Champion swimmers have record day as Lady Chargers are crowned champions at 5A state swim meet

AUSTIN - The Boerne Champion girls swim team turned into a gold-medal performance Saturday in Austin and won the 5A team title.

The Lady Chargers clinched the title by winning the final event of the night when they took first place in the 400yard freestyle relay. Champion had to win that last race and needed Frisco Reedy to finish 7th or 8th and both happened to give the Lady Chargers the title by 3 points, 176-173.

Champion won 9 state medals at the event - four boys and five girls - and set four 5A state records.

The Champion girls were first, and the Charger boys were sixth, while Boerne High had a competitor just miss out on a state medal.

Chargers coach Scott Slay said he was proud of everyone in the program.

“It was unbelievable,” he said. “We said ‘let’s put ourselves in the ball game and hope for the best and we had a great meet.”

For complete results for the Chargers and Greyhounds, look in this weekend’s issue of the Boerne Star.

RESULTS:

The girls 200-yard medley relay of Karly Whitehead, Kate Canales, Cameron Kellogg and Cora Skoog set a new 5A record with a 1:43.93 to earn gold, breaking the record they set Friday (1:44.28).

Bexon Harrison won gold in the boys 200-yard freestyle and clocked in at 1:35.67 to break a 5A record that he set Friday (1:35.73).

Will Harrison placed 3rd for bronze in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.28 and Boerne High’s Cooper Wagner finished 4th at 20.76 and just missed a medal.

Kate Canales won an individual medal in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.87 and Cora Skoog won bronze in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.42.

Bexon Harrison finished 2nd in the boys 100-yard freestyle in 43.99 and it took a state record time of 43.55 to beat him.

The Champion boys 200yard free relay of Bexon Harrison, Will Harrison, EJ Altermatt and Will Tolar won gold and broke the 5A record they set Friday with a 1:22.95. On Friday, they swam a time of 1:23.35.

Kate Canales took first in the girls 100-yard breaststroke and broke the state record she set Friday after posting a 1:00.79. On Friday, she swam a 1:01.43.

The Champion girls team of Whitehead, Canales, Kellogg and Skoog also won the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:28.50.

For complete results and more photos, see this weekend’s Boerne Star.