For the third year in a row, the Woodrow Wilson Wildcat swim team is sending swimmers to the UIL Swimming & Diving State Meet. At the Region 4-5A Swimming and Diving Championships on February 3-4, Wildcat 1^st place girls 400 freestyle relay team, 2^nd place girls 200 medley relay team, 2^nd place girls 200 freestyle relay team, 1^st place 100 backstroke and 3^rd place 200 IM swimmer Caroline North, 2^nd place 50 free swimmer Lawson Freeman, and 3rd place diver Anna Scherger all qualified to compete at the state meet which will be held at the Texas Swim Center in Austin on February 17-18. The champion 400 freestyle relay team consists of co-captains, Lawson Freeman and Caroline North, Noelle Martinez and Abbie Giles, 200 medley relay members are Claire and Helen Agee, Macie Burgard, and Emma Elkman, and 200 free relay team members are Freeman, North, Giles and Claire Agee.

The Wildcats prolonged their successful season with the girls swim team coming in 2^nd overall in the region. Freeman also finished 3^rd in 100 free, Martinez placed 6^th in 200 free and 7^th in 100 free, Giles placed 3^rd in 50 free and 6^th in 100 free, Burgard was 7^th in 100 breaststroke and 10^th in 200 IM, Claire Agee was 7^th in 50 free and 8^th in 100 free, Helen Agee was 4^th in 500 free and 6^th in 100 backstroke, and Elkman was 6^th place in 100 fly and 9^th in 50 free. Other notable swims include Camille Miranda-Estrada’s 10^th place in 100 fly, Emily Lawrence’s 11^th place finish in 200 free, Claire Gustafson’s 9^th place and Annabelle Furrh’s 11^th place in 500 free, and Peyton Scoville’s 11^th place in 100 breaststroke.

The boys 200 medley relay team, consisting of captain Brian Arnold, Javier Herrera, Adam Becker and Thomas Burnam, finished in 3^rd place and the 200 free relay team of Arnold, Herrera, Burnam and Sean Swift earned a 4^th place finish, while the boys team placed 6^th overall in the region. Other notable swims include Becker’s 3^rd place finish in 100 breaststroke, Arnold’s 4^th in 100 breaststroke and 11^th in 50 free, Herrera’s 10^th place in 100 free and 14^th in 50 free, Matthew Gresback’s 13^th place in 100 free and 9^th place in 100 breaststroke, Swift’s 11^th place in both the 200 and 500 free, Alec Pfundheller’s 11^th place in 100 breaststroke, and Burnam’s 9^th place in 100 backstroke.

The team is coached by Pablo Lara and Brook Varner, and they will push their 6am daily workouts to prepare for the state competition in Austin. Complete results from the regional meet will be posted, when available, at woodrowwildcats.org.