Dripping Springs High School senior Laurel Hoskovec turned in a record-setting performance with a third-place in the 500-yard freestyle at the UIL 6A State Swimming Meet on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin.
Hoskovec broke her own school record by more than two seconds with a finals time of 4:54.70 for the bronze medal. She also advanced to the finals in the 200 freestyle, finishing eighth in 1:50.55 after setting a new school record of 1:50.53 during the preliminaries.
In relay competition, Hoskovec teamed with Fairlane Bynum, Charlotte Riffel and Izzy Boldrick to place seventh in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:31.01. She also joined Bynum and Riffel, along with Lexi Landrum, to finish eighth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:36.33.
Dripping Springs placed 14th as a team with 73 points.