MASON TITTLE – Swimming – Senior

Everything aligned for the Northgate boys swim team this season. One year after winning the North Coast Section title for the first time since 1996, the Broncos returned almost their entire roster in 2015 — the same year the California Interscholastic Federation would be hosting its first State Swimming Championships

Northgate – Swimming – Senior

Everything aligned for the Northgate boys swim team this season. One year after winning the North Coast Section title for the first time since 1996, the Broncos returned almost their entire roster in 2015 — the same year the California Interscholastic Federation would be hosting its first State Swimming Championships. Northgate repeated as section champions on May 16, and then headed south to Clovis where it became the first boys team to win a CIF State Swimming title. The Broncos dominated the event with 192 points (59 better than second place) and Tittle led the way as part of gold medal swims in the 200-yard Medley Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay. He also delivered a bronze medal performance in the 50 freestyle and took fifth in the 100 butterfly. Tittle and teammates Eric VanBrocklin and Calvin Kirkpatrick will each attend UC Santa Barbara in the fall.

IN HIS OWN WORDS: “(Leading up to the meet) we were all still really excited about winning North Coast and were on that high and had to realize we had another meet left. When we got the the pysch sheets (for state) we looked at the qualifying times and tried to calculate our chances. We knew there was a chance, but we definitely weren’t going in cocky.”

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Madelyn Murphy: The Carondelet junior was the East Bay’s lone female gold medalist at the CIF State Swimming Championships. She won the 100 Butterfly with a time of 53.01 seconds.

Danielle Williams: The freshman pitched a complete game with six strikeouts and went 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead Amador Valley to a 2-1, eight-inning victory over rival Foothill on May 22.

Ryan First: The Campolindo senior lead the Cougars boys volleyball team to a fifth straight NCS title with a team-high 11 kills from the outside. Campolindo defeated Las Lomas in three straight sets.