Varsity

On Saturday, January 22nd, the Stratford Varsity swimmers attended the District 14-6A Championship Meet at Klein High School, where the top 6 places advance to Regional competition in 2 weeks. It was a very successful meet for Stratford! The boys finished 2nd and the girls finished 3rd out of nine schools. We had 10 girls and 9 boys qualify for the Regional Meet including individual events and relays! This is the most we have had in recent memory. Huge thanks to Coach Thomas and Coach Brisbin for a great taper and getting the swimmers just where they needed to be to excel at this meet!

Five District Champions (1st Place):

Megan Zuanich, 50 free (24.21)

Emma Jackson, 100 back (1:01.10)

Lowell Moss, 100 breast (59.50)

Girls’ 200 medley relay: Jackson (back, 29.24), Lindsay Wong (breast, 30.90), Allison Ortiz (fly, 26.06), Zuanich (free, 23.58)

Girls’ 200 free relay: Ariana Zhuri (25.90), Wong (25.08), Ortiz (25.29), Zuanich (24.03)

Other Top 6 Finishers Advancing to Regionals:

Tyler Barber, 100 free (3rd, 47.64), 200 free (6th, 1:44.47)

Gavin Beach, 100 breast (4th, 1:01.03)

Gwendolyn Beach, 100 back (6th, 1:03.74)

Ashley Cardin, 100 breast (5th, 1:13.52)

Artemisa De Jager, 500 free (5th, 5:34.81)

Ali Ezzi, 50 free (4th, 22.03), 100 free (6th, 48.85)

Callum Glover, 100 free (4th, 48.19), 50 free (5th, 22.06)

Emma Jackson, 100 free (3rd, 55.86)

Lowell Moss, 200 IM (2nd, 1:56.68)

Nathan Moss, 500 free (4th, 4:48.36)

Bryce Oliphant, 100 fly (5th, 53.32)

Allison Ortiz, 100 fly (2nd, 57.90), 50 free (4th, 24.99)

Lindsay Wong, 100 breast (2nd, 1:07.76), 200 IM (4th, 2:13.29)

Andy Zhuri, 100 back (5th, 56.86)

Megan Zuanich, 100 free (2nd, 53.43)

Boys’ 200 free relay (2nd, 1:27.89): Ezzi (22.44), Oliphant (22.13), T. Barber (21.49), C. Glover (21.83)

Boys’ 200 medley relay (3rd, 1:39.26): L. Moss (back, 25.72), Ga. Beach (breast, 27.20), Oliphant (fly, 24.15), Julian Hemmer (free, 22.19)

Boys’ 400 free relay (3rd, 3:13.54): Ezzi (49.39), T. Barber (47.50), L. Moss (48.39), C. Glover (48.26)

Girls’ 400 free relay (4th, 3:46.79): Grace Stern (57.49), De Jager (56.38), Lily Askounis (57.40), Jackson (55.52)

Next stop for Regional qualifiers: Region 4 Prelims/Finals Championship Meet in the Woodlands at the CISD Natatorium February 4th & 5th. GO BIG GREEN!

JV

On Friday, January 21st, the JV swimmers also had a great showing at the JV District Championship Meet at Klein High School. The boys finished 1st and the girls finished 3rd! Every swimmer should be very proud of all their accomplishments this season!

Top 8 Finishers (Scorers):

Elle Burke, 200 free (1st, 1:55.63), 100 back (1st, 59.32)

Avery Garcia, 200 IM (1st, 2:24.84), 100 breast (1st, 1:14.23)

Isabel Glover, 100 free (1st, 58.41), 100 back (2nd, 1:06.88)

Marin Pavlin, 100 fly (1st, 56.46), 50 free (2nd, 23.69)

Luke Barber, 100 free (2nd, 53.27), 100 back (2nd, 1:02.28)

Ricky Conticello, 100 breast (2nd, 1:07.46), 200 IM (5th, 2:21.50)

Austin Chao, 100 free (3rd, 53.79), 50 free (6th, 24.43)

Hana Riley, 200 free (3rd, 2:16.54), 50 free (6th, 28.89)

Devon Beals, 100 back (4th, 1:03.21), 100 free (8th, 55.87)

Lucas Storey, 100 free (4th, 54.70)

Wyatt McCulley, 200 free (6th, 2:06.87), 50 free (8th, 24.61)

Ian Ong, 200 free (7th, 2:07.19), 100 breast (7th, 1:10.54)

Boys’ 200 medley relay (1st, 1:46.92): L. Barber (back, 28.23), Conticello (breast, 29.91), Pavlin (fly, 24.83), Chao (free, 23.95)

Girls’ 200 free relay (1st, 1:49.19): I. Glover (27.65), Garcia (27.23), Riley (29.58), Burke (24.73)

Boys’ 200 free relay (1st, 1:36.00): Chao (24.48), L. Barber (23.90), McCulley (24.28), Pavlin (23.34)

Boys’ 400 free relay (2nd, 3:43.67): Ong (55.82), Josh Rebollar (57.20), Conticello (54.57), Beals (56.08)