The Aledo swim team won on both the boys and girls sides against district opponent Weatherford and regional opponent Northwest on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Northwest Aquatic Center.
Kale Roberson had a standout performance in the 50-yard freestyle, winning in 21.03 seconds. Roberson’s time broke a school record previously owned by Elijah Sohn, who swam a 21.38 in 2019.
In the girls races, Aledo defeated Northwest with a score of 153-135 and Weatherford with a score of 196-37. In the boys races, Aledo won 145-105 over Northwest and won 158-59 over Weatherford.
Aledo won the boys and girls 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays and swept the girls 50-yard freestyle races.
Sydni Kellam finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 7 seconds) and 100-yard freestyle (57.56 seconds). Mackenzie Oligschlaeger finished first in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:23 and in the 100-yard butterfly race at 1:05. Avery DeBoer finished first in both the 50-yard and 500-yard freestyle races, with times of 25.64 and 5:40, respectively. Kinley Anderson led Aledo in the 100-yard backstroke, taking third place with a time of 1:13. Olive Littleton finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:19.
In the boys’ individual races, Ian Perez took first in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:50. Perez also finished in first in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:00. Ayaan Sarma had Aledo’s highest boys finish in the 100-yard butterfly race, taking second place with a time of 1:00.30. Maxwell Gentry placed first in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:44, and Parker Kaiser took second in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:00.
In girls relays, two of Aledo’s groups finished in first. The team of Kellam, Stella Morris, Littleton, and Oligschlaeger won the 200-yard freestyle relay at 1:48, while in the 400-yard freestyle relay, Oligschlaeger, Kellam, Littleton, and DeBoer won with a time of 3:53.
Boys’ relays saw two first-place finishes for Aledo. Roberson, Jaxon Robinson, Kaiser, and Perez won the 200-yard freestyle relay at 1:31, while Brayden DeBoer, Kaiser, Perez, and Roberson won the 400-yard freestyle relay at 3:27.
Aledo’s next swim meet will be the TISCA Invitational on Nov. 20- 21.
The Weatherford swim team did well at the Arlington invite on Saturday, Nov. 7.
Weatherford’s Victoria Pritchett won the 500-yard free style as the team’s highlight.
She was also a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay that took third place, along with Isabella Pederson, Avery Meek, and Kiela Daniel. Pritchett was also fourth in the 50-yard freestyle. Pederson, Pritchett, Daniel, and Kiela Daniel took fifth place 200-yard medley relay.
Daniel earned seventh place in the 50-yard freestyle.
Jaxon Edwards finished seventh in the boys 100-yard breaststroke.
Edwards was also a part of the boys 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay teams along with Talon Jurek, Tyson Sonderer and Soltan Adel. The team earned eighth place in both races.
Emma Kechnie placed eighth in the girls 100-yard breaststroke while Sonderer and Jurek both raced in the boys 100-yard breaststroke and got ninth and 10th.
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