Cape swim teams win Henlopen Conference championships
Cape girls win by two points over Sussex Academy
The Cape Henlopen boys’ and girls’ swim teams celebrate Henlopen Conference championships Feb. 8. Shown in back are (l-r) Weston Bohl, Kieran Morrissey, Liam Drevno, Kolbe Green, Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brooks Leonhartt, Brady Schell and coach Rick Brokaw.
In the third row are Hugh Jack, Jacob Gabbard, Ryan Morgan, Jaxen Edwards, Kyle Green, Davis Mault, Jack Bain, Cole Huxtable and coach Pete Olson. In the second row are Mia Jaoude, Sidney Caldwell, Molly Daniel, Lily Phile, Isla Touw, Zoey Neufeld and Natalie Schneider. In front are Addison Freebery, Leah Sullivan, Mia Thompson, Hailey Hassell, Jenna Reinhold, Hayden Hazzard, Gianna Brown, coach Bill Geppert and coach Colleen Bailey. DAN COOK PHOTOS
The Cape boys’ team comprises in back (l-r) Kieran Morrissey, Liam Drevno, Kolbe Green, Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brooks Leonhartt and Brady Schell. In front are Weston Bohl, Hugh Jack, Jacob Gabbard, Ryan Morgan, Jaxen Edwards, Kyle Green, Davis Mault, Jack Bain and Cole Huxtable.
The Cape girls’ team comprises in back (l-r) Hayden Hazzard, Molly Daniel, Leah Sullivan, Jenna Reinhold, Mia Jaoude, Zoey Neufeld and Isla Touw. In front are Gianna Brown, Sidney Caldwell, Hailey Hassell, Mia Thompson, Addison Freebery, Lily Phile and Natalie Schneider.
The Sussex Academy girls won the regular-season Henlopen Conference championship. Shown in back are coaches Nico Caceras and Tom Martiner. In the third row are (l-r) Anna Mumford, Willet Cole, Kendall Rhodes and June Hale. In the second row are Caitlyn Perchiniak, Samantha Petty, Kimia Langroudi, Camila Figueroa and Lillie Bradley. In front are Gretchen Maughan, Victoria Evans, Sarah Lester-Stranick and Paige Blaine.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford, left, and Cape’s Jaxen Edwards were selected as the Vince Morris Outstanding Performers.
The Henlopen Conference Girls’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Sussex Academy’s Tom Martiner, left, and the Henlopen Conference Boys’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Colin Crandel of Indian River.
The boys’ medley relay team of (l-r) Brady Schell, Shane Toback, Jaxen Edwards and Holden Tighe broke the conference record with a time of 1:40.10. 
The 400 free relay clinched the championship for the Vikings. Shown are (l-r) Sidney Caldwell, Jenna Reinhold, Ilsa Touw and Mia Jaoude. 
Lake Forest’s Kyle Parkham broke the 100-yard breaststroke conference record with a time of 58.75.
Sussex Academy’s Gretchen Maughan wins the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.06.
Cape senior Holden Tighe swims the breaststroke leg of the winning medley relay team. 
Cape’s Shane Toback leaves the blocks for the winning medley relay team.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford celebrates breaking the 100 freestyle record with a time of 1:52.61.
Cape senior Jenna Reinhold swims the first leg of the winning 200 free relay team.
Cape freshman Jaxen Edwards breaks the conference record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:56.97.
Cape freshman Jaxen Edwards leaves the blocks in the 200 individual medley.
Indian River wins the boys’ 200 free relay. They are (l-r) Cade Donnelly, Logan Dawson, Gavin Harrell and Caiden Clark.
Cape won the 200 free relay with the team of (l-r) Zoey Neufeld, Isla Touw, Jenna Reinhold and Mia Jaoude. They finished with a time of 1:42.73.
Senior Lily Phile swims the 100 breaststroke for the Vikings. 
Sussex Academy’s Gretchen Maughan wins the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.06.
Cape sophomore Mia Jaoude breaks the conference 100 butterfly record with a time of 57.02.
Cape sophomore Brady Schell wins the 100 fly with a time of 52.77. 
Isla Touw pulls away and wins the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.62.
