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Swimmers Compete in TAPPS State Meet 02.06.06
Our Swimming Panthers made a very spirited showing at the two-day TAPPS state swim meet on Feb 3-4 at the UT Swim Center in Austin. The eleven member team of seven girls and four boys competed in the preliminary races on Friday night. Six of them, Hayley Hatfield, Callie Cutler, Dakota Smith, Grace Kelsoe, Chelsea Jones, Kristen Stephenson qualified for the finals on Saturday. (While our Girls 400 FR Relay, did not place, they were first alternates for the finals: Melissa Cole, Chrissy Luke, Kristen, and Grace.)
In the finals races, dominated by upperclassmen, our swimmers won the following places:
Individual events:
Hayley Hatfield: 4th in both the 200 IM and 500 FR
Callie Cutler: 4th in both the 200 FR and 100 BK
Dakota Smith: 6th in 200 IM
Relay events:
Girls 200 Medley Relay: 4th place
(Callie, Hayley along with Grace Kelsoe and Chelsea Jones)
Girls 200 FR relay: 4th place
(Callie, Hayley, Chelsea and Kristen Stephenson)
Overall, in a tight race with Grace Community High School, the girls’ team captured 6th place out of 19 schools. Not bad for the new kids on the block!
It is a credit to the tactics of our coach Lia Oberstar in selecting races where our swimmers would likely final and earn the most points both individually and for the relays. Next year, with more swimmers and better conditioning, we have our sights on one of the top three spots.
Thanks again to all of you for your support for our fledgling program. It has been a fun and fruitful season.
Panther Swimmers Make Splash in First TAPPS Event 01.23.06
The Upper School Panther Swim Club had a very successful tournament in Parish's first Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) event since joining the association earlier this year. Eleven swimmers competed in the North Regional Championship meet held in San Antonio on January 21.
The girls team placed third in Division II, edging out Prestonwood Christian Academy. The combined girls and boys teams placed fourth in their division.
Leading the Panthers was Callie Cutler with two individual first places and a second and a third in two relays. Hayley Hatfield had two individual third places and a second and third in relay events. The 200 yard freestyle relay team of Chelsea Jones, Callie Cutler, Kristen Stevenson, and Hayley Hatfield placed second, and the 200 yard medley relay team of Cutler, Jones, Hatfield, and Grace Kelsoe took a third place. The 400 yard relay team of Stevenson, Kelsoe, Chrissy Luke, and Melissa Cole placed fourth.
For the boys, Dakota Smith placed third in the 200 yard individual medley and sixth in the 100 yard butterfly. Andrew Mozley placed fifth in the 100 yard backstroke.
The team is now preparing for Parish's first appearance in a TAPPS State Championship. The meet will be held at the University of Texas-Austin on February 3 and 4.
PARISH RESULTS
(The following events scored points for the team; detailed meet results can be found at the links below):
Individual awards:
Callie Cutler: 1st in both the 200 FR and 100 BK
Hayley Hatfield: 3rd in both the 200 IM and the 500 FR
Chelsea Jones: 3rd in 100FR and 4th in 50 FR
Dakota Smith: 3rd in the 200IM and 6th in the 100 FL
Andrew Mozley: 4th in the 100 BK
Grace Kelsoe: 6th in the 100 FL and 7th in the 100 BR
Kristen Stevenson: 7th in the 50 FR and 8th in the 100 FR
Logan Klein: 8th in the 100 BR
Relay awards:
Girls 200 Medley Relay, 3rd Place: Callie Cutler, Grace Kelsoe, Hayley Hatfield, Chelsea Jones
Boys 200 Medley Relay, 7th Place: Jason Prochaska, Logan Klein, Dakota Smith, Andrew Mozley
Girls 200 Free Relay, 2nd Place: Chelsea Jones, Callie Cutler, Kristen Stevenson, Hayley Hatfield
Girls 400 Free Relay, 4th Place: Kristen Stevenson, Melissa Cole, Chrissy Luke, Grace Kelsoe
http://www.aaaa-sa.org/HTML/TAPPSScores.htm
http://www.aaaa-sa.org/HTML/TAPPS.htm
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