The Carroll boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams produced a sweep of the Class 6A Region 3 championships last weekend.
Both teams dominated and the Dragons scored 636.5 points and more than 400 points ahead of second place. The Lady Dragons scored 463.5 points, well ahead of second-place Allen.
The UIL Class 6A State Swimming and Diving Meet will be held Feb. 19-20 at the Texas Swim Center in Austin.
Region 3-6A Swim/Dive Team Scores:
Girls Top 5 Teams
Boys Top 5 Teams
Dragon Region 3-6A Diving results
Boys
1st Nate Hernandez 517.15 Region 3-6A Diver of the Meet State qualifying
2nd Luke McFarland 392.55 State Qualifying
3rd CJ Durant 381.00
5th Andrew Walker 359.30
Girls
1st Summer Westover 413.95 Region 3-6A Diver of the Meet State Qualifying
2nd Sloane Papa 398.45 State Qualifying
3rd Maddie Keiser 395.50
Coach Carolyn Hryorchuk: Region 3-6A Boy’s and Girl’s Diving Coach of the Meet
Dragon Region 3-6A Swimming results
Boys Relays:
200 med relay 2nd 1:34.59 with Alex Moraru, Evan Kolde, Gus Karau and Landon Armstrong
All-American Consideration, season best, State Qualifying
200 free relay 1st 1:24.33 with Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Landon Jensen
All-American Automatic, season best, school record, 1st seed in State
400 free relay 1st 3:03.65 with Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Colter Carman
All-America Automatic, season best, school record, 1st seed in State
Boys Individual events: 31 of 31 individual swims in the Top 10 @ Regions
Alex Zettle 1st 200 free 1:39.94 season best, All-American Consideration State Qualifying
Austin Whalen 2nd 200 free 1:40.35 season best, All-American Consideration State Qualifying
Eric Hart 4th 200 free 1:43.41 PR
Logan Henry 7th 200 free 1:45.16 PR
Colter Carman 2nd 200 IM 1:51.50 PR, All-American Consideration State Qualifying
Logan Davis 5th 200 IM 1:54.65 PR
Kevin Repice 6th 200 IM 1:56.73 PR
Sean Murphy 9th 200 IM 1:58.04 PR
Jack LeVant 1st 50 free 20.48 PR, All-American Automatic State Qualifying
Landon Armstrong 2nd 50 free 21.46 PR
Evan Kolde 7th 50 free 21.84 PR
Landon Jensen 8th 50 free 22.19 PR
Jack LeVant 1st 100 fly 48.99, All-American Automatic State Qualifying
Gus Karau 2nd 100 fly 49.86, All-American Consideration State Qualifying
Daniel Balint 6th 100 fly 50.54 PR, State Qualifying
Alex Moraru 8th 100 fly 52.11 PR
Austin Whalen 1st 100 free 46.49 PR, State Qualifying
Landon Armstrong 2nd 100 free 46.57 PR
Griffin Rea 7th 100 free 48.92 season best
Colter Carman 1st 500 free 4:28.50 All-American Automatic State Qualifying
Alex Zettle 2nd 500 free 4:29.07 season best All-American Automatic State Qualifying
Eric Hart 3rd 500 free 4:34.15 PR All-American Consideration State Qualifying
Gus Karau 4th 500 free 4:36.53
Sean Murphy 5th 100 back 53.12 PR
Alex Moraru 7th 100 back 53.37 season best
Jack VandeBerg 8th 100 back 53.71 PR
Gavin Springs 9th 100 back 53.93 PR
Evan Kolde 1st 100 breast 56.80 All-American Consideration State Qualifying
Daniel Balint 4th 100 breast 58.13 PR State Qualifying
Logan Davis 6th 100 breast 59.21 PR
JP Reppeto 10th 100 breast 1:00.47
Region 3-6A Boy Swimmer of the Meet: Jack LeVant*
* The Dragons qualified 11 swimmers and two divers in three relays and 15 individual events to the Texas 6A State meet.
