Girls swimming has gotten underway. This season marks to be an exciting one for the CPL. Here are how some of our coaches see their seasons heading. Don’t see your school? Contact Michael Wojtychiw at mmwojtychiw@cps.edu.
*All coaches were contacted for this exercise. Those responses are listed below.
School name: Curie/Kelly CO-OP
Starters returning (name, stroke, year in school, stats/honors if available):
Yaretzi Avila (JR) 100 Butterfly 50 free
Jayda Dominguez (SR) Team Captain 100 free
Victoria Dominguez (JR) 100 Backstroke
Key reserves returning (name, stroke, year in school, stats if available):
Pamela Pardo (SR) 50 free & 100 free
Andrea Martinez (SO) 50 free
Lilith Ramirez (SO) 500 free
Key newcomers (name, stroke, year in school):
Ana Perez Acuna (JR) 200 I.M
Camila Hernandez Patino (FR) Stroke TBD
Coach’s season outlook: I am excited and looking forward to this season. The team rebuild is underway we have a lot of new freshmen joining the team and with returning swimmers and Ana from Kelly joining us we hope to be able to make a big splash this season.
School name: Jones-Payton Girls Swim/Dive
Social media handle: jpgirlsswim
Starters returning (name, year in school):
Jade Bonaparte, Jones, 12th
Samantha Bratley, Payton, 12th
Madeline Bussell, Payton, 10th
Margaret Dinh, Payton, 11th
Sora Ehrhardt, Payton, 12th
Mya Garcia, Jones, 12th
Gately Harwood, Jones, 10th
Anaya Joshi, Payton, 11th
June Lamb, Payton, 12th
Carys Lewelling, Jones, 11th
Yvonne Liang, Jones, 10th
Selina Lin, Payton, 11th
Sofia Loren Lofranco, Payton, 11th
Emilia Malecki, Payton, 12th
Reilly Martin, Jones, 12th
Kate Mattiello, Jones, 11th
Leia Moreno, Jones, 10th
Georgia Motykowski, Jones, 10th
Tessa Peck-Walden, Jones, 10th
Rayne Phillips, Jones, 10th
Lillian Steuer, Jones, 11th
Arzelia Stura, Payton, 9th
Alexia Suarez, Jones, 11th
Anastacia Torres, Jones, 11th
Claudia Walvoord, Jones, 12th
Gabi White, Jones, 12th
Nadia Willams, Payton 1,1th
Charlotte Winn, Jones, 10th
Mina Witkovsky, Payton 11th
Rio Wojtkiewicz, Jones, 10th
Key newcomers (name, year in school):
Ban Hee-Sun, Payton, 10th
Ema Cheng-Tanaka, Payton, 10th
Oona Couser-Watson, Payton, 9th
Esme Francisco, Jones, 9th
Nell Laskowski, Jones, 10th
Sati Lovis, Jones, 9th
Jiya Pande, Jones, 9th
Felicja Sadkowski, Jones, 9th
Meira Silverman, Jones, 12th
Isadora Marta, Jones, 9th
Stella Spector, Jones, 9th
Coach’s season outlook:
We are very excited to be back with a very strong team this year!
School name: Kenwood
Social media handle @KAHSaquatics
Starters returning (name, stroke, year in school):
Kee’Lani Whitlock – IM Swimmer – Senior
Sydney Poole – Freestyle, Breast, Butterfly – Sophomore
Hafsa Marzouk – Distance Swimmer – Junior
Mei-Ling Awong – Freestyle – Senior
Key reserves returning (name, stroke, year in school):
Zion Jorden – Freestyle – Junior
Lynnette Williams – Freestyle, Breast – Junior
Kennedi Walker – IM Swimmer – Junior
Sarah Abdullah – Distance Swimmer – Senior
Key newcomers (name, stroke, year in school):
Trinity Wilson – Freestyle, Breast – Sophomore
Coach’s season outlook:
We are very excited about this upcoming season. Our goals this season are to focus on technique, endurance, and sportsmanship. We are also looking forward to the addition of a diving team this season!
School name: Lake View High School
Starters returning (name, year in school):
Katherine Ortiz, Senior
Yuki Tapia, Senior
America Suarez, Junior
Sarisa Dutan, Junior
Hizel Oliva, Junior
Vicky Olayo, Junior
Maria Lozada, Junior
Myra Phelps, Senior
Key newcomers (name, year in school):
Doris, Arias-Cortes, Senior
Mia Coppiano, Senior
Nayelli Matias, Junior
Abbey Davis, Sophomore
Charlotte McNamara, Freshman
Mary Hickey, Freshman
Jasmin Fernandez, Freshman
Makiya Lewis, Freshman
Savannah Bolin, Sophomore
Edina Kadunic, Freshman
Isabelle Vences, Freshman
Coach’s season outlook: We are really looking forward to an amazing season of teamwork, dedication, community, and hard work. Our team goal is to win conference! The swimmers have been dedicated to bettering their craft and have been learning about the fundamentals of swimming. We have been resilient in the face of challenges and we are very excited to see our growth and improvement this year.
School name: Little Village Lawndale High School
Social media handle: Instagram: @lvlhsaquatics
Key newcomers (name, stroke, year in school):
Arlene Landa, junior
Dayanara Ramirez, junior
Gabriela Gonzalez, junior
Belen Moreno, senior
Coach’s season outlook:
Our pool has been down since 2018, so we are starting fresh! Although some of our athletes have been swimming for several years, others are just now learning to swim. Wherever they started, everyone has been making great progress. This is going to be a fantastic return for LVLHS, and an amazing inaugural season for all our new swimmers and first-timer Coach Roznai. The Phoenix is rising!
School name: Westinghouse
Social media handle: @gwcpaquatics
Starters returning:
Emily Tipan & Abigail Tipan return for their senior year on the squad alongside Mia Ines Meneses, Maylin Anilao, Elaine Pytel, and Ismari Fregoso.
Key reserves returning:
Emily, Abigail, and Valeria Reyes all return this year to make up the 200 FR relay. They’re looking to medal again at sectionals with a new addition to the relay team.
Key newcomers:
We’ve added over 10 new girls to the squad in their Freshman and Sophomore years.
Coach’s season outlook:
Emily & Abigail are the main weapons for the team this year and have a solid supporting cast to scoop up points across all the events. We’re looking to place better than we did last year at sectionals and continue growing our Freshman & Sophomores to be more competitive on the bigger stage.
School name: Whitney Young
Social media handle: wy_swimstagram (instagram)
College commits: Isabella Chow – Northwestern University, Eliana King – Washington University-St. Louis
Key returnees (name, year in school, stroke):
Isabella Chow – SR – Freestyle/Fly
Brooke Whitt – SR – Breast/IM
Eliana King – SR – Breast/IM
Grace Chin – SR – Sprint Free
Madison Hurt – SR – Fly
Jaslyn Wu – JR – Back/Sprint Free
Key newcomers (name, stroke, year in school):
Joy Cheng – FR – Distance
Briana Mingmuang – FR – Fly/Back
Alex Wang – FR – Sprint Free
Coach’s season outlook: After becoming the first CPL team to place in the top 20 at Girl’s State, Young aims to place even higher this season while attempting to win consecutive city titles since 1997.
