The UIL Texas High School 5A State Championships

University of Texas ⋅ Austin, TX, US ⋅ Feb, 27 2009 - Feb 28 2009 | Coverage created by Garrett McCaffrey

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There are only 16 spots in each event so making the Texas State High School Championships is an accomplishment in and of itself. This is the 2009 UIL Texas State 5A Swimming and Diving Championships.

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So many story lines here at The 2009 UIL Texas High School Swimming and Diving Championships.
On the boy's side, we have Matt Thompson coming off an impressive Regional meet, where he set the national high school record in the 200 IM. The record was later broken by Nick D'Innocenzo from Massachusetts. You can be sure Matt will be looking to reclaim this national record this weekend in Austin. Thompson is also the favorite in the 100 backstroke as the Stanford-bound senior is the top seed by over 2 seconds at a 47.48. The 200 freestyle should be a great race this year as the three top seeds all qualified under 1:40.00, led by junior Paul Leonhardt from Plano. Dax Hill, who will be coming to swim for the Longhorns next fall, will be someone to keep an eye on in this event. Hill is also the the second fastest qualifier in the 100 breaststroke, an off-event for the senior from Round Rock, only 4 one-hundredths behind the top-seed Karson Applin from Eisenhower. Jonny Edwards and Gray Umbach are two other names to watch out for. Both qualified in the top 5 in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke.
On the girl's side, there should be a number of fantastic races. Junior Samantha Tucker from Westlake is the top seed in both the 100 and 200 freestyle, as she looks to be the favorite heading into the state meet this weekend. Sophomore Erin Foster from The Woodlands had a breakout meet a couple weeks ago at the Regional meet, as she will look to carry that momentum into her 500 freestyle, where she is the top seed at 4:46.57, over 5 seconds ahead of the second fastest qualifier. Both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays will be likely paced by the girls from The Woodlands as they are the top seed in both events and also look to have a great shot at claiming the team state title.
It should be a great weekend here in Austin as FloSwimming brings you the UIL Texas High School 5A State Championships! Be sure to check back for extensive coverage of the meet all weekend long.

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#90	Anonymous Coward August 6, 2010 at 9:42am jake said that before nolan broke whitaker's record? reply
#89	Anonymous Coward June 9, 2010 at 11:18pm actually someone else went a 1:43 this past year, stupid.. reply
#88	Jake Wood February 27, 2010 at 10:50pm Actually Kyle Whitaker has the national record in the 200 IM set at Indiana high school state championships as 1:44.55. reply
#87	Popo February 27, 2010 at 6:57pm an idiot* directed at "C'mon" reply
#86	Popo February 27, 2010 at 6:56pm You're a idiot.... I'm not even going to elaborate on why I said that because you're just too stupid to talk to. reply
#85	Crystal Ball January 12, 2010 at 3:24pm so what is it going to be this year? boys: plano woodlands kingwood southlake girls: kingwood, plano, churchill southlake what does umbach swim? barber is back state record in 500? moldenhauer going the 100 back? mens 4 free relay under 3 min? reply
#84	Anonymous Coward April 15, 2009 at 7:20pm hey scott dax is 6'8" reply
#83	Anonymous Coward March 4, 2009 at 6:00pm can you put all the races on a dvd and offer it for sale? I am sure lots of people would purchase. they had someone film last year and sold dvd's i'd buy at least 4 copies for the relatives reply
#82	Anonymous Coward March 3, 2009 at 9:15pm yeah paul was a fat soccer blob that could only play sweeper now look at him reply
#81	I Dont Think So March 3, 2009 at 9:05pm no he is probably saying they are extremely talented swimmers who are great at other things that are finally finding swimming and sticking with it. i agree with him and think this will become more common with the michael phelps affect. The kid who gets cut from his football team will try swimming and then excel at it. A kid on my high school team was that exact same situation, cut from his football team, he picked up swimming and in three years went from a 26 high 50 free to a 19.72 at big 12s this past weekend for mizzou. thats only going to get more common reply
#80	Wow #2 March 3, 2009 at 8:52pm Is scott reams saying that Dax and Kerrington are "typical non-swimmers?" reply
