Swimming to Austin
February 8, 2016
First it was senior diver Lauren Burrell advancing to State, then it was numerous members of the boys’ swimming team following suit at the 3-5A Regional Meet on Saturday at the Bruce Eubanks Natatorium.
Noah Rose, Jiwoo Oh, Nikita Naumov, Jack Easton, Ryan Phillip, Luke Miao and Matthew Enunwaoyne will all be headed to state Feb. 18-20 to compete at the UT swim center.
The boys’ team took first place in the 100 back, 100 breaststroke and 400 Free Relay and finished as region runner up. Several relays and individuals made State as automatic qualifiers while others advanced as call-ups.
Here’s a look at how the swimmers fared:
State Qualifiers (place at region):
Boys 200 Medley Relay (2nd place) – Noah Rose, Jiwoo Oh, Nikita Naumov, Jack Easton (alt- Ryan Phillip)
100 Fly (2nd place) – Nikita Naumov
500 Free (5th place) – Luke Miao
Boys 200 Free Relay (2nd place)- Jiwoo Oh, Nikita Naumov, Ryan Phillip, Jack Easton (alt- Matthew Enunwaoyne)
100 Back (1st place)- Jack Easton and (3rd place) Noah Rose
100 Breast (1st place) – Jiwoo Oh
Boys 400 Free Relay (1st place) – Nikita Naumov, Jiwoo Oh, Ryan Phillip, Jack Easton (alt- Noah Rose)
Girls diving (1st place)- Lauren Burrell
Others who placed top 8 at Region:
Boys 200 IM (7th place)- Noah Rose
Girls 400 Free Relay (7th place)- Julia Cole, Abby Showalter, Erika CruzCruz, Lina Parks
Region finalists (top 16):
Girls 200 Medley Relay (10th place)- Lina Parks, Erika CruzCruz, Julia Cole, Abby Showalter
Boys 50 Free (18th place)- Ryan Phillip
Boys 100 Fly (9th place)- Luke Miao
Boys 100 Free (10th place)- Ryan Phillip
Boys 500 Free (10th place)- Sidharth Sharma, (12th place)- Justin Jung
Girls 200 Free Relay (10th place)- Lina Parks, Abby Showalter, Erika CruzCruz, Julia Cole
Girls 100 Back (10th place)- Lina Parks