Bay City Swim and Dive traveled to Sugar Land February 1^st and 2^nd for the Region VII-5A championships. Stephen E qualified for the state meet with a second place finish in diving.  This is the second consecutive year he has qualified for State. He'll have two weeks to prepare for the trip to Austin.

 

The boys and girls each finished 12th in the team standings. The girls finished 12^th out of 24 teams, while the boys finished 12^th out of 21 teams.  That's the best overall finish in many years, according to head coach Bob Button

 

Button said, “I didn't think we looked very sharp Friday. We looked a little better in Saturday's finals. Getting all girl and boy relays into finals was a big step for us.”

 

Those BCHS athletes qualifying for finals at Region were:

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay, 11^th – Aubry M, Hannah S, Faith V, and Glory V

Boys 200 Yard Medley Realy, 14^th – Daniel D, Matthew B, Chris P, and Spencer H

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle – Faith V, 13^th

Girls 100 Yard Individual Medley – Glory V, 13^th

Girls 1 Meter Diving – Alondra C, 7th

Boys 1 Meter Diving – Stephen E, 2^nd

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly – Faith V, 11^th

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle – Stephen E, 15^th

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle – Hannah S, 14^th

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle – Matthew B, 15^th

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, 12^th – Faith V, Glory V, Alondra C, and Hannah S

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, tied for 11^th – Stephen E, Spencer H, Daniel D, and Chris P

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke – Hannah S, 15^th

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, 14^th – Glory V, Aubry M, Alondra C, and Mallory G

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, 12^th – Stephen E, Matthew B, Daniel D, and Chris P

 

 

Bay City High School traveled to Victoria for the District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships on January 18-19^th.

BCHS divers won the 1-meter diving in both the boys and girls divisions with great dives from Stephen E and Alondra C.

Stephen also won gold in the 100 Yard Freestyle.

BCHS Diving Coach Clare Button was named District Boys and Girls Diving Coach of the Year. BCHS Swim Coach Bob Button shared District Coach of the Year honors with the Victoria West coach.

 

Top eight finishers in each event scored team points, while top six in each event advance to region meet. BCHS had

 

Boys had their best district finish since 2008, taking second place overall.

 

Girls repeated last year's third place team finish.

 

The combined teams finished third overall.

 

Head Coach Bob Button said, “Great efforts and performances from our kids. They handled the pressure well and surprised a lot of folks with some big time drops.”

 

Those BCHS athletes with top-eight finishes:

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay, 4^th --  Aubry M, Hannah S, Faith V and Mallory G

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay, 4^th – Daniel D, Matthew B, Chris P, and Stephen E.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle – Faith F, 2^nd; Aubry M, 5^th

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle  --Matthew B, 3^rd

Girls 200 Yard Individual Medley – Glory V, 3^rd

Boys 200 Yard Individual Medley – Jordan W, 3rd

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle – Daniel D, 5^th; Spencer H, 6^th

Girls 1-meter Diving – Alondra C, 1^st

Boys 1-meter Diving – Stephen E, 1^st

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly – Faith V, 3^rd

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly – Chris P, 2^nd

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle – Stephen E, 1^st; Spencer H, 4^th

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle – Hannah S, 3^rd; Glory V, 4^th

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle – Matthew B, 2^nd; Jordan W, 5^th

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, 2^nd  -- Faith V, Glory V, Alondra C, Hannah S

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, 3^rd – Jordan W, Spencer H, Daniel D, Chris P

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke – Aubry M, 8^th

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke – Hannah S, 3^rd

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, 3^rd – Glory V, Aubry M, Alondra C, Mallory G

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, 2^nd – Matthew B, Daniel D, Chris P, Stephen E