The Harvester swim team competed in the TISCA 4A North Zone Swimming Invitational. The Prelims phase was Friday December 5th and the championship and consolation finals were on December 6th. This was our hardest competition of the year so far and our swimmers represented Pampa well.
This championship meet required swimmers to earn their way into the finals finishing in the top 16 among all the swimmers entered in their categories. Every Pampa swimmer was able to qualify in at least 1 race for the second day of competition in the consolation finals.
On the first day of competition, the girls were led by Madilyn Paul finishing 14th in the 50 yard Freestyle and 13th in the 100 yard Freestyle. Emery Lowenstein finished 11th in the 500 yard Freestyle and Aria Taylor finished 13th in the 200 yard Individual Medley.
The remaining ladies qualified on their relays. The 200 yard Medley Relay placed 9th and was made with Aria Taylor, Zayannah Baker, Madilyn Paul, and Emery Lowenstein. The 200 yard Freestyle Relay placed 14th and was made with Faith Robles, Kimberly Sims, Zayannah Baker, and Madilyn Paul. The 400 yard Freestyle Relay placed 11th made with Aria Taylor, Faith Robles, Kimberly Sims, and Emery Lowenstein.
For the boys, Archer Schroeder led them during the first day placing 10th on the 100 yard Freestyle and 10th on the 50 yard Freestyle. The rest of the boys were able to qualify in their relays.
The 200 yard Medley Relay placed 15th made with Orion Taylor, James McLatchy, Emmett Flood, and Juaquin Chavez Badillo. The 200 yard Freestyle Relay placed 15th with Emmett Flood, Juaquin Chavez Badillo, James McLatchy, and Archer Schroeder. The 400 yard Freestyle Relay placed 11th made with Orion Taylor, Emmett Flood, James McLatchy, and Archer Schroeder.
During the finals on Saturday, the girls were led by Madilyn Paul who was able to maintain her position in 14th on the 50 yard Freestyle and move up from 13th to 12th on the 100 yard Freestyle. Emery Lowenstein maintained her 11th place finish in the 500 yard Freestyle and Aria Taylor was able to move up one position to 12th place on the Individual Medley.
The girls relays performed well. The 200 yard Medley Relay maintained 9th place made up of Aria Taylor, Zayannah Baker, Madilyn Paul, and Emery Lowenstein. The 200 yard Freestyle Relay set a new team best time, however, were disqualified due to an early takeoff. The 400 yard Freestyle Relay maintained their position at 11th and dropped 7 more seconds as a group. The points from all their events earned the girls 10th out of 16 teams.
For the boys finals, Archer Schroeder was able to post faster times, but so did the rest of the field. He finished 11th in the 50 yard Freestyle and 10th in the 100 yard Freestyle. The boys relays were able to keep their position and improve in one race.
The 200 yard Medley Relay was able to maintain their position finishing 15th with Orion Taylor, James McLatchy, Emmett Flood, and Juaquin Chavez Badillo. Their 200 Freestyle Relay improved to 14th place made with Emmett Flood, Juaquin Chavez Badillo, James McLatchy, and Archer Schroeder. The 400 yard Freestyle Relay maintained 11th mad with Orion Taylor, Emmett Flood, James McLatchy, and Archer Schroeder. With those events, the boys finished 10th out of the 14 teams represented.
The Harvester Swim team will have their next competition at Seminole High School on Saturday December 13th.
