Carroll swim team opens season with big win
The Carroll Swim teams competed in a dual meet in the opening week of the season as the girls took on Allen and Dallas Ursuline and the boys swam against Allen and Dallas Jesuit in Allen.
The girls team defeated Allen by a score of 207-108 and Ursuline by a score of 222-83, while the boys team defeated Allen by a score of 244-68 and Jesuit by a score of 236-76.
Coach Kevin Murphy said it was a good start to the season for his teams.
“Our team goal for the meet was to push out fast in all our individual events and relays, test ourselves, and put up some tough and courageous swims, to establish some season best times for the year, early in this 2015-2016 season,” Murphy said. “Our Dragons raced and competed well, with a great many aggressive season-best swims, meeting our team goals for the meet.”
The results are listed below.
Top 4 relay finishes for the Dragons included: (The Dragons won all six relays)
1st 200 med relay 1:51.59 with Nasha Luevit, Olivia Coffey, Anya Ittiruck and Rachel Luevit
4th 200 med relay 2:01.28 with Miranda Faust, Natalie Gessner, Madelynn Tung and Lauren Clay
1st 200 med relay 1:36.26 with Jack LeVant, Evan Kolde, Gus Karau and Landon Armstrong
4th 200 med relay 1:43.54 with Sean Murphy, Logan Davis, Daniel Balint and Griffin Rea
1st 200 free relay 1:43.28 with Amelia Rusli, Natalie Whalen, Chantal Meyer and Olivia Coffey
3rd 200 free relay 1:52.06 with Alden Sadler, Lauren Clay, Amanda Piyapanee and Natalie Gessner
4th 200 free relay 1:52.24 with Sydney Balint, Lauren Spielvogel, Rachel Boeck and Cristina Moraru
1st 200 free relay 1:28.64 with Landon Armstrong, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Evan Kolde
3rd 200 free relay 1:33.16 with Griffin Rea, Logan Davis, Will Montgomery and JP Reppeto
4th 200 free relay 1:34.33 with Daniel Balint, Logan Henry, Gavin Springs and Sean Murphy
1st 400 free relay 3:41.69 with Amelia Rusli, Natalie Whalen, Chantal Meyer and Nasha Luevit
4th 400 free relay 4:00.29 with Kate Johnson, Miranda Faust, Abby Cosenza and Paige Williams
1st 400 free relay 3:12.14 with Jack LeVant, Alex Zettle, Austin Whalen and Gus Karau
3rd 400 free relay 3:28.46 with Kevin Repice, Will Montgomery, Eric Hart and Noah Faloona
4th 400 free relay 3:31.18 with Colter Carman, Jack VandeBerg, Jaycob Williams and Alex Froehlich
Top 3 individual finishers for the Dragons included: (the Dragons won 13 of 18 individual events)
1st Sloane Papa Diving 203.65
2nd Summer Westover Diving 199.95
3rd Maddie Keiser Diving 190.60
1st CJ Durant Diving 228.65
2nd Luke McFarland Diving 227.50
3rd Andrew Walker Diving 203.50
1st Natalie Whalen 200 free 1:56.29
1st Austin Whalen 200 free 1:44.36
2nd Eric Hart 200 free 1:48.78
3rd Logan Henry 200 free 1:49.74
2nd Rachel Luevit 200 IM 2:11.94
3rd Chantal Meyer 200 IM 2:13.60
2nd Colter Carman 200 IM 1:56.11
3rd Logan Davis 200 IM 2:00.36
1st Amelia Rusli 50 free 25.83
3rd Anya Ittiruck 50 fre 26.36
1st Jack LeVant 50 free 21.40
3rd Alex Zettle 50 free 22.11
1st Anya Ittiruck 100 fly 58.09
2nd Madelynn Tung 100 fly 59.99
1st Gus Karau 100 fly 52.00
2nd Amelia Rusli 100 free 55.29
3rd Olivia Coffey 100 free 56.06
1st Alex Zettle 100 free 47.72
2nd Austin Whalen 100 free 48.79
3rd Landon Jensen 100 free 50.39
1st Natalie Whalen 500 free 5:10.84
3rd Madelynn Tung 500 free 5:21.38
1st Colter Carman 500 free 4:42.37
2nd Gus Karau 500 free 4:45.82
3rd Eric Hart 500 free 4:50.32
2nd Nasha Luevit 100 back 1:01.54
1st Jack LeVant 100 back, 51.38
3rd Jack VandeBerg 100 back 56.73
1st Olivia Coffey 100 breast 1:08.28
2nd Chantal Meyer 100 breast 1:09.52
2nd Evan Kolde 100 breast 59.27
3rd Logan Divis 100 breast 1:02.86
Covenant cheer team wins state
The Covenant Christian Academy Cheer team recently won the TAPPS State Cheer Championship for the 2015 school year.
This is not Covenant’s first brush with greatness in the sport of cheer, as the Cougars were also named 2008 national champions in the sport by the Christian Cheer Association.
Jenna Jones is the cheer coach for the Covenant cheer team.
Southlake Carroll rebounds with big rally
The Carroll Varsity Silver hockey team rebounded from a Week 3 loss to defeat Flower Mound/Marcus on Thursday in a 4-3 overtime victory in Farmers Branch.
Scott Joy got things going for the Dragons at the 14:10 mark of the first period on an assist from Cole Shannon to give Carroll the early lead.
Flower Mound/Marcus scored three unanswered goals and Carroll found itself trailing by two heading into the third period.
Lucas Peddicord cut the Dragons’ deficit in half less than two minutes into the third period on an assist from Jacob Ashlock, and Shannon scored on a power-play goal with under five minutes to play in regulation to even the game up.
William Wood earned the assist on the Shannon goal.
Joy struck again in the overtime period on an assist from Alexander Carbone to get the victory for Carroll.
Grapevine cross country teams advance
The Grapevine cross country program saw both of its teams advance to the state cross country meet.
In the 5A division, the Grapevine boys claimed first place as a team with 65 points and the Grapevine girls finished second overall as a team with 52 points at the Region I 5A meet to advance to state.
Hayden Murphy (15:19.86) won a regional championship for the Mustangs boys, while Lauren Edwards (18:02.63) finished third for Grapevine on the girls side.
Grapevine coach Rick Miller said his teams competed well at region and said he is feeling confident about Grapevine’s chances in Austin.
“Both of our teams ran strong races,” Miller said. “I will forever remember their effort and commitment. The goal for both teams is to win state. I believe in my heart that we can do it. We are excited about the opportunity.”
Colleyville Heritage’s David Strome (15:01.56) is headed to state once again, as well.
The Panthers distance runner and defending state champion will attempt to defend his title.
This story was originally published November 2, 2015 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Carroll swim team opens season with big win."