Douglas High School's swim teams kicked off their seasons Thursday taking on Santa Rita High School in a dual meet in Tucson.

The Bulldogs were defeated 84-63 while the Lady Bulldogs fell 119-38.

In the girls meet senior Alexa Pena was first in the 100 backstroke finishing with a time of 1:17.14 while freshman Catherine Gallardo was third with a 1:31.31.

Pena placed second in the 100 butterfly finishing with a 1:19.46. Kim Fragoso was fourth with a 1:32.68.

In the 50 freestyle freshman Jennifer Garcia came in second with a time of 35.37 seconds; Gallardo was third with a 35.76 and Amanda Ames fifth with a 40.64.

In the 100 freestyle Viri Fimbres placed second with a 1:15.36 and Kim Fragoso was fourth with a 1:32.68 while Samantha Sawyer placed fourth in the 200 freestyle finishing with a time of 3:11.97.

In the 100 breaststroke Danitza Palacios was third finishing with a time of 1:48.83; Ames was fifth with a 1:55.48.

Douglas' 200 freestyle relay team of Garcia, Sawyer, Lisa Holguin and Gallardo came in third with a time of 2:40.88.

The Lady Bulldogs 200 medley relay team of Gallardo, Ames, Pena and Sawyer also came in third with a time of 2:42.61.

In the boys meet Douglas' 200 medley relay team of Robert Martin, Cesar Noriega, Sean Ruppert and Alex Ames came in second posting a time of 2:21.75.

Noriega won the 200 freestyle event with a time of 2:51.60 while in the 100 freestyle Noriega was second with a time of 1:12.78 while Daniel Marines was fourth with a 1:23.40.

In the freestyle Ames came in second with a time of 25.70; Martin third with a 30.81 and Antonio Pena fifth with a 38.54.

Ruppert won the 200 intermediates with a 2:30.49 while Julio Lopez was fourth with a 2:59.45.

Lopez was also third in the 100 butterfly finishing with a time of 1:19.70 while in the 100 backstroke Ames was first with a 1:15.84 and Marines fourth with a 2:05.56.

In the 100 breaststroke Ruppert came in first with a time of 1:15.31; Martin was fourth finishing with a 1:33.44 and Arturo Parker placed sixth with a 1:43.60.

Douglas' 400 freestyle relay team of Ames, Lopez, Noriega and Ruppert came in first finishing with a time of 4:29.98.

The Bulldogs 200 freestyle relay team of Martin, Lopez, Pena and Parker came in second with a time of 2:09.2.

Douglas' third year swim coach Michelle Cardenas said the season opener was a good experience for her 23 swimmers - 11 of which are first year swimmers.

"I think it opened their eyes," she said. "We had been working in practice on what to expect and I think we did a pretty good job of pretending to act like we knew what we were doing."

Once again Coach Cardenas says she does not have the depth other teams have and that's a factor in the final scores.

The coach sees a lot of potential in her young swimmers but admits its going to take a lot of work and some serious commitment.

"You get what you work for not what you wish for," she said referring to a quote she read in a book. "I thought these kids did well considering our lack of depth."

The Bulldog and Lady Bulldog swimmers host Desert Christian Thursday at 4 p.m. in their home opener at the Douglas Aquatic Center.