MESA - Douglas High School sophomore Brandon Young made history Saturday afternoon becoming the first swimmer from Douglas to win a state championship at the 4A DII state meet this past weekend.

Bruce Whetten / Douglas Dispatch Douglas’ Brandon Young won the state championship in the 100 breaststroke at the 4A DII state meet Saturday. Young’s state championship was the first for DHS swimming.

Young’s time of 1:00.80 gave him the state championship in the 100 breaststroke event beating second place Angel Scott of Arcadia by almost three seconds.

Young also medaled in the 200 individual medley placing fourth with a time of 2:05.91.

Rodrigo Salcido finished 12th in the 100 butterfly posting a time of 1:01.78. Antonio Pena finished 14th in the 100 backstroke posting a time of 1:05.62.

Douglas’ 200 medley relay team of Pena, Young, Salcido and Daniel Marines came in fifth with a time of 1:52.15.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Salcido, Marines, Pena and Rodrigo Martinez finished 13th with a time of 3:47.59.

As a team the Bulldogs finished 12th out of 24 teams finishing with 79 points. Arcadia was first with 408 points, Flagstaff second with 276.5 and Notre Dame third with 215.5.

In the girls meet Douglas was 13th out of 23 teams finishing with 68 points. Arcadia was first with 497 points, Notre Dame second with 254 and Thunderbird third with 225.

Freshman Samantha Cardenas placed seventh in the 100 backstroke turning in a time of 1:07.19. She was also 10th in the 200 individual medley turning in a time of 2:32.09.

Carolyn Miller placed eighth in the 50 freestyle finishing with a time of 27.53.

Douglas’ 200 medley relay team of Cardenas, Frances Young, Samantha Sawyer and Miller placed 11th with a time of 2:11.42.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Miller, Sawyer, Cardenas and Catherine Gallardo placed sixth with a time of 1:53.35.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Gallardo, Young, Sawyer and Rianne McBride placed 18th with a time of 4:39.26.

Douglas’ swim coach Michelle Cardenas said words cannot describe how happy she is with her swimmers performance later on this month.

“Our goal was to get Brandon on the (awards) podium and we got him on there twice,” she said. “We had a handful of athletes make it to the A Finals which was a surprise to us. We would have been happy with them making it to the B Finals.”

Cardenas believes DHS swimming is on the rise and she is hoping next year to increase the size of the team allowing it to have some more depth.

“Our team already has some quality swimmers now we need quantity and hopefully with that quantity we can get more quality,” she said. “We’re working on building the team more and more every year.”

Cardenas says she is happy Young was able to win state.

“He’s put in a lot of time to get to this point,” she said. “We’re hoping to use him to promote the team.”

Cardenas said she plans on taking Young and her daughter Samantha, a region champion as well, to the schools in an effort to promote their sport.

“The future looks very bright,” she said. “It’s only going to get better.”

The DHS swimmers will be honored at a post season awards banquet later this month.