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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Seven teams and 228 swimmers and divers competed last Friday in the District 5-6A Swimming & Diving Championships at the CISD Aquatics Center.
All eight Dragon divers qualified for the Regional Championships. The top six in each event qualified for Regionals.
Dragon Girls’ Diving Results:
1st Bridget O’Neil 534.75 All-Amer Consideration
2nd Allison Ward 472.10
3rd Katie Crown 426.70
4th Summer Westover 419.65
Dragon Boys’ Diving Results:
2nd CJ Durant 416.40
3rd Phillip Kleiman 404.10
4th Luke McFarland 371.10
6th Reid Klein 344.00
Our Dragons Girls won all three relays:
200 med relay 1:47.15 with Kit Kat Zenick, Rachel Luevit, Anya Ittiruck and Spencer Dockal
200 free relay 1:38.16 with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Sydney Balint and Spencer Dockal
new HS pool record!
400 free relay 3:31.82 with Natalie Whalen, Kit Kat Zenick, Amelia Rusli and Sydney Balint
All-Amer Consideration, new HS pool record
Whalen’s lead-off split of 51.90 was another new HS pool record
Dragon Relays:
200 med relay 1:31.82 with Jack LeVant, Evan Kolde, Gus Karau and Landon Armstrong
All-Amer Automatic, new HS pool record, new school record
200 free relay 1:26.05 with Evan Kolde, Alex Zettle, Landon Jensen and Colter Carman
All-Amer Consideration
400 free relay 3:05.20 with Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Colter Carman and Landon Jensen
All-Amer Automatic, new HS pool record
Levant’s lead-off split of 44.56 was another new HS pool record
Individual Swimming Champions for the Dragons included:
Alex Zettle 200 free 1:37.76 new HS pool record All-Amer Automatic
Natalie Whalen 200 IM 2:03.64 All-Amer Consideration
Daniel Balint 200 IM 1:54.63
Spencer Dockal 50 free 24.62 PR
Jack LeVant 50 free 20.40 new HS pool record All-Amer Automatic
Kit Kat Zenick 100 fly 55.42 new HS pool record All-Amer Consideration
Jack LeVant 100 fly 48.17 new HS pool record All-Amer Automatic
Landon Armstrong 100 free 46.72
Natalie Whalen 500 free 5:02.19
Alex Zettle 500 free 4:24.96 new HS pool record All-Amer Automatic
Kit Kat Zenick 100 back 56.76
Evan Kolde 100 breast 57.84
Other Top eight Scorers for the Dragons included: Top 6 qualify for Regions
2nd Sydney Balint 200 free 1:54.78 PR
5th Ashley Zettle 200 free 1:57.48 PR
8th Ashley Woods 200 free 1:58.84 PR
2nd Gus Karau 200 free 1:42.17
3rd Kevin Repice 200 free 1:43.41
6th Chris Lindley 200 free 1:46.25
4th Rachel Luevit 200 IM 2:09.58
6th Anya Ittiruck 200 IM 2:13.09
2nd Colter Carman 200 IM 1:55.89
4th Brian Hochman 200 IM 1:56.40 PR
5th Jaykob Williams 200 IM 1:56.62
3rd Tina Karl 50 free 25.01 PR
4th Amelia Rusli 50 free 25.33
5th Lana Jeter 50 free 25.63
2nd Landon Armstrong 50 free 21.40
4th Landon Jensen 50 free 22.01 PR
6th Griffin Rea 50 free 22.30
3rd Anya Ittiruck 100 fly 57.69
4th Madelynn Tung 100 fly 58.62
5th Grace Giddings 100 fly 59.72 PR
2nd Gus Karau 100 fly 50.53
3rd Daniel Balint 100 fly 51.32
5th Logan Davis 100 fly 51.74
2nd Sydney Balint 100 free 53.74
5th Amelia Rusli 100 free 54.93
6th Abby Cosenza 100 free 56.35
7th Alden Sadler 100 free 56.81 PR
2nd Evan Kolde 100 free 46.84 PR
3rd Landon Jensen 100 free 47.60
4th Logan Henry 100 free 48.13 PR
5th Madelynn Tung 500 free 5:11.08
