The Carroll Dragon boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams dominated the District 5-5A meet last weekend at the CISD Aquatics Center. Both teams claimed their ninth consecutive district title.
The girls produced 21 Region 2-5A qualifiers and the boys had 24. The region championship will be held at the Keller Natatorium.
Relay performances for the Dragons included:
2nd 200 med relay 1:48.99 with Emily Gibson, Olivia Coffey, Elizabeth Nedrow and Katie Nedrow
1st 200 med relay 1:37.26 with Jonathan Roberts, Austin Arkes, Gus Karau and Kris Kolde
2nd 200 free relay 1:38.74 with Casey Rose, Rebecca Upton, Alexa Baran and Jennifer Owston
1st 200 free relay 1:29.14 with Kyle McCall, Carson Klein, Kris Kolde and Taylor Willenbring
1st 400 free relay 3:33.30 with Casey Rose, Rebecca Upton, Alexa Baran and Emily Gibson (new pool record)
1st 400 free relay 3:14.29 with Austin Whalen, Carson Klein, Taylor Willenbring and Jonathan Roberts
Top 6 individual finishes for the Dragons (Top 6 qualify for Regionals)
Girls 200 free 1st Rebecca Upton, 1:52.46 season best
3rd Alexa Baran, 1:55.09 season best
4th Jennifer Talbert 1:56.43 PR
5th Jennifer Owston 1:56.58 PR
Boys 200 free 1st Carson Klein 1:43.97 season best
3rd Austin Whalen 1:45.88 PR
4th Connor Dobbs 1:46.28
5th Eric Hart 1:46.30 PR
Girls 200 IM 2nd Emily Gibson 2:06.52
5th Nasha Luevit 2:15.98 PR
6th Annika Ittiruck 2:17.03
Boys 200 IM 1st John Everett 1:59.00
2nd Gus Karau 1:59.14
4th Aaron Cosenza 2:02.54 PR
5th Alex Moraru 2:03.15 PR
Girls 50 free 2nd Casey Rose 24.29 PR
5th Elizabeth Nedrow 25.22 PR
Boys 50 free 3rd Kyle McCall 22.35 PR
4th Matt Wiseman 22.90
5th Kris Kolde 22.98
6th Austin Arkes 23.33
Girls 100 fly 1st Emily Gibson 56.02 (pool record) All-American Consideration
4th Elizabeth Nedrow 59.59 season best
5th Kaitlyn Johnson 59.67 PR
6th Haley Vassios 1:02.27 PR
Boys 100 fly 2nd Gus Karau 53.21 PR
4th Kyle Derevyanik 54.37 PR
5th John Everett 54.61
6th Alex Moraru 55.20
Girls Diving 3rd Emilee Torres
4th Maddie Keiser
5th Heather Carpenter
Boys Diving 1st Nate Hernandez (All-Amer Consideration)
2nd Josh Villareal
4th Andrew Walker
5th Luke McFarland
Girls 100 free 1st Casey Rose 52.60 PR
3rd Jennifer Owston 54.52 PR
4th Jaycie Adamson 55.16 PR
Boys 100 free 3rd Taylor Willenbring 49.05
4th Brandon Everett 49.29 PR
5th Griffin Rea 49.61 PR
6th Kris Kolde 49.98
Girls 500 free 2nd Rebecca Upton 5:01.38
3rd Alexa Baran 5:04.61 season best
5th Jennifer Talbert 5:09.36 PR
6th Kaitlyn Johnson 5:20.77 PR
Boys 500 free 1st Jonathan Roberts 4:28.90 (pool record) All-American Automatic
2nd Connor Dobbs 4:40.95
3rd Carson Klein 4:43.24
5th Austin Whalen 4:58.46
Girls 100 back 4th Nasha Luevit 1:00.31
5th Miranda Faust 1:02.00 PR
6th Maddie O’Brian 1:03.33
Boys 100 back 1st Jonathan Roberts 50.31 All-American Automatic (school record)
4th Kyle Derevyanik 55.28 PR
5th Matt Barnhart 55.45 PR
6th Gavin Springs 57.23 PR
Girls 100 breast 2nd Olivia Coffey 1:07.31
4th Katie Nedrow 1:09.00
5th Sarah Zobrist 1:09.63 season best
6th Taylor Schimek 1:12.77 PR
Boys 100 breast 1st Taylor Willenbring 59.81
2nd Austin Arkes 1:00.15 season best
3rd Evan Kolde 1:02.23
Other Dragon District Team competitors: (24 to 30 entries in each event)
7th Brooke Parra 50 free 25.40
10th Ashley Baker 50 free 25.70
8th Abbey Cosenza 100 free 56.25 season best
9th Wesley Song 100 breast 1:05.67 season best