BRISTOL — The Providence County Day/St. Raphael Academy co-op recorded a pair of impressive doubles Friday night, Feb. 17, in the Division IV Championships held at the Roger Williams University aquatics center, sweeping the league meet titles while also defending its girls’ crown.

PCD/SRA won the inaugural girls’ D-IV championship last winter and defended its trophy last weekend by scoring 432 points. As they did in both meets, the locals used their superior depth to dispatch their opposition. Pilgrim was a distant second with 325 points and Blackstone Valley Prep third with 260. East Providence High School placed sixth out of seven teams with 116 points.

“The girls were hurt by illness, but those who swim did great,” said EPHS head coach Bob Hassan.

On the boys’ side, PCD/SRA, which shared first place in the dual meet regular season with EPHS and BVP, narrowly won its first D-IV title with 322 points. Blackstone Valley won eight of the 11 events, but it wasn’t enough as the team earned 321 points. The Townies were third with 247. Middletown, which won the first ever D-IV boys' title last year, participated in Division III this winter.

More girls’ notes
The Knights/Saints began and ended the girls’ meet with relay wins.

The team of Maggie Iannella, Maggie Holland, Korryn Cartwright and Abby Waring were fastest in the 200 yard medley with a time of 2 minutes, 1.18 seconds to start the festivities.

To close them, Cartwright, Waring, Holland and Denise Castavos clocked a winning time of 2:04.69 to take the 400 free. The EPHS side of Cassie Delude, Aalina Amoros, Maggie Robinson and Ines Benadouda were third in 5:49.05.

In between, Cartwright won the first solo swim, finishing with a 2:02.45 in the 200 freestyle. Teammates Meghan McCann (2:25.46) and Finley Stock Guild (2:32.76) were third and fourth respectively with EP’s Delude sixth in 2:50.14.

Holland made it two in a row for the locals, clocking a 2:13.91 to give PCD/SRA the victory in the 200 individual medley. EP’s Benadouda was second in 2:42.56 with PCD/SRA’s Leah Blanchette third in 2:56.61.

Waring was third for PCD/SRA in the 50 free with a time of 28.42. Mikaela Ravanalea of Mount St. Charles won the event in 28.28. Robinson led the Townies in ninth with a 35.05.

Katie Chiappetta of BVP won the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.72, outpacing PCD/SRA’s Cartwright in second (1:00.65) and McCann in third (1:29.03). Delude was the top Townie in the race, swimming sixth in 1:47.48.

A couple of Mount swimmers, including the winner Amanda Masse (1:01.3), finished ahead of PCD/SRA’s Waring (third, 1:04.97) in the 100 free.

Iannella provided the Knights/Saints with a victory in the 500 free, clocking a 6:36.54 before teammates McCann, Castavos, Blanchette and Stock Guild won the mid-meet 200 free relay in 1:56.13.

Chiappetta added her second solo win for BVP, taking the 100 backstroke in 58.94 with Castavos of PCD/SRA second in 1:11.2 and East Providence’s Benadouda third in 1:12.63 just ahead of Iannella in fourth (1:12.66).

Holland capped the individual portion of the meet in style for PCD/SRA winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.79 with mate Stock Guild third in 1:27.08.

More boys’ notes
The lone event win of the evening for the EPHS boys came during the final swim of the night in the 400 free relay as the team of Ryan Branch, Gavin Hanley, Kevin Bettencourt and Nick Capobianco clocked a time of 4:01.04.

To open the event, Capobianco, Branch, Bettencourt and London Coogan finished fourth (2:07.47) in the 200 medley relay, which was won by BVP in 1:59.75. PCD/SRA was second as Martine Conceicao, Rob Pascale, Matt Cabral and Ryan Boline clocked a 2:02.41.

EP’s Branch was second in the 200 free with a 2:08.21 with Hanley fourth in 2:29.54. Boline led PCD/SRA in third with a 2:15.96. Dariel Delzas of BVP won the event in 2:08.2.

Jackson Chiappetta also of BVP won the 200 IM in 2:04.84 with Capobianco second in 2:16.33 and PCD/SRA’s Cabral third in 2:20.22. Bettencourt was fifth in 2:56.15.

Tolman’s Jajacob Santiago won the 50 free in 24.83 with EP’s Coogan third in 29.18 and Sam Wells of PCD/SRA fourth in 29.55.

Nicholas Iannetta of BVP won the 100 butterfly in 57.81 with Cabral of PCD/SRA second in 1:02.86 and EP’s Coogan fourth in 1:31.19.

Delzas added his second solo win for BVP in the 100 free with a time of 56.35. Conceicao of PCD/SRA was third in 1:01.8 with EP’s Hanley fourth in 1:05.35.

Likewise, Iannetta was a double-winner for BVP clocking a 5:40.25 in the 500 free. EP’s Branch was second in 6:09.61 and Alex Legner of PCD/SRA third in 7:39.38.

BVP won the mid-meet 200 free relay in 1:48.2 with the PCD/SRA quartet of Wells, Calvin Tu, Hugo Sotelo and Owen Bruno third in 2:06.76.

Chiappetta gave BVP a hat-trick of double individual champs as he won the 100 backstroke in 54.44 with EP’s Capobianco second in 1:00.67. Boline was fourth for PCD/SRA in 1:11.29.

Bettencourt was second in the last solo event, swimming a 1:28.18 in the 100 breaststroke, won in 1:20.19 by Tyler McDonald of Mount St. Charles. Pascale was fourth for the PCD/SRA in 1:32.95.

Of the performance of the EPHS boys, Hassan said, "Nick Capobianco had a great meet dropping time in 200 IM and 100 back. And The 400 free relay was amazing placing first with amazing splits including Nick in the anchor going an unbelievable best time of 52.90.”

— East Providence Post and eastbayri.com contributing photographer Julie Furtado shot the accompanying gallery of photos.