7th Ashley Woods 500 free 5:11.41
8th Ashley Zettle 500 free 5:15.66
2nd Colter Carman 500 free 5:38.94
4th Eric Hart 500 free 4:43.41
5th Chris Lindley 500 free 4:43.87
3rd Ashlee Shepherd 100 back 1:01.45 PR
4th Miranda Faust 100 back 1:01.60
5th Brooke Guerra 100 back 1:02.49
2nd Logan Henry 100 back 53.06 PR
3rd Jack VandeBerg 100 back 53.54
4th Kevin Repice 100 back 53.79
6th Jaykob Williams 100 back 55.87 PR
3rd Rachel Luevit 100 breast 1:07.47
4th Lillian Duma 100 breast 1:08.38
5th Tina Karl 100 breast 1:08.92 PR
6th Natalie Gessner 100 brast 1:11.13
2nd Logan Davis 100 breast 58.62
4th JP Reppeto 100 breast 1:00.57 PR
5th Chris Ta 100 breast 1:01.45 PR
*Bridget O’Niel was the District 5-6A Girl Diver of the Meet
*Kit Kat Zenick was the District 5-6A Girl Swimmer of the Meet
*Jack LeVant was the District 5-6A Boy Swimmer of the Meet
District 5-6A Team Scoring
Boys
1. Carroll 273.5 five individual pool records, two relay pool records, one school record
seven of nine individual Champions, three for three relay Champions
36 of 36 individual Regional spots, plus three relays
23 of 23 Dragon Boy swimmers and divers advance to Regionals
2. Flower Mound 102.5
3. Marcus 64
4. Hebron 48
5. Lewisville 26
6. Trinity 19
7. LD Bell 12
Girls
1. Carroll 233 two individual pool records, two relay pool records
six of nine individual Champions, three for three relay Champions
30 of 36 individual Regional spots, plus three relays
23 of 25 Dragon Girl swimmers and divers advance to Regionals
2. Flower Mound 136
3. Marcus 62
4. Lewisville 47
5. Hebron 41
6. Trinity 16
7. LD Bell
The Carroll Dragon swimmers and divers swept the Lubbock Invitational Swim/Dive Meet last weekend.
Here are the results…
Top 10 Team Scores:
Boys
1. Southlake Carroll Green 1318
2. El Paso Eastwood 522
3. San Angelo Central 491
4. Mansfield Legacy 432
5. Lubbock HS 424
6. Mansfield Lake Ridge 383
7. Kingwood Atascocita 328
8. Southlake Carroll Black 322
9. Lubbock Monterey 317
10. El Paso Coronado 283
Girls
1. Southlake Carroll Green 1270
2. Kingwood Atascocita 601
3. Lubbock HS 500
4. El Paso Coronado 420
5. El Paso Eastwood 407
6. Southlake Carroll Black 405
7. San Angelo Central 357
8. Los Alamos 355
9. Lubbock Coronado 308
10. Midland HS 223
Top 4 relays for the Dragons included:
1st 200 med relay 1:39.31 with Kevin Repice, JP Reppeto, Gus Karau and Griffin Rea
2nd 200 med relay 1:39.35 with Jack VandeBerg, Evan Kolde, Logan Davis and Eric Hart
2nd 200 free relay 1:41.39 with Natalie Whalen, Amelia Rusli, Spencer Dockal and Rachel Luevit
3rd 200 free relay 1:41.84 with Kit Kat Zenick, Sydney Balint, Tina Karl and Anya Ittiruck
1st 200 free relay 1:27.86 with Landon Armstrong, Alex Zettle, Logan Henry and Landon Jensen
2nd 200 free relay 1:28.19 with Evan Kolde, Jack LeVant, Brian Hochman and Colter Carman
1st 400 free relay 3:41.16 with Kit Kat Zenick, Amelia rusli, Ashley Zettle and Abby Cosenza
4th 400 free relay 3:45.75 with Natalie Whalen, Sydney Balint, Madelynn Tung and Cristina Moraru
1st 400 free relay 3:12.34 with Kevin Repice, Colter Carman, Landon Jensen and Alex Zettle
2nd 400 free relay 3:12.62 with Gus Karau, Landon Armstrong, Daniel Balint and Jack LeVant
The Top 24 swimmers in each event scored points. Our Dragons did well and there are too many to list all of those that scored points for our Teams.
