MacArthur High Generals Finish First at 18-5A Swim Meet, Lady Generals Place Second, Aldine High Boys Third

The MacArthur High Generals finished in first place at the District 18-5A Swimming and Diving Meet, held Jan. 31 at the Davis High School Natatorium. The Aldine High boy’s team finished third in the boy’s division, just three points behind the Generals.

In the girl’s division, MacArthur High finished second, with Nimitz High finishing in fourth place, while Davis High placed fifth and Aldine High placed seventh. Alief Hasting placed first in the girl’s division.

In the boy’s division, Nimitz High finished in fourth place, while Davis High placed sixth and Eisenhower High finished in seventh place.

The Generals totaled 96 points to edge Alief Elsik (94 points) and Aldine High (93 points) for the boy’s title. Nimitz finished with 70 points.

Alief Hastings scored 152.50 points to capture the girl’s title. The Lady Generals finished second with 80 points, while Nimitz recorded 54 points and Davis recorded 50 points.

The top six individual finishers in each event and the top six relay teams advance to the Region III Meet.

Below are results from the five Aldine ISD schools. They are in alphabetical order according to school name and events listed are the order in which they were run off at the district meet, along with recorded times of each event.

ALDINE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

6th place – 200-yard medley relay, Juanita Albarran, Cassie Kalie, Kassandra Gonzalez and Mayra Benitez-Alvarado, 2:41.34
4th place – 100-yard butterfly, Kassandra Gonzalez, 1:20.56
4th place – 200-yard freestyle relay, Cassie Kalie, Mayra Benitez-Alvarado, Tyhannie Griego and Mariel Martinez, 2:21.21
3rd place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Kassandra Gonzalez, Juanita Albarran, Mariel Martinez and Mayra Benitez-Alvarado, 5:09.38
6th place – 500-yard freestyle, Mariel Martinez, 7:55.71

ALDINE HIGH BOYS

4th place – 200-yard medley relay, Junior Cedillo, David Leal, Mario Suarez and Juan Orta, 2:06.99
4th place – 200-yard freestyle, Mario Suarez, 2:20.69
5th place – 200-yard freestyle, Juda Soto, 2:20.94
6th place – 200-yard freestyle, Juan Orta, 2:21.02
3rd place – 200-yard IM, Aaron Ruiz, 2:16.60
4th place – 50-yard freestyle, Ebenezer Soto, 24.83
4th place – 100-yard butterfly, Mario Suarez, 1:08.64
5th place – 100-yard freestyle, Ebenezer Soto, 58.28
1st place – 500-yard freestyle, Aaron Ruiz, 5:18.63
6th place – 500-yard freestyle, Daniel Ortiz, 6:48.38
2nd place – 200-yard freestyle relay, Ebenezer Soto, Juan Orta, Juda Soto and Aaron Ruiz, 1:44.49
4th place – 100-yard backstroke, Junior Cedillo, 1:13.72
1st place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Aaron Ruiz, Mario Suarez, Ebenezer Soto and Juda Soto, 3:54.30

DAVIS HIGH GIRLS

4th place – 200-yard medley relay, Natali Andiade, Brittany Aguilar, Carolina Ruiz and Bianca Guzman, 2:36.86
5th place – 200-yard freestyle, Bianca Guzman, 2:39.87
1st place – 100-yard butterfly, Carolina Ruiz, 1:10.22
1st place – 500-yard freestyle, Carolina Ruiz, 5:55.86
5th place – 500-yard freestyle, Bianca Guzman, 7:33.70
5th place – 200-yard freestyle relay, Natali Andrade, Jhona Lainez, Brittany Aguilar and Stephanye Olivo, 2:49.37
6th place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Brittany Aguilar, Natali Andrade, Bianca Guzman and Carolina Ruiz, 5:33.70

DAVIS HIGH BOYS

5th place – 200-yard medley relay, Johnathan Acevedo, Andrew Gonzales, Christian Coronado and Alex Govea, 2:07.34
3rd place – 200-yard freestyle, Christian Coronado, 2:20.53
6th place – 100-yard butterfly, Christian Coronado, 1:14.18
5th place – 500-yard freestyle, Luis Padilla-Demerutis, 6:37.08
5th place – 200-yard freestyle relay, Luis Padilla-Demerutis, Carlos Romero, Jose Olivares and Jaylon Belton, 1:55.00
4th place – 100-yard breaststroke, Andrew Gonzales, 1:15.99
5th place – 100-yard breaststroke, Alex Govea, 1:16.42
5th place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Johnathan Acevedo, Andrew Gonzales, Luis Padilla-Demerutis and Christian Coronado, 4:19.86.

