Metros Retrospective: DeMatha Boys, Walter Johnson Girls Capture 2025 Team Titles
By Reach for the Wall
Photos by Marcus Chen @marcus.chen.photo
Contributions by David Meisel
February 5-8 Boyds MD
This year marked the 60th Anniversary of the Metro’s Invitational Championship meet and this year was no different than recent years, the athletes delivered some great performances! There was a considerable amount of hype concentrated on the Team titles, but also anticipation for what events the top swimmers would compete. Returning individual champions, for the Girls are Andrea Dworak (2024 200, 500 Free), Virginia Hinds (2024 100 Free, 100 Back), and Isla Bartholomew (2024 100 Breast) and for the Boys there were no returning champions, so each event was wide open. In the Team championship race, the Walter Johnson women were the early favorites while Holton Arms came into the meet fresh from winning the WMPSSDL Championship. The Boys meet was between two schools from the outset, DeMatha and Gonzaga. DeMatha started the Championship season by winning the National Catholic meet in early January, while Gonzaga won the WCAC and WMPSSDL meets by slim margins. Thus, the Metro meet was
As reported in our earlier post, the diving competition took place Wednesday for the Boys and Thursday for the Girls, with Whitman garnering 63 points in the Boys competition and B-CC girls capturing 61 while the Whitman girls started the meet with 58.
The prelim races were fairly typical Saturday morning, however with the threat of wintery weather, the meet directors decided to conduct the Final session 90 minutes earlier with the meet starting at 4pm. Standout swims came from Griffin Oehler (Georgetown Prep) in winning the 200IM and 100 Backstroke. Throughout his season, he showed versatility, posting top times at the WMPSSDL Championship in the 200 freestyle-1:37.64 (#27 in the country) and at the National Catholic meet winning 100 Breaststroke in 55.41 (#42 in the country). Other two event winners were Andrea Dworak (Blake), who defended her titles from last year in the 200 and 500 Free, achieving Automatic All American times in both races. Virginia Hinds (B-CC) the other 2 event winner (100 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke) was also recognized as the Outstanding Swimmer of the meet for her win in the 100 Freestyle in 49.35!
Here’s the Top 3 in each event, with indicators if the swim qualified for NISCA All American status and when applicable if the performance is listed in SwimCloud within the top 100 high school swims across the US. Scroll to the bottom of the post to catch photos highlighting the supportive teammates!
200 Medley Relay
Boys
- DeMatha 1:32.62 (AAC) #39 in the country
- Walter Johnson 1:32.79 (AAC) #45 in the country
- Georgetown Prep 1:33.06 (AAC) #52 in the country
Girls
- Stone Ridge 1:45.57 (AAC)
- Good Counsel 1:46.77
- B-CC 1:46.81
200 Freestyle
Boys
1 Mikhail Kojanov (Blair) 1:37.39 AAAU #18 in the country
2 Andrejs Brooks (Gonzaga) 1:38.58 AAC #53 in the country
3 Joshua Lopez DeMatha 1:39.70 AAC #83 in the country
Girls
1 Andrea Dworak (Blake) 1:48.55 AAAU #36 in the country
2 Celia Watkins Good Counsel 1:52.76
3 Elanor Saybolt Walter Johnson 1:53.03
200 IM
Boys
1 Griffin Oehler Georgetown Prep 1:47.32 AAAU #13 in the country
2 Luc Dionne Walter Johnson 1:50.00 AAC #49 in the country
3 Edward Devinney Churchill 1:51.55
Girls
1 Madeleine Simmons Walter Johnson 2:03.09 AAC #77 in the country
2 Kellie Kincaid Good Counsel 2:03.25 AAC #86 in the country
3 Lexie Bishop St. John’s 2:04.08 AAC
3 Maria Webb Magruder 2:04.08 AAC
50 Freestyle
Boys
1 Jayson Ross 20.45 DeMatha AAC #41 in the country
2 Andrew Vanas Georgetown Prep 20.56 AAC #51 in the country
3 Tyler Coapstick 20.76 Wootton AAC
Girls
1 Gabrielle Day Bullis 23.50 AAC
2 Samantha Roemer Stone Ridge 23.63
3 Anna Nishnianidze Wootton 23.71
100 Butterfly
Boys
1 Andrejs Brooks Gonzaga 48.44 AAC #40 in the country
2 Alexander Jungbluth DeMathja 48.84 AAC #64 in the country
3 Noah Potter Walter Johnson 48.88 AAC #67 in the country
Girls
1 Maria Webb Magruder 54.84 AAC
2 Madeleine Simmons Walter Johnson 55.67
3 Lexie Bishop St. John’s 55.88
100 Freestyle
Boys
- Palmer Bice Gonzaga 44.68 AAAU #39 in the country
- Andrew Vanas Georgetown Prep 44.83 AAC #51 in the country
- Tyler Coapstick Wootton 45.82
Girls
- Virginia Hinds B-CC 49.35 AAAU #19 in the country
- Gabrielle Day Bullis 51.31
- Hannah Clattenburg Maret 51.45
500 Freestyle
Boys
1 Joshua Lopez DeMatha 4:28.99 AAC (Prelims) 4:30.43 (Finals) #41 in the country
2 Tyler Kominski Sherwood 4:28.65 AAC (Prelims) 4:33.66 (Finals) #36 in the country
3. Leopold Nurit Whitman 4:35.34
Also note in prelims, Charlie Begin Churchill 4:31.38 #64 in the country and Alexander Nguyen Richard Montgomery 4:32.08 #78 in the country also earned AAC standard times.
Girls
1 Andrea Dworak Blake 4:52.63 (Prelims) AAAU 4:56.06 Finals #42 in the country
2 Kellie Kincaid Good Counsel 4:57.86 AAC
3 Elanor Saybolt Walter Johnson 4:59.73
200 Freestyle Relay
Boys
1 DeMatha 1:23.94 AAAU #29 in the country
2 Gonzaga 1:24.05 AAAU #33 in the country
3 Whitman 1:26.70
Girls
1 Walter Johnson 1:36.38 AAC #84 in the country
2 Whitman 1:37.75
3 B-CC 1:37.77
Backstroke
Boys
1 Griffin Oehler Georgetown Prep 48.49 AAAU #22 in the country
2 Quinn Marchionini Northwest 49.45 AAC #48 in the country
3 Mikhail Kojanov Blair 49.92 AAC #82 in the country
Girls
1 Virginia Hinds B-CC 54.01 AAAU
2 Celia Watkins Good Counsel 55.78 AAC
3 Lindsay Young Blair 56.70
Breaststroke
Boys
1 Luc Dionne Walter Johnson 55.37 AAC #40 in the country
2 Nathan Widman St. Anselm’s 56.38 AAC
3 Charlie Greenwood St. Alban’s 57.47
Girls
1 Catherine Bu Churchill 1:03.81 AAC
2 Mimi Moore Blair 1:04.13
3 Isla Bartholomew Walter Johnson 1:04.14
400 Freestyle Relay
Boys
1 Gonzaga 3:03.52 AAAU #21 in the country
2 DeMatha 3:04.90 AAAU #38 in the country
3 Georgetown Prep 3:04.91 AAAU #37 in the country *
*Prep swam Easterns a week after Metros and posted a 3:04.74, earning the 37th spot in the country.
Girls
1 Walter Johnson 3:31.93
2 Churchill 3:33.99
3 St.John’s 3:36.70
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