Congrats to Reagan Nentwich on her 7th-place finish this past weekend at the UIL 6A State Swimming Championship in the 100 yard butterfly. She went into the meet seeded 8th and was able to move up one spot over the two-day meet. She also improved on her 12th place finish from last year at this same meet.

Led by record breaker Reagan Nentwich’s 100m fly, Coog swimmers came in second in the 27-6A meet over the weekend.  Nentwich was voted the top female swimmer at the meet after she won her event in 55.59, besting the previous record for the 100m fly set in 2002.

Relays:
Girls 200 Med – 7th  (Anastasiya Byelousova, Lauren Cartee, Reagan Nentwich, Marielle Rominger)
Boys 200 Med – 4th (Josh Kaler, Michael Macha, Aidan Plummer, Connor Harris)
Girls 200 Free –  6th (Marielle Rominger, Rachel Deschner, Bailey Ratner, Katy Crouch)
Boys 200 Free – 10th (Connor Harris, Connelly Dallahan, Aidan Plummer, Dylan Vincesilio)
Girls 400 Free – 5th (Reagan Nentwich, Marielle Rominger, Bailey Ratner, Anastasiya Byelousova)
Boys 400 Free – 7th (Connor Harris, Aidan Plummer, Josh Kaler, Dylan Vincesilio)
 
Individual Events:
Reagan Nentwich – 5th 200 Freestyle; GOLD in 100 Fly
Josh Kaler – 13th 200 Freestyle
Bailey Ratner – 14th 50 Freestyle
Michael Macha – 4th in 100 Fly; SILVER in 100 Breast
Marielle Rominger – 10th in 100 Freestyle

Diving: 
Cameron Grose – district bronze winner
 
Swimming: 
Girls placed 2nd in district; boys placed 3rd
 
Medal Winners: (also advancing to Regional Meet on February 7th and 8th)
 
Girls 200 Medley relay  – bronze medal (Anastasiya Byelousova, Lauren Cartee, Reagan Nentwich, Katy Crouch)
Girls 200 Free relay – gold medal (Marielle Rominger, Rachel Deschner, Bailey Ratner, Katy Crouch)
Boys 200 Free relay – bronze medal (Connor Harris, Connelly Dallahan, Aidan Plummer, Dylan Vinceslio)
Boys 400 Free relay – silver medal (Dylan Vinceslio, Aidan Plummer, Josh Kaler, Michael Macha)
 
Reagan Nentwich – Silver Medal in 200 free;  Gold Medal in 100 fly
Michael Macha – Bronze Medal in 100 fly; Silver Medal in 100 breast
Bailey Benson – Bronze Medal in 200 free; Silver Medal in 500 Free
Anastasiya Byelousova – Bronze Medal in 500 free
Josh Kaler – Bronze Medal in 100 back

Congratulations to the Clark varsity boys and girls swim teams, who together won the District 27-5A meet, edging out Brandeis and O’Connor. The boys and girls teams each took second in their respective meets. Several Cougars will advance to the regional meet on February 8th and 9th.

Swimmers Coral Crouch, Lauren Cartee, Reagan Nentwich, Alexandra Green, Joseph Jaime, Michael Macha, Tyler Covington and Daniel Lee advanced to next week’s showdown along with Anastasyia Byelousova, Katy Crouch, Marielle Rominger, Alexander Peacock, Michael Orihuela, Ashlyn Lewis, Bailey Benson, Connor Harris, Aiden Plummer, Rachel Deschner, Chris Harley and Hygen Duma.

Congratulations to these Cougars who love the water and good luck at regionals!

Complete Results

Congratulations go out to several Clark Swim and Dive team athletes who made the NISD All Academic team:

1st Team – Daniel Lee and Jesse Renteria

2nd Team – Joel Acs, Tyler Covington, Coral Crouch, Chase Gonsalves, Sydney Harris, Joseph Jaime and Avery Stockstiel

Congratulations and job well done, Cougars!

