By STEFAN MODRICH, Staff Writer
Brownsville Veterans Memorial continued its run of success at the District 32-5A swimming & diving championships, with the girls capturing their fourth straight district title and the boys winning their third in four seasons during the two-day event held Thursday and Friday at the Margaret M. Clark Aquatic Center.
The Lady Chargers (192 points) were led by junior Daniela Chapa, who won the 200 IM with a time of 2:36.16. Chapa also finished first in the 500 freestyle, clocking in at 5:58.70, and swam a segment in each of the Lady Chargers’ first-place 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Brownsville Veterans recorded team times of 1:56.54 in the former event and 4:09.19 for the latter.
Freshman Kaedee Errizuriz also participated in both relay events and placed first individually in the 50 freestyle (27.08) and the 100 freestyle (1:00.16).
The only other Lady Chargers swimmer to participate in both the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams was junior Katia Lua Rodriguez, the runner-up in both the 50 freestyle (29.59) and 100 freestyle (1:04.85).
Senior Leslie Ayala swam the third leg of the 200 freestyle relay and the first leg of Brownsville Veterans’ second-place 200 medley relay team (22:17.58). She was second in the 100 backstroke (1:20.46) and finished third as an individual in the 200 freestyle (2:35.83).
Freshman Carolina Meza swam the third segment in the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay. She finished second behind Chapa in the 500 freestyle (6:25.55).
The Chargers (179 points) were fronted by senior Javier Garcia, who earned the top spot in the 100 backstroke (1:02.98) and 200 freestyle (2:01.00). Garcia also led off Brownsville Veterans’ first-place 400 freestyle relay team (3:33.32) and second-place 200-yard medley relay team (1:56.27).
Junior Adrian Rodriguez swam the first segment of the 200 freestyle relay and the third leg of the 400 freestyle relay. He won the 100 freestyle (53.25) and was third in the 50 freestyle (24.16).
Sophomore Diego Gonzalez was the anchor in the 400 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle relay. He also won the 50 freestyle (22.94) and the 100 butterfly (54.56).
Junior Kevin Borsani swam the second leg of the 400 freestyle relay and the third leg of the 200 medley relay. He was the runner-up in the 200 IM (2:21.73) and third in the 100 butterfly (1:01.15).
Brownsville Veterans dominated the 1-meter dive in both divisions.
Senior Nico Alvarez, a 2019 state qualifier, defended his district title with a score of 361.45. Senior Carlo Pereira (298.15) finished second and junior Jaime Galindo (256.60) was third.
Sophomore Makayla Schaelchlin won the girls’ event with a score of 241.75, and junior Karen A. Ortiz (220.55) was the runner-up.
District 32-5A Meet
Thursday and Friday
Margaret M. Clark Aquatic Center, Brownsville
Team Results
Girls
1, Brownsville Veterans Memorial, 192. 2, PSJA Memorial, 91. 3, Brownsville Porter, 67. 4, Brownsville Lopez, 66. 5, PSJA Southwest, 37. 6, Brownsville Pace, 33.
Boys
1, Brownsville Veterans Memorial, 179. 2, PSJA Southwest, 157. 3, Brownsville Lopez, 68. 4, PSJA Memorial, 61. 5, Brownsville Porter, 29. 6, Brownsville Pace, 21.
Individual Results
Girls 200 Medley Relay
1, PSJA Memorial A (Salinas, Carolina 9, Espinoza, Biance 9, Salinas, Gianna, Garcia, Maricela ), 2:16.44. 2, Brownsville Veterans A (Ayala, Leslie 12, Lua Rodriguez, Karime 11, Meza, Carolina 9, Rodriguez, Leah 11), 2:17.58. 3, Brownsville Porter A (Torres, Dalila 11, Gutierrez Mijangos, Sara M 12, Soza, Naydeline 10, Brownsville Lopez, Jennifer M 11), 2:35.00. 4, Brownsville Pace A (Hernandez-Guevara, Karina 12, Gonzalez, Allison 10, Garza Garcia, Diana 12, De La Hoz, Amy 12), 2:40.96. 5, Brownsville Lopez A (Almazan, Hailey 11, Duran, Viancy 10, Rodriguez, Lesly 9, Gonzalez, Frida 9), 2:41.51. –, PSJA Southwest A (Ramos, Karla 10, Gomez, Daniela 10, Solis, Valeria 9, Vasquez, Jasmine 12), DQ.
