By Diego Hernandez
The swim team advanced to District on January 24-25, 2020, both girls and boys swim achieved high honors in their events, becoming district champions by over 100 points in each division. The boys 400 Free Relay set a new school record surpassing the 2017 time of 1:36:84. The girls also won first place in the 400 medley relay, starting off finals in a sweep of both events. The Panthers were recognized for several achievements including sophomore Taylor Labella named Girls-Swimmer-of-the-Meet, and senior Carter Miranda named Boys-Diver-of-the-Meet. Also recognized Swim coach Nick Haidin named Coach-of-the-Meet, and Diving coach Barbara Rios named Diving-Coach-of-the-Meet, as well as NISD Diving Coach. They moved on to Region on January 31 and February 1.
District women’s results were: In the girls 400 relay, Paige Bourquin, Theresa Nguyen, Sydney White, and Taylor Labella won first with a time of 1:57.82. In the 200 yard free Kamryn Kreipe won second place with a time of 2:05.62 and Alex Kerzic won fifth place 2:10.48 and Paige Bourquin won sixth place with a time of 2:13.69. In the 200 yard individual medley Theresa Nguyen won second place with a time of 2:30.21, taking fifth place Josephine Vander Sys with a time of 2:43.10. In the 50-Yard Freestyle Taylor Labella won first place with a time of 25.74 followed by third place Sydney White 26.43 and fourth place Rhiannon Ramones 27.07, and Krista Hughes won fifth place 27.08. In the 100yrd fly Sydney White won third with a time of 26.43, Rhiannon Ramones won fourth place with 27.07 and Krista Hughes won fifth with 27.08. In the 100-Yard Freestyle first place Taylor Labella won with a time of 56.05, third place Alex Kerzic 58.96, fifth place sophomore Dakota Kidder 59.88, and sixth place sophomore was Alexandria Quintanilla with a time of 1:02.17. In the 500-Yard Freestyle students won two places: fourth place senior Hannah Lozano 5:54.89 and fifth place freshman Haley Hibbetts 6:06.8.
In the 100-Yard Backstroke Paige Bourquin won with a time of 1:03.27, second place was Hannah Lozano 1:05.80, third place senior Abby Budzinski with a time of 1:08.50, and fourth place Haley Hibbetts at 1:08.94.
The 100-Yard Breaststroke event winner was Kamryn Kreipe with a time of 1:15.62, second place was Theresa Nguyen at 1:15.98, and sixth place junior Kayla Pratt at 1:21.81. In the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay the Panthers won first place with the team skills of Kamryn Kreipe, Rhiannon Ramones, Paige Bourquin, Alex Kerzic with a time of 3:55.51.
In the men’s categories:
In the 200-Yard Freestyle first place senior Wes Halstead with a time of 1:54.54, second place senior Donovan Tajbakhsh at 1:55.27, fourth place senior Ean Price at 1:58.90. In the 200-Yard IM first place senior John Blough at 2:07.61, second place senior Justin Medina at 2:14.78; third place freshman Kekoa Velez at 2:18.56. In the 50-Yard Freestyle second place sophomore Garrett English with a time of 22.24, fifth place junior Brayden Caldwell at 23.89, sixth place senior William Terrill at 24.22. In the Diving events first place senior Carter Miranda with a score 416.50, second place sophomore Eric Rios with a score 361.80, fourth place freshman Jason Drileck with a score 239.95. In the 100-Yard Butterfly second place senior John Blough with a time of 56.71, fourth place senior James Dalton at 1:02.47. In the 100-Yard Freestyle second place sophomore Garrett English 49.82, fifth place senior Donovan Tajbakhsh 52.30 sixth place junior Sebastian Flores 54.30. In the 500 yrd Freestyle first place senior Wes Halstead 5:21.38, second place senior Justin Medina 5:27.35, third place freshman Dario Olmo 5:35.98, sixth place senior Nicholas Roodettes 6:3.48. In the 100-Yard Backstroke first place senior Ean Price 1:00.07, third place freshman Andrew Wasmus 1:03.31, fifth place senior James Dalton 1:07.11 In the 100 Yard Breaststroke first place junior Brayden Caldwell 1:03.79, second place senior William Terrill 1:05.23, fourth place junior Bodee Lunt 1:07.97, fifth place freshman Kekoa Velez 1:09.24. In the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay first place seniors Donovan Tajbakhsh, Wes Halstead, John Blough, and sophomore Garrett English with a time of 3:25.76. Men’s team took first place with a score of 229.