(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX) The Heath Swim and Dive Team had strong performances over the weekend at the Region 3-6A Championships! The Girls ended up 5th overall and the Boys finished 6th overall in the Team Standings. The team as a whole came out and competed well, both in the pool and on the boards, and through their results, they are sending 10 athletes to the 6A State Meet on February 14-15.
Some of the highlights from the weekend are below.
Regional Champions (and Automatic State Qualifiers):
Lucius Yu-Kisselbach in the 500 Freestyle
Alaya Smith in the 100 Breaststroke
Automatic STATE qualifiers:
Grayson Tidwell in the 100 Backstroke ( 2nd place Finish)
Darby Ratcliffe in the 1 Meter Diving Event (3rd Place Finish)
State qualify Call Ups within the regional top 8:
Girls 200 Medley Relay of Kylee Conrad, Alaya Smith, Amelia Bird, Josie Gillentine (S
Karly Merriott (200 Freestyle)
Lucius Yu-Kisselbach (200 Freestyle)
Logan Graham (200 Freestyle)
Amelia Bird (200 IM)
Karly Merriott (500 Freestyle)
Boys 200 Freestyle Relay of John Papp, Logan Graham, Grayson Tidwell, Lucius Yu-Kisselbach
Logan Graham (100 Backstroke)
Boys 400 Freestyle Relay of Logan Graham, John Papp, Grayson Tidwell, Lucius Yu-Kisselbach
Other top 8 finishers:
Boys 200 Medley Relay of Will Knox, TJ Vitanza, Ricardo Villarreal, John Papp
Grayson Tidwell (200 Freestyle)
Logan Graham (200 Freestyle)
Amelia Bird (200 IM)
Josey Forrest (1 Meter Diving)
Girls 200 Freestyle Relay of Alaya Smith, Grace Oliver, Josie Gillentine, Karly Merriott
Josie Gillentine (100 Breaststroke)
MaryClare Oliver (100 Breaststroke)
Girls 400 Freestyle Relay of Karly Merriott, Skylar Tranberg, Kylee Conrad and Amelia Bird.
Alaya Smith won the Girls Swimmer of the Meet award with with her strong performance in 100 breaststroke.
Wish these incredible athletes luck as they go to State in a couple weeks!
Story and photos submitted by Jing Carpenter for publication in Blue Ribbon News.
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