Girls Relays:
200 med relay 1st 1:47.45 with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Anya Ittiruck and Rachel Luevit
season best, All-American Consideration State Qualifying
200 free relay 2nd 1:38.91 with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Rachel Luevit and Olivia Coffey
season best
400 free relay 2nd 3:33.55 with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Chantal Meyer and Nasha Luevit
season best State Qualifying
Girls Individual events: 21 of 21 individual swims in the Top 8 @ Regions!
Amelia Rusli 4th 200 free 1:55.27 PR
Madelynn Tung 6th 200 free 1:56.50 PR
Sydney Balint 7th 200 free 1:57.71 PR
Rachel Luevit 2nd 200 IM 2:07.69 PR
Chantal Meyer 4th 200 IM 2:08.81
Anya Ittiruck 5th 200 IM 2:11.21
Spencer Dockal 4th 500 free 25.46
Natalie Whalen 1st 100 fly 55.72 PR All-American Consideration, State Qualifying
Anya Ittiruck 2nd 100 fly 57.46
Elizabeth Nguyen 8th 100 fly 1:02.37 season best
Amelia Rusli 3rd 100 free 53.92
Olivia Coffey 7th 100 free 54.44 PR
Sydney Balint 8th 100 free 55.00 PR
Natalie Whalen 1st 500 free 4:56.93 PR All-American Consideration, State Qualifying
Madelynn Tung 5th 500 free 5:10.76
Katelyn Johnson 7th 500 free 5:10. 64 (Prelims) PR
Nasha Luevit 3rd 100 back 58.47 PR
Miranda Faust 8th 100 back 1:00.07
Chantal Meyer 3rd 100 breast 1:06.03 season best
Olivia Coffey 5th 100 breast 1:07.10 season best
Rachel Luevit 7th 100 breast 1:06.81 (prelims) season best
*The Lady Dragons qualified seven swimmers and two divers in two relays and four individual events to the Texas 6A State Meet.
The Carroll Dragons boys’ and girls’ swimming teams swept the District 10-6A championship last weekend at Allen.
The Dragons were crowned champions in all 12 events and 23 boys advance to the Region 3-6A championships in two weeks at Rockwall.
The Lady Dragons won all three relays and earned three individual champions and will send 16 girls to regionals.
Girls District Relay Champions included:
200 med relay with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Anya Ittiruck and Rachel Luevit
200 free relay with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Rachel Luevit and Olivia Coffey
400 free relay with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Chantal Meyer and Nasha Luevit
Boys District Relay Champions included:
200 med relay with Alex Morau, Evan Kolde, Gus Karau and Landon Armstrong
200 free relay with Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Landon Jensen
400 free relay with Jack Levant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Colter Carman
Girls Individual Champions included:
Natalie Whalen 100 fly
Natalie Whalen 500 free
Maddie Keiser Diving
Boys Individual Champions included:
Austin Whalen 200 free and 100 free
Colter Carman 200 IM and 500 free
Jack LeVant 50 free and 100 fly
Evan Kolde 100 breast
Nathaniel Hernandez Diving
Jack VandeBerg 100 back
Additional Individual Regional Qualifiers for the Dragon Girls included: Top 6 to Regions
Diving: 2nd Sloane Papa
3rd Summer Westover
200 free: 3rd Madelynn Tung
4th Amelia Rusli
5th Sydney Balint
200 IM: 2nd Rachel Luevit
4th Chantal Meyer
5th Anya Ittiruck
50 free: 3rd Spencer Dockal
100 fly: 2nd Anya Ittiruck
6th Katelyn Johnson
100 free 2nd Amelia Rusli
5th Sydney Balint
6th Olivia Coffey
500 free 3rd Madelyn Tung
5th Katelyn Johnson
100 back 2nd Nasha Luevit
4th Miranda Faust
100 breast 3rd Chantal Meyer
4th Rachel Luevit
6th Olivia Coffey
Other Top 8 scorers for the Dragon Girls included:
Elizabeth Nguyen 7th 100 fly Region alternate
