The girls and boys swim teams placed first overall at their district meets on Jan. 25. Thirty-eight swimmers qualified for districts this year. Every girl who raced qualified for the Region Meet, along with 12 boys.
Girls coach John Dissinger said his team’s strength during the District Championships was its depth.
“We got three or four people in the top eight for every race,” Dissinger said.
Junior Elena Amos was the girls Swimmer of the Meet and stood out as a team leader. She qualified for Region in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.32, the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.88 and in both the 200 medley relay (where she swam butterfly) and in the 200 freestyle relay, which she anchored.
Amos said her goal for the Region Meet is for the team to win first place, and for her to break a record along with make it to the State Championships.
Prior to the district meet, the girls made a promise to their coach to actually do their full warm up and warm down. They credited that to helping their performances.
“Winning as a team always brings us joy, and the fact that we all made it to the next round is really fun,” Amos said.
Boys swim and diving coach Greg McLain said the boy senior swimmers’ leadership really stood out during the district meet. The veterans on the team encouraged and communicated with the newcomers to keep their nerves down and let them know it was all okay if they didn’t perform as well as they wanted.
One of the senior boys who stood out was senior Gabe Fabrizio. Fabrizio qualified for region in his 100 fly with a time of 55.3 seconds,100 back with a time of 55.82, as well as the 400 free relay and 200 medley. He ended up placing first in his 100 back and second in the 100 fly.
Despite advancing to region, Fabrizio did not perform as well as he hoped during the district meet, but he was really proud of the team as a whole.
“We had really good teamwork because we were all encouraging and kind to each other after our races,” said Fabrizio, who hopes to set new personal records in the 100 fly and 100 back during the Region Meet..
McLain said that Kingwood Park’s swim competition is getting a lot better, but the teams hope to place as high as they can during the Region Meet and qualify for as many swimmers as they can for State. The teams will compete at the Region Meet at the New Caney natatorium on Feb. 7-8.
“Everybody thinks swimming is an individual sport, but it’s really not, it’s a team sport,” McLain said.
District Meet Results
Female District Swimmer of the Meet: Elena Amos
Female District Diver of the Meet: Isabella Munoz
Male District Diver of the Meet: Colton Anderson
GIRLS TEAM
200 Yard Medley Relay:
1st – 1:53.89 (C. Scott, M. Martinez, E. Amos, M. Stone)
200 Yard Free:
1st – Marie Wakefield 2:00.36
3rd – Ava Bailey 2:07.84
5th – Marisa Chinen 2:12.56
9th – Deborah Sullivan 2:17.02
200 Yard IM:
2nd – Marien Martinez 2:19.79
4th – Courtney Scott 2:21.63
6th – Lucy Foltz 2:29.65
7th – Rilee Flake 2:34.91
50 Yard Free:
1st – Elena Amos 24.32
2nd – Cecelia Sullivan 25.59
3rd – Marisa Stone 25.97
4th – Amerie West 26.35
100 Yard Fly:
2nd – Marie Wakefield 1:00.96
3rd – Amerie West 1:02.21
6th – Isabella Munoz 1:06.63
7th – Helena Rudny 1:09.73
100 Yard Free:
1st – Cecelia Sullivan 55.61
2nd – Cali Collins 57.43
4th – Marisa Stone 58.28
6th – Rilee Flake 1:00.11
500 Yard Free:
1st – Ava Bailey 5:42.20
3rd – Addison Blons 5:54.73
4th – Marisa Chinen 6:01.51
6th – Deborah Sullivan 6:04.54
200 Yard Free Relay:
1st – 1:44.27 (C. Sullivan, M. Stone, M. Wakefield, E. Amos)
Girls 100 Yard Back:
1st – Elena Amos 58.88
2nd – Courtney Scott 1:01.92
4th – Lucy Foltz 1:07.18
5th – Addison Blons 1:08.52
100 Yard Breast:
1st – Marien Martinez 1:10.85
3rd – Katelyn Walker 1:14.31
4th – Helena Rudny 1:16.43
6th – Cally Sharp 1:22.13
400 Yard Free Relay:
2nd – 3:52.21 (C. Sullivan, C. Scott, A. West, M. Wakefield)
BOYS TEAM
200 yard medley relay
2nd – 1:42.19 (G. Fabrizio, B. Burns, C. Foltz, G. Longhofer-Hunt)
200 yard freestyle
1st – Jaxon Major 1:53.44
4th – Dylan Black 1:56.67
7th – Hogan Anderson 1:59.27
14th – Kyler Johns 2:17.61
200 yard IM
3rd – Korbin Johnson 2:11.93
4th – Ivan Rodriguez 2:13.25
9th – John Defazio 2:27.96
11th – Rowan Brooks-Martin 2:43.50
50 yard freestyle
2nd – Brody Burns 22.78
7th – Grayson Longhofer-Hunt 23.47
9th – CJ Foltz 23.92
16th – Merrick Masters 26.37
100 yard butterfly
1st – CJ Foltz 54.76
2nd – Gabe Fabrizio 55.30
3rd – Dylan Black 56.55
14th – Colton Anderson 1:07.18
100 yard freestyle
6th – Grayson Longhofer-Hunt 51.29
7th – Hogan Anderson 52.15
10th – Korbin Johnson 52.78
12th – Merrick Masters 56.52
500 yard freestyle
1st – Jaxon Major 5:08.56
5th – John Defazio 5:35.80
12th – Bishop Scott 6:32.01
13th – Kyler Johns 6:32.97
200 yard freestyle relay
1st – 1:33.61 (K. Johnson, J. Major, H. Anderson, B. Burns)
100 yard backstroke
1st – Gabe Fabrizio 55.82
4th – Ivan Rodriguez 59.10
9th – Christian Norris 1:06.54
100 yard breaststroke
2nd – Brody Burns 1:04.74
8th – Josh Riskus 1:11.04
12th – Paul Critzer 1:17.26
400 yard freestyle relay
2nd – 3:26.81 (G. Fabrizio, J. Major, G. Longhofer-Hunt, K. Johnson)
