The Brophy swimming and diving team won the 35th Annual Brophy/Xavier Invitational with 368 points behind two event winners, three top-three relay performances, and nine top-five placers. Junior Ashton Joswiak won the 500 free in 4:35.25, and junior Mark Heffern touching first in the 200 individual medley in 1:55.23 were among the top performances.
Joswiak’s mark broke the record set in 2014 by Brophy’s Matt Ottman (4:35.33), one of the longest-standing marks set 10 years ago.
Patrick Dunn was third in the 200 free (1:44.51) and 500 free (4:39.58), while Markus Crawford was fourth in the 200 individual medley behind Heffern in 2:01.79. Asher Gomez was third in the 50 free in 21.98 and fourth in the 100 free in 48.30, while Heffern returned to place third in the 100 fly in 51.99. Finn Conley was fifth in the 100 backstroke in 55.89.
All three relays had state qualifying performances, starting with the 200 medley relay (Joswiak, Crawford, Conley, Oudman), which placed second in 1:41.12. The 200 free relay, with Thomas McCauley, Heffern, Gomez, and Frank Sunderhaus, placed third in 1:28.60. The 400 free relay, with Heffern, Dunn, Gomez, and Conley, closed out the meet with a second in 3:14.35.
Results from the 35th Annual Brophy/Xavier Diving Invitational
Combined Team Standings
Pinnacle, 450; 2. Desert Vista, 392; 3. Mountain View, 368.
Girls Team Standings
Xavier, 357; 2. Desert Vista, 277; 3. Pinnacle, 168.
Boys Team Standings
Brophy 368; 2. Pinnacle, 262; 3. Millennium, 241.
Brophy/Xavier Invitational Individual Results:
200y Medley Relay - 2. Brophy (Joswiak, Crawford, Conley, Oudman) 1:41.12; 200 Free - 3. Patrick Dunn, 1:44.51; 6. Ashton Joswiak, 1:47.47; 14. Levi Gomez, 1:51.31; 15. Mitchell Bailey, 1:52.01, 200y IM - 1. Mark Heffern, 1:55.23; 4. Markus Crawford, 2:01.79; 8. James Wood, 2:04.29; 21. Lawrence Geer, 2:12.91 50y Free - 3. Asher Gomez, 21.98; 8. Frank Sunderhaus, 22.74; 12. John Scholz, 22.85; 14. Tristan Oudman, 23.08; 100y Fly - 3. Mark Heffern, 51.99; 6. Finn Conley, 52.82; 14. Grady Garbarino, 55.54; 17. Kalina August, 56.77; 100y Free - 4. Asher Gomez, 48.30; 10. Thomas McCauley, 49.52; 12. Tristan Oudman, 49.98; 21. Brayden Harrison, 51.58; 500y Free - 1. Ashton Joswiak, 4:35.25; 3. Patrick Dunn, 4:39.58; 7. Markus Crawford, 4:50.17; 9. Levi Gomez, 4:55.14; 200y Free Relay - 3. Brophy (McCauley, Heffern, Gomez, Sunderhaus), 1:28.60; 100y Back - 5. Finn Conley, 55.89; 7. John Scholz, 56.19; 10. James Wood, 57.63; 30. Jack Huebner, 1:02.58; 100y Breast - 13. Grady Garbarino, 1:04.53; 25. Brayden Harrison, 1:07.91; 26. Lawrence Geer, 1:08.39; 29. Zach Basha, 1:09.20; 400y Free Relay - 2. Brophy (Heffern, Dunn, Gomez, Conley) 3:14.35; Diving - 16. Jonah Geist, 297.85; 23. Chase Cannon, 238.05; 24. Ben Brooks, 213.00; 28. Ryken Aston, 173.20.