See below our Top 8 finishers in individual events:
200 free girls Sydney Balint 4th 1:59.36
Ashley Zettle 7th 2:02.78
Ashley Woods 8th 2:02.85
200 free boys Alex Zettle 1st 1:40.38 New Meet Record
Gus Karau 3rd 1:43.05
Kevin Repice 5th 1:45.17
Chris Lindley 8th 1:49.60
200 IM girls Natalie Whalen 1st 2:06.87
Rachel Luevit 3rd 2:13.18
Anya Ittiruck 6th 2:17.71
200 IM boys Colter Carman 1st 1:55.97
Daniel Balint 2nd 2:00.21
Jaykob Williams 4th 2:01.66
Brian Hochman 5th 2:03.45
50 free girls Amelia Rusli 6th 25.48
Spencer Dockal 7th 25.78
50 free boys Jack LeVant 1st 20.96
Landon Armstrong 3rd 21.95
Landon Jensen 5th 22.26
1-meter Diving girls Bridget O’Neil 1st 490.35
Allison Ward 2nd 468.00
Summer Westover 3rd 379.60
Isabelle LeBlanc 4th 361.20
1-meter Diving boys CJ Durant 5th 398.00
Phillip Kleiman 6th 371.45
100 fly girls Kit Kat Zenick 1st 56.57 New Meet Record
Madelynn Tung 2nd 1:00.49
Anya Ittiruck 3rd 1:00.70
Grace Giddings 8th 1:03.60
100 fly boys Jack LeVant 1st 49.51 New Meet Record
Gus Karau 2nd 52.69
Logan Davis 3rd 52.92
Daniel Balint 4th 54.00
100 free girls Sydney Balint 3rd 55.23
Amelia Rusli 4th 55.31
Spencer Dockal 7th 57.90
Abby Cosenza 8th 58.30 (57.40 in Prelims)
100 free boys Landon Armstrong 3rd 47.51
Evan Kolde 4th 47.61
Landon Jensen 5th 47.94
Logan Henry 8th 49.84
500 free girls Natalie Whalen 2nd 5:05.13
Ashley Woods 4th 5:23.11
Ashley Zettle 5th 5:24.63
Madelynn Tung 6th 5:28.91
500 free boys Alex Zettle 1st 4:34.80 New Meet Record
Colter Carman 2nd 4:39.51
Eric Hart 5th 4:54.57
Chris Lindley 6th 4:55.08
Mason Kelber 7th 5:06.28
100 back girls Kit Kat Zenick 2nd 58.59
Ashlee Shepherd 4th 1:02.32
Brooke Guerra 7th 1:04.12
100 back boys Kevin Repice 2nd 54.53
Logan Henry 3rd 56.05
Jack VandeBerg 4th 56.20
100 breast girls Rachel Luevit 4th 1:09.01
Lillian Duma 6th 1:12.17
Tina Karl 7th 1:12.84
Natalie Gessner 8th 1:13.65
100 breast boys Evan Kolde 2nd 58.94
Logan Davis 4th 1:01.36
JP Reppeto 5th 1:02.10
Thursday at 6 p.m. Carroll hosts St. Mark’s on Senior Night.
Also, on Friday Jan. 20 at 4:30 pm, Carroll will host the District 5-6A Swim Meet.
Carroll Lady Dragon diver Bridgett O’Neill recently competed in Kazan, Russia at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships.
It marked O’Neill’s first time to qualify for Worlds, representing her USA Diving Club – GC Divers in Southlake.
O’Neill, a freshman, finished 10th out of 26 divers in the 1 meter and 14th out of 29 in the 3 meter event.
Divers from all over the world competed, including Japan, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Mexico and Russia.
O’Neill is regarded as one of the top two high school divers in the state.
The Dragon swimmers and divers had 65 team members compete Friday and Saturday at the Mansfield Invitational Swim/Dive Meet to conclude the fall regular season.
