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2009/2010 Swim Team Roster

Girls
Hanna Ashcroft
Casey Barton
Rebecca Crider
Caroline Demeris
Amy Fox
Hanna Healy
Julia Hoagland
Claire Hollywood
Taylor Jackson
Katrina Leyden
Kelsey Loux
Claire Mai
Martha Mai
Kassandra Parker
Erin Pence
Alex Prather
Anjelica Rivas
Ellie Thomas
Rachel Turkington
Maddie Waddell
Lillian Marrow
Julia O’Loughlin
Rebecca Little - MGR
Monica Rivas - MGR

Boys
Taylor Cash
Daniel Capetillo
Carson Capper
Willy Elmore
Jonathan Go
Rob Gahn
Juan Hirsch
Tomas Hirsch
Max Houghton
Nick Jones
Michael Killough
Gene Koo
Matt Lastrapes
Peter Lewin
Andrew McCleary
Ryan McCleary
Patrick Miller
Renan Orellana
Conner Parker
Kyle Rathgeb
Cai Rohleder
Jonathan Selzman
Ford Story
Rob Strong
Alejandro Weitzman
Alec Willrodt
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March 1st update:
Congrats to our state athletes!
Lilly Marrow was 5th in the 50 free with a time of 23.59!
Sean Mokhtari finished the diving competition in eleventh place!
The guys medley
(Ryan McCleary, Ford Story, Willy Elmore and Michael Miller) had a great
prelim swim, but we were snake bit once again with a false start.
It was and exciting meet and we will look forward to some more swims in the 4A state meet next
year.


CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STATE QUALIFERS:

DIVING – SEAN MOKHARI (11)
GIRLS 50 FREESTYLE – LILLY MARROW (12)
BOYS 200 MEDLEY RELAY – RYAN MCCLEARY (11), FORD STORY (10), MICHAEL MILLER (9) and
WILLY ELMORE (12)

The State Meet will be held in Austin on February 26th and 27th. Good luck and GO SPARTANS!


REGIONAL MEET UPDATE

WOW!!!

Great meet Stratford!  The ladies finished 6th and the gentlemen came in 4th (well ahead of
the red guys across town!)

This was definitely a team that swam up to, and beyond their potential.  Excellent.

Event finalists
Girls
200 Medley- 5th (Kelsey, Lilly, Katrina, Hannah)
Lilly 50-2nd 100-3rd
200 Free Relay- 4th (Lilly, Kelsey, Casey, Hannah)
Tons of great consolation swims!

Swim of the meet = girls prelims medley 1.51.43.  Awesome!

Men
200 Medley- 3rd (Ryan, Ford, Michael, Willy)
Ryan 200 Free-8th 100 6th
Handro 200 IM 6th
Willy 50 Free-6th
Michael 500-7th
200 Free Relay 3rd (Ryan, Ford, Handro, Willy)
Ford 100 Breast-4th
Sean Diving-2nd
Even more great consolation swims

Swim of the meet = guys medley, Ryan's 200 (1.45.9) and 100 (47.9),  and Ford's breaststroke
(59.51)!

Congrats to our automatic state qualifier, Sean Mokhtari in diving

In other news, due to the snow in Dallas, we won't know the state meet callups until Monday
night REALLY late.


February 8th update:
Varsity: Wow what an exciting meet this last Saturday at the  Emmons natatorium! Our Spartan
varsity team came out in full force and put on quite a show by surpassing most of their own
personal bests!  Although we came out 2nd overall, our girls and boys swam an awesome race!  
Our Girls came in second overall and our boys also came in second to  Memorial by only 4 points
so it was really close.  Memorial simply had several more swimmers in each heat that simply
gave them the points needed to win but we put up a great fight!  Also a big CONGRATS To Coach
Hos once again our District 18 Coach of the Year!  See the awesome results below:

Women:
200 Y Medley Relay:  2nd place
200 Y Free:  Casey Barton 2nd place
200Y IM: Katrina Leyden 2nd place .
50 Free:  Lilly Marrow: 1st place, Hanna Ashcroft 2nd place
100 Y Butterfly: Kelsey Loux 5th
100Y Free: Lilly Marrow 1st place, Hanna Ashcroft 2nd place
500 Free: Katrina Leyden, 1st place
200 Y Free Relay: Stratford 2nd place
100 Y Back: Kelsey Loux 2nd place
100 Y Breaststroke: Maddie Waddell 4th place
400 Y Free Relay: 2nd place

