Five swimmers placed at the regional meet in Magnolia, with two automatically qualifying for state, Feb. 8-9.
“We are the fastest region in Texas,” coach Marlene Blanchett said. “A lot of the swimmers advancing to state are from Region five. The competition is tough.”
Freshman Haley Timmons is the regional champion in the 100 yard Butterfly, setting a new region record of 56.87 seconds.
“I was so happy,” Timmons said. “I guess I was just really excited to be there and I was really happy.”
Junior Amanda Alspaugh placed second in the 200 yard Individual Medley and third in the in the 500 yard Freestyle, and was called up to compete at state.
I’m pretty pleased with how we did at regions,” Alspaugh said. “I finally dropped time in an event that I haven’t gone anywhere close to in two years. I’m really proud of Jyna Leckbee winning the 100 Breaststroke and automatically qualifying for state.”
Leckbee placed first in the 100 yard Breaststroke setting a region record of 1:06.40 and placed fifth in the 50 Freestyle.
“I did amazing,” Leckbee said. “They were both really tight races, but it was a lot of fun.”
The girls 200 yard Medley Relay placed fourth and the girls 400 yard Freestyle Relay placed sixth with Alspaugh, Leckbee, Timmons and junior Sarah Calderon swimming in both relays. The Medley Relay was called up and will get to compete at state, Feb. 22-23 at The University of Texas.
“I think we did amazing, this was the first time for some of us to be at regionals,” Timmons said. “For all of us to make it to state together is amazing.”
Regional Results, Feb. 8-9
Girls 50 yard Freestyle 5th − Jyna Leckbee
Girls 100 Backstroke 11th − Elizabeth Johnson
Girls 100 yard Breaststroke 1st − Jyna Leckbee
Girls 100 yard Butterfly 1st − Haley Timmons
Girls 200 yard IM 2nd − Amanda Alspaugh
Girls 500 yard Freestyle 3rd − Amanda Alspaugh
Girls 200 yard Medley Relay 4th − Amanda Alspaugh, Jyna Leckbee, Haley Timmons, Sarah Calderon
Girls 400 yard Relay 6th − Amanda Alspaugh, Haley Timmons, Sarah Calderon, Jyna Leckbee
