On Tuesday, February 2nd, the Middle School Swim Team competed in the HJPC Conference Championship. The team did a great job! The girls team finished in 6th place, and the boys team came in 2nd place. Overall as a school, your Village Vikings came in 3rd place in their district. The boys Medley Relay got first place with Mac B., Alex C., Rashal G., and Andrew A.. The girls Free Relay got 6th place with Caitlin W., Gabby B., Ananya R., and Olivia G.. The boys Free Relay got 3rd with Mac B., Andrew A., Alex C., and Rashal G.

The Village School also broke 2 HJPC Records in individual races! Mac B broke the boys 100 IM record with a 1.00.04, Olivia G broke the girls 50 free record with 25.82! Congratulations to both of these Viking swimmers on their tremendous achievement on making history.

There were also a high number of best times across the board and awards. Awards go to: Mac B: 1st in 100 IM and 50 Back; Olivia G: 1st in 50 Free and 2nd in 50 Back; Andrew A: 2nd in 50 Free and 4th in 50 Fly; Caitlin W got 6th in 50 Fly; Rashal G: 6th in 50 Fly; Alex C: 4th in 100 Free and 3rd in 50 Breast; Arsyad G: 7th in 50 Back; Gabby B: 8th in 50 Breast. Congratulations to all of our Viking swimmers and coaches on a fantastic season!

Here is the schedule for this week of January 25th:

Tuesday
High School – TAPPS Regional State Qualifier (University Of Houston) – ALL DAY
Practice Cancelled

Thursday
Middle School – SE TX MS Championships (LCISD Natatorium, Rosenberg, TX) 4:30 PM

Saturday
VS Swim Practice @ Westside 12 PM to 1 PM

Tuesday February 2nd
Middle School – HJPC Championships (Lamar HS)
Warmups at 5:45 be at LAMAR HS by 5:30 Plan for traffic.
Meet Starts @ 6:10 PM
Lamar High School Natatorium, 3325 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77019

Good luck to all of our Viking Swimmers in this year’s championship meets.

GO VIKINGS!!

Here is the schedule for this week:

Tuesday night (January 19th)– Village Practice
Westside HS; 7 :30 PM to 9:30 PM

Saturday January 23rd HS HAPPI HS Champs
Warm-Ups Approximately 12 to 12:30 PM
Spring Branch ISD Natatorium
10404 Tiger Trail, Houston, TX 77043

Monday, January 4th, 2016

Village Swimming started off 2016 with a SPLASH as they competed in the St John’s XXIII New Years Classic. Both the HS and MS teams participated in this meet and put up some impressive results. The MS boys team finished first in the MS meet ahead of some very strong teams. The HS girls team was able to garner a 6th place finish in the HS portion of the meet.

All of the swimmers swam great and there were quite a few best times in the meet. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the meet.

On the HS side points were scored by Katya H, Kiera C, Hazel S, Nicole K, Nikita Z and Sam W. There is one more meet the High School team will use as a warm-up for Regionals. Regionals are taking place on January 26th at the U of H main Campus.

On the MS side, Olivia G set two MS meet records in the 50 Fly and the 50 Back, and Andrew A set one MS meet record in the 50 Free. Mac B put in a great effort with two silver medals adding valuable points to the boys MS point total. Alex C, Rashal G and Arysad G all contributed to the MS boys team victory. For the MS girls Caitlin W was able to score points for the team. MS has two more meets this season, SE TX Private School Champs on the 28th and HAPP MS Champs on February 3rd.

Coach Doug

The Village School has started off their season with a splash. Both the Middle School and the High School have had strong results in all of their competitions thus far and everyone has show great improvement over the start of the season. The MS Swim team has seen strong results while be led by standouts Olivia Gore and Mac B. The HS team, led by Nicole K, Donald F and Nikita Z, has competed in several Invitationals thus far and is looking forward to a strong showing at TAPPS Regionals to take place at The University of Houston Recreation Center on January 26th.

The HS & MS Swim Teams will be competing together and the St Johns The XXIII on January 4th in Katy, TX.