Mens:
200 Y Medley Relay:  1st place
200 Y Free:  Ryan McCleary 2nd place
200Y IM: Michael Miller 1st place, Alejandro Weitzman 2nd place
50 Free: Willy Elmore 1st place, Ford Story 3rd place
100 Y Butterfly: Rob Gahn- 2nd place
100 Y Free: Ryan McCleary, 1st place, Willy Elmore 2nd place, Gene Koo 4th
500 Free: Michael Miller 1st place, Rob Gahn 3rd place
200 Y Free Relay: 2nd place
100 Y Back: Alejandro Weitzman 2nd place, Gene Koo 4th place
100 Breast: Ford Story 1st place,
400 Free Relay: 2nd place

JV Team:  Also on Saturday Jan 29 our JV Team competed against Memorial, Hastings, Elsik,
Strake and Spring woods.  Our Girls team came in 2nd place while our boys came in 3rd place
behind  Strake.  Stratford won 2nd place for combined scores! Way to go JV Team!

Some of our strong finishers at the JV meet were: Julia O’Laughlin: 1st place in the 200 Free and
500 Free! The girls 200 Free relay came in 2nd place and the boys 3rd. Carolina Demeris came
in 3rd in the Breaststroke and Cliff Morris came in 3rd. Taylor Cash came in 1st place in the 50
free and Tony Killough came in 2nd in the 50 and the 100 Free. The boys 400 Free relay came in
2nd place.  Conner Parker came in 3rd in the 200 Y Free.

January 11th update:
Our Swim Team traveled to Baytown for the Ranger Classic Invitational 2010.  18 Teams from the
area competed in this invitational swimming competition with Prelims on Friday and finals on
Saturday.  Congratulations to the Stratford team for a 4th place finish overall!   Some of our other
finishers were:

Women:
200 Y Medley Relay:  4th place .
50 Free:  Lilly Marrow: 1st place (out of 64 swimmers) 100 Y Butterfly: Kelsey Loux 8th (out of over
40 swimmers) 200 Y Free Relay: Stratford 6th and 8th 100 Y Back: Lilly Marrow 2nd place

Men:
200 Y Medley Relay:  2nd place
200 Y Free:  Ryan McCleary 2nd place by 1/100th of a second!
50 Free: Ford Story 7th place (out of 63 swimmers)
100 Y Butterfly: Rob Gahn- 4th place (out of over 48 swimmers)
100 Y Free: Ryan McCleary, 2nd place
500 Free: Rob Gahn 5th place
200 Y Free Relay: 2nd place
100 Y Back: Gene Koo: 7th place
100 Breast: Ford Story 2nd place
400 Free Relay: 4th place

Go to the Booster Club Website for Action photos of this meet!

December 17th update:
Our Spartan swimmers and divers have been very active since Thanksgiving with 3 meets in 10
days! This last Saturday, our Natatorium held the SBISD Invite and competed against Cinco
Ranch, Memorial, Westside, Katy, Montgomery, Pope John Paul, Hightower and Spring Woods.  
Our Women’s swimming came in 5th place with 236 points, and our Men’s team came in second
with 428 points.  

Once again, our diving star Sean Mokhtari came in first place with Thomas Mundy in second place
for both 3 Meter and 1 Meter diving,  and Samantha Hicks on 3rd place on the women’s 1 meter
diving!  AWESOME!

Some of our other stars for the Invite were:
Women:
200 Y Free: Lili Marrow, 1st place
200 Y Free Relay: Stratford 4th place
100 Y Back: Lili Marrow, 1st place
Mens:
200 Y Free: Rob Gahn, 5th place
200 Y IM: Matt Lastrape, 5th
50 Free: Ryan McCleary, 3rd
100 Y Butterfly: Willy Elmore, 5th
100 Y Free: Ford Story, 5th
500 Free: Ryan McCleary 2nd
200 Y Free Relay: 3rd place (Ryan and Andrew McCleary, Story, Elmore)
100 Y Back: Rob Gahn 4th, Michael Miller 5th
100 Breast: Ford Story 1st,
400 Free Relay: 4th place (Elmore, Miller, McCleary, Story)

December 9th update:
TISCA Southern Region Meet: San Antonio
CONGRATULATIONS To Sean Mokhtari who got first place at TISCA’s Southern Region Diving
Competition in BOTH the 3 meter and the 1 meter diving!  Way to go Sean!  Following greatly in
his sister’s awesomeness in Diving!  

