This past Saturday, January 20th, the Belton ISD Swim Center hosted the District 22-5A Championship Meet, featuring swimmers from Killeen, Ellison, Chaparral, Shoemaker, Lake Belton, and Belton High School. The District Meet serves as the first step into our championship season, qualifying the top 6 competitors in each event for the Regional Championship hosted by A&M Consolidated on February 9th and 10th. For the first time in the past 4 years, every Belton swimmer that competed qualified for Region in each event they swam in! That means our Belton Tigers went a perfect 33 qualifications out of 33 swims! On top of that, the Girls' team controlled the scoring throughout the entire meet on their way to another District Championship! Our Boys' team fought hard against some top-notch swimmers in the District and for the 3rd year in a row, finished runner-ups. With that being said, our Boys' team was the smallest group at the meet, with only 5 swimmers, but still finished 2nd place. That is an incredible accomplishment, considering they put up 94 points! Below are all of the highlights from the meet:
-Girls' 200 Medley Relay (Martin, Malvaiz, Dangcalan, Detert) finished 1st with a time of 2:05.57
-Girls' 200 Free: Lili Nelson finished 1st with a 2:03.86; Julia Colares-Gadelha finished 2nd with a 2:27.37; Isabella Rodriguez finished 3rd with a 2:29.78
-Boys' 200 Free: Addison Richardson finished 1st with a 1:54.21
-Girls' 200 IM: Kirra Martin finished 1st with a 2:26.43; Mikayla Dangcalan finished 3rd with a 2:35.51; Zayra Malvaiz finished 4th with a 2:37.81
-Boys' 200 IM: Hobson Baldridge finished 2nd with a 2:11.37; Timothy Jenkins finished 4th with a 2:15.00
-Girls' 50 Free: Zee Gingerich finished 3rd with a 26.59; Olivia Brillhart finished 5th with a 26.94
-Boys' 50 Free: Jaxon Isbell finished 1st with a 23.64
-Girls' 100 Fly: Mikayla Dangcalan finished 1st with a 1:09.01; Julia Colares-Gadelha finished 4th with a 1:21.94
-Boys' 100 Fly: Timothy Jenkins finished 3rd with a 58.71
-Girls' 100 Free: Zee Gingerich finished 4th with a 58.31
-Boys' 100 Free: Jaxon Isbell finished 3rd with a 52.15; Raef Airhart finished 5th with a 52.74
-Girls' 500 Free: Lili Nelson finished 1st with a 5:25.51; Sophia Detert finished 2nd with a 6:04.58
-Boys' 500 Free: Addison Richardson finished 2nd with a 5:09.91; Hobson Baldridge finished with a 5:19.48
-Girls' 200 Free Relay (Nelson, Gingerich, Detert, Brillhart) finished 1st with a time of 1:50.43
-Boys' 200 Free Relay (Richardson, Jenkins, Airhart, Isbell) finished 2nd with a 1:37.04
-Girls' 100 Backstroke: Kirra Martin finished 2nd with a 1:04.09; Olivia Brillhart finished 3rd with a 1:06.78; Sophia Detert finished 4th with a 1:11.30
-Boys' 100 Backstroke: Raef Airhart finished 2nd with a 1:01.27
-Girls' 100 Breaststroke: Zayra Malvaiz finished 1st with a 1:21.61; Isabella Rodriguez finished 4th with a 1:27.78
-Girls' 400 Free Relay (Nelson, Gingerich, Martin, Brillhart) finished 1st with a 4:01.14
-Boys' 400 Free Relay (Richardson, Jenkins, Baldridge, Isbell) finished 2nd with a 3:36.45
Final Scores:
Girls' Team Scores:
1. BELTON-173
2. Lake Belton-82
3. Chaparral-75
4. Shoemaker-63
5. Ellison-61
Boys' Team Scores:
1. Lake Belton-214.5
2. BELTON-94
3. Shoemaker-59
4. Ellison-55.5
5. Chaparral-51
6. Killeen-12
UP NEXT: 2024 Region VI-5A Championship Meet @ College Station (February 9th-10th)