Cape senior Holden Tighe looks at the scoreboard to find that he won the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.14.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford wins the 500 freestyle with a conference record-breaking time of 4:54.22.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford gives her family two thumbs up as she breaks the conference record in the 500 free with a time of 4:54.22. 
Cape head coach Bill Geppert celebrates his 400 free relay victory that put the Vikings into the top spot. 
Cape senior Shane Toback takes the gold for his time of 56.07 in the 100 backstroke.
Mia Jaoude leaves the blocks for the anchor leg of the 400 free relay. February 10, 2025
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The Cape Henlopen boys’ and girls’ swim teams celebrate Henlopen Conference championships Feb. 8. Shown in back are (l-r) Weston Bohl, Kieran Morrissey, Liam Drevno, Kolbe Green, Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brooks Leonhartt, Brady Schell and coach Rick Brokaw.
In the third row are Hugh Jack, Jacob Gabbard, Ryan Morgan, Jaxen Edwards, Kyle Green, Davis Mault, Jack Bain, Cole Huxtable and coach Pete Olson. In the second row are Mia Jaoude, Sidney Caldwell, Molly Daniel, Lily Phile, Isla Touw, Zoey Neufeld and Natalie Schneider. In front are Addison Freebery, Leah Sullivan, Mia Thompson, Hailey Hassell, Jenna Reinhold, Hayden Hazzard, Gianna Brown, coach Bill Geppert and coach Colleen Bailey. DAN COOK PHOTOS
The Cape boys’ team comprises in back (l-r) Kieran Morrissey, Liam Drevno, Kolbe Green, Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brooks Leonhartt and Brady Schell. In front are Weston Bohl, Hugh Jack, Jacob Gabbard, Ryan Morgan, Jaxen Edwards, Kyle Green, Davis Mault, Jack Bain and Cole Huxtable.
The Cape girls’ team comprises in back (l-r) Hayden Hazzard, Molly Daniel, Leah Sullivan, Jenna Reinhold, Mia Jaoude, Zoey Neufeld and Isla Touw. In front are Gianna Brown, Sidney Caldwell, Hailey Hassell, Mia Thompson, Addison Freebery, Lily Phile and Natalie Schneider.
The Sussex Academy girls won the regular-season Henlopen Conference championship. Shown in back are coaches Nico Caceras and Tom Martiner. In the third row are (l-r) Anna Mumford, Willet Cole, Kendall Rhodes and June Hale. In the second row are Caitlyn Perchiniak, Samantha Petty, Kimia Langroudi, Camila Figueroa and Lillie Bradley. In front are Gretchen Maughan, Victoria Evans, Sarah Lester-Stranick and Paige Blaine.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford, left, and Cape’s Jaxen Edwards were selected as the Vince Morris Outstanding Performers.
The Henlopen Conference Girls’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Sussex Academy’s Tom Martiner, left, and the Henlopen Conference Boys’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Colin Crandel of Indian River.
The boys’ medley relay team of (l-r) Brady Schell, Shane Toback, Jaxen Edwards and Holden Tighe broke the conference record with a time of 1:40.10.
The 400 free relay clinched the championship for the Vikings. Shown are (l-r) Sidney Caldwell, Jenna Reinhold, Ilsa Touw and Mia Jaoude.
Lake Forest’s Kyle Parkham broke the 100-yard breaststroke conference record with a time of 58.75.
Sussex Academy’s Gretchen Maughan wins the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.06.
Cape senior Holden Tighe swims the breaststroke leg of the winning medley relay team.
Cape’s Shane Toback leaves the blocks for the winning medley relay team.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford celebrates breaking the 100 freestyle record with a time of 1:52.61.
Cape senior Jenna Reinhold swims the first leg of the winning 200 free relay team.
Cape freshman Jaxen Edwards breaks the conference record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:56.97.
Cape freshman Jaxen Edwards leaves the blocks in the 200 individual medley.
Indian River wins the boys’ 200 free relay. They are (l-r) Cade Donnelly, Logan Dawson, Gavin Harrell and Caiden Clark.
Cape won the 200 free relay with the team of (l-r) Zoey Neufeld, Isla Touw, Jenna Reinhold and Mia Jaoude. They finished with a time of 1:42.73.
