Leo Ohannessian

IN NEW WATERS

Seniors Leo Ohannessian and Jack Palmer join the big leagues in the Califorinia waterpolo circuit against the best teams in the nation.

COMEBACK

Beating Flower Mound High School 14-4, the Lions won their regional waterpolo championship for the first time since 2017 at the Lewisville ISD Westside Aquatics Center.

I think one of the best moments was after winning the state championship sophomore year, which went into double overtime, and we ended up winning seven to five, getting out of the pool, pushing coach into the pool. I think that was awesome, celebrating with him and singing the alma mater. It was an intense moment.

– Senior Leo Ohannessian

We were doing 50s, and for some reason, coach made me only do them butterfly, which is the hardest stroke to do 50s of for me. And I’d look out of the corner of my eye while I was swimming at the coaches on the deck and they were just laughing at me, just the whole time.

– Senior Jack Palmer

Right now we’re undefeated here in Texas this year. It’s not that there hasn’t been competition in the past, but there’s not a ton of it compared to California, at least. It’s gonna be it’s gonna be a whole different

ballgame – Senior Leo Ohannessian

COMMITTED Senior Leo Ohannessian will play waterpolo at University of California, Santa Barbara next fall.

I definitely think polo is going to get harder in college, just based off of conditioning and how much we were working out, but when it comes to workload and balancing it, I don’t

think there’s a better place

we could’ve gone to prepare ourselves than St. Mark’s.

– Senior Jack Palmer

BIG LEAP Joining Santa Clara’s waterpolo team, Senior Jack Palmer hopes to find even greater competition at the college level.