Jesuit's swimming and diving team dominated Bishop Lynch, opening the 2020-21 season with a resounding, 133.5-35.5 win over the Friars on Saturday at the KayCee Pool. The Rangers won every swimming event in an impressing performance, continuing a now 10-meet winning streak that dates back to late 2019. The Rangers finished the dual match with eight individual wins and a trio of relay victories, sweeping the podium in five of the 11 events.
 
The 200 yard medley team of junior James Savarese, freshman William Savarese, senior Will McKinney and junior Jackson Summers led off the event with a winning, 1:43.93 total relay time in the 200 medley relay and were followed by a 1:48.85 by the second place relay team consisting of sophomore Palmer Bowman, senior Kevin Grant, junior Alex Hung and senior Alec Chong.
 
Bowman scored Jesuit's first individual win of the meet with a 1:57.62 in the 200 free. Senior Will McKinney, who qualified for state last year in the 200 Individual Medley, started his hopeful return journey with a victorious 1:59.79 in the 200 I.M. on Saturday, leading a sweep of the podium as William Savarese and freshman Jaden Giunta finished second and third with respective times of 2:04.50 and 2:13.61. Summers hit the wall in 23.58 to win the 50 free, as a 24.21 by Chong and 24.68 from Hung secured Jesuit's second sweep of the meet. McKinney would later earn a win in the 500 free, completing the race in 4:52.56.
 
Hung continued Jesuit's domination with a 56.69, first-place finish in the 100 fly as sophomore Leonardo Pelaez (58.76) and junior Samuel Steffler (1:04.28) finished second and third. Summers earned his second win of the meet in the 100 free, hitting the wall in 51.01 before a 52.47 by Grant and 55.27 by junior Blake Butz capped another sweep.
 
James Savarese kickstarted Jesuit's final sweep with a 58.94 in the 100 back. Pelaez (1:01.45) and Giunta (1:05.87) followed suit before setting the stage for William Savarese to score Jesuit's final individual win of the meet, a 1:02.23 in the 100 breast. Grant finished second in the event, hitting the wall in 1:08.85 before Chong capped Jesuit's individual success with a third-place tie, finishing the race in 1:10.52.
 
Jesuit's 200 free relay team of Hung, Butz, Chong and Pelaez clocked a 1:36.60 total relay time for the Rangers' second relay win of the day. James Savarese, Grant, Summers and Will McKinney ended the meet with a win in the 400 free relay, securing a 3:25.51 total relay time to win the final event by over four seconds.
 
The Rangers will return to KayCee Pool on Saturday, Sept. 26 for their first tri-meet of the season. Jesuit will square off against Plano East and Plano H.S. at 10:15 on Saturday in a showdown which will see Jesuit attempt to capture its third straight win over the Panthers following last season's  85-78 triumph on Sept. 17, 2019. The Rangers and Wildcats tied, 50-50, in the last meeting between the teams on Oct. 11, 2018.