Ashley Woods 7th 500 free Region alternate
Abby Cosenza 8th 100 back
Natalie Gessner 8th 100 breast
Additional Individual Regional qualifiers for the Dragon Boys included: Top 6 to Regions
Diving: 2nd CJ Durant
3rd Luke McFarland
5th Andrew Walker
200 free 2nd Alex Zettle
4th Eric Hart
5th Logan Henry
200 IM 2nd Logan Davis
3rd Kevin Repice
6th Sean Murphy
50 free 2nd Evan Kolde
4th Landon Armstrong
5th Landon Jensen
100 fly 2nd Gus Karau
3rd Daniel Balint
5th Alex Moraru
100 free 3rd Landon Armstrong
5th Landon Jensen
500 free 2nd Alex Zettle
3rd Eric Hart
4th Gus Karau
100 back 2nd Alex Moraru
4th Sean Murphy
5th Gavin Springs
100 breast 2nd Daniel Balint
4th JP Reppeto
5th Logan Davis
Other Top 8 Scorers for the Dragon boys included:
100 free Griffin Rea Region alternate
Girls District Relay Champions included:
200 med relay with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Anya Ittiruck and Rachel Luevit
200 free relay with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Rachel Luevit and Olivia Coffey
400 free relay with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Chantal Meyer and Nasha Luevit
Boys District Relay Champions included:
200 med relay with Alex Morau, Evan Kolde, Gus Karau and Landon Armstrong
200 free relay with Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Landon Jensen
400 free relay with Jack Levant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Colter Carman
Girls Individual Champions included:
Natalie Whalen 100 fly
Natalie Whalen 500 free
Maddie Keiser Diving
Boys Individual Champions included:
Austin Whalen 200 free and 100 free
Colter Carman 200 IM and 500 free
Jack LeVant 50 free and 100 fly
Evan Kolde 100 breast
Nathaniel Hernandez Diving
Jack VandeBerg 100 back
Additional Individual Regional Qualifiers for the Dragon Girls included: Top 6 to Regions
Diving: 2nd Sloane Papa
3rd Summer Westover
200 free: 3rd Madelynn Tung
4th Amelia Rusli
5th Sydney Balint
200 IM: 2nd Rachel Luevit
4th Chantal Meyer
5th Anya Ittiruck
50 free: 3rd Spencer Dockal
100 fly: 2nd Anya Ittiruck
6th Katelyn Johnson
100 free 2nd Amelia Rusli
5th Sydney Balint
6th Olivia Coffey
500 free 3rd Madelyn Tung
5th Katelyn Johnson
100 back 2nd Nasha Luevit
4th Miranda Faust
100 breast 3rd Chantal Meyer
4th Rachel Luevit
6th Olivia Coffey
Other Top 8 scorers for the Dragon Girls included:
Elizabeth Nguyen 7th 100 fly Region alternate
Ashley Woods 7th 500 free Region alternate
Abby Cosenza 8th 100 back
Natalie Gessner 8th 100 breast
Additional Individual Regional qualifiers for the Dragon Boys included: Top 6 to Regions
Diving: 2nd CJ Durant
3rd Luke McFarland
5th Andrew Walker
200 free 2nd Alex Zettle
4th Eric Hart
5th Logan Henry
200 IM 2nd Logan Davis
3rd Kevin Repice
6th Sean Murphy
50 free 2nd Evan Kolde
4th Landon Armstrong
5th Landon Jensen
100 fly 2nd Gus Karau
3rd Daniel Balint
5th Alex Moraru
100 free 3rd Landon Armstrong
5th Landon Jensen
500 free 2nd Alex Zettle
3rd Eric Hart
4th Gus Karau
100 back 2nd Alex Moraru
4th Sean Murphy
5th Gavin Springs
100 breast 2nd Daniel Balint
4th JP Reppeto
5th Logan Davis
Other Top 8 Scorers for the Dragon boys included:
100 free Griffin Rea Region alternate
The Carroll Dragon boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams both earned District 10-6A championships last weekend.
The Dragon swimmers won all six relays and earned titles in five of the eight boys’ individual events and three of eight girls’ events. In total, the Dragons advanced 19 of 23 girls to the regionals and 20 of 24 boys.