J. Jaime-M. Macha-T. Covington-D. Lee-Coach Plummer

At this weekend’s TISCA Meet Finals held at the Josh Davis Natatorium, the Clark Men’s 400 Medley Relay team of Sr.’s Joseph Jaime, Tyler Covington, Daniel Lee and Jr. Michael Macha SHATTERED the Clark Men’s 400 Medley Relay record previously set in 2003 by 5.52 seconds with a new record of 3:32.86!

Led off by Joseph Jaime (Sr.) in the Backstroke, with Michael Macha (Jr.) next in the Breaststroke, followed by Tyler Covington (Sr.) in the Butterfly stroke and anchored by Daniel Lee (Sr.) in the Free stroke, these young men had set a goal early this year to break the 9 year old Clark record. As the 400 Medley Relay is not a high school swimming event, they would only have one meet to accomplish their goal. The TISCA (Texas Interscholastic Coaches Association) Swimming and Diving Championship Meet is held only once per year and is the only meet this event occurs for high school swimmers.

During the preliminary heats in the morning, the Clark 400 Medley Relay Team missed breaking the record by 0.05 seconds when they swam a 3:38.42. They were disappointed they didn’t break the record during prelims, but having made the finals, they had one last opportunity. Friday evening during the finals was the magic moment for the team. Joseph Jaime lead the team off in the 100 backstroke with a personal best time of 52.06, Michael Macha swam a 1:00.35 in his 100 breaststroke, Tyler Covington swam a 50.98 (also his personal best 100 Fly relay split) in his 100 Fly and Daniel Lee finished with a 49.47 in the last 100 freestyle (his personal best 100 Free relay split).

Great job Clark Swim Team!

– Jorge H. Jaime

In their second team meet of the season, the Clark varsity swim teams defeated Smithson Valley in the dual (head to head) meet.  The ladies won their meet 171-114 and the guys won 186-122.  The next contest will be Nov 3 at the County Invitational.  Great job, Cougars!

The Express News’ annual spring awards have been released and several Clark Cougars have been honored.  In soccer, senior Vinnie Guerrero was named to the Boys 5A Super Team and All-Area team.  Boy’s basketball District 27-5A MVP Adam Perez made the Super Team and All Area team as well. The Clark boys basketball team ended #3 in the Express News and the boys soccer team ended #6 in the rankings.

Joseph Jaime made the All Area team as a swimmer in the 200 Freestyle and represented Clark at the state meet.

All-District soccer teams were also released with several Cougars on the list:

Congrats to all these great student athletes!

Joseph Jaime wins gold

The Clark swim team had a great showing at the Regional Finals on February 10th and 11th with one Cougar headed to state. Clark junior Joseph Jaime swam the 200 Freestyle at the Regional Finals in a remarkable 1:41.47, earning him 1st place overall and the honor of  representing our Clark Cougars at the State meet at U.T. Austin Swim Center February 24th and 25th. Joseph also placed 3rd in the 100 freestyle with a time that qualifies him to compete in that event at state also. Congratulations Joseph!

Five of 6 Clark relays made it to “A” finals, which consists of the top 8 finishers from preliminaries. The sixth relay (Women’s 400 free relay) made it to“B”finals and consisted of 3 Clark swimmers very new to the pressure cooker of 5-A Regional finals – they stepped up on the blocks like pros and swam with heart and determination.

Additional Clark swimmers going to Finals in individual events: Michael Macha- 4th in breaststroke and 5th in fly, Daniel Lee- 6th in both the 200 IM and breaststroke, Andreas Sanchez – 7th place backstroke, Allie Green- 11th in 100 free and 13th in 50 free, Lauren Cartee- 12th in breaststroke, Mitch Jacobs – 10th in the 200 IM and 12th in the 500 free, Brad Ogden- 15th in the 100 free, Jesse Renteria- 10th in fly and Alex Peacock- 11th in diving.

The Clark regional qualifiers were:  Lauren Cartee, Coral Crouch, Allie Green, Bailey Ratner, Rachel Deschner, Ashlyn Lewis, Mitch Jacobs, Joseph Jaime, Daniel Lee, Michael Macha, Brad Ogden, Alex Peacock (diver), Jesse Renteria, Marielle Rominger, Andreas Sanchez, Chris Sanders and Darren Sanchez.

Congrats to everyone for representing Clark so well!!