Senior Lily Phile swims the 100 breaststroke for the Vikings.
Sussex Academy’s Gretchen Maughan wins the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.06.
Cape sophomore Mia Jaoude breaks the conference 100 butterfly record with a time of 57.02.
Cape sophomore Brady Schell wins the 100 fly with a time of 52.77.
Isla Touw pulls away and wins the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.62.
Cape senior Holden Tighe looks at the scoreboard to find that he won the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.14.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford wins the 500 freestyle with a conference record-breaking time of 4:54.22.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford gives her family two thumbs up as she breaks the conference record in the 500 free with a time of 4:54.22.
Cape head coach Bill Geppert celebrates his 400 free relay victory that put the Vikings into the top spot.
Cape senior Shane Toback takes the gold for his time of 56.07 in the 100 backstroke.
Mia Jaoude leaves the blocks for the anchor leg of the 400 free relay.
Cape Henlopen swim teams made quite a splash Feb. 8, as they garnered the Henlopen Conference titles at the Sussex Academy Aquatic Center.
The boys scored 466 points, 172 points ahead of second-place Caesar Rodney with 294. Third place went to Indain River with 276.50, while fourth was Sussex Academy with 235 and fifth was Lake Forest with 189.
The Cape girls took the top spot on the podium with 397 points, just two points ahead of Sussex Academy with 395. Caesar Rodney was third with 307, while Indian River took fourth with 234 and Sussex Tech garnered fifth with 162.
The Cape girls’ team went into the final event, the 400 free relay, down four points to Sussex Academy. The Vikings took first place to score 40 points, while the Seahawks were awarded 34 for second place. The win took the Cape girls to the top of the podium.
“We constantly stress to our team that every point matters, so every swim matters, even if you are only in one event,” said Cape coach Bill Geppert. “They were very excited for this meet, and almost all of them swam personal bests. Hats off to my coaching staff for their hard work and preparation too, it was a total team effort. I’m so proud of them.”
Cape swimmers broke seven conference records.
The boys’ medley relay team of Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brady Schell and Jaxen Edwards broke the conference record with a time of 1:40.10. The 400 free relay of Schell, Toback, Tighe and Edwards broke their own relay conference record from last year with a time of 3:15.87.
Edwards broke the 200 individual medley conference record with a time of 1:56.97 and crushed the 500 freestyle conference record with a time of 4:43.84.
Cape sophomore Mia Jaoude broke the 50 free conference record with a time of 24.33 and dropped the 100 butterfly conference record with a time of 57.02. Jenna Reinhold, Zoey Neufeld, Isla Touw and Jaoude broke the 200 freestyle relay conference record with a time of 1:42.73.
Edwards was selected as the boys’ Vince Morris Outstanding Performer.
Sussex Academy swimmer Anna Mumford celebrated her 16th birthday by breaking the 200 freestyle conference record with a time of 1:52.61. She also broke the 500 freestyle conference record with a time of 4:54.22. She was awarded the girls’ Vince Morris Outstanding Performer.
Lake Forest’s Kyle Parkham broke the 100-yard breaststroke conference record with a time of 58.75.
The Henlopen Conference Boys’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Colin Crandel of Indian River, while the Henlopen Conference Girls’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Sussex Academy’s Tom Martiner.
Trophies were also presented to the Sussex Academy girls for winning the Henlopen Conference regular season title. The Sussex Academy boys won the Southern Division title.
Besides the Henlopen Conference meet trophy, the Cape girls were presented the Henlopen Conference Northern Division title trophy and the boys’ squad was presented the hardware for winning the Henlopen Conference regular-season title.
Full results can be found at www.sussexacademy.org/aquatics-center/aquatics-special-events.
The Cape Henlopen boys’ and girls’ swim teams celebrate Henlopen Conference championships Feb. 8. Shown in back are (l-r) Weston Bohl, Kieran Morrissey, Liam Drevno, Kolbe Green, Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brooks Leonhartt, Brady Schell and coach Rick Brokaw.
