The Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s Swimming State Championships were held on Sunday at Brown University and plenty of locals made noise on both the boys and girls side.

The Bishop Hendricken Hawks wrapped up the boys title in dramatic fashion, winning the 400 yard freestyle relay to clinch the championship in the final event. 

Hendricken senior Tristan Jordan was the anchor of the relay and would help the Hawks secure the win by 0.28 seconds in a photo finish.

Jordan was on the shortlist of favorites to clinch an individual title. Although he just missed, he was thrilled to still take home gold as part of the relay team.

“It was awe, it was acceptance that this was my last event that I would swim in high school, and it was making up for falling short,” said Jordan of what went through his mind when he and Hawks clinched the championship. “I am a champion and our team is a champion, we needed to win.”

As he prepares to graduate, Jordan was proud to not only help Hendricken get back on top last season, but to repeat as champs this time around while laying a foundation for the future of the program. 

“It’s beautiful. Last year we came back after a two-year drop. Not only was I part of the jumpstart, but I was part of continuing it further. I believe (the younger swimmers) will come back ready to work. They know what the standard is,” said Jordan.

Hendricken’s relay team of Rocco Czaja, Hunter Andrews, Avery Cover and Jordan won the 400.

Jordan took second in the 100 free for Hendricken and third in the 50 free. Hendricken’s relay team of Tristan Andrews, Hunter Andrews, Cover and Jordan took second in the 200 free.

Hendricken’s relay team of Czaja, Ben Ranney, Liam Kelly and Tristan Andrews took fourth in the 200 medley.

Rocco later placed fifth in the backstroke for Hendricken while Tristan Andrews took fifth in the breaststroke.

Cranston West’s Alexander Tremblay led the Cranston co-op by taking eighth in the 200 individual medley. The co-op’s relay team of Tremblay, Jayden Symonds, Runlin Liu and Eri Ogunde placed ninth in the 400 free.