SPORTS
SWIMMING WINS STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP... AGAIN!
For the third time in the past four years, the Jesuit swimming
a State Championship.
Sparked by a historic triple-gold medal performance by
and incredible depth – a school record 14 Tigers
in Stuart on November 14.
Shaffer led the way at State, taking part in two relay victories (the
relays count double in the points calculations) while capturing an
times both qualify him for All-American consideration.
The three gold medals at a single State Meet ties Shaffer with his
eldest brother, , for the most in Jesuit history,
though the team gold medal earned this year by Nick Shaffer
tips the scales of the Shaffer family’s gold medal haul in his favor.
Also, Jesuit’s 200 medley relay established a new school record
time at State, breaking the mark that Tommy Shaffer helped set in
2016. Middle brother also collected some gold
medals, including a medley relay gold in 2018 and the two team
The Tigers, who captured their 24th straight District title and
12th straight Region crown this season, opened the State Meet by
winning the 200 medley relay in record time and led from wire-towire.
County school had won a State swimming title. When Jesuit went
years, since St. Petersburg High did it in the 1920s, that a Tampa
Bay area school had won consecutive State swimming titles.
Now, the Tigers, following head coach 25th season,
rank as the best swimming program in Tampa Bay area annals, and
also rank among the State’s elite. The program’s third title gives
Jesuit athletics a total of 25 State titles, accomplished in eight dif-
The swimming team was honored at Convocation in the Chapel of
the Holy Cross on November 20.
22 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • WINTER 2020-21
– State Champion (Shaffer, Liam
in a school-record time
– State Champion (Prabhakaran,
Trieloff, Schindler, Shaffer)
the 100 backstroke
200 IM
in the 100 Backstroke
400 Freestyle Relay
State Champions (L-R)
Trieloff, Schindler,
Shaffer, Prabhakaran