Fort Bend sending dozens to state swim meet

By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

Fort Bend County will be well-represented when the best swimmers and divers the state has to offer come together in Austin for the Class 5A/6A state swimming and diving meets this weekend.

The Class 5A and 6A state meets will take place this Friday and Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center on the campus of the University of Texas, and dozens of local athletes will have their chance to etch their names in the state’s record books.

Among Class 6A schools from the area, Clements has three individual qualifiers along with the boys’ 200 freestyle relay team.

Texas A&M commit Logan Brown is back in defense of his state title last year in the boys’ 100 breaststroke after posting the state’s best qualifying time (54.48 seconds) and also had the second-best qualifying time

(1:47.33) in the boys’ 200 Individual Medley. Kayla Fu is looking for a second consecutive state crown in the girls’ 50 freestyle, and will also look to move to the top in the 100 free, where she was a silver medalist last season.

In Class 5A, Foster leads the way with 11 individual qualifiers and four different relay teams headed to the state meet. Adelaide

Williford and Kylie Kennedy each qualified in both the girls’ 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, while Caedmon Doherty qualified in the same events on the boys’ side.

Fulshear will also be well-represented in Austin with five total individual qualifiers and four different swimmers qualifying in multiple events. The Chargers are also sending five different relay teams to the state meet.

Below is a full list of the Class 5A and Class 6A state qualifiers from Fort Bend County.

Class 6A

Austin

Boys 200 medley relay

Boys’ 200 free relay

Boys’ 400 free relay

Clements

Boys’ 200 free relay

Logan Brown – Boys’ 200 IM (1:47.33, 2nd-best qualifying time); 100 breast (54.48, best qualifying time)

Kayla Fu – Girls’ 50 free (22.82, 2nd-best qualifying time); 100 free (49.82, best qualifying time)

Hayden Bellotti – Boys’ 50 free (20.21, 2nd-best qualifying time); 100 fly (46.83, best qualifying time)

George Ranch

Girls’ 200 medley relay

Girls’ 200 free relay

Annie Schoditsch – Girls’ 50 free

Emily Ford – Girls’ 100 breaststroke

Kadyn Boettcher – Girls’ 100 backstroke

Ridge Point

Ethan Hunter – Boys’ 1M diving

Class 5A

Foster

Girls’ 200 medley relay

Girls’ 200 free relay

Boys’ 200 free relay (1:25.92, 2nd-best qualifying time)

Boys’ 400 free relay

Karleigh Nyles – Girls’ 1M diving

Elijah Baker – Boys’ 1M diving

Immanuel Cutler – Boys’ 1M diving

Kinley Nyles – Girls’ 100