The Cornell-bound senior comfortably won the 200-yard freestyle, earning All-American consideration with a time of 1:50.52. She also triumphed in the 100 butterfly (56.39) and took part in the Revolution’s winning 200 medley relay (1:51.08), which beat its seed time by five seconds.
Teixeira has consistently delivered in her stellar career with the Revolution, and she came through again in Sunday’s MIAA North sectional at MIT’s Zesiger Center, helping A-B (315 points) outpace Winchester (230) and Andover (217) with ease.
Even in a pressure-packed sectional meet, Acton-Boxborough girls’ swimming coach Gretchen Turner said she stayed perfectly calm each time her star senior, Isabela Teixeira, went to the starting block.
“She is the anchor of this team,” Turner said of Teixeira. “She’ll go into any event and do exactly what she needs to get it done. And she loves doing that.”
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Teixeira’s teammates rose to the occasion, too. Freshman Lucy Tyrell added an individual win in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.76), and A-B also picked up key points with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay (3:45.42), which featured Lucy and senior Caroline Tyrell, Teixeira, and freshman Willow Baysinger.
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Mariel Tan of Acton-Boxborough swims in the second heat of the 200-yard freestyle during Sunday’s North sectional championships at MIT’s Zesiger Sports & Fitness Center. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
“I’m so proud of everyone on the team, especially the freshman class,” Teixeira said. “They came in this year, new to everything. New to the school, new to the team, and they have been doing such an amazing job at stepping up and doing exactly what we want them to do, we need them to do.”
Haverhill senior Sophia Caruso also shined, tying for first place in the 50 free (24.10) and adding a win in the 100 free (53.33).
“I’m so happy, it’s my last year,” Caruso said. “This is all I’ve wanted. I’m so ecstatic.”
Haverhill’s Sophia Caruso and Mackenzie Gibbons of Notre Dame (Tyngsboro) share the top step of the podium and the gold medal after tying for first in the in the 50-yard freestyle during Sunday’s North sectional championships at MIT’s Zesiger Sports & Fitness Center. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
On the boys’ side, Methuen (223 points) edged out North Andover (203), although the star of the show was Scarlet Knight senior Jack Ventre, who broke meet records in the 100 backstroke (53.41) and 100 butterfly (53.46 )
“That was a goal set for me,” Ventre said of the records. “I saw them on the heat sheet and I knew I could get them, so I went after them.”
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200 medley relay — 1. North Andover, 1:51.52; 2. Methuen, 1:57.39; 3. Bishop Connolly, 2:02.95.
200 freestyle — 1. Ethan Corthell, Methuen, 1:57.56.
200 IM — 1. Peter Hong, Billerica, 2:11.62.
50 freestyle — 1. Leo Ferrucci, North Andover, 0:23.41; 2. Maximus McAndrews, Notre Dame (Tyngsborough), 0:24.9; 3. Andrew Gerasimov, Billerica, 0:25.29.
Diving — 1. Juan Polanco, Methuen, 322.050 points.
100 butterfly — 1. Jack Ventre, North Andover, 0:53.46; 2. Carter Beauchesne, Dracut, 0:58.67; 3. Alan Dang, Methuen, 1:00.32.
100 freestyle — 1. Maximus McAndrews, Notre Dame (Tyngsborough), 0:55.6; 2. Andrew Gerasimov, Billerica, 0:57.98; 3. Isaac Gillespie, Methuen, 1:00.63.
200 freestyle relay — 1. North Andover, 1:39.58; 2. Billerica, 1:48.34; 3. Methuen, 1:54.87.
100 backstroke — 1. Jack Ventre, North Andover, 0:53.41; 2. Ethan Corthell, Methuen, 1:00.44; 3. Alex Vo, North Andover, 1:04.05.
100 breaststroke — 1. Peter Hong, Billerica, 1:04.39; 2. Leo Ferrucci, North Andover, 1:04.49; 3. Carter Beauchesne, Dracut, 1:06.3.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Methuen, 4:06.06.
Team results — 1. North Andover, 203; 2. Methuen, 183; 3. Billerica, 139; 4. Notre Dame (Tyngsborough), 70.
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200 medley relay — 1. Acton-Boxborough, 1:51.08; 2. Winchester, 1:54.27; 3. Haverhill, 1:56.01.
200 freestyle — 1. Isabela Teixeira, Acton-Boxborough, 1:50.52; 2. Amelia Barron, Andover, 1:58.3; 3. Noor Abdelal, North Andover, 1:59.21.
200 IM — 1. Emma Kawai, Winchester, 2:08.92; 2. Laila Paulsen, Reading, 2:12.21; 3. Emilia Hukkanen, Andover, 2:13.43.
50 freestyle — 1. Mackenzie Gibbons, Notre Dame (Tyngsborough), 0:24.1; 1. Sophia Caruso, Haverhill, 0:24.1; 3. Natasha Secan, North Andover, 0:25.32.
Diving — 1. Robyn Tonomura-MacDonald, Belmont, 488.050 points; 2. Emily Moh, Winchester, 402.350; 3. Kailyn Aquino, Haverhill, 399.
100 butterfly — 1. Isabela Teixeira, Acton-Boxborough, 0:56.39; 2. Elissa Bennett, Winchester, 0:58.24; 3. Amelia Barron, Andover, 0:58.31.
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100 freestyle — 1. Sophia Caruso, Haverhill, 0:53.33; 2. Elissa Bennett, Winchester, 0:54.62; 3. Megan Han, Winchester, 0:56.86.
500 freestyle — 1. Noor Abdelal, North Andover, 5:10.96; 2. Emilia Hukkanen, Andover, 5:18.11; 3. Nevie Lee, Newton North, 5:21.22.
200 freestyle relay — 1. North Andover, 1:43.15; 2. Reading, 1:45.1; 3. Lexington, 1:45.71.
100 backstroke — 1. Mackenzie Gibbons, Notre Dame (Tyngsborough), 0:57.6; 2. Emma Kawai, Winchester, 0:59.85; 3. Isla Amuan, North Andover, 1:00.44.
100 breaststroke — 1. Lucy Tyrrell, Acton-Boxborough, 1:08.76; 2. Laila Paulsen, Reading, 1:09.09; 3. Audrey Cook, Wakefield, 1:10.44.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Winchester, 3:41.42; 2. North Andover, 3:45.38; 3. Acton-Boxborough, 3:45.42.
Team results — 1. Acton-Boxborough, 315; 2. Winchester, 230; 3. Andover, 217; 4. North Andover, 200; 5. Haverhill, 192.5; 6. Belmont, 182; 7. Lexington, 150; 8. Woburn, 132; 9. Reading, 129; 10. Wakefield, 115; 11. Chelmsford, 105; 12. Arlington, 104.