Friendswood High School Boys placed 2nd (183 points) out of 50 boy teams and the Girls placed 4th (144 points) out of 55 girl teams at the 5A State Championship Swim and Dive Meet. The state meet was held at The University of Texas in Austin, February 23rd and 24th. Eighty-eight schools from across Texas started the competition on Friday with roughly two-thirds advancing to the Finals on Saturday. The 16 Mustang swimmers who competed are: Olivia Esbeck, Edi Jakob, Andi Jeanes, Kk LeBlanc, Paige McCray, Lauren Tillman, Taylor Welch, Nick Hardt, Nate Henderson, Hayden Holcomb, Lane Jordan, Tony Laurito, Caleb Livesay, Marshall Odom, Paul Podrebarac, and Talon Welch.
Congratulations to the Boys 200 Medley Relay who placed 1st and snagged the new 5A State record with a time of 1:31.54!
Congratulations to Marshall Odom on receiving the 5A State Swimmer of the Meet!
FHS State medalist are as follows:
Kk LeBlanc: 1st - 200 Free and 1st - 100 Free
Tony Laurito: 1st - 200 Individual Medley and 1st – 100 Back
Marshall Odom: 1st – 100 Fly and 1st – 50 Free
Girls 400 Free Relay: 3rd – Paige McCray, Edi Jakob, Andi Jeanes, Kk LeBlanc
Boys 200 Medley Relay: 1st – Tony Laurito, Nick Hardt, Marshall Odom, Caleb Livesay
Boys 400 Free Relay: 2nd – Marshall Odom, Nick Hardt, Caleb Livesay, Tony Laurito
Six FHS records were broken:
Girls 200 Free – 1:47.24, Kk LeBlanc
Girls 100 Free – 49.28, Kk LeBlanc
Boys 50 Free – 19.96, Marshall Odom
Boys 100 Fly – 47.61, Marshall Odom
Boys 100 Free (relay lead off) – 45.07, Marshall Odom
Boys 200 Medley Relay – 1:31.54 – Tony Laurito, Nick Hardt, Marshall Odom, Caleb Livesay
Boys 400 Free Relay – 3:07.46 – Marshall Odom, Nick Hardt, Caleb Livesay, Tony Laurito
Notable performances in other events are as follows:
Girls 200 Free: Paige McCray (11th)
Girls 200 Individual Medley: Edi Jakob (7th)
Boys 200 Individual Medley: Nick Hardt (4th)
Girls 100 Free: Andi Jeanes (22nd)
Girls 500 Free: Edi Jakob (6th), Paige McCray (11th)
Boys 500 Free: Hayden Holcomb (21st)
Girls 100 Breaststroke: Taylor Welch (16th)
Boys 100 Breaststroke: Nick Hardt (5th)
Girls 200 Medley Relay: Kk LeBlanc, Taylor Welch, Andi Jeanes, Lauren Tillman (4th)
Girls 200-Free Relay: Andi Jeanes, Olivia Esbeck, Paige McCray, Lauren Tillman (15th)
Boys 200-Free Relay: Nate Henderson, Paul Podrebarac, Talon Welch, Caleb Livesay (19th)
The Mustang Swim and Dive Team is coached by Head Coach Sikkema and Varsity Assistant Coach Smith. Thank you to our officials, parent volunteers, photographers and FISD Leadership for their support.