Congrats, Collin!

Collin is currently a sophomore at Jersey Village High School (JVHS) and he is an active swimmer on the varsity swim team. The team is mostly seniors, and they've done such a great job that they actually had a shot to make the regionals this year. Unfortunately, on the eve of the regional qualifying swim meet one of the team's best swimmers flunked out of one of his classes, thus disqualifying him to compete in the 4-man relay event. Collin stepped up and swam in his place and to everyone's delight, he did awesome! His participation in the relay allowed the team to qualify for regionals.

At the regional preliminary meet, the swim team needed one of the top 8 race times in order to make it to the finals. Again, Collin stepped in and swam for the missing guy. They were so disappointed when they got 9th place...but then they learned that one of the top 8 teams was disqualified, so JVHS had officially made the finals!!

By the date of the regional finals, the flunked-out senior was back and able to compete again. So the 4-man relay competed in the finals without Collin, and the team just learned this weekend that they swam with a state-qualifying time! So, the JVHS swim team is headed to Austin later this month to compete in the state competition! Even though Collin will only get to attend as an alternate, he still gets to attend (and miss school - a big perk) and he can take great pride in the fact that his participation allowed the team to make it this far. We are so proud of him!


Here's a picture of the girls and guys on the JVHS swim team before the regionals.


Here's Collin and his teammates with their medals from the regional qualifying meet.