The swimming and diving program at Dripping Springs High School has been kept to a high standard under the direction of first-year head coach Michael Hoskovec.
Both of the Dripping Springs High School swimming and diving teams had successful showings at the District 18-5A Championships in San Antonio on Jan. 28. The boys and girls teams each 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, 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, also winning the 200-yard medley relay with teammates Colin O’Connor, Joseph Parsons and Aidan Jones.
Dripping Springs, along with district champ Boerne Champion, joined others at the Region V-5A meet at the Texas A&M Student Center Natatorium in College Station.
Girls teams standings: Boerne Champion 176, DS 167, Hays Johnson 50, Fredericksburg 40, Boerne 38, Wimberley 31, Lehman 10.
DS Results:
200 Free: 1. Anna Hoskovec 1.56.69; 2. Nora Bucher 2.01.02; 3. Grace Lee 2.01.47; 5. Amaya Fayad 2.09.97.
200 IM: 2. Riley Dalton 2.16.84; 7. Sydney Stalbaum 2.20.97; 8. Logan Mauck 2.22.16; 11. Peyton Grot-Lopp 2.32.43.
50 Free: 2. Macie McCurry 24.80; 6. Kenleigh Embrey 26.11; 7. Megan Kelly 26.22; 8. Lucy Fredenburg 26.89.
Diving: 2. Audrey Wilson 348; 3. Hanna Tisdol 308.5.
100 Fly: 1. Athena Turner 1.00.90; 7. Addy Dowdy 1.10.81; 8. Brooke Thompson 1.11.77; 9. Angelina LaBarre 1.12.05.
100 Free: 2. McCurry 54.36; 4. Dalton 54.04; 8. Fayad 58.22; 9. Kelly 58.83.
500 Free: 1. Hoskovec 5.08.37; 2. Stalbaum 5.24.66; 3. Bucher 5.26.89; 5. Mauck 5.36.73.
200 Free Relay: 2. DS 1.43.20 (Mauck, Embrey, McCurry, Kelly).
100 Back: 5. Turner 1.02.20; 6. Embrey 1.05.75; 8. Anya McCallum 1.08.64; 9. Dowdy 1.08.78.
100 Breast: 1. Grot-Lopp 1.11.03; 6. Lee 1.17.13; 7. Fredenburg 1.18.31; 9. LaBarre 1.18.42.
400 Free Relay: 1. DS 3.38.40 (Turner, McCurry, Hoskovec, Dalton).
Boys teams standings: Boerne Champion 209, DS 176, Wimberley 28, Hays Johnson 24, Lehman 16, Boerne 13.
DS Results:
200 Med Relay: 1. DS 1.41.56 (Colin O'Connor, Gage Hembree, Joseph Parson Aidan Jones).
200 Free: 2. Parsons 1.47.75; 3. Wyatt Johnson 1.51.38; 5. Ryan Kethley 1.54.87; 6. Landon Bucher 1.55.77.
200 IM: 1. Hembree 2.05.23; 2. Jordan Ledbetter 2.08.57; 4. Andrew Durbin 2.11.15; 5. John Clewett 2.12.64.
50 Free: 4. Nolan Granger 22.78; 5. O'Connor 23.30; 7. Jones 23.98; 8. Aidan Burt 24.21.
100 Fly: 2. Mason Bloomgren 55.90; 4. Durbin 59.57; 6. Jakob Becker 1.02.09.
100 Free: 3. Parsons 49.54; 4. Johnson 49.91; 5. Granger 51.41; 9. Alex Stinson 53.24.
500 Free: 2. Ledbetter
5.00.49; 4. Kethley 5.14.32; 5. Bucher 5.14.43; 7. William Napier 5.33.24. 200 Free Relay: 2. DS 1.32.92 (Johnson, O'Connor, Granger, Jones). 100 Back: 2. O'Connor 5.69; 5. Johannes Becker 1.00.06; 7. Jackson Bailey 1.01.03; 8. Connor
Williams 1.03.37.
100 Breast: 3. Hembree 1.02.98; 6. Clewett 1.03.90; 7. Connor Caffrey 1.07.23; 9. Gavin Gardiner 1.11.02.
400 Free Relay: 2. DS 3.20.97 (Johnson, Granger, Hembree, Parsons).
Combined Standings: Boerne Champion 385, DS 343, Johnson 74, Wimberley 59, Boerne 51, Fredericksburg 40, Lehman 26.
Dripping Springs Century News Reporter Madi Telschow contributed to this report.
