The Green Wave hosted their ninth tri-meet of the season on Friday at the Burnet YMCA. Burnet’s swimmers only have one meet left in the season before the District 17-5A meet which is schedule for Jan. 22 for diving and Jan. 29 for swimming. Burnet swim coach Stephanie Pegues noted recently that her athletes have been working hard and are right where she wants them on the brink of district competition. “We have been training extremely hard lately getting in 4,000-5,000 yards each day for the last two weeks,” said Pegues. “Everyone looked strong in our latest meet and we are right where we need to be as we go into our taper for district championships at the end of this month.”
On Friday the Dawgs competed against Dripping Springs, Fredericksburg, and Marble Falls. As a team Burnet placed third; the girls took second and the boys third as individual groups.
“Even though we were missing a few team members this evening we still competed well and swam our hearts out,” said Pegues.
In the combined team scores division Dripping Springs took first with 1475.5 points. Fredericksburg was second; Burnet, third; and Marble Falls, fourth.
In the girls’ division Dripping Springs took first with 768 points, followed by Burnet in second; Fredericksburg, third; and Marble Falls, fourth.
In the boys’ rankings Dripping Springs took first, 707.5 points, followed by Fredericksburg, and Burnet.
Individual results were as follows-
Girls 200 Medley Relay: Burnet, fourth, 2:14.67, Julianna La Joie, Jacey Huston, Isabel Lunsford, and Kyla Kleen.
Boys 200 Medley Relay: Burnet, third, 1:52.06, Maczimus Griego, Ryan Behrens, Aidan Zollitsch, and Jordan Messer.
Girls 200 Free: Rozalind Griego, seventh, 2:23.99; and Elyzabeth Musiak, eighth, 3:01.49.
Boys 200 Free: Messer, fourth, 2:10.11.
Girls 200 IM: Brynlie Tappe, seventh, 2:48.33.
Girls 50 Free: Lunsford, third, 26.80; Kleen, 13, 29.68; and Emma Collins, 15, 35.08.
Boys 50 Free: Griego, first, 23.93; Zollitsch, seventh, 25.75; Grant Roberts, 12, 28.52; Andy Urista, 13, 28.77; and Lucas Judice, 17, 32.25.
Girls 100 Fly: Lunsford, second, 1:06.86; and Tappe, seventh, 1:22.12.
Boys 100 Fly: Behrens, third, 1:02.53.
Girls 100 Free: Kleen, sixth, 1:04.69; Huston, seventh, 1:05.12; and Collins, 12, 1:17.90.
Boys 100 Free: Messer, third, 55.14; Urista, 11, 1:04.85; Roberts, 13, 1:06.79; and Judice, 14, 1:17.23.
Girls 500 Free: La Joie, fifth 6:18.68.
Girls 200 Free Relay: Burnet, fourth, 2:01.47, Huston, Griego, Kleen, and Lunsford; and Burnet, fifth, 2:15.97, Tappe, Musiak, Collins, and La Joie.
Boys 200 Free Relay: Burnet, fourth, 1:54.43, Griego, Urista, Roberts, and Judice.
Girls 100 Back: Griego, fifth, 1:18.40; and Musiak, sixth, 1:26.37.
Boys 100 Back: Zollitsch, fifth, 1:15.01.
Girls 100 Breaststroke: Huston, eighth; 1:27.15.
Boys 100 Breaststroke: Behrens, third, 1:12.76.
Girls 400 Free Relay: Burnet, fourth, 4:47.49, La Joie, Tappe, Griego, and Musiak.
Boys 400 Free Relay: Burnet, third, 3:43.36, Griego, Messer, Zollitsch, and Behrens.
The Green Wave’s last home meet is this Friday. They will honor their seniors starting at 6:00 p.m. with the meet to follow.