#79	Wow March 3, 2009 at 8:41pm way to send that twice n00b reply
#78	C'mon March 3, 2009 at 8:41pm hey man that was kind of racist.. watch yourself scott reply
#77	C'mon March 3, 2009 at 8:40pm hey man, that was kind of racist... watch yourself reply
#76	Scott Reams March 3, 2009 at 8:35pm i think the hills are living proof that swimming is getting ready for a big influx of typical "non-swimmers" i.e. (basketball players, track, football) who are big and have a lot of unrealized potential. I know my coach used to always say that he could get any 6'6 guy in reasonable shape to a 20 point with a year of training and i think the hills exemplify that. Dax is a certified stud and kerrington is a future stud. Especially with the new suits being better suited (excuse the pun) for sprinters, it will open up a whole new diverse population to swimming. And for those who think i am being racist or anything, i am not. I welcome the diversity and the sport needs it. reply
#75	Scott Scofield March 3, 2009 at 12:50pm I watched Dax play ball against Langham Creek in his last playoff game, and I wasn't really impressed. He had many mismatch opportunities underneath the basket and he really wasn't much of a defensive force in the paint when the LC guards would drive to the hole. He did get a lot of rebounds though. Not take anything away from Dax, this was just one game and the only game I've seen him play in. I just think he's a better swimmer than a basketball player. When he's just doing swimming at UT, without having to juggle basketball at the same time, we're going to see some amazing things from him. Also, from what I've heard, his brother Kerrington quit playing basketball earlier this year, I think that was a good decision. He will have a great HS senior year for swimming. reply
#74	Tic-tac-toe March 3, 2009 at 10:12am I dont think Dax rested at all. For example, at regionals Dax was in Conroe Friday for prelims, then rushed immediately back to Round Rock (3hr drive) to help his basketball team make it into the playoffs that Friday night. He then drove back to Conroe arriving at 1am Saturday morning to swim in Regionals finals that same morning. reply
#73	Anonymous Coward March 3, 2009 at 8:48am thats very impressive, he truly is a nice guy and super talented athlete. you could tell that last 25 in his 200 hurt though haha reply
#72	Darren Grose March 3, 2009 at 2:00am I did some research Dax Hill is a McDonald's All-American nominee... A baller in every sense of the word. reply
#71	Round Rock Hs Dude March 3, 2009 at 1:24am dax had a bball game the tuesday before state reply
#70	Anonymous Coward March 2, 2009 at 11:29pm I don't think anyone here really understands how much talent the hill bros really have... As Adam said dax is 6'8 with a huge vertical, and he is a bball star who happens to swim. When he starts swimming full-time next year with UT he will be 19 low and 42 by the end of his freshman year. reply
#69	Anonymous Coward March 2, 2009 at 9:31pm dax will do great in eddie's program he will be broken down though. doing bball he probably was rested reply
#68	Anonymous Coward March 2, 2009 at 9:26pm depmore I call b.s. on neither were rested reply
#67	Anonymous Coward March 2, 2009 at 9:19pm SECTIONALS A&M;its going to be SICK reply
#66	Adam Depmore March 2, 2009 at 10:35am Trust me, Hill bros take the cake. Neither were rested. reply
#65	Adam Depmore March 2, 2009 at 10:30am Dax Hill off event Breaststroke!?!?! He's going to slap the spit out of anyone and everyone when he picks up at UT. He only picked back up with Club 2 weeks before State when BBall finished up. He was not the least bit rested, he is still in the pre-season phase. The primary reason he dropped in the breast was because he is finally able to rest from the off-season. Everyone should have known he was going to take that event after spend months of strength training the target areas you need for the breast stroke. He's 6'8" with a vertical jump of 32+. reply
#64	??????? March 1, 2009 at 5:16pm what meet is this that you say matt thompson has swam 46 because he obviously thought 47.3 was his best time, i think your a little confused. reply
#63	Wrong March 1, 2009 at 4:50pm thompsons never been 46 anything. cole is the fastest backstroker out of highschool ever hands down, as well as his underwater work. reply
#62	Simply Anonymous March 1, 2009 at 4:48pm And Kingwood takes home the crown without a first place finish in sight... reply
#61	Anonymous Coward March 1, 2009 at 4:24pm Halo reply
#60	Texasrocks March 1, 2009 at 4:24pm hockey there canucks reply
