Swim & dive dominate competition

Emma Gnidziejko

Divers Kalee Morgan, Myka Sullivan, Parker Burton and John Dymond compete at the Frisco Sprint Invitational. The boys and girls swim and dive teams will compete at Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association meet, also known as TISCA, today. “The boys scored 361.5, beating out Wakeland High School, and Girls scored 368, beating out Reedy High school,” assistant swim coach Sierra Marchand said. “Our boys have been undefeated so far this season.”

Emma Gnidziejko, Reporter

This past weekend, Prosper Swim and Dive competed at the Frisco Independent School District Invitational, finishing in first place overall, and beating 22 other teams. The team has dominated their first year competing in 6A, and the boys are undefeated so far this season.

“The boys scored 361.5, beating out Wakeland High School, and Girls scored 368, beating out Reedy High school,” assistant swim coach Sierra Marchand reported via email. “Our boys have been undefeated so far this season.”

In addition, Marchand said freshman Ethan Hogan broke the school record in the 100 backstroke. Hogan “went a 56, beating out the school record, previously set by Kyle Valdez, at a 56.54.”

The team will compete at Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association meet, also known as TISCA, today.

1st-place finishers include these competitors:

Boys 1-meter diving – Parker Burton

Boys 200 individual medley – Mithuun Ramesh

Girls 100 freestyle – Jenna Kerkman

Girls 200 freestyle relay – Caroline Egger, Katie Kieffer, Ana Hernandez Flores, Victoria Evans

Boys 100 Backstroke – Ethan Hogan

2nd-place finishers included these competitors:

Boys Medley Relay – Ethan Hogan, Saxon Boring, Mithuun Ramesh, Justice Hunt

Girls 100 butterfly – Katie Kieffer

Girls 400 freestyle relay – Victoria Evans, Ana Hernandez Flores,Ella Keffer, Jenna Kerkman

Boys 400 freestyle relay – Mithuun Ramesh, Ethan Hogan, Alexander Schulze, Justice Hunt

3rd-place finishers included these competitors:
 Girls 200 medley relay – Caroline Egger, Katie Kieffer, Jenna Kerkman, Victoria Evans
Boys 200 freestyle – Justice Hunt
Boys 50 freestyle – Alexander  Schulze