EISENHOWER HIGH BOYS

5th place – 200-yard IM, Victor Zermeno, 2:24.25
3rd place – 50-yard freestyle, Bruce Westbrook, 24.03
5th place – 50-yard freestyle, Devante Pickens, 25.13
4th place – 100-yard freestyle, Devante Pickens, 57.40
3rd place – 200-yard freestyle relay, Andre Gregoire, Victor Zermeno, Devante Pickens and Bruce Westbrook, 1:47.73
1st place – 100-yard breaststroke, Bruce Westbrook, 1:09.74

MACARTHUR HIGH GIRLS

2nds place – 200-yard freestyle, Rochelly Villarreal, 2:23.15
1st place – 200-yard IM, Brendalee Munoz, 2:30.42
2nd place – 200-yard IM, Arizai Gonzales, 2:34.76
2nd place – 50-yard freestyle, Rochelly Villarreal, 29.32
2nd place – 100-yard freestyle, Arizai Gonzales, 1:03.27
4th place – 100-yard freestyle, Monica Luna, 1:07.62
2nd place – 100-yard backstroke, Monica Luna, 1:15.96
1st place – 100-yard breaststroke, Brendalee Munoz, 1:18.20
2nd place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Leslie Loya, Lizbeth Rangel, Mahli Gonzalez and Leslie Gaytan, 4:28.94

MACARTHUR HIGH BOYS

1st. place – 200-yard medley relay, Samuel Luna, Esteban Jaquez, Osbaldo Aguinaga and Alejandro Sanchez, 1:52.96
1st place – 200-yard freestyle, Justin Garza, 2:17.47
1st place – 200-yard IM, Esteban Jaquez, 2:10.32
4th place – 200-yard IM, Osbaldo Aguinaga, 2:20.18
2nd place – 100-yard butterfly, Samuel Luna, 1:03.34
1st place – 100-yard freestyle, Esteban Jaquez, 51.20
2nd place – 500-yard freestyle, Osbaldo Aguinaga, 6:03.92
4th place – 500-yard freestyle, Justin Garza, 6:33.72
1st place – 200-yard freestyle relay, Alejandro Sanchez, Samuel Luna, Osbaldo Aguinaga and Esteban Jaquez, 1:39.30
3rd place – 100-yard backstroke, Samuel Luna, 1:08.85

NIMITZ HIGH GIRLS

5th place – 200-yard medley relay, Judit Urrea, Lily Hartmann, Alexia Macias and Edith Hernandez, 2:37.49
4th place – 200-yard IM, Alexia Macias, 2:43.69
3rd place – 50-yard freestyle, Edith Hernandez, 29.77
2nd place – 100-yard butterfly, Alexia Macias, 1:16.32
3rd place – 100-yard freestyle, Edith Hernandez, 1:07.35
4th place – 500-yard freestyle, Lily Hartmann, 6:53.63
2nd place – 100-yard breaststroke, Lily Hartmann, 1:24.72
4th place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Judit Urrea, Lily Hartmann, Edith Hernandez and Alexia Macias, 5:22.13

NIMITZ HIGH BOYS

1st place – 200-yard medley relay, Donald Noel, Maruicio Aramburu, Gabriel James and Marcos Sanchez, 1:59.96
2nd place – 200-yard IM, Gabriel James, 2:12.34
2nd place – 50-yard freestyle, Marcos Sanchez, 23.91
1st place – 100-yard butterfly, Gabriel James, 56.75
2nd place – 100-yard freestyle, Marcos Sanchez, 53.57
2nd place – 100-yard backstroke, Donald Noel, 1:08.39
2nd place – 400-yard freestyle relay, Marcus Sanchez, George Coll-Rodriguez, Donald Noel and Gabriel James

The MacArthur team is under the direction of coach Alexis Cisneros, while Marion Crosby coaches the Aldine team. Camilo Ornellana coaches the Nimitz team, Molly Charley coaches the Davis team and Lois Marsh coaches the Eisenhower team.