The Douglas High School swim teams hosted Tucson High in a non-region dual meet Thursday at the Douglas Aquatic Center.

The Lady Bulldog swimmers lost for the first time this season (in dual meet action) falling 61-106 while the Bulldogs fell 51-113 losing for only the second time this season in dual meet action.

In the girls meet Douglas had first place finishes in the 200 individual medley; the 100 butterfly, the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke.

In the 200 individual medley Frances Young was first posting a time of 2:52.90.

Samantha Cardenas placed first in the 100 butterfly turning in a time of 1:13.99; Kim Fragoso finished sixth with a time of 1:29.59.

Cardenas also won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:08.92 while Danielle Miller was third with a time of 1:15.55 and Shalya McNablo was sixth with a time of 2:03.98.

In the 100 freestyle Carolyne Miller came in first with a time of 1:04.48; Rianne McBride was fifth with a time of 1:19.75.

In the 500-freestyle event Samantha Sawyer came in second with a time of 6:39.50 while in the 100 breaststroke Amanda Ames placed third with a time of 1:29.30 and Young was fourth with a 1:29.96.

Sawyer also placed second in the 50-freestyle with a time of 27.91. Miller placed fourth with a 28.58 and Ames fifth with a 29.86.

In the 200 medley relay Douglas’ team of Cardenas, Young, Sawyer and Miller came in second with a time of 2:12.81.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Miller, Young, McBride and Ames placed third with a 2:07.63 and the 400 freestyle team of Miller, McBride, Sawyer and Cardenas ended the meet with a winning time of 4:37.07.

In the boys meet Brandon Young won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:49.60. He also won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.26. Daniel Marines was second at 1:19.83 and Gregorio Morales sixth with a time of 1:33.98.

In the 100 backstroke Antonio Pena came in first with a time of 1:07.56; Rodrigo Martinez was third with a time of 1:16.57.

In the 200 freestyle Pena placed third with a time of 2:14.16 while in the 50 freestyle Tony Young placed fifth with a time of 28.80 and Adam Barela was sixth with a 31.50.

In the 100 butterfly Pena and Martinez finished second and third respectively turning in times of 1:11.96 and 1:20.08.

Tony Young, Barela and DJ Campas finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the 100 freestyle recording times of 1:06.16, 1:14.28 and 1:16.36.

Douglas’ 400 freestyle relay team of Tony and Brandon Young, Martinez and Pena came in second with a time of 4:07.20 while the 200 medley relay team of Pena, Young, Martinez and Marines also came in second finishing with a time of 2:01.76.

Depth was a major factor in this meet as Tucson had a 20-10 edge in both the boys and girls events. That depth allowed to Tucson outscoring Douglas 13-2 in the girls 200 freestyle; 12-2 in the 200 freestyle relay and 10-4 and 11-5 in the 200 medley relay and 100 breaststroke.

Of the 11 girls events Douglas was outscored in every event but two – the 400 freestyle relay and the 100 backstroke.

In the boys meet the same thing occurred as Douglas outscored Tucson in just two of the 11 events and was actually outscored 13-0 in the 200 individual medley and 14-0 in the 200 freestyle relay.

Coach Cardenas said her swimmers are having a good season and fortunately this was a non-regional meet.

On the regional level the coach says all the schools in the Gila Region seem to have similar numbers when it comes to participants.

“We’ve had a lot of club swimmers move up which has helped us,” she said. “We have just a good a shot as anybody right now.”

The DHS swimmers are back in the pool Thursday taking on Palo Verde in a dual meet in Tucson.