ROCKWALL (February 24, 2014) On February 21-22, three Rockwall High School swimmers competed in the UIL 5A Swimming & Diving Championships held at the lee and Joe Jamail Texs Swimming Center in Austin. Raena Eldridge, Haylie Harbin and William Rapp qualified for the championship based on their performance at the Region 3-5A Championships held at the Rockwall ISD Aquatics Center two weeks prior.
Junior William Rapp was seeded 8th in the boys 200 yard freestyle and moved up 4 spots to finish 4th with a time of 1:40.15, a new team record and All-American Consideration time. Rapp’s time was almost 2-seconds faster than his qualifying swim at Regionals two-weeks prior.
Junior Raena Eldridge was seeded 3rd in both the girls 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly. She came away with a silver medal in the 50 yard freestyle, equaling her silver medal from 2013 but improving her time to 23.18, the 7th fastest time in Texas 5A history. In the 100 yard butterfly, Raena was seeded 3rd and finished with the Bronze medal with a time of 54.80. Both swims were All-American Automatic cut as well as new RHS team records.
Senior Haylie Harbin was seeded 14th in the 500 yard Freestyle and finished 15th in the event with a time of 5:10.65. This was Haylie’s last swim for Rockwall High School. She will be swimming for the Air Force Academy in the fall.
In the team competition, the Rockwall High School girls finished 17th and the boys finished 36th.
Click here for full meet results.
Submitted by Eric Eldridge. Photos by Emily Manly.
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