The Dragons swept the diving competition on Thursday at the Grapevine Natatorium, finishing first through fourth in both boys’ and girls’ diving. All eight Dragon divers advanced to regionals.
Carroll qualified 57 swimming spots for regional.
Relay Champions for the Dragons included:
1st 200 med relay 1:48.73 with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Anya Ittiruck and Ashley Baker
1st 200 med relay 1:38.02 with Kyle Derevyanik, Logan Davis,Gus Karau and Griffin Rea
1st 200 free relay 1:39.24 with Casey Rose, Jennifer Owston, Ashley Baker and Olivia Coffey
1st 200 free relay 1:25.99 with Jack LeVant, Carson Klein, Austin Whalen and Kyle Derevyanik-All-American Consideration time
1st 400 free relay 3:34.48 with Casey Rose, Jennifer Owston, Chantal Meyer and Nasha Luevit
1st 400 free relay 3:08.20 with Carson Klein, Jack LeVant, Austin Whalen and John Everett-All-American Consideration time
Individual Region Qualifiers for the Dragons included:
3rd 200 free Jennifer Owston 1:56.07 PR
6th 200 free Abby Cosenza 1:58.81 PR
1st 200 free Carson Klein 1:40.56 season best All-Amer consideration
2nd 200 free Austin Whalen 1:40.71 PR All-Amer consideration
3rd 200 free Eric Hart 1:46.86
5th 200 free Logan Henry 1:49.02 PR
5th 200 IM Chantal Meyer 2:08.43
6th 200 IM Rachel Luevit 2:08.49 PR
4th 200 IM John Everett 1:57.35
1st 50 free Casey Rose 24.44
3rd 50 free Ashley Baker 25.03 PR
5th 50 free Olivia Coffey 25.35 PR
1st 50 free Jack LeVant 21.33 PR
4th 50 free Kyle Derevyanik 22.08
5th 50 free Griffin Rea 22.16 PR (Rea, with two other events at Regionals, graciously gave up his 50 free-Regional spot to Michael Everett, who finished just behind him in 7th place)
7th 50 free Michael Everett 22.18 PR Advancing to Regions
1st 100 fly Anya Ittiruck 57.47 PR
2nd 100 fly Madelynn Tung 57.96 PR
4th 100 fly Katelyn Johnson 1:00.35
1st 100 fly Jack LeVant 49.92 PR All-Amer consideration
4th 100 fly Gus Karau 50.99
6th 100 fly John Everett 52.68
1st 100 free Casey Rose 52.60
3rd 100 free Jennifer Owston 54.28
5th 100 free Nasha Luevit 54.91
1st 100 free Austin Whalen 46.88 PR
2nd 100 free Brandon Everett 48.49 PR
3rd 100 free Griffin Rea 48.52 PR
4th 500 free Madelynn Tung 5:10.55
5th 500 free Jennifer Talbert 5:15.39 season best
1st 500 free Cason Klein 4:34.29 PR All-Amer consideration
2nd 500 free Gus Karau 4:42.75
3rd 500 free Eric Hart 4:47.29
4th 500 free Landon Jensen 4:49.40 PR
2nd 100 back Nasha Luevit 58.66 PR
3rd 100 back Miranda Faust 1:00.97 PR
4th 100 back Maddie O’Brian 1:01.39 PR
6th 100 back Jaycie Adamson 1:02.83
4th 100 back Alex Moraru 53.64 PR
5th 100 back Kyle Derevyanik 53.87 PR
6th 100 back Gavin Springs 55.02 PR
2nd 100 breast Chantal Meyer 1:05.86 PR
3rd 100 breast Rachel Luevit 1:06.09 PR
2nd 100 breast Logan Davis 1:01.61 PR
4th 100 breast Daniel Balint 1:01.68 PR
1st Diving Nate Hernandez
2nd Diving CJ Durant
3rd Diving Luke McFarland
4th Diving Andrew Walker00
1st Diving Maddie Keiser
2nd Diving Emilee Torres
3rd Diving Sabrina March
4th Diving Shelby Riney
Additional top 10 finishers for the Dragons included: (24 to 32 entries in each event)
7th 200 free Amelia Rusli 1:59.46 PR
8th 200 free Jennifer Talbert 1:59.47
8th 200 IM Anya Ittiruck 2:14.54