Boys 200 Medley Relay
1, PSJA Southwest A (Lopez, Fabian 12, Uria, Rodrigo 10, Salas-Garcia, Jorge 10, Uria, Mauricio 10), 1:51.39. 2, Brownsville Veterans A (Garcia, Javier 12, DeLeon, Jeremy 10, Borsani, Kevin 11, Gomez, Ryan 12), 1:56.27. 3, PSJA Memorial A (Garza, Andres 9, Pedraza, Anthony, Vasquez, Jose 9, Rodriguez, Heriberto 10), 2:00.59. 4, Brownsville Lopez A (Delgado, Raul 11, Tovar, Diego 9, Vieyra, Jesus 11, Ramirez, Bryan 12), 2:14.59. 5, Brownsville Porter A (Roman, Rodriguez 12, Lucio, Ricardo 10, Castro Segovia, Josue 11, Castellanos, Nestor 10), 2:24.05.
Girls 200 Freestyle
1, Salinas, Gianna, PSJA Memorial, 2:13.90. 2, Rodriguez, Leah, Brownsville Veterans, 2:34.50. 3, Ayala, Leslie, Brownsville Veterans, 2:35.83. 4, Pena, Paloma I, Brownsville Veterans, 2:39.48. 5, Garcia, Maricela, PSJA Memorial, 2:42.93. 6, Almazan, Hailey, Brownsville Lopez, 3:16.74. 7, Ramirez, Juana, Brownsville Lopez, 3:34.69. 8, Gomez, Daniela, PSJA Southwest, 3:40.74. 9, Espinoza, Cecilia, Brownsville Lopez, 3:46.59. 10, De Leon, Alize, Brownsville Lopez, 3:59.38.
Boys 200 Freestyle
1, Garcia, Javier, Brownsville Veterans, 2:01.00. 2, Uria, Mauricio, PSJA Southwest, 2:01.65. 3, Padron, Carlos, PSJA Southwest, 2:08.07. 4, Gomez, Ryan, Brownsville Veterans, 2:18.02. 5, Sweeney, Seth, Brownsville Veterans, 2:20.77. 6, Nava, Carlos, PSJA Southwest, 2:29.28. 7, Delgado, Raul, Brownsville Lopez, 2:29.29. 8, Gonzalez, Luis, Brownsville Lopez, 2:29.86.
Girls 200 IM
1, Chapa, Daniela, Brownsville Veterans, 2:36.16. 2, Lua Rodriguez, Karime, Brownsville Veterans, 3:05.48. 3, Solis, Valeria, PSJA Southwest, 3:13.94. 4, Rodriguez, Lesly, Brownsville Lopez, 3:21.71. 5, Duran, Viancy, Brownsville Lopez, 3:33.21. 6, Cabrera, Jocelyn, Brownsville Porter, 3:56.01. –, Salinas, Carolina, PSJA Memorial, DQ. –, Espinoza, Biance, PSJA Memorial, DQ.
Boys 200 IM
1, Uria, Rodrigo, PSJA Southwest, 2:16.01. 2, Borsani, Kevin, Brownsville Veterans, 2:21.73. 3, Solis, Arturo, PSJA Southwest, 2:46.43. 4, Campa, Osvaldo, Brownsville Veterans, 2:59.68. 5, Irizarry, Angel, Brownsville Lopez, 3:11.26. 6, Tovar, Diego, Brownsville Lopez, 3:23.39.
