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Julia Donahue, Emily Clements and Emily Ma each had two individual wins and two relay wins as Andover swimming rolled past Haverhill. 

Senior Mia Galat won the 100 freestyle (54.83), 50 frestyle (25.50) and was on both the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams as Andover improved to 3-0 with a meet win over Methuen. The powerhouse Warriors had 14 state-qualifying times.

Haverhill swimming opened with an easy win over Billerica. Meaghan Driscoll, Taylor Walligora and Katelyn Quinlan powered the Brown and Gold.

The Phillips girls swim team came to play against archrival Phillips Exeter. Led by three event wins from Emma Donchi (200 medley relay, 100 backstroke, 400 freestyle relay), Phillips scored a 111, which is the program's highest point total since 2006.

It was a great day for Pinkerton's Zoe Freedman. The senior swimmer raced to first in the 100 freestyle at the Division 1 state championship with a time of 56.21, was fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:05.58) and was a leg on the third-place 400 freestyle relay team (3:54.11). The Astros finished fifth as a team with 97.5 points. Timberlane finished ninth out of 15 teams with 58 points, and Salem was 13th (25 points).

Lindsey Whittaker, Emily Hogan and Ava Coppeta were multiple winners to power Timberlane to a 105-65 win over Salem. Emily MacIver won the 50 and 100 freestyles for the Blue Devils.

Juliet Sparks took first in four events as the Triton girls swim team beat North Reading 102-65 on Saturday. Sparks won the 200 IM (2:23.54) and 100 breaststroke (1:17.98) and teammed with Kali Vetree, Sarah Harrington and Caroline Cullen to win both the 200 medlay (2:05.54) and 400 freestyle (4:14.86) relays.

WORCESTER — All Andover senior Sophia Ju has known during her high school swimming career is the feeling of being a champion.

And that’s never going to change.

WORCESTER — The Andover swim dynasty added another feather to its caps by taking the North Sectional Meet.

Coach Marilyn Fitzgerald's crew scored 409 points while Reading made it interesting, scoring 356 for second.

The Andover girls swimming and diving team capped off another MVC Large championship, beating Chelmsford 94-81 to finish the season 12-0 overall. Freshman Ashley Grover won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02.29, and she was also on the winning 200-medley relay.

The Andover swim team tuned up for Friday's MVC showdown with unbeaten Chelmsford with an easy 103-78 win over Belmont. Sophomores Eliza Williams and Emily Ma had big days for the Warriors (11-0).

Central Catholic's Cecelia Burke took the top prize at the MVC Diving Championships, scoring a 455.50 to edge out Haverhill's Megan Carroll (432.45) for first place. Other top finishers included Carroll in second, Andover's Sydney Ho (427.95) in third, Andover's Maddie Quill (387.90) in fourth and North Andover's Alison DelMarco (368.45) in fifth.

Andover (10-0) had several swimmers step up in a romp over Billerica. Two of the big stars were double-winners Maddie Kessel and Andrea Pantazi.

Ella Reck and Sarah Leinbach were two of the stars for Andover swimming, which rolled past Dracut to remain unbeaten.

Andover won every event in rolling past North Andover. One of the highlights was a stellar effort by Dreea Zetea in winning the 100 breaststroke.