#59	YEAHH March 1, 2009 at 4:14pm big mcintee is legit he has mad upss check him out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvFE32OfdE&NR=1 reply
#58	Scott Reams March 1, 2009 at 4:03pm 2v2 bball game should decide who is better-- mcintees or hills--it would be epic reply
#57	Anonymous Coward March 1, 2009 at 2:12pm pt your keep digging a deeper hole - so you think dax would beat leonhardt in the fly - i dont think that would happen 22.1 MR spilt leonhardt was out in 22.3 at jrs in the fly. think before you spout. reply
#56	PT Hodges March 1, 2009 at 1:57pm WHOA! The last thing Im trying to do is discredit anyone for their accomplishments. Cole swam an amazing race, and in his own right owns a national record now. Im proud he is from texas and he is staying in school at Texas. All I was trying to say was I've seen Matt swim faster, and if that was Matt's fastest on Saturday than so be it. Let me rephrase what I said about "not going all out", we all know you have good days in the pool and Bad days. Was Matt having a bad day, shoot no but he has swam faster and the same goes for his 200IM he has swam faster. That being said Thompsons 200IM record was broken a few hours after he set it by a kid in Indiana, thompsons will remain the Independent record though cause Indiana didnt expect that and didnt sanction the meet. We are putting to much into these records though, we make records so they can be broken. If you want to be remebered its not by a record but by the way you compose yourself at this level. You want to see results, it shows what you know about the swimmers in Texas. Just for chastitizing me you'll have to search on your own, Ill give you a clue though. It was in August 2008, during the Olympics, wasn't a grand prix though! As for the hole Hill and McIntee brothers thing, put it to rest. Add in the relays, true there are other swimmers but had Dax swam the 100Free where do you figure he would of placed? What about the 100Fly? Well Ill take that back. The McIntee brothers scored the most points at the state swim meet. But the Hill brothers are by far the most versitile brothers in the State, they could've scored in multiple events at the state meet. I think maybe thats what their coach was tryig to do, finish higher in the State swim meet Id have to say 3rd place isnt bad reply
#55	Shoulder Whats? March 1, 2009 at 1:15pm So, he is having shoulder problems now? Wow - that was good to slide in there. I guess his shoulders were hurting in the IM when he went 1:46 at regions or in prelims or the 1:45 in finals. Dude, shut it about the shoulders. Both guys are studs, don't belittle one of them with a lame excuse. Find me a stud swimmer who doesn't have shoulder issues. Every freaking person swimming 7,000 yards + per day is going to have shoulder issues. Yes, best time for Matt is 47, that is what he said. I have heard now from a few people that in a club meet he went 46 mid. I will believe it when I see the results posted. reply
#54	Check Your Stats March 1, 2009 at 1:09pm if you watch the interviews with both matt and cole all the debate would be over in this conversation. Matt said his winning time of :47.3 was a best time. I'm pretty sure that means he was going all out, although he is having shoulder problems. Cole wasn't "going for" the record, he was just trying to go :47 low... reply
#53	Swimmer March 1, 2009 at 12:48pm Of course Matt was trying. He went 46 mid at a CLUB swim meet earlier this season which doesnt apply to the HIGHSCHOOL national record books. Matt and Cole are both great swimmers reply
#52	Pthodges=wrong March 1, 2009 at 12:36pm Lets do a little comparison here- Dax--1st in 100 breast, 4th 200 free Kerrington- 3rd in 50, 8th in 100 fr Brendan- 1st in 500, 3rd in 200 fr Kyle-3rd in 500, 7th in 200 fr If my math is correct, the mcintees did score more points than the hills reply
#51	Sectional Showdown March 1, 2009 at 12:21pm Yeah, they will swim it at sectionals, but you are right, it doesn't have the flare of a HS meet. So, in the end, Cole will have the record and the bragging rights, at least until somene comes along and gets it next year. reply
#50	Texasrocks March 1, 2009 at 12:18pm don't what they are swimming at sectionals. And while sectionals doesn't normally have the excitement of HS state it may be exciting this year. I am sure cole and matt are in the 2 back as will be hunter bailey. Fleet and DM usually go. there will also be several other excite races and relays. reply