7th 200 IM Alex Moraru 1:59.29 PR
8th 200 IM Logan Davis 1:59.45
7th 50 free Jaycie Adamson 25.55 PR
8th 100 fly Elizabeth Nguyen 1:01.72 PR
9th 100 fly Jack VandeBerg 54.75 PR
8th 100 free Ashley Baker 55.46
10th 100 free Kamal Phelps 50.33 PR
7th 500 free Katelyn Johnson 5:18.25 PR
8th 500 free Amelia Rusli 5:21.30 PR
9th 100 back Jack VandeBerg 55.40 PR
8th 100 breast Olivia Coffey 1:07.21
7th 100 breast JP Reppeto 1:02.62 PR
Additional Dragon Swimmers racing at Districts included:
13th 200 IM Miranda Gardner 2:23.10 season best
13th 100 breast Katie Nedow 1:10.31 season best
12th 100 breast Wesley Song 1:05.01 season best
Dragon Swimmers and Divers will continue to train and sharpen up for the Region 3-6A Championships in two weeks at the Rockwall Natatorium.
Nearly 100 Dragon Swimmers competed last Saturday at the 9th Annual Dragon Hunt Invitational Swim Meet against more than 250 other swimmers from 10 additional teams.
The Dragon Varsity teams won both team championships, while the Dragon JV teams finished 8th in the girls’ competition and the boys finished 9th, against the other varsity teams entered.
The main event of the Dragon Hunt meet is the awarding of “rubber chickens” to each heat winner. Every swimmer, not just the very fastest ones, has a chance to win a rubber chicken. Overall, 102 rubber chickens were awarded in individual races to the heat winners. The Dragons came away with 20 of those individual rubber chickens.
In addition, four rubber chickens were awarded to the four members of each relay team that finished first in their respective relay event. The Dragon swimmers won seven of the eight relays, taking home 28 of those 32 chickens awarded.
The Dragons’ next competition is Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Allen Natatorium vs. Allen HS and the Jesuit and Ursuline.
Individual rubber chicken winners for the Dragons included:
Jack LeVant 100 IM 55.27
Olivia Miller 200 IM 2:32.91
Chantal Meyer 200 IM 2:13.98
Haydn Dussetschleger 50 free 34.47
Carey McLean 50 free 29.51
Casey Rose 50 free 24.99
David Graham 50 free 25.39
Kamal Phelps 50 free 23.81
Anya Ittiruck 100 fly 59.78
Madelynn Tung 200 fly 2:11.23
Jack LeVant 200 fly 1:55.64
Taylor Venis 100 free 1:04.27
Lauren Clay 100 free 1:00.88
Brighton Sanders 100 free 59.26
Garrett Kuketz 100 free 1:05.33
Gavin Springs 100 free 51.79
Molly Warden 100 back 1:25.28
Kyle Derevyanik 100 back 55.72
Daniel Balint 100 breast 1:04.33
Chantal Meyer 200 breast 2;26.58
Rubber Chicken Relay winners included: (first place in the entire event)
200 med relay 1:55.64 with Nasha Luevit, Katie Nedrow, Anya Ittiruck and Jaycie Adamson
200 med relay 1:40.12 with Kyle Derevyanik, Evan Kolde, Jack LeVant and Griffin Rea
100 rubber chicken relay 58.01 with Katie Nedrow, Elizabeth Nguyen, Katelyn Johnson and Abby Cosenza
100 rubber chicken relay 50.23 with Michael Everett, Brandon Everett, Kyle McCall and Kamal Phelps
200 free relay 1:30.08 with jack LeVant, Gus Karau, Austin Whalen and Kyle McCall
400 free relay 3:43.14 with Jennifer Owston, Ashley Baker, Chantal Meyer and Jennifer Talbert
400 free relay 3:17.73 with Gus Karau, Griffin Rea, Austin Whalen and Brandon Everett
