Clark Booster Club awards $16k to student athletes

The Clark Cougar annual All Sports Banquet, hosted each year by the Clark Athletic Booster Club, was the scene for a good time and a “hot” evening (see: A/C).  Athletes and their coaches had a chance to review their seasons with parents and other athletes.

The highlight of the evening was the scholarships awarded.  This year, thanks to Booster Club members and sales of sports program ads, t-shirts and other spirit items, $16,000 was awarded to student athletes going to college.  The money awarded set a new record for number of students and amount of money given back by the Booster Club (see: IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT AND JOIN!).

Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches for their efforts this year and special good luck to the Seniors who have contributed to the Pride of the Northside.  It’s a Good Day to be a Clark Cougar!

2011 Clark Booster Club Scholarship winners:

Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay: Ogden, Jaime, Macha and Jacobs

The South Zone TISCA Swim and Dive Championships were held at the Josh Davis pool on December 3rd and 4th.  Twelve Clark Cougars qualified for the TISCA meet, which consisted of morning preliminaries and evening finals. The Clark TISCA team for 2010:  Allie Green, Mitch Jacobs, Michael Macha, Tyler Covington, Joseph Jaime, Jesse Renteria, Brad Ogden, Andreas Sanchez, Derek Poirier, Melanie Macha, Coral Crouch and Victoria Gutierrez swam individual and relay events.

Michael Macha, freshman, finaled in the 50 and 100 breaststroke, with personal best times of 30.28 and 1:04.77, respectively. Sophomore Tyler Covington finaled in the 50 fly and raced to a personal record of 25.37 seconds. Sophomore Joseph Jaime earned a finals race in a very competitive 100 freestyle field and broke the 50 second barrier with a 49.63.

Clark’s next meet is Saturday, December 11th at 5 pm at the 1604 and Bandera pool. The Cougars take on Marshall in a dual meet. Please come out and cheer the team on!

Chelsea Miller wins gold

Chelsea Miller, the two time Swimmer of the Year in District 28-5A and winner of 4 gold medals at the district meet in 2008 and this year, continued to add to her collection following the Region VII meet at Josh Davis Natatorium.  With a time of 1:04:30, Chelsea took first in the Women’s 100 yd. breaststroke and she also placed 3rd in the Women’s 200 yd. individual medley.  Also qualifying for the finals were the Women’s 200 yd. medley team relay team with Victoria Gutierrez and Melanie Macha, Ashley Paul in the Women’s 200 yd. freestyle and 500 yd. freestyle, Sean Thimmons in the Men’s 200 yd. freestyle and 500 yd freestyle, Derek Poirer in the Men’s 100 yd. freestyle, and the Women’s 400 yd. freestyle relay team with Miller, Paul, Gutierrez and Andrea Wallace.  Congratulations to all and good luck at state!

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