Finishes in Finals:
Men 3 meter Diving, 1st Place, Sean Mokhtari
Men 1 meter Diving2nd place, Sean Mokhtari
Men 400 Medley Relay, 7th Place, Alejandro Weitzman, Ford Story, Michael Miller, Ryan McCleary
Men 50 Yard Breaststroke, 2nd Place , Ford Story
Men 200 Medley Relay, 8th place,  Michael Miller, Ford Story,Willy Elmore, Ryan McCleary
Women 50 Yard Butterfly, 7th Place, Hannah Ashcroft
Men 100 Yard Free Style, 7th Place, McCleary, Ryan
Men 200 Yard Free Style Relay, 8th place, Alejandro Weitzman,  Ryan McCleary, Willy Elmore, Ford
Story
Men 100 Yard IM, 12th place, Alejandro Weitzman
Men 400 Yard IM, 13th place, Alejandro Weitzman
Women 100 Yard Backstroke, 15th place Kelsey Loux
Men 200 Yard Butterfly, 9th place, Michael Miller
Men 200 yard Free Style, 12th place, Ryan McCleary
Women 50 Yard Backstroke, 14th place, Kelsey Loux
Women 100 Yard IM, 15th place Kelsey Loux
Men 100 Yard Butterfly, 16th place, Michael Miller
Women 50 Yard Breaststroke, 14th place, Alex Prather
Men 500 yard Free Style, 11th place, Michael Miller
Men 100 Yard Backstroke, 14th place, Robert Strong
Men 100 Yard Breaststroke, 12th place, Ford Story

Men Final Ranking 14th out of 50
Women Final Ranking 19th out of 50

November 19th update:
Varsity
CONGRATULATIONS To Lilly Marrow who has just committed to swim for Rice University!  You
make us proud and all your hard work, dedication and sacrifices throughout all those years have
definitively paid off! We wish you the best and we are certain you will continue to excel at Rice or
anywhere you go!  

Conroe ISD Double Dual MEET- Tuesday November 10, 2009  Stratford vs. Tomball High School
and Conroe High School
This was a double duty swim meet with our Stratford swimmers coming in a strong First Place
against the Tomball Cougars and and even stronger first place against Conroe High School.  
Michael Miller and Willy Elmore had impressive 100 dashes in the butter and free respectively.
Our 200 Y men’s Relay team came in first and our Boys 200 Yard Free Relay team in second.  
Our Girls did a fantastic job with an impressive win of 195 to 68 over Conroe High School and 153
to 128 over the Tomball Cougars.  Our Girls’ 200 Y Medley relay A team came in 1st.  Other firsts
were Katrina Leyden in the 200 Y IM, Hanna Ashcroft in the 50 Free and the 100 Free!

Women:
200 Y Medley Relay: 1st.
200 Y Free: Casey Barton 2nd
200 Y IM: Katrina Leyden 1st
50 Free: Hanna Ashcroft 1std
100 Y Butterfly: Katrina Leyden 3rd
100 Y Free: Hanna Ashcroft 1st
500 Free: Anjelica Rivas 3rd
200 Y Free Relay: Stratford 2nd and 3rd
100 Y Back: Kelsey Loux, 2nd
100 Breast: Alex Prather, 2nd
400 Free Relay: Stratford 2nd and 3rd

