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Swimming Garners Nine All-Region Honors

11/15/2022

The 2022 Brophy College Preparatory swimming and diving team was recognized with nine All-Premier Region honors including four first-team honors.

Senior Gabriel Gonda and sophomore Caden Oprandy both earned two individual and two relay honors. Gonda was a first-team choice in the 100 backstroke (third at the state meet in 51.03) and the second team in the 100 butterfly (2nd/49.87), while Oprandy was first-team in the 100 breaststroke (4th/58.15) and second-team in the 200 individual medley 99th/1:56.95).

Gonda led off the 200 medley relay with freshman Mark Heffern, junior Theodore Neilson and senior Rodrigo Carvajal, earning first-team honors, while Carvajal, Oprandy, senior Finnegan Crawford and Gonda were the all-region first-team honorees in the 200 freestyle relay.

Four Broncos were named all-region second team including Crawford in the 200 freestyle (6th/1:41.58), Oprandy in the 200 individual medley (9th/1:56.95), Gonda in the 100 butterfly 92nd/49.87) and Nielson in the 100 breaststroke (5th/48.20).

The 400 freestyle relay was also named to the all-region second team with a foursome of Oprandy, Crawford, Heffern and Asher Gomez.

2022 All-Premier Region Boys Swim/Dive

First Team

200 Medley Relay: Brophy-Gabriel Gonda, Mark Heffern, Theodore Neilson, Rodrigo Carvajal
200 Freestyle Relay: Brophy-Rodrigo Carvajal, Caden Oprandy, Finnegan Crawford, Gabriel Gonda
100 Backstroke: Gabriel Gonda-Brophy
100 Breaststroke: Caden Oprandy-Brophy

Second Team

200 Freestyle: Finnegan Crawford-Brophy
200 Individual Medley: Caden Oprandy-Brophy
100 Butterfly: Gabriel Gonda-Brophy
100 Breaststroke: Theodore Neilson-Brophy
400 Freestyle Relay: Brophy-Caden Oprandy, Finnegan Crawford, Mark Heffern, Asher Gomez