Memorial hosted a four-team swim meet Thursday evening at the SBISD Natatorium. Joining the Mustangs were Strake Jesuit, St. Agnes, and A&M Consolidated.

The first race was the 200-yard medley relay. Taking first place for the girls was St. Agnes’ team of Mary Penn, Van-Ahn Hoang, Meredith Gosda, and Kristina Kontrimas, swimming a 1:58.97. A&M Consolidated’s team of Brett Cast, Sean O’Shea, Stephen O’Shea, and Jack Burley took first for the boys with a time of 1:42.18.

The 200 freestyle saw St. Agnes’s Jillian Aubin (2:08.74), St. Agnes’ Alex Kontrimas (2:00.50), and Memorial’s John Wagner (1:48.90) take first place.

The 200 IM was next as Memorial’s Shelby Reinhardt (2:33.79), St. Agnes’ Kristina Kontrimas (2:14.07), Strake Jesuit’s Greg Balhoff (2:26.92), and A&M’s Oliver Horvat (2:01.07) swam it the fastest.

The 50 freestyle was won by the Mustangs’ Alexis Pennington (27.90) and Harrison Robinson (23.08) and St. Agnes’ Kristina Kontrimas (25.27).

The 1-meter diving gave the swimmers a short break as Memorial’s Chelsea McCorvey took first for the girls with a score of 271.70 and Strake Jesuit’s Matt Kenny scored a 138.15, good enough for first.

The 100 butterfly got the swimming started again. Mina Cernoch (1:12.13) from St. Agnes and Carleigh Kutac (1:00.84) from Memorial took first for the girls. Tim Lyons (1:02.93) from Strake Jesuit and Chris Valach (55.53) from Memorial took first for the boys.

The 100 freestyle was won by Memorial and A&M Consolidated. Memorial’s winners were Abby Heidt (1:03.22) and Harrison Robinson (49.85). A&M’s winners were Maria Lyuksyutova (57.82) and Shelby Goodman (54.23).

The 500 freestyle, the longest race of the meet, was next. St. Agnes’ Alex Kontrimas was first with a time of 5:14.52 and A&M’s Ben Munster took first with a time of 4:55.69.

The 200 freestyle relay was won by St. Agnes’ team of Meredith Gosda, Van-Ahn Hoang, Alex Kontrimas, and Kristina Kontrimas with a time of 1:44.71. A&M’s team of Stephen O’Shea, Sean O’Shea, Oliver Horvat, and Benjamin Jackson took first with a time of 1:31.40.

The 100 backstroke saw Emily Glaser (1:12.83) of St. Agnes, Carleigh Kutac (1:01.71) of Memorial, Christian Knight (1:18.13) of Strake Jesuit and Chris Valach (57.50) of Memorial all place first.

The 100 breaststroke followed as St. Agnes’ Meredith Gosda (1:13.69) and Van-Ahn Hoang (1:11.51) took first. Hayden Duplechain (1:13.94) and Sean O’Shea (1:00.37) placed first for A&M Consolidated.

The 400 freestyle relay was the last meet of the night. Memorial’s Carleigh Kutac, Lauren Miller, Beth Ballard, and Zoe Bond placed first with a time of 3:51.97. A&M Consolidated’s Benjamin Jackson, Oliver Horvat, Brett Cast, and Jack Burley place first with a time of 3:18.49.

Memorial head coach Jason Mauss was pleased.

“The boys swam really well. They’ve been working really hard," he said. "We had a lot of the same times that they’ve been swimming, but that’s good because they’re kind of tired, but that’s really good for this part of the season. On the girls’ side, they swam really well. We didn’t bring all of our girls because we have to rotate them. So these girls really stepped up and raced two really strong teams. They did really well today. The divers did really well too.”

Up next for Memorial is the Spring Branch Invitational Saturday.

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