FCDS Girls’ Varsity Swim Team Wins State Championship for the Second Straight Year
Congratulations to the Fury girls’ varsity swim team for its back-to-back NCISAA state championship win and to the boys’ team for their runner-up finish! It is the first time in school history when both the girls’ and boys’ teams have finished in the top two.
“To accomplish this in a year when we’ve had more obstacles and less pool time is a huge testament to these swimmers,” said Head Coach Rachel Baker ’13, who leads the team with Co-Head Coach Sawyer Hubbard. “These swimmers stayed committed and took advantage of every opportunity. We were thankful just to have a season at all, so this was better than we could have hoped for!
The girls won their meet with 368 points, beating out Cape Fear Academy with 302 and third-place finisher The Asheville School with 261.5 points.
The boys, who made huge progress over last year, missed the win by 70 points. The Asheville School took state honors with 398 points, FCDS scored 328, and Asheville Christian came in third with 254 points.
FCDS had eight All-State athletes: Carstyn Klosterman, Lexie Breitling, Saanvi Pawa, Eva Hollar, James Snyder, Steven Insixiengmay, Nathan Jao, and Chris Bannigan.
The school broke three state records: Nathan Jo in the 50 free and the 100 free, and Steven Insixiengmay in the 100 breast. The boys broke five school records (see below).
Awards
First Place Finishes
Girls’ 200 Medley Relay - Carstyn Klosterman, Lexie Breitling, Saanvi Pawa, Eva Hollar
Boys’ 200 Medley Relay - James Snyder, Steven Insixiengmay, Nathan Jao, Chris Bannigan, setting a new school record of 1:37.14.
Girls’ 200 Free - Carstyn Klosterman
Girls’ 50 Free - Eva Hollar
Boys’ 50 Free - Nathan Jao. Nathan broke the state record and his own school record with a time of 21.02.
Girls’ 100 Free - Eva Hollar
Boys’ 100 Free - Nathan Jao. Nathan broke the state record and his own school record with a time of 45.83.
Girls’ 500 Free - Carstyn Klosterman
Boys’ 100 Breast - Steven Insixiengmay. Steven bettered his own state and school records with a time of 56.49.
Second Place Finishes
Boys’ 200 IM - Steven Insixiengmay
Boys’ 200 Free Relay - Chris Bannigan, Steven Insixiengmay, Erik Petruzzi, and Nathan Jao, setting a new school record of 1:27.73
Girls’ 100 Back - Saanvi Pawa
Boys’ 100 Breast - Erik Petruzzi
Girls’ 400 Free Relay- Eva Hollar, Saanvi Pawa, Anika Pawa, Carstyn Klosterman
Boys’ 400 Free Relay- Erik Petruzzi, Aaron Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, James Snyder
Third Place Finishes
Girls’ 100 Fly - Saanvi Pawa
Boys’ 100 Fly - Erik Petruzzi
Girls’ 200 Free Relay - Lexie Breitling, Addison Davis, Rae Klosterman, Anika Pawa
The year the swim team totaled 29 members, which is the largest team in school history. Congratulations to: Eva Hollar, Lexie Breitling, Mary Gray Speakman, Lydia Tyrell, Carstyn Klosterman, James Snyder, Chris Bannigan, Nathan Jao, Steven Insixiengmay, Sonya McNatt, Katherine Li, Saanvi Pawa, Aaron Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Nichols, Sam Speakman, Alec Jin, Kurt Petruzzi, Rae Klosterman, Megan Coates, Madeleine Stark, Addison Davis, Olivia McNatt, Anika Pawa, Addison Winter, Grant Faraci, Harris Breitling, Patrick Perrot, and Mia Fitzsimmons.
Forsyth Country Day School (FCDS) is a private, college preparatory, independent school for preschool through high school located in Lewisville, NC, just outside of Winston-Salem. Students benefit from a challenging academic curriculum, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide selection of extracurricular activities.
Non-Discrimination Policy: Forsyth Country Day School is committed to administering all education and employment activities without discrimination based on one’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Non-Discrimination Policy: Forsyth Country Day School is committed to administering all education and employment activities without discrimination based on one’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
