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By Lou Roesch
Copyright 2016 Texas Aquatics News
PASADENA, TEXAS (September 23, 2016) Pasadena area swimmers took top honors in five individual events
and Pasadena Memorial High School Maverick swimmer Tristan Morgan was selected
the Outstanding Male Competitor at the Harvest Classic Invitational at Shippey
Aquatic Center in Pasadena, Texas on Friday, September 23, 2016. Morgan won two
of the five individual gold medals and established a new meet record of 1:07.61
in the 100-yard individual medley. The senior’s other gold medal came in the
50-yard breaststroke (:34.30) where he barely missed his second meet record of
the meet. Morgan holds the record in the event (:33.78) which was established
in 2015. Also taking home gold medals was Sam Rayburn’s Michael Vargas in the
50-yard backstroke (:35.53), Pasadena’s Alfredo Vasquez in the 50-yard
butterfly (:32.54) and Pasadena Memorial’s Catherine Acosta in the 200-yard
freestyle (3:03.67).
Six silver medals were won by local swimmers in the meet
with the Mavericks accounting for five of them. Morgan added a silver medal to
his collection in the 100-yard freestyle (:59.36) while Reanna Bowers scored in
the 200-freestyle (3:04.32). Cecilia Villarreal took runner-up honors in the
100-yard individual medley, with Brianna Lykens and Melanie Jimenez added
silvers in the 50-yard breaststroke (:46.91) and 50-yard backstroke (:42.83),
respectively. Vasquez added a silver medal to the Eagles’ haul in the 100-yard
individual medley (1:33.77).
Bowers added to the medal harvesting with bronze medals in
both the 50-yard freestyle (:35.12) and the 50-yard backstroke (:43.39) for the
Mavericks; along with Acosta’s bronze in the 100-yard individual medley. Sam
Rayburn tallied a bronze medal in the 50-yard butterfly due to Genell Morales’s
performance in the 50-yard butterfly. The Eagles’ Alexa Perez (200-yard
freestyle 3:10.08) and Brian Perez (200-yard freestyle 2:34.45) capped Pasadena’s
medal count.
In the team standings, Tomball finished first with 258
points, followed by the Pasadena Memorial (116 points), Pasadena (50 points)
and Sam Rayburn (49 points). Tomball’s Ashley Ramsey was selected as the
Outstanding Female Competitor at the meet; winning the 100-yard freestyle and
50-yard breaststroke.
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