After sweeping the Piedmont Athletics Conference boys’ and girls’ championships last week in Chapel Hill, most of the 2013 Wildcats will be swimming in next weekend’s regional meet in Greensboro.

“I thought the PAC meet went extremely well with so many swimmers on vacation for the long (Martin Luther King holiday) weekend,” East Chapel Hill coach Lyn Smith said.

Much the same was true for Carrboro and Chapel Hill high schools.

The Chapel Hill women won the Carolina-6 meet Tuesday in Cary’s Triangle Aquatic Center by a hefty margin (703-616) over runner-up Cardinal Gibbons, and the CHHS boys (644.5) finished second in a closer race with the Crusaders (699).

The Tigers and other Carolina-6 qualifiers return to the Triangle Aquatic Center to swim Saturday in the NCHSAA East 3A Regional. Carrboro will swim in the NCHSAA 1A-2A East Regional on Friday afternoon in the TAC. East’s Wildcats have been assigned to the NCHSAA 4A Central Regional that starts Saturday morning in the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Swimming Tuesday at the Sportsplex in Hillsborough, the defending state 2A champions from Carrboro and Raleigh Charter both won Carolina-12 Conference titles: Carrboro’s boys won their title with 182.5 points to the 177 for second-place N.C. Science and Math; the Raleigh Charter girls won their meet with 216 points while Carrboro was second with 109.

East Chapel Hill’s overwhelming performance Tuesday in Koury Natatorium went just as expected by the PAC-6 coaches. Winning both the boys’ and girls’ titles, the Wildcats won every individual event but three. Northern Durham’s Connor Williams won the boys’ 200 and 500 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.

East’s boys won with 707 points to the 557 for Jordan in second place. Koya Osada of East won the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, and he swam on the winning 200 medley relay and climatic 400 freestyle relay.

The East girls — led by double-winners Morgan Smith (200, 400 freestyle) and Caroline Liu (100 breaststroke and 100 back) — swamped runner-up Jordan 734-489.

In all, 48 Wildcat swimmers recorded personal bests, and 36 of them hit good enough times to be considered for next weekend’s regionals, Smith noted. Only those with a top-24 time in a region can compete, so the ‘Cats are still waiting to see who makes it to the next round.

“I had swimmers swimming some events for the first time this season and some others in their very first relay of the season, just to get my entries in,” Smith said. “The team truly stepped up on this meet – covering for our vacancies – swimming through tough practices without any taper.”

PAC-6 4-A CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tuesday, Jan. 22

at UNC’s Koury Natatorium

Boys Teams

1. East Chapel Hill 707, Jordan 557, Riverside 388, Northern 243.

Event Winners

200 medley relay: ECH (Koya Osada, Liam McCullough, Oliver Hudgins, Matt Creatore) 1:41.60. 200 free: Connor Williams (N) 1:46.23. 200 IM: Koya Osada (ECH) 1:58.43. 50 free: Matt Creatore (ECH) 22.51. 1-meter diving: James Brady (ECH) 481.27. 100 butterfly: Oliver Hudgins (ECH) 55.18. 100 free: Michael Wohl (ECH) 49.16. 500 free: Connor Williams (N) 4:50.14. 200 free relay: ECH (Bijan Zakerin, Michael Wohl, Max Howes, Matt Creatore) 1:31.45. 100 back: Koya Osada (ECH) 53.81. 100 breaststroke: Connor Hoffman (N) 1:02.39. 400 free relay: ECH (Michael Wohl, Oliver Hudgins, Max Howes, Koya Osada) 3:20.91.

Girls Teams

1. East Chapel Hill 734, Jordan 489, Riverside 379, Northern 216.

Event Winners

200 medley relay: ECH (Caroline Liu, Keira McCullough, CeCe Marzinsky, Elizabeth Jensen) 1:57.11. 200 free: Morgan Smith (ECH) 2:03.74. 200 IM: Keira McCullough (ECH) 2:16.35. 50 free: Chelsea Yu (ECH) 26.04. 1-meter diving: Hannah Glisso (R) 239.97. 100 butterfly: CeCe Marzinsky (ECH) 1:01.77. 100 free: Chelsea Yu (ECH) 57.60. 500 free: Morgan Smith (ECH) 5:24.30. 200 free relay: ECH (Keira McCullough, Chelsea Yu, Elizabeth Jansen, Morgan Smith) 1:46.31. 100 back: Caroline Liu (ECH) 1:01.76. 100 breaststroke: Caroline Liu (ECH) 1:09.36. 400 free relay: ECH (CeCe Marzinsky, Chelsea Yu, Maggie Meshnick, Morgan Smith) 3:52.49.

