DG North Girls Swim and Dive Wins First-Ever Conference Title

The Downers Grove North Lady Trojans Swim and Dive team are all about making history, and their performance at conference championships was no different. 

The team brought home top honors, winning the girls swim and dive program's first-ever conference championship.

DGN won every relay, and took every title excluding the 200-yard free and 1-meter diving, finishing with an unbeatable 306 total points. 

The host team Lyons Township was 2nd with 233, Hinsdale Central 3rd with 224.5, York 4th with 174.5, Glenbard Co-op in 5th with 156.5, and Oak Park-River Forest in 6th with 145.5.  

Highlights included:

200 Medley Relay 

• 1st place DGN*: Gabby Sims, Gaby Serniute, Daria Wick, Emily Albrecht, time of 1:49.33. *NEW CONFERENCE RECORD

200 Freestyle     

• 2nd: Lindsay Mathys, 1:56.23
• 7th: Natalie Costello, 2:01.32

200 IM               

• 1st: Gaby Serniute, 2:10.04
• 2nd: Maddy Sims, 2:12.53

50 Freestyle        

• 1st: Emily Albrecht, 23.95—NEW CONFERENCE RECORD
• 12th: Ellie Arand, 26.57

1 Meter Diving  

• 3rd: Emily Aument, 381.75 pts
• 6th: Elizabeth Aument, 344.10 pts

• 1st: Maddy Sims, 59.14
• 2nd: Daria Wick, 1:00.75

100 Freestyle

• 1st: Gabby Sims, 52.99
• 5th: Cassandra Candel, 56.56

• 1st: Lindsay Mathys, 5:11.56
• 8th: Natalie Costello, 5:28.48

200 Freestyle Relay

• 1st: DGN – Gaby Serniute, Daria Wick, Maddy Sims, Emily Albrecht, 1:39.93

100 Backstroke 

• 1st: Gabby Sims, 58.95
• 8th: Cassandra Candel, 1:04.95

• 1st: Gaby Serniute, 1:08.89
• 5th: Ellie Arand, 1:12.09

400 Freestyle Relay 

• 1st, DGN: Emily Albrecht, Maddy Sims, Lindsay Mathys, Gabby Sims, 3:37.97

The team moves on to sectionals Saturday, Nov. 16.