Langham Creek High School Athletic Booster Club

LOBO swimmers set three new Langham Creek records at the 2012 Region 5 5A Swimming Championships and returned home with two gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze. The two-day swim meet was held at the University of Houston. Freshman Ashley Johnson won gold in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 56.53. Johnson set a new school record in this event, breaking the old record time of 57.63 set by Rachel Olson in 2010. In the 50 Freestyle, Johnson swam a 24.02 and brought home silver, breaking the long-standing old school record of 24.28 set by Kylie Williams in 1997. Senior John Eno won gold in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:33.86. Eno set a new school record in this event, breaking Andrew Keily’s 2009 record time of 4:33.99. In the 200 Freestyle, Eno brought home a silver medal, finishing with a time of 1:42.09. Sophomore Austin Van Overdam came away with the bronze medal in the 100 Backstroke, finishing with a time of 52.46. In the 100 Butterfly, Van Overdam placed fourth at the meet with a time of 52.55. Sophomore Maddie Tiffin placed eighth in the 200 Freestyle, with a time of 2:00.63. In the 500 Freestyle, Tiffin placed eleventh with a time of 5:18.51. Sophomore Ann Folker placed ninth in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:09.50. Other LOBO swimmers competing at the 2012 Regions in relay events were Senior Amanda Cantu, Senior Renee Jordan, Senior Tyler Jones, Junior Aljay Tan, Sophomore Hannah Hickey, and Freshman Jack Sullivan. The top-finisher for Langham Creek in the women’s relay events was the ninth-place finish of the 4×50 freestyle relay team of Cantu, Hickey, Tiffin, and Johnson. The top-finisher for Langham Creek in the men’s relay events was the eleventh-place finish of the 4×50 medley relay team of Jones, Van Overdam, Eno, and Tan. Congratulations to the entire LOBO Regions Swim Team for a great showing at Regions!

LOBOS FINISH FIRST PLACE IN TEN OF THE INDIV. & RELAY EVENTS!!!

AT THE SWIMMING AND DIVING MEET THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST CY WOODS, CY SPRINGS, AND JERSEY VILLAGE, THE LOBOS FINISHED FIRST-PLACE IN TEN OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND RELAY EVENTS. It was in the individual swimming events that the LOBOS performed so well, finishing first in significantly more of these events than any of the other teams at the meet. The LOBOS stacked up nine individual first-place finishes as compared to four each by Cy Woods and Cy Springs, and only one by Jersey Village. For the second meet in a row, the following three LOBOS won both of their individual events: John Eno (100 Free and 100 Back), Ashley Johnson (200 IM and 500 Free), and Austin VanOverdam (50 Free and 100 Breast). The LOBOS swept the deck in the 50 Free and 100 Breast — in addition to Austin’s wins for the Boys, Maddie Tiffin and Ann Folker placed first for the Girls in the 50 Free and 100 Breast, respectively. Cheered on by her teammates, Ann swam a personal best time that qualifies her to compete for the first time at the TISCA Gulf Coast Championships. In the Boys Individual 200 Free, the LOBOS took both first and second places — Mauricio Ravines won the race, and Aljay Tan beat out another swimmer from Cy Springs to grab second place. Also with a second-place finish in an individual event were Maddie Tiffin (200 Free), Aljay Tan (200 Free), Amanda Cantu (100 Fly), and Jeff Applebach (500 Free). In the relay events, the LOBOS came away with one win for the evening, and it was by the Boys 200 Medley Relay Team comprised of Jack Sullivan, Austin VanOverdam, John Eno, and Aljay Tan. The LOBO Boys 200 Free Relay Team (John Eno, Tyler Jones, Aljay Tan, and Austin VanOverdam) finished second place, loosing a close race to Cy Woods. Overall, the LOBO Boys placed second at the meet, and the LOBO Girls, third.

Qualifying to compete in the swimming preliminaries of the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Gulf Coast Championship are John Eno, Ann Folker, Ashley Johnson, Aljay Tan, Maddie Tiffin, and Austin VanOverdam. The eight fastest swimmers from the preliminaries in each event will qualify for the championship finals. The next eight fastest in each event will qualify for the consolation finals. All events will take place at the Conroe ISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas. Prelims start at 8:45 AM on Friday, November 18. Finals are the next day, Saturday, beginning at 8:45 AM.

At Tuesday’s swim meet against Cy Creek and Cy Falls, the LOBOS came away with thirteen first- or second-place finishes in the individual and relay events of the evening. The LOBOS placed third at the meet overall.

LOBOS practicing the motto “swim to win” by winning both of their individual events were Ashley Johnson (50 Free and 100 Free), Austin VanOverdam (100 Fly and 100 Back), and John Eno (200 IM and 500 Free). Also winning an individual event was Aljay Tan in an exciting 50 Free where the top three finishers were separated by hundredths of a second. In addition to her first-place finish in the 500 Free, Amanda Cantu placed second in the 100 Fly. Also with second place finishes were Hannah Hickey (200 Free) and Ann Folker (100 Breast).

The LOBOS caused a lot of noise with two close relay finishes by the Boys. The 200 Medley Relay Team of Jack Sullivan, Austin VanOverdam, John Eno, and Aljay Tan opened the evening with a second-place finish in a close race, out-touching Cy Creek. Later in the evening, the 200 Free Relay Team of Aljay Tan, Michael Devine, Austin VanOverdam, and John Eno won first place, beating this time Cy Falls by a tenth of a second.

The Girls finished second place by a comfortable margin in all three of their relays. Relay team members were Hannah Hickey (200 Medley and 200 Free), Ashley Johnson (200 Medley and 200 Free), Amanda Cantu (200 Medley and 400 Free), Renee Jordan (200 Medley and 200 Free), Maddie Tiffin (200 Free and 400 Free), Ann Folker (400 Free), and Alexandria Herrera (400 Free).

Another noteworthy performance of the evening was by newcomer, Rey Laurencio. Despite being new to the sport, he finished in the 100 Free with a personal best time of 58.64.

Mary Bunevich
Head Swim Coach

NEXT WEEK IN LOBOS SWIMMING:

Tues., Oct 25 — LOBOS vs. Cy Creek vs. Cy Falls @ Cy Falls — 6:00 PM — Varsity and JV Combined.

Come out and support the LOBOS at their first meet of the season! Come enjoy the rivalry as our LOBOS Boys and Girls challenge the tough competition from Cy Creek, last year’s District Champions.

Thanks, Debra Eno