In the third row are Hugh Jack, Jacob Gabbard, Ryan Morgan, Jaxen Edwards, Kyle Green, Davis Mault, Jack Bain, Cole Huxtable and coach Pete Olson. In the second row are Mia Jaoude, Sidney Caldwell, Molly Daniel, Lily Phile, Isla Touw, Zoey Neufeld and Natalie Schneider. In front are Addison Freebery, Leah Sullivan, Mia Thompson, Hailey Hassell, Jenna Reinhold, Hayden Hazzard, Gianna Brown, coach Bill Geppert and coach Colleen Bailey. DAN COOK PHOTOS
The Cape boys’ team comprises in back (l-r) Kieran Morrissey, Liam Drevno, Kolbe Green, Shane Toback, Holden Tighe, Brooks Leonhartt and Brady Schell. In front are Weston Bohl, Hugh Jack, Jacob Gabbard, Ryan Morgan, Jaxen Edwards, Kyle Green, Davis Mault, Jack Bain and Cole Huxtable.
The Cape girls’ team comprises in back (l-r) Hayden Hazzard, Molly Daniel, Leah Sullivan, Jenna Reinhold, Mia Jaoude, Zoey Neufeld and Isla Touw. In front are Gianna Brown, Sidney Caldwell, Hailey Hassell, Mia Thompson, Addison Freebery, Lily Phile and Natalie Schneider.
The Sussex Academy girls won the regular-season Henlopen Conference championship. Shown in back are coaches Nico Caceras and Tom Martiner. In the third row are (l-r) Anna Mumford, Willet Cole, Kendall Rhodes and June Hale. In the second row are Caitlyn Perchiniak, Samantha Petty, Kimia Langroudi, Camila Figueroa and Lillie Bradley. In front are Gretchen Maughan, Victoria Evans, Sarah Lester-Stranick and Paige Blaine.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford, left, and Cape’s Jaxen Edwards were selected as the Vince Morris Outstanding Performers.
The Henlopen Conference Girls’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Sussex Academy’s Tom Martiner, left, and the Henlopen Conference Boys’ Coach of the Year was awarded to Colin Crandel of Indian River.
The boys’ medley relay team of (l-r) Brady Schell, Shane Toback, Jaxen Edwards and Holden Tighe broke the conference record with a time of 1:40.10.
The 400 free relay clinched the championship for the Vikings. Shown are (l-r) Sidney Caldwell, Jenna Reinhold, Ilsa Touw and Mia Jaoude.
Lake Forest’s Kyle Parkham broke the 100-yard breaststroke conference record with a time of 58.75.
Sussex Academy’s Gretchen Maughan wins the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.06.
Cape senior Holden Tighe swims the breaststroke leg of the winning medley relay team.
Cape’s Shane Toback leaves the blocks for the winning medley relay team.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford celebrates breaking the 100 freestyle record with a time of 1:52.61.
Cape senior Jenna Reinhold swims the first leg of the winning 200 free relay team.
Cape freshman Jaxen Edwards breaks the conference record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:56.97.
Cape freshman Jaxen Edwards leaves the blocks in the 200 individual medley.
Indian River wins the boys’ 200 free relay. They are (l-r) Cade Donnelly, Logan Dawson, Gavin Harrell and Caiden Clark.
Cape won the 200 free relay with the team of (l-r) Zoey Neufeld, Isla Touw, Jenna Reinhold and Mia Jaoude. They finished with a time of 1:42.73.
Senior Lily Phile swims the 100 breaststroke for the Vikings.
Sussex Academy’s Gretchen Maughan wins the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.06.
Cape sophomore Mia Jaoude breaks the conference 100 butterfly record with a time of 57.02.
Cape sophomore Brady Schell wins the 100 fly with a time of 52.77.
Isla Touw pulls away and wins the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.62.
Cape senior Holden Tighe looks at the scoreboard to find that he won the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.14.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford wins the 500 freestyle with a conference record-breaking time of 4:54.22.
Sussex Academy sophomore Anna Mumford gives her family two thumbs up as she breaks the conference record in the 500 free with a time of 4:54.22.
Cape head coach Bill Geppert celebrates his 400 free relay victory that put the Vikings into the top spot.
Cape senior Shane Toback takes the gold for his time of 56.07 in the 100 backstroke.
Mia Jaoude leaves the blocks for the anchor leg of the 400 free relay. Event Details :
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