Congratulations to the RRHS State Swim & Dive Team, led by Head Aquatics Coach Michael Rourke, who had a legendary showing during the UIL 6A State Championship Feb. 20-22 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Swimming Center on UT. Despite a highly competitive field, Reagan women finished 4th overall with a score of 132 points. Reagan men finished 11th with a score of 84.
Grant Lilly (sophomore) is the State Champion in the 500 Free (4:20.09)!
Montse Spielmann (senior) is the State Champion in the 200 Free (1:47.84) and the 100 Fly (53.02)!
Here are the full results from the two-day meet (* denotes a graduating senior):
Women’s 1M Diving (8th prelims & 9th finals) *Caroline Holcomb.
Women’s 200 Medley Relay (3rd prelims & 5th finals) Amelia Miller, *Montse Spielmann, Andy Torres Sosa and Tessa Christiansen.
Women’s 200 Free (1st prelims & 1st finals) *Montse Spielmann.
Men’s 200 Free (6th prelims & 6th finals) Grant Lilly and (15 prelims & 12th finals) Johnny Ganser.
Women’s 50 Free (19th prelims) Amelia Miller.
Women’s 100 Fly (1st prelims & 1st finals) *Montse Spielmann.
Women’s 100 Free (16th prelims & 16th finals) Tessa Christiansen.
Women’s 500 Free (20th prelims) *Cloe Nader.
Men’s 500 Free (3rd prelims & 1st finals) Grant Lilly.
Men’s 200 Free Relay (8th prelims & 8th finals) Johnny Ganser, Samuel Killpack, *Darryl Gaona II and Grant Lilly; the time of 1:24.77 is a new RRHS Record!
Women’s 100 Back (8th prelims & 7th finals) Tessa Christiansen and (10th prelims & 11th finals) Amelia Miller.
Women’s 400 Free Relay (4th prelims & 2nd finals) *Montse Spielmann, Amelia Miller, Andy Torres Sosa and Tessa Christiansen; the 2nd place finish (3:25.63) was the first podium finish for a RRHS women’s relay in 13 years!
Men’s 400 Free Relay (7th prelims & 8th finals) Grant Lilly, Johnny Ganser, *Darryl Gaona II and Samuel Killpack.
Alternate relay swimmers: Daniela Delarue, *Marco Hernandez, Connor Mayo, and Sophia Williamson.
Well done team! We thank all of our seniors for leaving an indelible mark of excellence on the swim and dive program. You will be missed, even as we look forward to more great things to come next season.
Strike ’em Rattlers!