Girls 50 Freestyle
1, Errizuriz, Kaedee, Brownsville Veterans, 27.08. 2, Lua Rodriguez, Katia, Brownsville Veterans, 29.59. 3, Gonzalez, Abrianna, Brownsville Veterans, 32.24. 4, Soza, Naydeline, Brownsville Porter, 32.72. 5, Cordero, Amanda, PSJA Memorial, 33.34. 6, Brownsville Lopez, Jennifer M, Brownsville Porter, 33.96. 7, Ortiz, Karen A, Brownsville Veterans, 34.94. 8, Trevino, Vanity E, PSJA Memorial, 35.33. 9, Gonzalez, Allison, Brownsville Pace, 35.92. 10, Hernandez, Karmen, Brownsville Lopez, 36.05. 11, Vasquez, Jasmine, PSJA Southwest, 38.33. 12, Salazar, Marianna A, Brownsville Porter, 39.14. 13, Rojas Juarez, Melanie, Brownsville Pace, 39.35. 14, Orozco, Carol, Brownsville Porter, 39.45. 15, Hernandez, Joana, Brownsville Pace, 41.69. 16, Zarraga Tirado, Maria C, Brownsville Pace, 43.10. 17, Maldonado, Karina, Brownsville Lopez, 43.39. 18, De La Cruz, Amairany, Brownsville Lopez, 46.19. 19, Barrios, Julissa, Brownsville Lopez, 47.21.
Boys 50 Freestyle
1, Gonzalez, Diego, Brownsville Veterans, 22.94. 2, Brownsville Lopez, Fabian, PSJA Southwest, 23.13. 3, Rodriguez, Adrian, Brownsville Veterans, 24.16. 4, Pedraza, Anthony, PSJA Memorial, 24.72. 5, Rodriguez, Heriberto, PSJA Memorial, 25.45. 6, DeLeon, Jeremy, Brownsville Veterans, 26.45. 7, Castro Segovia, Josue, Brownsville Porter, 26.77. 8, Jasso Garza, Francisco J, Brownsville Porter, 28.25. 9, Roman, Rodriguez, Brownsville Porter, 28.36. 10, Cerecedo, Jonathan, PSJA Southwest, 28.37. 11, Ibarra, Marco, Brownsville Pace, 29.31. 12, Cantu, Maximiliano, Brownsville Pace, 29.81. 13, Huerta-Vela, Heriberto, Brownsville Pace, 30.47. 14, Garza, Hector, Brownsville Porter, 30.62. 15, Pachuca, Estaban, PSJA Memorial, 32.26. 16, Del Valle Guzman, Jesus, Brownsville Pace, 32.99. –, Alvarez, Nico, Brownsville Veterans, DFS.
Girls 1-meter Diving
1, Schaelchlin, Makayla, Brownsville Veterans, 241.75. 2, Ortiz, Karen A, Brownsville Veterans, 220.55. 3, Garcia, Adriana, PSJA Memorial, 160.40. 4, Soza, Naydeline, Brownsville Porter, 152.95.
Boys 1-meter Diving
1, Alvarez, Nico, Brownsville Veterans, 361.45. 2, Pereira, Carlo, Brownsville Veterans, 298.15. 3, Galindo, Jaime, Brownsville Veterans, 256.60. 4, Vasquez, Jose, PSJA Memorial, 236.80. 5, Pachuca, Estaban, PSJA Memorial, 160.40.
Girls 100 Butterfly
1, Salinas, Gianna, PSJA Memorial, 1:10.00. 2, Garza Garcia, Diana, Brownsville Pace, 1:26.53. 3, Solis, Valeria, PSJA Southwest, 1:29.61. 4, Espinoza, Cecilia, Brownsville Lopez, 1:45.21. 5, Gomez, Samantha, Brownsville Lopez, 1:54.36. 6, Quiroz, Karla, Brownsville Lopez, 1:57.79. 7, Granado, Vivian, Brownsville Lopez, 1:58.09. –, Meza, Carolina, Brownsville Veterans, DQ.
