RENO " The 4A state swim championship was largely dominated by Southern power Palo Verde, but not even the Panthers could keep up with Douglas' Haley VonSchottenstein.
The junior dominated the 100-yard breaststroke from wire-to-wire to come up with one of two state titles for the Tigers on the weekend.
"I'm not going to lie to you, I'm pretty exhausted from all the swimming," said VonSchottenstein, who posted a 1:08.18, almost two seconds slower than her first-place regional time. "But I still had determination to win and get first place."
Douglas senior Eddie Kollar won his second-consecutive state diving title with a score of 504.60, well ahead of second place Gabe Falkner of Arbor View (400.80).
Palo Verde won both the boys' and girls' championships. The Panthers dominated the boys' side with 105 points to second-placed Bishop Gorman's 67. Carson finished seventh with 26 points, while Douglas was 11th with 15.
On the girls' side, Palo Verde had 86 points to edge out Green Valley's 80. Douglas was fifth with 38 points. Carson didn't qualify as a team in the girls' competition.
Douglas was a part of one of the few upsets on the day. The girls came into the 200-yard freestyle relay as the No. 1 seed, but was within 0.94 of third-seeded Palo Verde.
The Tigers trailed from the start and fell to third in a close finish with a 1:42.26. Palo Verde won with a 1:42.26 and Reno finished second at 1:42.35.
Douglas finished fourth in the 200-yard relay and VonSchottenstein added a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.38.
The Douglas boys finished eighth in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:33.46 and Eric VanBeuge came in eighth in the 100-yard backstroke with a 58.75. Thomas Asher took sixth in diving.
