At the District Swim Meet in The Colony, Newman Smith High School Trojan swimmers yielded 19 new personal best times. Cody Imthurn led the way for the boys, highlighted with a new school record in the 100m backstroke. Imthurn just missed the school record in the 200m Freestyle. Vince Nguyen had a personal best, dropping 2 seconds in the 100m butterfly. These swimmers teamed up with Reid Jamesmeyer, Eden Nguyen, Jeffrey Salgado, and Rory Manley to advance all three relays to Regionals. The boys 400m Free relay team of Rory Manley, Eden Nguyen, Vince Nguyen and Cody Imthurn finished the night with a 3rd place and a best time.
Eleanna Martinez led the girls’ team with a new best time in her 200m Freestyle, also qualifying her 500m Freestyle and a 3rd place finish. Keaira Rosales qualified her individual events to advance as well. Lauren Chadwick dropped 15 seconds in the 200m Freestyle swim, and 17 seconds in the 500m Freestyle. Additionally, Shelby Moore and Elsa Thompson had personal best times in their events. Deana Popovic showed speed getting her best time in the 50m Freestyle and Cassidy Hatch helped represent in all 3 relays.
Regional Qualifiers
Trojans that will advance to regionals are Cody Imthurn, Rory Manley, Eden Nguyen, Vince Nguyen, Jeffrey Salgado, Reid Jamesmeyer, Eleanna Martinez, Keaira Rosales and Napoleon Ferrer for Diving.
Regionals will be held in 2 weeks, with the Finals at Frisco.