Boys 100 Butterfly
1, Gonzalez, Diego, Brownsville Veterans, 54.56. 2, Velasquez, Issac, PSJA Southwest, 54.91. 3, Borsani, Kevin, Brownsville Veterans, 1:01.15. 4, Vieyra, Jesus, Brownsville Lopez, 1:11.09. 5, Ruiz, Sergio, Brownsville Lopez, 1:14.65. 6, Solis, Arturo, PSJA Southwest, 1:18.84. 7, Macias, Juan, Brownsville Lopez, 1:24.97.
Girls 100 Freestyle
1, Errizuriz, Kaedee, Brownsville Veterans, 1:00.16. 2, Lua Rodriguez, Katia, Brownsville Veterans, 1:04.85. 3, Pena, Paloma I, Brownsville Veterans, 1:11.88. 4, Gutierrez Mijangos, Sara M, Brownsville Porter, 1:12.68. 5, Cordero, Amanda, PSJA Memorial, 1:16.78. 6, Gonzalez, Frida, Brownsville Lopez, 1:16.88. 7, De La Hoz, Amy, Brownsville Pace, 1:18.39. 8, Garcia, Damari, Brownsville Veterans, 1:19.32. 9, Hernandez, Karmen, Brownsville Lopez, 1:20.85. 10, Brownsville Lopez, Jennifer M, Brownsville Porter, 1:21.62. 11, Cabrera, Jocelyn, Brownsville Porter, 1:21.69. 12, Torres, Dalila, Brownsville Porter, 1:22.35. 13, Vasquez, Jasmine, PSJA Southwest, 1:27.05. 14, Zarraga Tirado, Maria C, Brownsville Pace, 1:31.99. 15, Rojas Juarez, Melanie, Brownsville Pace, 1:33.05. 16, Hernandez, Joana, Brownsville Pace, 1:35.37. 17, Ramirez, Juana, Brownsville Lopez, 1:36.22. 18, Trevino, Vanity E, PSJA Memorial, 1:38.91. 19, Covarrubias, Esmeralda, Brownsville Lopez, 1:39.60.
Boys 100 Freestyle
1, Rodriguez, Adrian, Brownsville Veterans, 53.25. 2, Salas-Garcia, Jorge, PSJA Southwest, 54.89. 3, Padron, Carlos, PSJA Southwest, 56.38. 4, Pedraza, Anthony, PSJA Memorial, 58.95. 5, Rodriguez, Heriberto, PSJA Memorial, 59.85. 6, Rodriguez-Lua, Martin, Brownsville Veterans, 1:00.48. 7, DeLeon, Jeremy, Brownsville Veterans, 1:02.22. 8, Nava, Carlos, PSJA Southwest, 1:02.90. 9, Castro Segovia, Josue, Brownsville Porter, 1:03.00. 10, Jasso Garza, Francisco J, Brownsville Porter, 1:03.99. 11, Garza, Andres, PSJA Memorial, 1:05.51. 12, Roman, Rodriguez, Brownsville Porter, 1:07.35. 13, Ibarra, Marco, Brownsville Pace, 1:09.84. 14, Cerecedo, Jonathan, PSJA Southwest, 1:10.60. 15, Ledezma, Alejandro, Brownsville Porter, 1:12.01. 16, Cantu, Maximiliano, Brownsville Pace, 1:12.55. 17, Alegria, Erick, Brownsville Pace, 1:12.61. 18, Teran, Christopher, Brownsville Pace, 1:19.99. –, Rodriguez, Nino, Brownsville Lopez, DQ.
Girls 500 Freestyle
1, Chapa, Daniela, Brownsville Veterans, 5:58.70. 2, Meza, Carolina, Brownsville Veterans, 6:25.55. 3, Garcia, Maricela, PSJA Memorial, 7:22.39. 4, Ramos, Karla, PSJA Southwest, 7:47.05. 5, Gonzalez, Abrianna, Brownsville Veterans, 7:59.27. 6, Ramirez, Esmeralda, Brownsville Lopez, 9:34.24. 7, Granado, Vivian, Brownsville Lopez, 9:48.91. 8, Maldonado, Karina, Brownsville Lopez, 10:13.86. 9, Quiroz, Karla, Brownsville Lopez, 10:14.49.