#49	Thompson Vs. Cragin March 1, 2009 at 12:16pm And wouldn't Matt know that Cole was going to swim the back? Someone out there reading this knows Matt - ask him. Matt, were you going all out? What do you think about Cole having the record? And when did you go 46. mid like PT Hodges says you did? reply
#48	Thompson Vs. Cragin March 1, 2009 at 12:11pm So, Thompson didn't want to set 2 National records in 1 meet, so he took his 100 back easy? Is that what you are saying? I don't buy it. I have no clue, I have only watched videos of these 2 guys. I would assume Matt knew Cole was going to go for the back record. Why wouldn't he want it? If Thompson swam mid 46 earlier this year, then why doesn't he have the record? Not a sanctioned meet? I want to see the results where he went a 46 mid. Not calling you a liar here, but I am having a hard time buying that he is ok being 2nd best in his own state to a guy who you say he has owned. reply
#47	Texas 2 March 1, 2009 at 12:11pm I don't understand how you can say Thompson wouldn't be going all out at at state swim meet! Cragin and Thompson are both great athlets-Cole was the better 100 backstroker that day! reply
#46	PT Hodges March 1, 2009 at 12:06pm individual awards are scored like this: http://www.niscaonline.org/Portals/0/Forms/2006-07/PPTables-Boys.pdf . Yeah, I see we have alot of plano area people here, I can agree the McIntee borthers are really good. But they didnt have the same type of competition that the Hills did in every event, according to the nisca power poll the Hills are still stronger, and they DID score more points at the state meet then the McIntee brothers. Thompson and Cragin have raced this year, and many times before. Thompson has always won, Thompson swam in the mid 46's earlier this year. It would be a good race but Im pretty sure Thompson wasn't going all out. Leodonart is gonna be a man on a mission next year, and anyone who thinks Gray Umbach is fully grown is crazy( he is already better than Smalley even as FR Umbach is faster than Smalleys SR year) and a freshman at kingwood college park by the name of Joe Stanton! reply
#45	Texasrocks March 1, 2009 at 11:55am plano girls will be stronger too only 1 sr entire MR returning and they have several strong freshman. who will fill in reply
#44	Plano Team March 1, 2009 at 11:52am actually there were 2 seniors that were on relays for plano. but regardless, plano will be back next year and will be even stronger. the majority of the boys are sopres, so the next two years should be all plano. reply
#43	Cole Vs. Matt - 100 Back March 1, 2009 at 11:07am Did Cole Cragin & Matt Thompson ever get to race in the 100 back this season? What a race that would be to watch. If so, who won? reply
#42	Planoboys March 1, 2009 at 1:14am just fyi--there is only one senior on the plano guys team. you know theyll be back next year for more reply
#41	Anonymous Coward March 1, 2009 at 1:06am nisca power points, takes the bias out of the selection process reply
#40	Susan Bergman February 28, 2009 at 10:47pm PT Hodges, how do they pick the UIL Swimmer of the Year? How is it calculated? reply
#39	Intense February 28, 2009 at 9:40pm freakin intense. everyday. reply
#38	Anonymous Coward February 28, 2009 at 9:24pm McIntees Leonhardt Stubblefield Russell - band of brothers even Walters even though he quit HS what do you think those workouts look like reply
#37	Tandem February 28, 2009 at 9:05pm ya i agree, the mcintee brothers are beasts reply
#36	5a State February 28, 2009 at 9:03pm Yeah man those Mcintee brothers came out of nowhere. what monsters!!! reply
#35	Garrett McCaffrey February 28, 2009 at 8:53pm yeah, our bad on the girls 100 free national record. I knew Dagny had the 200, but because she also set 500 I figured the 100 was unKnutsoned... again, my bad. reply
#34	Hills February 28, 2009 at 8:38pm the mcintee brothers are the best tandem, the hills combined didnt score as many points combined. reply
#33	Whitaker February 28, 2009 at 8:37pm kyle whitaker beat thompson in the 200 im by .02 and went 1.45.25 to break the national record reply
#32	Check Your Stats: February 28, 2009 at 7:59pm amazing meet for Tucker, but no national high school records there. Westlake went faster than that in the 400 Fr relay last year, and Dagny Knuston went 142 and 48.3 in her state meet this year. reply
#31	Anonymous Coward February 28, 2009 at 5:30pm if the 100 fr had paul leonhardt and dax hill in it, it would have been epic reply
#30	?? February 28, 2009 at 12:51pm Anonymous Coward said: “mine too” maybe should have dyed hair 2 reply
