Men's Team Scores
The J.J. Pearce Mustangs competed in the District 10 5A swim meet on January 25th at the Keller ISD Natatorium. Mustang swimming coach Dan Hafner again brought a strong and talented team of swimmers to the contest.
The Pearce men crushed the competition, more than doubling the second place finishers, the Eagles of Richardson High School. In addition to outstanding individual results, the Pearce men took first place in all three relay events, the 200 Medley Relay, the 200 Free Relay and the 400 Free Relay.
Women's Team Scores
The Pearce women were narrowly edged out by the Richardson Eagles, missing out on first place by just 6 points. Also strong in the relays, the women placed second in both the 200 Medley and the 400 Free Relays and placed third in the 200 Free Relay.
The district meet included the four Richardson ISD schools, Pearce, Richardson, Berkner and Lake Highlands. Also competing were three Garland schools, Garland, North Garland and South Garland, as well as three Dallas schools, White, Skyline and Sunset.
The top three male points winners were all Pearce Mustangs. Highest points, and male Swimmer of the Meet went to Junior Blake Maczka. Second highest points went to Freshman Hayden Steed, and third highest to Senior Scott Lin. For the women, Mustang swimmer Sarah McNair was the fifth highest points winner.
Pearce advances an impressive 20 swimmers to Regionals, including six relay teams. To advance, swimmers had to finish in the top six positions of their individual events. The meet for Region 3 will be held on February 7th and 8th in Rockwall. Preliminaries will be on Friday the 7th, followed by Finals on Saturday the 8th.
Men advancing to Regionals
Women advancing to Regionals
Blake Maczka
1st 200 Free, 1st 500 Free
Jack Hamilton
2nd 200 Free, 2nd 500 Free
Cole Mollard
3rd 200 Free
Hayden Steed
1st 200 IM, 1st 100 Fly
Scott Lin
1st 50 Free, 1st 100 Free
Will Calame
2nd 100 Fly
Charles Broad
2nd 100 Back
Broad / Mendez / Steed / Calame
1st 200 Medley Relay
Lin / Steed / Hamilton / Maczka
1st 200 Free Relay
Lin / Hamilton / Calame / Maczka
1st 400 Free Relay
Sarah McNair
1st 200 Free, 1st 500 Free
Elise Riggle
2nd 200 Free, 2nd 500 Free
Annette Mendez
1st 100 Fly, 3rd 200 IM
Erika Casales
2nd 100 Breast
Katie Hamilton
3rd 100 Breast
Otto / Hamilton / Casales / Riggle
2nd 200 Medley Relay
Hamilton / Mendez / Casales / McNair
3rd 200 Free Relay
McNair / Otto / Riggle / Mendez
2nd 400 Free Relay