ROCKWALL (November 25, 2013) The Rockwall High School boys and girls swim teams competed at the North Texas TISCA Invitation November 22-23,. The 74 schools participated in this meet which is normally the largest and fastest swim meet in Texas every fall.
Representing the Yellowjackets were William Rapp, Noah Day, Mitchell Eldridge, and Nick Stencel. Representing the Lady Jackets were Raena Eldridge, Rebecca Voth, Megan Conner, Jasmin Sani, and Haylie Harbin.
Willam Rapp placed 3rd in the 100 Freestyle with a new Yellowjacket team record time of 47.93. Rap also placed 5th in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:43.84 just .58 seconds off of the team record set by Rapp at the 2013 Regional Championships.
Also finaling for the boys was Noah Day who placed 16th in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.06.
On the girls side, Raena Eldridge placed 3rd in the 100 Butterfly with a new Lad Jacket team record time of 55.82 shaving almost a second of of the previous team record also held by Raena. She also placed 8th in the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:07.41, just .44 seconds off of the current team record also owned by Eldridge.
Haylie Harbin also had a very strong showing placing 4th in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:04.25 and placed 8th in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:55.77, just 0.52 seconds off of the Lady Jacket team record.
The girls 200 Medley Relay placed 7th with a time of 1:55.01. The relay was made up of Haylie Harbin (Back), Raena Eldridge (Breast), Megan Conner (Butterfly), and Jasmine Sani (Freestyle). The girls 400 Freestyle relay placed 8th with a time of 3:42.95. The relay was made up of Haylie Harbin, Rebecca Voth, Jasmin Sani, and Raena Eldridge.
Submitted by Eric Eldridge.
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