Mya de Hart in the 200 yd IM AND 100 yd backstroke

Senior Nate Willett Burfoot in the 200 yd IM AND 100 yd backstroke

Mya, Miki Berliner, Ellie, and Hollyce Bauer in the Girls 200 yd medley relay AND 400 yd free relay

Nate, Tetsuya Shiozaki, Gabe Sabatini, and Finn Carr in the Boys 200 yd medley relay