After two days of intense competition, the Lady Lancer swimming and diving team brought home its 26th consecutive Conference title on Feb. 11.

“It feels fantastic,” Coach Todd Gabel said. “It’s been talked about way too long, so I’m glad we’ve finally got it. I’m very happy for my girls.”

The whole team stepped up to earn the team’s total of 507 points, beating out second place Parkway South with 443.5 and third place Marquette with 409.

There were many new personal bests achieved at the meet, perhaps most notably by the 400 free relay team. The team, which is comprised of senior Taylor Paskoff, sophomores Gretchen Cox and Laura Paskoff and freshman Mar Riordan, won the event with a time of 3:43.17.

Also earning major points for the team were Lafayette’s three divers, senior Alyssa Shaw, sophomore Kelly Shaw and freshman Sophie Gebauer, who earned second, third and fourth place respectively.

The Lady Lancers celebrated their Conference victory in true champion fashion, by getting Coach Gabel into the pool.

“It felt great,” Coach Gabel said, laughing. “Really good.”

The next step for the team will be to defend their State title at the St.Peters Rec Plex on Feb. 18-19.