Congratulations to the Stratford Swimmers and Divers who qualified for the 2023 Hornet TISCA in Corpus Christi! The boys finished 2nd out of 17 teams behind Katy Jordan with 379.5 points. The girls finished 3rd with 291 points, falling only to Katy Jordan and Memorial. This was a fast meet with many personal bests achieved. Prelims took place on Friday, November 17th with those placing in the top 16 returning on Saturday to swim in finals. Click HERE to see the complete official results.

• Elle Burke finished 1st in the 200 free (1:53.12) and 3rd in the 100 back (58.12).
• Ricky Conticello finished 13th in the 200 IM (2:12.62).
• Sophia Giesecke finished 3rd in the 100 breast (1:07.47) and 4th in the 200 IM (2:12.89).
• Izzy Glover finished 1st in the 50 free (24.37) and 5th in the 100 free (54.20).
• James Hackney finished 3rd in the 200 free (1:46.55, which was almost a 5 second drop after qualifying 8th in prelims!) and 5th in the 100 free (48.19).
• Saleem Hassoun finished 13th in the 100 free (50.22).
• Julian Hemmer finished 4th in the 100 fly (52.62) and 5th in the 50 free (21.91).
• Brock Hunter finished 7th in the 50 free (22.05) and 8th in the 100 breast (1:03.38).
• Korbin Irvine finished in 6th place for boys’ 1 meter diving with a score of 291.05.
• Emma Jackson finished 9th in the 100 back (1:02.42)
• Molly Kate Minyard finished 6th in the 500 free (5:23.43) and 13th in the 50 free (25.83).
• Nathan Moss finished 1st in the 500 free (4:41.53) and 7th in the 100 breast (1:01.72).
• Vince Nguyen finished 5th in the 200 free (1:48.41) and 10th in the 100 fly (54.65).
• Marin Pavlin finished 8th in the 100 back (58.58) and 13th in the 100 fly (55.46).
• Hana Riley finished 14th in the 500 free (5:45.77).
• Sarah Beth Roady finished 7th in the 500 free (5:24.41) and 9th in the 200 free (2:00.48).
• Jack Robertson finished 2nd in the 100 back (53.90) and 5th in the 100 fly (52.76).
• Teagan Wegner finished in 8th place for girls’ 1 meter diving with a score of 239.80.
• Lindsay Wong finished 6th in the 100 fly (1:00.85) and 7th in the 100 breast (1:12.13)
• Andy Zhuri finished 9th in both the 50 free (22.40) and 100 free (49.39)

200 MEDLEY RELAY:

• Girls A was 5th (1:53.69) with Emma Jackson (back, 28.91), Sophia Giesecke (breast, 30.91), Lindsay Wong (fly, 27.40), Lily Askounis (26.47)
• Girls B was 15th (2:03.61) with Elizabeth Conner (back, 31.61), Bella Smith (breast, 37.73), Lilli Oteiza (fly, 28.29), Emmie Hanvey (free, 25.98)
• Boys A was 5th (1:41.25, lost to Memorial by only 0.04 seconds!) with Nathan Moss (back, 25.95), Saleem Hassoun (breast, 28.36), Marin Pavlin (fly, 24.48), Vince Nguyen (free, 22.46)
• Boys B was 13th (1:47.67) with Devon Beals (back, 29.48), Ricky Conticello (breast, 29.39), Austin Chao (fly, 25.41), Luke Barber (free, 23.39)

200 FREE RELAY:

• Girls A was 2nd (1:39.49) with Sophia Giesecke (25.68), Izzy Glover (24.33), Lindsay Wong (25.55), Elle Burke (23.93)
• Girls B was 12th (1:47.27) with Sarah Beth Roady (27.05), Maria Luisa Arreola (27.35), Lilli Oteiza (26.98), Molly Kate Minyard (25.89)
• Boys A was 3rd (1:29.02) with Julian Hemmer (22.08), Jack Robertson (22.42), Vince Nguyen (22.57), James Hackney (21.95)
• Boys B was 4th (1:31.72) with Ricky Conticello (22.95), Lucas Storey (22.64), Andy Zhuri (23.00), Saleem Hassoun (22.72) [boys swam in a different order than official results]
• Boys C was 16th (1:35.18) with Brock Hunter (22.55), Elliot Easton (23.55), Austin Chao (23.30), Ben Bednar (25.78)

400 FREE RELAY:

• Girls A was 8th (3:52.23) with Emma Jackson (incorrect split), Lily Askounis (incorrect split), Izzy Glover (56.85), Elle Burke (57.19)
• Girls B was 12th (3:55.67) with Molly Kate Minyard (59.48), Emmie Hanvey (57.93), Sarah Beth Roady (58.02), Elizabeth Conner (1:00.24)
• Boys A was 3rd (3:14.26) with Julian Hemmer (47.70), Jack Robertson (50.15), Nathan Moss (48.33), James Hackney (48.08)
• Boys B was 5th (3:23.13) with Andy Zhuri (50.47), Luke Barber (51.29), Marin Pavlin (50.68), Lucas Storey (50.69) [boys swam in a different order than official results]

Next up: Spring Branch Invite Diving on 12/1 at 5 pm, Spring Branch Invite Swimming on 12/2 at 9 am, Tri-meet vs. Memorial and Cy Woods on 12/7 at 5 pm. All are at the SBISD Natatorium.