The following are the results…
Team Scores: Top six of 18 Teams
Girls
Boys
Relay top 3 finishes for the Dragons included:
1st 200 med relay 1:49.97 with Ashlee Shepherd, Rachel Luevit, Anya Ittiruck and Tina Karl *new meet record
3rd 200 med relay 1:52.59 with Miranda Faust, Lillian Duma, Grace Giddings and Spencer Dockal
1st 200 med relay 1:37.91 with Jack VandeBerg, JP Reppeto, Logan Davis and Griffin Rea *new meet record
1st 200 free relay 1:40.23 with Amelia Rusli, Rachel Luevit, Tina Karl and Spencer Dockal
2nd 200 free relay 1:29.04 with Landon Jensen, Griffin Rea, Jack VandeBerg and Logan Davis
3rd 200 free relay 1:29.25 with Logan Henry, Zach Lowery, Eric Hart and Garrett Kuketz
1st 400 free relay 3:40.57 with Amelia Rusli, Ashley Zettle, Abby Cosenza and Madelyn Tung
2nd 400 free relay 3:15.09 with Landon Jensen, Jaykob Williams, Brian Hochman and Garrett Kuketz
3rd 400 free relay 3:15.24 with Logan Henry, Eric Hart, Chris Lindley and JP Reppeto
Individual Top 5 finishes for the Dragons included:
Ashley Zettle 4th 200 free 1:57.43 PR
Chris Lindley 1st 200 free 1:43.77 PR
Landon Jensen 4th 200 free 1:44.41 PR
Eric Hart 5th 200 free 1:47.12
Madelynn Tung 1st 200 IM 2:10.95 PR
Anya Ittiruck 2nd 200 IM 2:11.03
Tina Karl 4th 200 IM 2:15.52 PR
Natalie Gessner 5th 200 IM 2:17.45 PR
Jaykob Williams 1st 200 IM 1:56.26 PR
Spencer Dockal 2nd 50 free 24.93 PR
Amelia Rusli 3rd 50 free 24.96 (24.92 in Prelims, PR)
Anya Ittiruck 1st 100 fly 57.51 season best
Madelynn Tung 3rd 100 fly 59.35
Grace Giddings 4th 100 fly 1:00.19 PR
Logan Davis 1st 100 fly 51.49 PR
Brian Hochman 2nd 100 fly 53.63 PR
JP Reppeto 4th 100 fly 54.33 PR
Spencer Dockal 5th 100 free 55.34 PR
Landon Jensen 2nd 100 free 47.25 PR
Logan Henry 5th 100 free 49.14
Ashley Woods 1st 500 free 5:10.31 PR
Chris Lindley 1st 500 free 4:37.02 PR
Eric Hart 4th 500 free 4:43.92
Rachel Luevit 1st 100 breast 1:06.48 season best
Lillian Duma 4th 100 breast 1:09.04 season best
Tina Karl 5th 100 breast 1:10.31 PR
Logan Davis 1st 100 breast 58.58 PR *new meet record
JP Reppeto 2nd 100 breast 1:01.24
Chris Ta 4th 100 breast 1:02.53
Jack VandeBerg 1st 100 back 53.69 season best
Jaykob Williams 4th 100 back 56.74 PR
Ali Ward 1st 3 meter diving 234.40 2nd 1 meter diving 451.05
Summer Westover 2nd 3 meter diving 229.65 3rd 1 meter diving 407.20
Isabelle LeBlanc 3rd 3 meter diving 217.05 5th 1 meter diving 368.05
Phillip Kleiman 5th 3 meter diving 217.85 4th 1 meter diving 392.60
CJ Durant 5th 3 meter diving 392.10
The Dragon Varsity Swim/Dive Teams hosted their home meet of the 2016-2017 season last week.
The Dragons dominated Allen and Dallas Jesuit winning all three relays and nine individual events.
The Lady Dragons won all three relays, and seven of the nine individual events vs. Allen and Dallas Ursuline Academy.
The next event Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Carroll Aquatic Center.
Boys
Carroll 235 Dallas Jesuit 65
Carroll 223 Allen HS 77
Girls
Carroll 240 Ursuline 65
Carroll 231 Allen HS 84
Top 2 relays for the Dragons included:
1st 200 med relay 1:54.97 with Miranda Faust, Rachel Luevit, Anya Ittiruck and Amelia Rusli
2nd 200 med relay 1:58.13 with Ashlee Shepherd, Lillian Duma, Madelynn tung and Spencer Docka
1st 200 med relay 1:36.64 (new Carroll Aquatic Center HS Pool Record)
with Jack LeVant, Evan Kolde, Alex Zettle and Griffin Rea
1st 200 free relay 1:41.17 with Kit Kat Zenick, Natalie Whalen, Rachel Luevit and Tina Karl
2nd 200 free relay 1:46.95 with Lillian Duma, Sydney Balint, Alden Sadler and Lana Jeter
1st 200 free relay 1:29.97 with Colter Carman, Evan Kolde, Kevin Repice and Logan Davis
2nd 200 free relay 1:30.49 with Landon Armstrong, Logan Henry, Landon Jensen and Eric Hart
1st 400 free relay 3:42.49 with Natalie Whalen, Kit Kat Zenick, Sydney Balint and Amelia Rusli
1st 400 free relay 3:11.23 with Colter Carman, Landon Jensen, Logan Henry and Jack LeVant
2nd 400 free relay 3:12.26 with Landon Armstrong, Kevin Repice, Griffin Rea and Alex Zettle
Individual Top 3 finishers for the Dragons included:
Natalie Whalen 1st 200 free 1:55.62
