Texas 6A State Championships
- February 17th, 2018
- Austin, Texas
- Full results
- Race videos
Southlake senior and Stanford-commit Jack Levant stole the show at the 2018 Texas 6A State Championships.
In the 200 free, Levant dropped a 1:33.57 to demolish the previous state record of 1:36.27. He was just off the national high school record of 1:33.06, set in early February by Trey Freeman. Levant went on to win the 500 by nearly 10 seconds, going 4:16.78 to narrowly down the previous state record of 4:16.90. He was well off the national record of 4:12.87, held by future Stanford teammate Grant Shoults. Levant also threw down a 43.51 leadoff split in the 400 free relay, where no other swimmer broke :45.
Check out his 200 free:
Conroe the Woodlands’ girls team of Lucie Nordmann, Caitlin Reynera, Lillie Nordmann, and Valerie Seldt won the 200 medley relay by nearly 3 seconds, thanks in part to Lucie Nordmann‘s 24.81 leadoff split (no other swimmer was under 26.67). The team split 24.81/29/54/23.85/22.67 for a new state record of 1:40.87.
In the girls’ 100 fly, Austin Westlake senior and Georgia-commit Dakota Luther took .11 off her own state record set last year, going 52.16. On the boys’ side, Belton senior and ASU-commit Noah Henry won in 47.07 — still a ways off of Joseph Schooling‘s 45.52 national record.
Watch Luther’s race below:
McKinney Boyd senior and Florida-commit Vanessa Pearl took down the 13-year-old state record in the 100 breast — previously held by Annie Chandler (now Grevers) — going 1:00.02. Midland senior and UT-commit Braden Vines won the boys’ race in 54.18, taking down the previous state record of 54.37, held by Chandler Bray.
Other event winners:
- Boys 200 medley relay: Texas A&M-commit and Conroe senior Alberto Gomez dropped a 22.31 back split en route to his team’s 1:31.87 win.
- Girls 200 free: Conroe’s Lucie Nordmann split 51.14/53.84 to scare the state record in a final time of 1:44.98.
- Girls 200IM: McKinney Boyd’s Vanessa Pearl won the race by nearly 3 seconds, splitting 25.64/29.59/33.34/28.63 for a 1:57.20.Boys 200IM: Kaloyan Bratanov, Katy, 1:45.23
- Girls 50 free: Only .1 separated 1st through 3rd, but Houston Stratford’s Emma Stephenson prevailed in 23.04.
- Boys 50 Free: Houston Stratford’s Clayton Bobo won handily, going 20.17.
- Girls 100 free: Ella Collins of Austin Anderson was the only swimmer out under :24, splitting 23.99/25.77 for a final of 49.76.
- Boys 100 free: Clayton Bobo took his race out in 21.05, bringing it home in 22.88 (only swimmer under :23) for a final of 43.93.
- Girls 500 free: Montgomery’s Kaitlynn Sims led by nearly a second after the first 100, and went on to win by over 6 seconds in 4:44.51.
- Girls 200 free relay: Austin Westlake’s Emma Wheal, Isabelle Guerra, Yasmina Buhl, and Morgan Johnson split 23.36./23/77/24.08/24.09 for the win in 1:35.30.
- Boys 200 free relay: Southlake’s Jack Levant, Logan Davis, Landon Armstrong, and Landon Jensen split 20.29/20.59/20.90/21.80 for a finalof 1:23.58.
- Girls 100 back: Lucie Nordmann trailed slightly after the first 50 (25.54), but closed in 27.04 to win in 52.58.
- Boys 100 back: Allen’s Jason Park split 23.00/24.09 to come from slightly behind and take the win and 6A record in 47.09.
- Girls 400 free relay: Conroe had the only girls under :50 in the field, with Lucie Nordmann leading off in 48.70 and Lillie Nordmann anchoring in 49.25 for the win in 3:22.99.
- Boys 400 free relay: Southlake’s Jack Levant led off in 43.51 (only one other swimmer in the field was under :45), setting up his team for a first-place finish in 3:02.35.
Final Scores — Top 5 Women’s Teams
- Conroe The Woodlands – 253
- Southlake Carroll – 215
- Austin Westlake – 208
- Klein – 105
- (TIED) Katy Taylor/Kingwood – 88
Final Scores — Top 5 Men’s Teams
- Southlake Carroll – 247
- Conroe The Woodlands – 196
- Humble Kingwood – 186.5
- Houston Stratford – 115
- Klein – 114
How many time has the Southlake Men one???
I thought Trey Freeman broke Shoults’ record?
good catch! Updated.
You still have Braden taking down Chandler Bray’s record of 54.37. Bray is from Indiana. Vines broke Scott Spann’s 2006 record of 54.51 by going 54.18 in finals.
His 100 time is 43.5, and he took out his first 100 in the 200 in 44.5. That’s why he died. A lot of the best 200 SCY freestylers take out their first 100s in around 2 seconds slower than their best flat start 100. I’m sure he will be much better in the future.
Keep in mind he went 43.5 after having swum the 200, 500, and 200 free relay. My guess is he could be 43.0 or better fresh.
Excellent thought. You’re probably right. Still, I can’t think of any elite 200 freestyler that goes out 1.5 secs slower than his best 100 time.
Hell of a swim. Would of probably got the record if he swam straight. All over the place especially the last 25.
Also breathed into the flags in the last 5 yards…still a phenomenal swim.
His cap started to fall off a bit it looked like
Chandler Bray held the National Record in the breast that McHugh just broke for public schools. Scott Spann held the Texas record at 54.51. That was also the 6A record. Braden Vines broke it in prelims with a 54.37 and then lowered the record to 54.18 in finals. Jason Park’s 47.09 was a new 6A record, but he was shy of Cole Cragin’s state record of 46.75.
*midland
*bratanov
*the women’s team that won is Conroe The Woodlands, not Conroe high school
*Jason Park won 100 back
*Kingwood girls also tied for 5th place overall