CAROLINA-6 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tuesday, Jan. 22

at Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary

Boys Teams

1. Cardinal Gibbons 699; 2. Chapel Hill 644.5; 3. Northern Vance 277.5; 4. Orange 265, 5. Southern Vance 64.

Event Winners

200 medley relay: Cardinal Gibbons (Christopher Raymond, Noah Cairns, Emmett Williams, Andy Lui) 1:42.79. 200 freestyle: Kai Wombacher (CG) 1:48.62. 200 IM: Sam Freedberg (CH) 2:04.31. 50 free: Bailey Maloney (CG) 22.44. 100 butterfly: Patrick O’Donnell (CH) 54.71. 100 free: Bailey Maloney (CG) 49.03. 500 free: Kai Wombacher (CG) 4:50.4. 200 free relay: Cardinal Gibbons (Robbie Mohney, Kai Wombacher, Andy Lui, Bailey Maloney) 1:29.50. 100 back: Christopher Raymond (CG) 57.32. 100 breaststroke: Noah Cairns (CG) 1:03.71. 400 free relay: Gibbons (Emmett Williams, Noah Cairns, Kai Wombacher, Bailey Maloney) 3:22.89.

Girls Teams

1. Chapel Hill 703; 2. Cardinal Gibbons 616; 3. Orange 369; 4. Northern Vance 151; 5. Southern Vance 13.

Event Winners

200 medley relay: Chapel Hill (Anabelle Durham, Kaitlin Jones, Claire DeSelm, Jennifer Lyu) 1:50.80. 200 free: Anabelle Durham (CH) 1:59.45. 200 IM: Claire DeSelm (CH) 2:08.66. 50 free: Kaitlin Jones (CH) 24.90. 100 butterfly: Claire DeSelm (CH) 57.84. 100 free: Jennifer Lyu (CH) 55.51. 500 free: Emily Dykstra (CG) 5:15.83 . 200 free relay: Cardinal Gibbons (Sophia Lindem, Emma Sacco, Haley Allen, Emily Dykstra) 1:45.23. 100 backstroke: Anabelle Durham (CH) 1:00.52. 100 breaststroke: Kaitlyn Jones (CH) 1:08.61. 400 free relay: Chapel Hill (Claire DeSelm, Jennifer Lyu, Kaitlin Jones, Anabelle Durham) 3:41.64.

CAROLINA-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tuesday, Jan. 22

at the Sportsplex, Hillsborough

Boys Teams

1. Carrboro 182.5, 2. NCSSM 177, 3. Raleigh Charter 84, 4. Cedar Ridge 42.5, 5. Durham School of the Arts 25, 6. Northwood 22, 7. Voyager Academy 1.

Event Winners

200 medley relay: Carrboro (Justin Morrell, Will MacMillan, Thomas Bilden, Tanner Roach) 1:45.32. 200 free: Jacob Vosburgh (NCSSM) 1:46.00 . 200 IM: Sam Strosnider (CAR) 2:08.80. 50 free—Justin Morrell (C) 22.59. 1-meter diving: Zack Polizzi (NCSSM) 233.70. 100 butterfly: Thomas Bilden (C) 54.36. 100 free: Sam Strosnider (C) 50.39. 500 free: Jacob Vosburgh (NCSSM) 4:43.39. 200 free relay: N.C. Science & Math (Matt Weaver, Gabe Shepherd, Daniel Birmingham, Jacob Vosburgh) 1:33.06. 100 back: Justin Morrell (C) 56.22. 100 breaststroke: Will MacMillan 1:03.92. 400 free relay: Carrboro (Will MacMillan, Thomas Bilden, Justin Morrell, Sam Strosnider) 3:31.43.

Girls Teams

1. Raleigh Charter 216, 2. Carrboro 109, 3. N.C. School of Science & Mathematics 66, 4. Northwood 62, 6. Cedar Ridge 48, 6. Durham School of the Arts 26.

Event Winners

200 medley relay: Raleigh Charter (Lindsay Hatt, Margaret Ireland, Tara Martin, Paige Whalen) 1:56.27. 200 free: Alexa Van Dorsten (RC) 2:02.95. 200 IM: Margaret Ireland (RC) 2:11.93. 50 free: Tara Martin (RC) 24.75. 1-meter diving: Devin Finney (NCSSM) 182.85. 100 butterfly: Mia Morrell (C) 1:00.36. 100 free: Olivia Ontjes (RC) 53.52. 500 free: Rory O’Dell (N) 5:31.99. 200 free relay: Raleigh Charter (Whalen, van Dorsten, Hatt, Ontjes) 1:43.28. 100 back: Margaret Ireland (RC) 1:00.78. 100 breaststroke: Olivia Ontjes (RC) 1:08.67. 400 free relay: Raleigh Charter (Martin, van Dorsten, Hatt, Onjes) 3:47.29.