Sydney Balint 2nd 200 free 2:01.40
Colter Carman 1st 200 free 1:43.73
Landon Armstrong 2nd 200 free 1:46.31
Kevin Repice 3rd 200 free 1:46.50
Rachel Luevit 1st 200 IM 2:12.18
Anya Ittiruck 2nd 200 IM 2:13.94
Madelynn Tung 3rd 200 IM 2:13.95
Jack LeVant 1st 200 IM 1:53.64
Jaykob Williams 3rd 200 IM 2:01.53
Kit Kat Zenick 1st 50 free 24.38
Alex Zettle 1st 50 free 21.61
Anya Ittiruck 2nd 100 fly 1:00.04
Madelynn Tung 3rd 100 fly 1:00.41
Logan Davis 1st 100 fly 53.51
Chris Lindley 3rd 100 fly 55.60
Amelia Rusli 2nd 100 free 55.72
Lana Jeter 3rd 100 free 57.72
Alex Zettle 1st 100 free 46.33 (tied Carroll Aquatic Center HS Pool Record)
Landon Jensen 2nd 100 free 47.88
Natalie Whalen 1st 500 free 5:09.21
Ashley Woods 2nd 500 free 5:24.84
Ashley Zettle 3rd 500 free 5:32.67
Colter Carman 1st 500 free 4:38.00
Chris Lindley 2nd 500 free 4:48.42
Kit Kat Zenick 1st 100 back 59.41
Jack LeVant 1st 100 back 50.18
Kevin Repice 3rd 100 back 55.99
Rachel Luevit 1st 100 breast 1:09.31
Lillian Duma 2nd 100 breast 1:12.03
Tina Karl 3rd 100 breast 1:13.61
Evan Kolde 1st 100 breast 1:00.95
JP Reppeto 2nd 100 breast 1:02.55
Logan Davis 3rd 100 breast 1:02.67
Allison Ward 1st diving 254.40
Isabelle LeBlanc 2nd diving 228.35
Summer Westover 3rd diving 215.05
CJ DuRant 1st diving 246.35
Phillip Kleiman 2nd diving 221.75
The following Carroll Dragon swimmers were named NISCA High School All-Americans for the 2015-2016 school year.
Natalie Whalen 100 fly 55.12
Alex Moraru, Evan Kolde, Gus Karau and Landon Armstrong 200 med relay 1:33.64
Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Landon Jensen 200 free relay 1:23.19 (new school record)
Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Colter Carman 400 free relay 2:59.69 (new Texas State Record) #2 in entire USA HS Swimming
Alex Zettle 200 free 1:37.17
Austin Whalen 200 free 1:39.18
Colter Carman 200 IM 1:50.12
Jack LeVant 50 free 20.23 (school record)
Jack LeVant 100 fly 48.06 (school record)
Gus Karau 100 fly 49.03
Jack LeVant 100 free 44.71 (school record)
Alex Zettle 100 free 45.12
Alex Zettle 500 free 4:22.64
Colter Carman 500 free 4:25.35
Evan Kolde 100 breast 56.29 (new school record)
Dragon divers Nate Hernandez and Sloane Papa were also named NISCA All-Americans.
Bryce Klein, a senior diver at Carroll Senior High School and former state champion, is one of 18 divers selected to represent the USA at the Junior World Championship. The meet is set for Oct. 8-13 in Adelaide, Australia. Klein will compete in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events.
Klein also holds fourth place in the Men’s 3-Meter Synchronized Springboard event with Bradley Christensen and 19th place in the Men’s 3-Meter Springboard event at the US Olympic Trials. Klein is also a district, regional and sstate Champion holding many record breaking titles. In February 2012, Klein was the youngest of 13 divers who qualified for the USA Grand Prix International Meet in Rostock, Germany. He finished 10th in the meet. He is also a member of the 2016 Olympic Training Team.
From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Aug. 29, you can catch Klein diving in the competition where he was selected to represent the USA on NBC Sports Network.
Dragon diver Bryce Klein
Southlake divers Bryce Klein and Bradley Christensen finished fourth overall in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the Men’s Synchronized 3-Meter Springboard event. The finals took place Friday, June 22 and the duo was placed in fifth going in. The top three finishers ahead of Klein and Christensen have previously been in the Olympics or were NCAA winners.
Christensen is a senior-to-be at Argyle Liberty Christian and dives for GC Divers with Klein. Both are set to graduate high school in 2013. Klein, a senior-to-be at Carroll and former state diving champion, also competed individually in the finals for the U.S. Olympic Trials in diving. Going into the 3-Meter Springboard, he was in 16th place and finished 10th overall. Carroll diving coach Carolyn Hyorchuk said Klein will set his sights on the next Olympics in four years.