Boys 500 Freestyle
1, Velasquez, Issac, PSJA Southwest, 5:05.80. 2, Uria, Mauricio, PSJA Southwest, 5:53.17. 3, Vasquez, Jose, PSJA Memorial, 6:35.64. 4, Sweeney, Seth, Brownsville Veterans, 6:46.49. 5, Castillo, Pedro, PSJA Southwest, 6:49.93. 6, Vieyra, Jesus, Brownsville Lopez, 6:56.77. 7, Majarraz, Galiguer, Brownsville Veterans, 6:57.84. 8, Gonzalez, Luis, Brownsville Lopez, 7:06.37. 9, Mendoza, Hector, PSJA Southwest, 7:23.91. 10, Macias, Juan, Brownsville Lopez, 7:33.20. 11, Ramirez, Bryan, Brownsville Lopez, 8:41.41.
Girls 200 Freestyle Relay
1, Brownsville Veterans A (Errizuriz, Kaedee 9, Lua Rodriguez, Katia 11, Ayala, Leslie 12, Chapa, Daniela 11), 1:56.54. 2, Brownsville Pace A (Gonzalez, Allison 10, De La Hoz, Amy 12, Hernandez-Guevara, Karina 12, Garza Garcia, Diana 12), 2:17.87. 3, Brownsville Porter A (Lopez, Jennifer M 11, Perez, Evelyn A 12, Salazar, Marianna A 12, Cabrera, Jocelyn 10), 2:23.32. 4, PSJA Southwest A (Solis, Valeria 9, Vasquez, Jasmine 12, Gomez, Daniela 10, Ramos, Karla 10), 2:28.91. 5, Brownsville Lopez A (Almazan, Hailey 11, Gomez, Samantha 12, Rodriguez, Lesly 9, Hernandez, Karmen 11), 2:31.98. –, PSJA Memorial A (Cordero, Amanda 9, Trevino, Vanity E 10, Espinoza, Biance 9, Garcia, Adriana 10), DQ.
Boys 200 Freestyle Relay
1, PSJA Southwest A (Lopez, Fabian 12, Padron, Carlos 12, Salas-Garcia, Jorge 10, Velasquez, Issac 10), 1:36.58. 2, Brownsville Veterans A (Rodriguez, Adrian 11, DeLeon, Jeremy 10, Gomez, Ryan 12, Gonzalez, Diego 10), 1:38.93. 3, PSJA Memorial A (Pedraza, Anthony, Garza, Andres 9, Vasquez, Jose 9, Rodriguez, Heriberto 10), 1:46.35. 4, Brownsville Pace A (Cantu, Maximiliano 11, Del Valle Guzman, Jesus 10, Huerta-Vela, Heriberto 11, Ibarra, Marco 11), 1:58.60. 5, Brownsville Lopez A (Irizarry, Angel 12, Gonzalez, Luis 12, Rodriguez, Nino 10, Ruiz, Sergio 12), 1:59.22. 6, Brownsville Porter A (Castro Segovia, Josue 11, Martinez, Iker 10, Ledezma, Alejandro 11, Jasso Garza, Francisco J 12), 1:59.37.
Girls 100 Backstroke
1, Salinas, Carolina, PSJA Memorial, 1:17.54. 2, Ayala, Leslie, Brownsville Veterans, 1:20.46. 3, Ramos, Karla, PSJA Southwest, 1:29.16. 4, Rodriguez, Leah, Brownsville Veterans, 1:30.10. 5, Garcia, Damari, Brownsville Veterans, 1:33.74. 6, Gonzalez, Frida, Brownsville Lopez, 1:34.38. 7, Torres, Dalila, Brownsville Porter, 1:37.17. 8, Almazan, Hailey, Brownsville Lopez, 1:39.02. 9, Garcia, Adriana, PSJA Memorial, 1:43.25. 10, Covarrubias, Esmeralda, Brownsville Lopez, 1:45.69. 11, Gomez, Samantha, Brownsville Lopez, 1:52.62.