Mens:
200 Y Medley Relay: 1st
200 Y Free: Ryan McCleary, 2nd
200 Y IM: Rob Gahn, 3rd
50 Free: Ford Story 3rd, Willie Elmore 5th
100 Y Butterfly: Michael Miller, 1st, Rob Gahn, 2nd
100 Y Free: Willy Elmore 1st, Andrew McCleary 3rd
500 Free: Ryan McCleary 2nd, Alejandro Weitzman 3rd
200 Y Free Relay: 1st place (McCleary, Story, Weitzman, Elmore)
100 Y Back: Michael Miller 2nd, Rob Strong 3rd
100 Breast: Ford Story 3rd, Alejandro Weitzman 4th
400 Free Relay: 2nd place (Koo, Miller, McCleary, Gahn)

DIVING:
Our Diving boys had a sweep coming in on first, second and third place.  First place was Sean
Mohktari, with Thomas Mundy second and Will Young Third.  On the girls our only diving girl
Samantha Hicks came in 2nd.

JV Meet against Spring Woods:
The SHS swim team swam Spring Woods high school with a split squad, featuring mostly JV
swimmers.  Highlights included Carson Capper and Max Houghton qualifying for the TISCA meet
in San Antonio this week.   Multiple Spartans swam to season best times as they defeated the
tigers.

Our Team goes to TISCA in San Antonio this Thursday afternoon to compete against the Southern
Region schools Friday and Saturday.  We wish them the best!

November 12th update:
MEMORIAL MEET- Tuesday November 3, 2009.
Despite our loss to Memorial, our kids showed great perseverance and determination till the end.  
Our 200 Medley relay teams took 1st in men’s and second in women’s.  Katrina showed a strong
finish on the 200 IM for second place while Alejandro Weitzman took first for the Men’s 200 Yard  
IM with an impressive 2:07:84!  Both Ford Story and Hanna Ashcroft had an impressive sprint in
the 50 free with time of 25:80.   Long distance is definitively our strength with Katrina Leyden
coming in first and on the men’s Michael Miller on 2nd and Rob Gahn in 3rd!   And congrats to Lilly
Marrow on her  1st place in back and Ford Story on an awesome 1st place in breast!  Some of our
other finishers were:

Women:
200 Y Medley Relay: 3rd
200 Y Free: Casey Barton 4th
200 Y IM: Katrina Leyden 2nd
50 Free: Hanna Ashcroft 2nd
100 Y Butterfly: Kelsey Loux 3rd
100 Y Free: Hanna Healy 2nd
500 Free: Katrina Leyden 1st
200 Y Free Relay: Stratford 2nd and 3rd
100 Y Back: Lilly Marrow 1st
100 Breast: Maddie Waddell l4th
400 Free Relay: Stratford 3rd

Men:
200 Y Medley Relay: 1st
200 Y Free: Rob Gahn, 3rd
200 Y IM: Alejandro Weitzman, 1st
50 Free: Ford Story 2nd
100 Y Butterfly: Willy Elmore, 3rd
100 Y Free: Ryan McCleary, 2nd
500 Free: Michael Miller 2nd
200 Y Free Relay: 2nd
100 Y Back: Alejandro Weitzman 2nd
100 Breast: Ford Story 1st
400 Free Relay: 2nd

DIVING:
Our Diving boys had a sweep coming in on first, second and third place.  First place was Sean
Mohktari, with Thomas Mundy second and Will Young third.  On the girls our only diving girl
Samantha Hicks came in third!

November 4th update:
WESTSIDE MEET- Thursday Oct 30:
Both girls and boys swimming and diving are off to a great start.  In their first meet of the season
at our greatly improved Natatorium, the Spartans showed their strength against the Westside
Wolves by coming in first on both the girls and boys 200 Yard IM!  Katrina Leyden came in first on
the 200 Yard Freestyle and Alejandro Weitzman came in second for the boys.  Lily Marrow had an
awesome 200 IM with a time of 2:14:93 while our freshman rising star Michael Miller came in
2nd!  Julia Hoagland-Sorensen sprinted to first on the 50 free as did Ford Story!  As always the
McCleary clan excels in the water with Ryan coming in first in the 100 butterfly with Andrew
showing a good sprint in the 50 free!. Other firsts:  Anjelica Rivas in the 500 free, Rob Gahn in the
500 free,  Girls and Boys 200 Yard Relay teams, Lily Marrow and Michael Miller in 100 Back,
Katrina Leyden and Ford Story in the 100 Breast and the Boys 400 Y Free relay team!  Way to go
GREEN!
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