Members of the Port Aransas Swim Team competed in Corpus Christi at the TAAF Summer Games of Texas state meet Thursday through Sunday, July 21 through 24. The team won nine medals and 27 ribbons at the meet. Above: Members of the Boys 9-10 100-meter relay flex their muscles after taking third place. From left are Parker Gunn,9; Micah Burrill, 9; Hendrix Matthews, 9 and Casen Peters, 9. Left: Matthews shows off his first-place medal for the 25-meter backstroke and the third-place medal for the relay.
Port Aransas Swim Team members won nine medals and 27 ribbons at the Texas Amateur Athletic Foundation (TAAF) Summer Games of Texas state meet on Thursday through Sunday, July 21 through 24.
Twenty-four members of the Port Aransas Swim Team competed at the Corpus Christi Natatorium.
Swimmers who placed first-to-third earned medals, and places four through eighth won ribbons.
Following are the individual results for PAST team members who placed first through eighth at the meet.
Girls 8 & Under
Lainey Watson
3rd, 25-meter butterfly, 21.87.
7th, 50-meter freestyle, 47.15.
5th, 100-meter medley relay, 1:50.26.
Alexandra Walker
6th, 100-meter IM, 2:25.54.
5th, 100-meter medley relay, 1:50.26.
Grace Towns
5th, 100-meter medley relay, 1:50.26.
Keagan Brown
5th, 100-meter medley relay, 1:50.26.
Boys 8 & Under
Photos courtesy of Katherine Matt hews
Cooper Gunn
7th, 50-meter freestyle, 45.08.
8th, 25-meter breaststroke, 28.56.
Boys 9-10
Micah Burrill
6th, 100-meter IM, 1:40.19
3rd, 100-meter medley relay, 1:24.36.
4th, 100-meter freestyle relay, 1:11.33.
Hendrix Matthews
1st, 25-meter backstroke, 19.14.
7th, 25-meter butterfly, 18.48.
3rd, 100-meter medley relay, 1:24.36.
4th, 100-meter freestyle relay, 1:11.33.
Parker Gunn
3rd, 100-meter medley relay, 1:24.36.
Casen Peters
3rd, 100-meter medley relay, 1:24.36.
4th, 100-meter freestyle relay, 1:11.33.
Kamden Reiter
4th, 100-meter freestyle relay, 1:11.33.
Girls 11-12
Jazlyn Peters
2nd, 50-meter breaststroke, 43.51.
5th, 200-meter relay, 2:45.75.
7th, 200-meter freestyle relay, 2:26.64.
Elisabeth Lesinski
5th, 200- meter relay, 2:45.75.
7th, 200-meter freestyle relay, 2:26.64.
Jaielle Peters
5th, 200- meter relay, 2:45.75.
7th, 200-meter freestyle relay, 2:26.64.
Kirra Sohl
5th, 200- meter relay, 2:45.75.
7th, 200-meter freestyle relay, 2:26.64.
Women 15-17
Ellis Burrill
2nd, 100-meter IM, 1:14.23
4th, 50-meter butterfly, 32.82.
5th, 50-meter breaststroke, 39.42.
5th, 50-meter backstroke, 34.29.
Women 18-24
Avica Burrill
3rd, 50-meter backstroke, 36.26.
4th, 50-meter breaststroke, 41.81.
4th, 50-meter freestyle, 31.27.
“Many of the swimmers are on the young end of the age groups this year,” said Katherine Mathews, PAST coach. “I can’t wait to see what we do next.”
In 2021, 10 PAST members qualified for the 2022 State Games of America to be held in Des Moines, Iowa. Seven members will be travelling to Des Moines to compete July 29 and 30.
Team members who will be competing are Austin Elam, Lilliana Fick, Parker Gunn, Cooper Gunn, Hendrix Matthews, Annabel Smith and Kirra Sohl.
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