Boys 100 Backstroke
1, Garcia, Javier, Brownsville Veterans, 1:02.98. 2, Brownsville Lopez, Fabian, PSJA Southwest, 1:04.32. 3, Delgado, Raul, Brownsville Lopez, 1:06.22. 4, Ruiz, Sergio, Brownsville Lopez, 1:16.80. 5, Garza, Andres, PSJA Memorial, 1:19.97. 6, Huerta-Vela, Heriberto, Brownsville Pace, 1:27.35. 7, Mendoza, Hector, PSJA Southwest, 1:33.05. 8, Ramirez, Bryan, Brownsville Lopez, 1:36.04. 9, Rodriguez, Nino, Brownsville Lopez, 1:37.32. –, Lerma, Eduardo C, Brownsville Porter, DQ. –, Castillo, Pedro, PSJA Southwest, DQ.
Girls 100 Breaststroke
1, Lua Rodriguez, Karime, Brownsville Veterans, 1:24.60. 2, Espinoza, Biance, PSJA Memorial, 1:35.92. 3, Gutierrez Mijangos, Sara M, Brownsville Porter, 1:37.33. 4, Rodriguez, Lesly, Brownsville Lopez, 1:43.22. 5, Duran, Viancy, Brownsville Lopez, 1:48.36. 6, Gomez, Daniela, PSJA Southwest, 1:57.52. 7, Perez, Evelyn A, Brownsville Porter, 2:08.69.
Boys 100 Breaststroke
1, Uria, Rodrigo, PSJA Southwest, 1:06.78. 2, Salas-Garcia, Jorge, PSJA Southwest, 1:12.76. 3, Rodriguez-Lua, Martin, Brownsville Veterans, 1:16.04. 4, Gomez, Ryan, Brownsville Veterans, 1:18.70. 5, Campa, Osvaldo, Brownsville Veterans, 1:19.39. 6, Majarraz, Galiguer, Brownsville Veterans, 1:24.90. 7, Lucio, Ricardo, Brownsville Porter, 1:32.97. 8, Tovar, Diego, Brownsville Lopez, 1:44.58. 9, Irizarry, Angel, Brownsville Lopez, 1:50.87.
Girls 400 Freestyle Relay
1, Brownsville Veterans A (Chapa, Daniela 11, Lua Rodriguez, Katia 11, Meza, Carolina 9, Errizuriz, Kaedee 9), 4:09.19. 2, PSJA Memorial A (Salinas, Gianna, Cordero, Amanda 9, Garcia, Maricela, Salinas, Carolina 9), 4:46.56. 3, Brownsville Porter A (Cabrera, Jocelyn 10, Soza, Naydeline 10, Torres, Dalila 11, Gutierrez Mijangos, Sara M 12), 5:13.45. –, Brownsville Lopez A (Gonzalez, Frida 9, Espinoza, Cecilia 10, Duran, Viancy 10, Hernandez, Karmen 11), DQ.
Boys 400 Freestyle Relay
1, Brownsville Veterans A (Garcia, Javier 12, Borsani, Kevin 11, Rodriguez, Adrian 11, Gonzalez, Diego 10), 3:33.32. 2, PSJA Southwest A (Uria, Mauricio 10, Padron, Carlos 12, Uria, Rodrigo 10, Velasquez, Issac 10), 3:34.24. 3, Brownsville Lopez A (Delgado, Raul 11, Gonzalez, Luis 12, Vieyra, Jesus 11, Ruiz, Sergio 12), 4:14.69. 4, Brownsville Porter A (Jasso Garza, Francisco J 12, Garza, Hector 10, Ledezma, Alejandro 11, Roman, Rodriguez 12), 4:31.41. 5, Brownsville Pace A (Cantu, Maximiliano 11, Del Valle Guzman, Jesus 10, Huerta-Vela, Heriberto 11, Ibarra, Marco 11), 4:47.94.