The Sacred Heart girls swimming team’s championship streak was put to the test.

Sacred Heart had won six straight titles, but this year, the race for the top was expected to be tighter — and it was.

St. Anthony’s held a one-point lead after the 10th event, but Sacred Heart finished strong in the final four races, including two relay victories.

Sacred Heart totaled 722 team points, edging out St. Anthony's 694.5 points, and secured its seventh straight Nassau-Suffolk CHSAA championship and third consecutive intersectional CHSAA championship at the Nassau Aquatic Center on Sunday.

“It’s just enthusiasm,” junior Morgan Harkins said. “The pressure was all on us, but we know how to work through it together and this means so much to me.”

Sacred Heart’s Lauren Canty won the 200-yard freestyl

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