Behind a pair of record-setting performances from Jacqueline Gruber, the Aledo High School swim team finished third overall in the Northwest ISD Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Northwest ISD Natatorium.
Both the girls and boys teams placed third in their respective divisions, while the teams combined for third overall.
Gruber and Haley Roberson each won three gold medals. They each won a pair of individual events and were part of a winning relay.
Gruber, in fact, set two school records, winning the 200-yard freestyle in one minute, 54.21 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 52.46 seconds.
Porter Lane had a pair of top-three finishes to lead the boys, including winning one event.
The meet featured 19 of the top Class 5A teams in Texas.
“This meet was a great indicator for where we stand against a lot of strong 5A programs we’ll come up against at district and regionals - in the pool we’ll race districts at,” Aledo coach Meghan Roberson said.
“There were strong swims across the lineup. Our upperclassmen had their first chance to see where they’re really at at this point in the season. We tried out some new events with our younger athletes and really pushed them at their first major competitive high school meet. They rose to the challenge against some fast upperclassmen.
“This meet is an important one that gives us a guide to know the work we have to put in to be successful at the end of the season.”
The Aledo teams will next compete in the Haunted Invitational at Wilkerson-Greines Activities Center in Fort Worth on Oct. 28.
Oct. 14
Aledo top finishers
Team results - Girls third, boys third, combined third.
Individuals (distances in yards)
200 Medley Relay: 2. Victoria Crews, Haley Roberson, Jacqueline Gruber, Julia Gordy, 1:58.97.
200 Freestyle: 1. Gruber 1:54.21 (school record).
200 Individual Medley: 1.Roberson, 2:13.06.
100 Butterfly: 2. Crews, 1:03.89.
100 Freestyle: 1. Gruber, 52.46 (school record)
500 Freestyle: 1. Roberson, 5:20.55.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Crews, Gordy, Roberson, Gruber, 1:45.52.
100 Backstroke: 3. Crews, 1:08.88.
50 Freestyle: 1. Porter Lane, 23.39.
100 Breaststroke: 2. Lane, 1:05.57.
Oct. 12
Overall scores
Boys: Aledo 63, Centennial 46; Aledo 63, Birdville 22.
Girls: Centennial 77, Aledo 66; Aledo 66, Birdville 16.
Top Aledo finishers
200 Medley Relay: 1. Crews, Roberson, Gordy, Gruber, 2:02.77; 3. Avery Faulkner, Addie Speed, Tila Moeller, Jordan Clift, 2:23.79.
200 Freestyle: 1. Gruber, 1:54.29 (team record at the time, broken two days later); 3. Gordy 2:21.16.
200 Individual Medley (IM): 1. Roberson, 2:15.34; 3. Crews, 2:28.15.
50 Free: 2. Moeller, 30.69; 3. Speed, 31.22.
100 Fly: 1. Gruber, 59.85; 2. Gordy, 1:16.25.
100 Freestyle: 3. Faulkner, 1:06.37.
500 Freestyle: 2. Moeller, 6:16.01.
200 Freestyle Relay: 2. Clift, Faulkner, Moeller, Speed, 2:10.92.
100 Backstroke: 2. Crews, 1:07.11; 3. Faulkner, 1:13.65.
100 Breaststroke: 1. Roberson, 1:14.46; 3. Speed, 1:29.30.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Crews, Gordy, Roberson, Gruber, 3:56.95.
200 Medley Relay: 1. Ian Perez, Lane, Evan Bradley, Jaxon Robinson, 1:54.17; 3. Hunter Gregory, Brayden DeBoer, Alexander Pomales, Bradyn Baughman, 2:02.14.
200 Freestlye: 3. Pomales, 2:10.04.
200 Individual Medley: 1. DeBoer, 2:24.09; 2. Gregory, 2:35.76.
50 Free: 2. Robinson, 26.02; 3. Perez, 26.05.
100 Fly: 1. Lane, 56.15; 2. DeBoer, 1:07.45; 3. Bradley, 1:09.18.
100 Freestyle: 2. Pomales, 56.50; 3. Robinson, 1:01.04.
500 Freestyle: 2. Perez, 5:51.69.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Robinson, Perez, Bradley, Lane, 1:42.50.
100 Breaststroke: 1. Lane, 1:06.57; 3. Baughman, 1:20.17.
400 Freestyle Relay: 1. DeBoer, Matthew Petersen, Baughman, Pomales, 4:18.83
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