The following are the Carroll Dragons selected to the Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association Class 5A All-State team for 2013-2014…
200 Med relay Girls 1:46.45 with Emily Gibson, Olivia Coffey, Elizabeth Nedrow and Casey Rose
200 Med relay Boys 1:34.60 with Jonathan Roberts, Austin Arkes, Gus Karau and Kris Kolde
Rebecca Upton 200 free 1:50.63
Alexa Baran 200 free 1:55.09
Carson Klein 200 free 1:40.40
Connor Dobbs 200 free 1:41.82
Emily Gibson 200 IM 2:03.36
Jonathan Roberts 200 IM 1:48.23
Gus Karau 200 IM 1:55.35
John Everett 200 IM 1:56.30
Casey Rose 50 free 24.24
Maddie Keiser Diving 388.90
Nate Hernandez Diving 496.35
Emily Gibson 100 fly 54.44
Jonathan Roberts 100 fly 49.15
Gus Karau 100 fly 51.96
Emily Gibson 100 free 51.78
Casey Rose 100 free 52.46
Jonathan Roberts 100 free 44.97
Rebecca Upton 500 free 4:54.94
Alexa Baran 500 free 5:04.61
Jonathan Roberts 500 free 4:16.90
Connor Dobbs 500 free 4:29.15
Carson Klein 500 free 4:34.89
Austin Whalen 500 free 4:40. 48
200 free relay Girls 1:38.47 with Casey Rose, Rebecca Upton, Alexa Baran and Jennifer Owston
200 free relay Boys 1:26.81 with Kyle McCall, Carson Klein, Kris Kolde and Taylor Willenbring
Jonathan Roberts 100 back 48.58
Taylor Willenbring 100 breast 57.60
Austin Arkes 100 breast 58.89
400 free relay Girls 3:28.61 with Casey Rose, Rebecca Upton, Alexa Baran and Emily Gibson
400 free relay Boys 3:05.61 with Jonathan Roberts, Carson Klein, Taylor Willenbring and Austin Arkes
The Carroll Dragon boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams both captured Region 2-5A championships and qualified several members of the teams for the UIL state meet. Ten boys and seven girls qualified for state from Carroll.
Both teams dominated the final standings as the boys scored 563 points and the girls scored 412.
The Dragons will be seeking their fourth consecutive Class 5A state championship and the Lady Dragons will vie for their third consecutive. The UIL state meet will be held Feb. 21-22 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin. The top three finishers at region are listed below…
BOYS
1. Carroll 563
2. Flower Mound 373
3. Keller 225
GIRLS
1. Carroll 412
2. Keller 296
3. Flower Mound 265
The Dragons advanced all six relays to the State Meet, winning 4 of the relays.
Relay finishes for the Dragons:
3rd 200 med relay 1:47.94 with Emily Gibson, Olivia Coffey, Elizabeth Nedrow and Jennifer Owston
qualified for State, season best time, All-American consideration
1st 200 med relay 1:34.60 with Jonathan Roberts, Austin Arkes, Gus Karau and Kris Kolde
qualified for State, season best time, All-American
4th 200 free relay 1:39.18 with Casey Rose, Rebecca Upton, Alexa Baran and Jennifer Owston
qualified for State
1st 200 free relay 1:26.81 with Kyle McCall, Carson Klein, Kris Kolde and Taylor Willenbring
qualified for State, season best
1st 400 free relay 3:30.05 with Casey Rose, Rebecca Upton, Alexa Baran and Emily Gibson
qualified for State, Season best, All-American
1st 400 free relay 3:10. 25 with Carson Klein, Taylor Willenbring, Austin Whalen and Jonathan Roberts
qualified for State, season best, All-American consideration
Individual Top 3 Medalists for the Dragons included:
Rebecca Upton 1st 200 free 1:50.66 State Qualifier, PR, All-American consideration
Carson Klein 2nd 200 free 1:40.40 State Qualifier, PR, All-American consideration
Connor Dobbs 3rd 200 free 1:42.18 State Qualifier, season best
Emily Gibson 3rd 200 IM 2:03.66 State Qualifier, PR, All-American consideration, school record
Gus Karau 2nd 200 IM 1:55.35 PR
John Everett 3rd 200 IM 1:56.30 PR
Emily Gibson 1st 100 fly 54.51 State Qualifier, PR, All-American, school record
Gus Karau 2nd 100 fly 51.96 PR
Casey Rose 2nd 100 free 52.46 State Qualifier, PR
Rebecca Upton 2nd 500 free 4:58.23 State Qualifier, season best
Jonathan Roberts 1st 500 free 4:29.54 State Qualifier, All-American
Connor Dobbs 2nd 500 free 4:30.14 State Qualifier, season best, All-American
Carson Klein 3rd 500 free 4:34.89 State Qualifier, season best, All-American consideration
Jonathan Roberts 1st 100 back 49.14 State Qualifer, PR, All-American, school record
Taylor Willenbring 2nd 100 breast 58.22 State Qualifier, PR
Austin Arkes 3rd 100 breast 58.89 State Qualifier, season best
Nathaniel Hernandez 1st Diving State Qualifier
Individual Top 8 Finalists for the Dragons included:
Alexa Baran 8th 200 free 1:55.67
Austin Whalen 4th 200 free 1:44.26 PR
Alex Moraru 7th 200 IM 1:59.22 PR
Casey Rose 4th 50 free 24.24
Kris Kolde 8th 50 free 22.35 PR
Katelyn Johnson 6th 100 fly 59.54 PR
Elizabeth Nedrow 8th 100 fly 1:00.13
Kyle Derevyanik 5th 100 fly 53.36 PR
Alex Moraru 6th 100 fly 53.51 PR
John Everett 8th 100 fly 53.59 PR
Jennifer Owston 7th 100 free 54.26 PR
Jaycie Adamson 8th 100 free 54.88 PR
Taylor Willenbring 5th 100 free 47.76 season best
Kris Kolde 7th 100 free 48.85 PR
Alexa Baran 7th 500 free 5:06.85
Austin Whalen 4th 500 free 4:40.48 PR
Kyle Derevyanik 7th 100 back 54.56 PR
Olivia Coffey 4th 100 breast 1:06.97 season best
Katie Nedrow 7th 100 breast 1:09.26
Evan Kolde 4th 100 breast 1:01.01 PR
Emily Torres 6th Diving
Maddie Keiser 4th Diving
Luke McFarland 8th Diving
Josh Villarreal 6th Diving
Individual Top 16 scorers for the Dragons included:
*every single one of our Dragon swimmers finished in the top 16 and scored at the meet!
Andrew Walker 15th Diving
Jennifer Talbert 10th 200 free 1:57.20
Jennifer Owston 12th 200 free 1:56.97 (prelims)
Annika Ittiruck 10th 200 IM 2:16.03 season best
Nasha Luevit 12th 200 IM 2:16.40
Aaron Cosenza 9th 200 IM 2:01.38 PR
Elizabeth Nedrow 10th 50 free 25.29
Brooke Parra 11th 50 free 25.38 season best
Kyle McCall 10th 50 free 22.22 PR
Austin Arkes 11th 50 free 22.67 season best
Matt Wiseman 12th 50 free 22.99
Haley Vassios 14th 100 fly 1:02.84
Brandon Everett 9th 100 free 48.92 PR
Griffin Rea 11th 100 free 48.87 (prelims) PR
Jennifer Talbert 9th 500 free 5:13. 69
Katelyn Johnson 10th 500 free 5:19.63 PR
Nasha Luevit 9th 100 back 1:00.24
Miranda Faust 13th 100 back 1:02.50
Maddie O’Brian 15th 100 back 1:02.29 (prelims) PR
Matt Barnhart 9th 100 back 55.09 PR
Gavin Springs 11th 100 back 57.22 PR
Sarah Zobrist 9th 100 breast 1:10.01
Taylor Schimek 16th 100 breast 1:13.40
The Carroll Dragon swimming and diving teams opened the season Saturday at the Ranger Relays Invitational Swim Meet at the Lewisville ISD Natatorium. The field included 16 teams from DFW area and more than 50 Carroll boys and girls competed.
