February 1, 2022

 

The Dripping Springs High School boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams had successful showings at the District 18-5A Championships on Friday in San Antonio.

 

Both teams came away with second-place finishes behind Boerne Champion High School, while 28 students qualified for the Region V-5A competition for placing among the top-six finishers in their respective events. In addition, first-year head coach Michael Hoskovec was named the District 18-5A Girls’ Coach of the Year.

 

The girls’ team captured five first-place finishes including a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay with Athena Turner, Macie McCurry, Anna Hoskovec, and Riley Dalton taking gold. Individually, Hoskovec took first in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle races, Turner finished first in the 100-yard butterfly, and Peyton Grot-Lopp captured first in the 100-yard breaststroke.  

 

For the boys, Gage Hembree took first in the 200-yard individual medley, while also being part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team of Colin O’Connor, Joseph Parsons, and Aidan Jones.

 

The girls’ and boys’ teams will each be represented by 14 athletes at the regional meet.

 

The Region V-5A Championships will be held Feb. 4-5 at the Texas A&M University Student Recreation Center Natatorium in College Station. Preliminaries will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Diving will take place on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. followed by the swimming finals at 3:30 p.m.

 

Complete district results can be found here.

 

 

Regional Qualifiers

Girls

Nora Bucher – 200-yard Freestyle (2nd), 500-yard Freestyle (3rd)

Riley Dalton – 200-yard IM (2nd), 100-yard Freestyle (4th), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (1st)

Kenleigh Embrey – 50-yard Freestyle (6th), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd), 100-yard Backstroke (6th)

Amaya Fayad – 200-yard Freestyle (5th)

Peyton Grot-Lopp – 100-yard Breaststroke (1st)

Anna Hoskovec – 200-yard Freestyle (1st), 500-yard Freestyle (1st), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (1st)

Megan Kelly – 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Grace Lee – 200-yard Freestyle (3rd), 100-yard Breaststroke (6th)

Logan Mauck – 500-yard Freestyle (5th), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Macie McCurry – 50-yard Freestyle (2nd), 100-yard Freestyle (2nd), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (1st)

Sydney Stalbaum – 500-yard Freestyle (2nd)

Hanna Tindol – 1M Diving (3rd)

Athena Turner – 100-yard Butterfly (1st), 100-yard Backstroke (5th), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (1st)

Audrey Wilson – 1M Diving (2nd)

 

Boys

Jakob Becker – 100-yard Butterfly (6th)

Johannes Becker – 100-yard Backstroke (5th)

Mason Bloomgren – 100-yard Butterfly (2nd)

Landon Bucher – 200-yard Freestyle (6th), 500-yard Freestyle (5th)

John Clewett – 200-yard IM (5th), 100-yard Breaststroke (6th)

Durbin Durbin – 200-yard IM (4th), 100-yard Butterfly (4th)

Nolan Granger – 50-yard Freestyle (4th), 100-yard Freestyle (5th), 200-Yard Freestyle Relay (2nd), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Gage Hembree – 200-yard Medley Relay (1st), 200-yard IM (1st), 100-yard Breaststroke (3rd), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Wyatt Johnson – 200-yard Freestyle (3rd), 100-yard Freestyle (4th), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Aidan Jones –  200-yard Medley Relay (1st), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Ryan Kethley – 200-yard Freestyle (5th), 500-yard Freestyle (4th)

Jordan Ledbetter – 200-yard IM (2nd), 500-yard Freestyle (2nd)

Colin O’Connor – 200-yard Medley Relay (1st), 50-yard Freestyle (5th), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd), 100-yard Backstroke (2nd)

Joseph Parsons – 200-yard Medley Relay (1st), 200-yard Freestyle (2nd), 100-yard Freestyle (3rd), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (2nd)