Girls Swimming

- Alanis finishes 12th in 4A diving
- AUSTIN — La Joya Juarez-Lincoln’s Adrian Alanis finished in 12th place Saturday in the Class 4A state swimming and diving meet. In 5A, Mission High’s Ruben Alvarado placed 13th, giving them the two highest finishes for the Valley th... Full story

- No Valley swimmers advance to 'A' final
- AUSTIN — No Rio Grande Valley swimmers qualified Friday for the ‘A’ finals at the Class 5A UIL state swimming and diving meet in Austin.
McAllen Memorial’s Juan Rocha de Murga entered the boys 50-yard freestyle ranked in the ... Full story

- Rio Grande Valley swimmers head to Austin
- Bryan Read
- Pressure comes in many different forms.
Ranked eighth among Class 5A boys, McAllen Memorial’s Juan Rocha de Murga is feeling it as he chases a top eight spot among University Interscholastic League state swimming & diving competitors in th... Full story

- Rocha de Murga carries high hopes to state swimming meet
- Brian Sandalow
- McALLEN — McAllen Memorial junior Juan Rocha de Murga knows the history. He knows that when Valley kids go to the state swimming meet the result is usually the same, that they usually end up in the bottom half of the results.
Not only does he ... Full story

- Hanna’s Castillo, Jimenez going back to state meet
- Roy Hess
- Making a trip to the UIL state meet in Austin has become an annual event for Hanna’s Natalie Castillo and Kelley Jimenez.
Castillo is a senior who will compete in the 100 butterfly and Jimenez is a junior diver. Castillo is making her fourth t... Full story

- St. Joseph relay team takes third at state
- The Brownsville Herald
- St. Joseph coach Danny Euresti told his 400 freestyle relay team that they had to rise to the occasion.
And that’s exactly what they did.
The foursome of Luis Valencia, Daniel Burguete, Danny Euresti Jr. and Edgar Garcia came in third place i... Full story

- SJA swimmers take high expectations to TAPPS state meet
- Roy Hess
- St. Joseph Academy coach Daniel Euresti has high hopes for the group of 12 swimmers he is taking to the TAPPS state meet today in San Antonio.
“In the five years that I’ve been there (as coach), this is the fastest group we’ve had,... Full story

- Swimming & Diving Notebook: Hanna state qualifiers go to work
- Todd Orodenker
- The plan for the Hanna Golden Eagles is simple over the next two weeks.
They will go to work.
“We need to continue trying to swim our best,” Hanna coach Sam Perez said.
Hanna’s girls team came in second Saturday at the Region VII... Full story

- Mustangs win fifth straight regional crown
- Todd Orodenker
- Make that five in a row for the McAllen Memorial boys.
The Mustangs won their fifth consecutive regional title with a dominating afternoon of swimming at the Region VIII-5A meet Saturday at Margaret M. Clark Aquatic Center.
Corpus Christi King clai... Full story

- Season hitting crescendo at regional swimming meets
- Brian Sandalow
- Sam Perez is in his first season as Brownsville Hanna’s head swimming coach. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know the layout of South Texas swimming.
He knows that the McAllen Memorial boys will be a tough team to beat, and that d... Full story