The Dragons won the championship and the Lady Dragons finished second overall.
Boys
1. Carroll 270
2. Dallas Jesuit 248
3. Plano Senior High 228
4. Plano West 204
5. Flower Mound 202
11. Southlake Carroll “B” 128
Girls
1. Allen 286
2. Southlake Carroll “A” 280
3. Plano West 220
4. Plano East 208
5. Flower Mound 194
6. tie Southlake Carroll “B” 190
Top 4 relays for the Dragon Girls included:
2nd, 200 medley relay 1:56.11 with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Brooke Parra and Jaycie Adamson
3rd, 200 fly relay 1:53.88 with Elizabeth Nedrow, Brooke Parra, Annika Ittiruck and Katie Nedrow
2nd, 400 IM relay 4:19.89 with Casey Rose, Katie Nedrow, Annika Ittiruck and Alexa Baran
1st, 200 breast relay 2:11.77 with Olivia Coffey, Katie Nedrow, Sarah Zobrist and Taylor Schimek
2nd, 200 free relay 1:44.16 with Casey Rose, Brooke Parra, Ashley Baker and Jennifer Owston
3rd, 400 medley relay 4:14.99 with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Elizabeth Nedrow and Jaycie Adamson
1st, 200 back relay 1:57.26 with Nasha Luevit, Annika Ittiruck, Jennifer Owston and Elizabeth Nedrow
2nd, 400 free relay 3:48.33 with Casey Rose, Alexa Baran, Jennifer Owston and Ashley Baker
Top 4 relays for the Dragon Boys included:
1st, 200 medley relay 1:41.96 with Kris Kolde, Austin Arkes, Gus Karau and Kyle McCall
2nd, 200 fly relay 1:41.79 with John Everett, Austin Whalen, Evan Kolde and Kyle Derevyanik
2nd, 400 IM relay 3:51.25 with Carson Klein, Gus Karau, John Everett and Aaron Cosenza
1st, 200 breast relay 1:55.76 with Taylor Willenbring, Austin Arkes, Evan Kolde and Carson Klein
3rd, 400 medley relay 3:43.98 with Kyle Derevyanik, Taylor Willenbring, Austin Whalen and Kyle McCall
2nd, 200 back relay 1:43.11 with Kyle Derevyanik, Kris Kolde, John Everett and Gus Karau
4th 400 free relay 3:20.92 with Taylor Willenbring, Carson Klein, Austin Whalen and Brandon Everett
The Class 5A state champion Carroll Dragons are well represented on the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Class 5A All-State team. The team included 14 Lady Dragon swimmers and divers and 12 Dragon swimmers and divers. For the complete 5A team visit tisca.org.
Lady Dragon All-State Selections
Emily Gibson, Jr.
Mackenzie Leonard, Sr.
Sydney Wheeler, Soph.
Casey Rose, Soph.
Emily Zapinski, Sr.
Rebecca Upton, Jr.
Alexa Baran, Jr.
Jennie Hall, Sr.
Lindsay Schultz, Sr.
Ashlin Anderson, Sr.
Olivia Coffey, Fr.
Lauren Crown, Jr. – Diving
Sloan Papa, Fr. – Diving
Larkin Papa, Jr. -Diving
Dragon All-State Selections
Jonathan Roberts, Jr.
John Remetta, Sr.
Jake Tovey, Sr.
Jacob Elieson, Sr.
Connor Dobbs, Jr.
Carson Klein, Soph.
Austin Nguyenphu, Sr.
Grayson Magruder, Jr.
Taylor Willenbring, Jr.
Austin Arkes, Jr.
Bryce Klein, Sr. – Diving
Nathaniel Hernandez, Fr. – Diving
View some of the images from the Carroll Dragon swimming and diving teams state championship performances in Austin. Photos courtesy Thinh Nguyenphu.