Texas excessive faculties competed at their district championship meets the final two weekends of January.
The Texas highschool season spans from October by way of February, however no matter how briskly swimmers go throughout the season, the final two meets earlier than State are the one option to qualify. Districts is the primary of the 2 meets. The College Interscholastic League (Texas Excessive Faculty athletics governing physique) splits the 6A faculties in Texas into 32 completely different districts which make up eight areas. 5A faculties are damaged up the identical manner.
The highest six finishers in every occasion on the district meet qualify for the regional meet. At regionals, the highest two swimmers in every occasion transfer on to state. After all of the regional meets are accomplished, the meet outcomes are mixed, and the following eight quickest performances in every occasion additionally earn their spot at state. This implies no matter a swimmer competes in at districts, they have to race at regionals and state.
Males’s Recap:
Maximus Williamson, our primary recruit for the category of 2025 is the largest title out of this 12 months’s Texas seniors, and he confirmed that this weekend. Williamson, a Virginia commit, attends Keller Excessive Faculty, which is in District 4.
He selected a unique lineup from final 12 months, swimming the 100 and 200 freestyle occasions. Final 12 months he swam the 200 IM, which he holds the state and NAG report in, and the 100 again, which he additionally has the state report in.
He simply gained each of his occasions at Districts, qualifying for regionals. He went 44.06 within the 100 and 1:37.55 within the 200. Each occasions had been provides for him, as he has been 41.84 within the 100 and 1:31.37 within the 200. The State Document within the 200 freestyle belongs to Jack LeVant at 1:34.69 from 2018. The 100 freestyle is Williamson’s at 42.75 from 2023.
Williamson will swim each occasions once more on the Area 1-6A meet on February seventh and eighth to qualify for State.
Different Prime-5 Texas Recruits:
- Jack Armour, Notre Dame- Armour didn’t make our recruit rating for this 12 months’s class, however he has had a breakout season, dropping to 1:43.34 within the 200 IM and 51.86 within the 100 breaststroke to turn out to be the 2nd rating recruit in Texas. He gained each of those occasions on the District 9-5A meet, going 1:54.94 within the 200 IM and 55.17 within the 100 breast
- Bucky Gettys, Texas A&M- Gettys was an Honorable Point out on our class of 2025 rankings for his distance freestyle expertise. He swam the 200 and 500 freestyles on the District 20-6A meet. He completed 2nd within the 200 at 1:42.01 and 4:39.36 within the 500.
- Alejandro Michelena, Texas A&M- Michelena is a butterfly specialist who made our BOTR checklist within the 200 butterfly. He selected to not swim butterfly, and as an alternative swam the 50 (20.42) and 100 freestyles (44.33), simply successful each.
- John Simmons, Texas A&M- Simmons didn’t seem on any of our 2025 rankings, however he has additionally had an excellent senior season. On the District 21-6A meet, he was yet one more 200 freestyler, coming in at 1:36.38 (truly quicker than Williamson’s time) to win. He additionally gained the 100 again in a brand new private better of 46.99
Excessive-Inserting 2024 State Finishers:
- Tyler Grafmiller, Georgia 2025: Grafmiller tied for 2nd on the 2024 6A state mee tin the 50 free. On the District 21-6A meet, he swam the 50 free in 20.71 and the 100 free in 45.36 to take the win in each.
- Raphael Wang, Duke 2025: Wang was one in every of our BOTR recruits for 2025 due to his breaststroke ability. He completed 2nd within the 100 breast ultimately 12 months’s meet. This 12 months he swam the 100 breast and the 200 IM. Within the 100 breast he went 55.27 for the win, and he gained the 200 IM in 1:49.95.
- Riccardo Osio, USC 2025: Osio completed 2nd within the 100 fly. This 12 months, he swam the 100 fly and 50 free on the District 4-6A meet for Keller. He gained each of the occasions, swimming 21.60 within the 50 free and 49.82 within the 100 fly.
Ladies’s Recap:
Grace Rabb is the highest woman’s recruit out of Texas, coming in at quantity six on our 2025 rankings. Rabb lately made the transfer to Texas, making this her first Texas highschool season. She swims at Dripping Springs Excessive Faculty in District simply exterior of Austin, Texas. At her district meet, she swam the 200 IM (1:59.27) and the 100 again (53.88). Neither of those had been finest occasions for Rabb, who might be becoming a member of the College of Florida within the fall.
Different Prime-5 Texas 2025 Recruits:
- Avery Collins, Texas- Collins was one in every of our BOTR recruits for the category, due to her breaststroke and IM prowess. She swims for Keller Excessive Faculty, and on the District 4-6A championships she swam the 100 breast (1:02.50) and the 200 IM (2:04.04). She completed 1st within the 200 IM, and third within the 100 breast. The opposite swimmers who beat her had been each Keller seniors as properly. Ella McWhorter, who’s dedicated to Texas A&M, gained the occasion in 1:01.94, and Ellen Garritson, Aransas commit, positioned 2nd in 1:02.30. Keller’s 400 freestyle relay was DQd, which means they won’t get an opportunity to defend their third place end from final 12 months.
- Montse Spielmann, Michigan- One other BOTR recruit, Montse Spielmann is the third ranked recruit out of Texas. On the District 28-6A Championships, Spielmann gained the 200 free (1:49.58) and the 100 fly (53.94). This is similar lineup she swam ultimately 12 months’s state meet, and can give the chance to defend her 100 fly state title from final 12 months.
- KK Leblanc, Ohio State- Leblanc is one other BOTR recruit, making her manner onto the dash freestyle portion of our checklist. She swims for Friendswood Excessive Faculty in District 18-5A. She swam the 100 and 200 freestyle occasions, coming in at 49.86 within the 100 and 1:49.04 within the 200, simply successful each.
- Ella Mongenel, Texas- Mongenel didn’t make our 2025 recruit rankings, however she has dropped fairly a little bit of time this season, significantly in her dash freestyle occasions. She swam on the District 24-5A meet for Cedar Park Excessive Faculty, and she or he competed within the 50 (23.48) and 100 free occasions, successful each (51.70)
Excessive-Inserting 2024 State Finishers:
- Natalie Schneider, Texas A&M 2026- Schneider is one other Keller Excessive Faculty swimmer, and she or he completed 2nd within the 50 free ultimately 12 months’s state meet as a sophomore. At her District 4-6A meet, she swam the 50 free, ending 2nd in 23.86 and the 100 free, coming in third at 51.79.
- Marin Clem, Georgia 2025- Clem made our BOTR rankings as a dash freestyler. Finally 12 months’s state meet, she completed third within the 50 free and she or he gained the 100 free. This 12 months, she swam each of those occasions once more on the District 4-6A meet, swimming 23.08 within the 50 and 51.21 within the 100.
