But with a roster of only 18 swimmers, and no seniors, the Spartans weren't about to be overconfident.

So with just 10 qualified to swim in the meet, the girls, just like the Spartans' boys, proved that depth can carry a team a long way. And in this case, it carried the Spartans to a second straight Division B title.

With freshman Erin Cawley winning the 100 butterfly in 1:03.64, and the 400 free relay of Cawley, Ali Funk, Beth Mooney and Kate Merz winning in 3:51.93, Holy Spirit totaled 272 points to edge Ocean City (257) and Moorestown (252).

"It's really amazing," Holy Spirit junior captain Caitlin McCusker. "We really don't have the experience this year. We lost a lot with graduation last year. But we showed a lot of energy here today. We had a lot of quality swims. I'm just so proud of everybody."

The Spartans also had a second-place finish in the 200 free relay. Cawley added a third-place finish in the 200 IM. Merz, a sophomore, was second to Woodstown's Sammi Edwards in both the 200 and 500 free, while Beth Mooney, another sophomore, was second in the 50 and 100 frees to Ocean City's Renee Tomlin.

It was a team effort.

"We expected it to be close, just like last year," Mooney said. "We've been working really hard and it was definitely one of our goals. If you put the work in, you have a chance of coming out on the positive."

The Spartans had to overcome a strong effort from Ocean City, which was competing as an all-girls' team for the first time.

The Red Raiders won 200 medley relay, with Susanne Mooney, Sam King, Tomlin and Colleen Smith finishing in 1:57.50. They also won the 200 free relay (1:45.38), with Kelsey Levering replacing Mooney and joining the other three.

In addition, Tomlin captured the 50 free in 25.04 seconds and the 100 free in 54.49. King won the 200 IM in 2:16.56.

"We saw where we were seeded in the relays and, individually, and we wanted to come in here and swim fast," Tomlin said. "This is our first year as a split team. We don't have a lot of depth yet. But we swam well today."

The meet's other double individual winner, Edwards, won the 200 free in 1:58.19 and 500 free in 5:15.79 seconds. But she was more interested in how the team performed.

"I wasn't really worried about goals for myself, but more for my team," Edwards said. "We came in with the idea we wanted to swim well as a team and everybody did."