#29	PT Hodges February 28, 2009 at 3:49am Tucker will win the girls swimmer of the meet, and Thompson will win the boys. No one really has a say on who wins what award except the swimmers themselves. They go off the all-american point system, and you only get individuals counted towards you. And Anonymous coward the McIntee brothers aren't even the best tandem out there, its the Hills, on the girls side its the Fosters. Best races of the day? Boys 50FR,100BR, and all the relays. Girls 200IM, 200Medely relay, 200free. Anyone of 6 people can win those races. reply
#28	PT Hodges February 28, 2009 at 3:39am real time results are at http://www.uil.utexas.edu/swimresults/5Aresults reply
#27	Swimmer4life February 27, 2009 at 3:31pm Seth Stubblefield is my hero!!!! reply
#26	Kevin Milak February 27, 2009 at 2:37pm blue tide fan said: “Great underwaters Austin- guess those fish flops paid off.” My thoughts exactly.... reply
#25	Blue Tide Fan February 27, 2009 at 2:17pm Great underwaters Austin- guess those fish flops paid off. reply
#24	Here You Go February 27, 2009 at 2:15pm didn't look hard enough! http://www.uil.utexas.edu/swimresults/5Aresults/ reply
#23	Anonymous Coward February 27, 2009 at 2:02pm Anonymous Coward said: “are there real-time results anywhere?” I looked all morning. Have not found any. reply
#22	Anonymous Coward February 27, 2009 at 1:56pm are there real-time results anywhere? reply
#21	Anonymous Coward February 27, 2009 at 1:32pm Texasrocks said: “Paul Leonhardt is my hero” mine too reply
#20	Texasrocks February 27, 2009 at 1:16pm Paul Leonhardt is my hero reply
#19	Yrajoke February 27, 2009 at 12:47pm pretty sure gray umbach is not the next anyone but gray umbach. 1:48.0 is impressive regardless of size! most kids his age can't swim the 200 free that fast! reply
#18	Hmmm February 27, 2009 at 11:49am gray has been a big boy since 10 yrs old! He is doing great things in swimming but he's a full grown 14yr old. He will be a Maverick Smalley. reply
#17	Not U February 27, 2009 at 11:32am ummm... Gray Umbach just went 3 seconds under Michael Phelps' 200 IM record... 1:48.0 is not too bad for a 14 yr old... And I've heard that he shut it down on the free... so it will be interesting to see how fast he can go in finals... reply
#16	Texasrocks February 27, 2009 at 8:10am Anonymous Coward said: “The callup did not change, it has always been the 1st in each event in each region plus the next 8 fastest in the state. ” it changed last year, before you used to have to be in the top 4 in your region to be eligible for call up reply
#15	Anonymous Coward February 27, 2009 at 8:00am The callup did not change, it has always been the 1st in each event in each region plus the next 8 fastest in the state. reply
#14	Susan Bergman February 27, 2009 at 3:51am The girls side will be a toss up on who will dominate. I see three choices and possible new records set. We should enjoy it. On the boys side, it is a "no brainer". Matt "The Hammer" reply
#13	Westlake Alum February 26, 2009 at 11:29pm go chaps! tucker will dominate reply
#12	Carlos Iguess February 26, 2009 at 4:45pm I predict 11 new state records and with the change in the "call up" by taking the top in each Region and then the next 8 fastest in the State, The Woodlands Girls and Boys will win State with Kingwood second because of their large number of swimmers qualifying. reply
#11	Anonymous Coward February 26, 2009 at 4:36pm haha ya sarahhhh maybe like an all-star tapps and SPC team...that would be fast haha but nah not this year... but it would be awsome to have spin and maybe some others(?) swim with us in uil reply
#10	Nope February 25, 2009 at 10:02pm i dont believe there is anyone in tapps or spc besides spin beck who would add to the "GLORY" reply
#9	Sarahhhh February 25, 2009 at 8:58pm i wish TAPPS and SPC were apart of UIL...it wouldn't add much more but there would just be a bit more competition...a handfull of swimmers from both TAPPS and SPC could make it to state and add to the meet's GLORY reply
#8	Therealtexasrocks February 25, 2009 at 8:33pm Texasrocks said: “This is going to be a BLAZING fast meet. Watch out for Leonhardt and Thompson” gonna be fast all around woodlands, kingwood, plano, round rock on boys woodlands, churchill, kingwood up for grabs on girls side. 6 state records on boys side probably 6 on girls and a couple of nat records at least sub 140 to final in boys 200 free reply
#7	Garrett February 25, 2009 at 8:14pm are you covering the meet garrett? reply
#6	Anonymous Coward February 25, 2009 at 7:32pm watch out for the McIntee brothaz reply
#5	Texasrocks February 25, 2009 at 7:15pm This is going to be a BLAZING fast meet. Watch out for Leonhardt and Thompson reply