Westside’s men’s & women’s swim teams competed in the 2016 Mardi Gras Invitational at Clear Falls H.S. this past Friday and Saturday with tremendous results.

Thirteen Houston area high schools and 2 high schools from San Antonio were at this meet that figured to be a very challenging and fast meet. Westside swimmers stepped up their performances and finished strong and proudly ahead of several hundred swimmers.

Westside boys finished in 4th place overall, while the girls finished in 1st and are the 2016 CHAMPIONS!

Here are your top finishers and point getters from the meet:

200-yard Medley Relay

Girls – 1st place Erin Silva, Claudia Kuck, Chinthana Thangavel & Annika Ruehlicke

Boys – 4th place Zavian Rice, Nathan O’Neil, Zach Whitson & Juan Rios

200-yard Freestyle

Girls – 1st place Annika Ruehlicke, 5th place Alex Kuck & 8th place Olivia Grobowsky

Boys – 1st place Jackson Farmer, 4th place Michael Kalwick, 16th place Frank Gibbons

200-yard Individual Medley

Girls – 1st place Kaley Hoffman, 5th place Claudia Kuck

Boys – 9th place Zach Whitson, 11th place Hector Bayaborda

50-yard Freestyle

Girls – 3rd place Stacey Cromie, 7th place Francesca Rusca

Boys – 8th place Juan Rios

100-yard Butterfly

Girls –4th place Chinthana Thangavel, 9th place Erin Silva

Boys – 9th place Zach Whitson, 10th place Nathan O’Neil, 15th place Wassim Daghri

100-yard Freestyle

Girls – 1st place Stacey Cromie, 5th place Alex Kuck

Boys – 8th place Zavian Rice, 13th place Cooper Burklund

500-yard Freestyle

Girls – 1st place Annika Ruehlicke, 6th place Chinthana Thangavel, 7th place Olivia Grobowsky

Boys – 2nd place Jackson Farmer, 9th place Michael Kalwick

200-yard Freestyle Relay

Girls – 1st place Stacey Cromie, Kaley Hoffman, Francesca Rusca & Alex Kuck

Boys –  1st place Cooper Burklund, Zach Whitson, Juan Rios & Jackson Farmer

8th place Frank Gibbons, Hector Bayaborda, Nick Farley & Luke Vrijland

100-yard Backstroke

Girls – 1st place Kaley Hoffman, 12th place Erin Silva

Boys – 6th place Zavian Rice, 13th place Nick Farley

100-yard Breaststroke

Girls – 3rd place Francesca Rusca, 4th place Claudia Kuck

Boys – 7th place Nathan O’Neil, 12th place Hector Bayadorda

400-yard Freestyle Relay

Girls –  1st place Stacey Cromie, Kaley Hoffman, Francesca Rusca & Alex Kuck

4th place Chinthana Thangavel, Claudia Kuck, Erin Silva & Annika Ruehlicke

Boys – 4th place Zavian Rice, Michael Kalwick, Juan Rios & Jackson Farmer

8th place Nick Farley, Wassim Daghri, Nathan O’Neil & Cooper Burklund

Congratulations to all of these Westside Swimmers

“It’s wonderful, breaking records, said Head Coach Craig Sikkema, “ A bunch of talented kids.”

This Thursday, the 14^th, will be the senior Fair Well Meet, at the Spring Branch Natatorium, 10404 Tiger Trail, Houston, TX 77043