By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
Texas high schools competed at their district championship meets the last two weekends of January.
The Texas high school season spans from October through February, but regardless of how fast swimmers go during the season, the last two meets before State are the only way to qualify. Districts is the first of the two meets. The University Interscholastic League (Texas High School athletics governing body) splits the 6A schools in Texas into 32 different districts which make up eight regions. 5A schools are broken up the same way.
The top six finishers in each event at the district meet qualify for the regional meet. At regionals, the top two swimmers in each event move on to state. After all the regional meets are completed, the meet results are combined, and the next eight fastest performances in each event also earn their spot at state. This means whatever a swimmer competes in at districts, they must race at regionals and state.
Men’s Recap:
Maximus Williamson, our number one recruit for the class of 2025 is the biggest name out of this year’s Texas seniors, and he showed that this weekend. Williamson, a Virginia commit, attends Keller High School, which is in District 4.
He chose a different lineup from last year, swimming the 100 and 200 freestyle events. Last year he swam the 200 IM, which he holds the state and NAG record in, and the 100 back, which he also has the state record in.
He easily won both of his events at Districts, qualifying for regionals. He went 44.06 in the 100 and 1:37.55 in the 200. Both times were adds for him, as he has been 41.84 in the 100 and 1:31.37 in the 200. The State Record in the 200 freestyle belongs to Jack LeVant at 1:34.69 from last year’s state meet. The 100 freestyle is Williamson’s at 42.75 from 2023.
Williamson will swim both events again at the Region 1-6A meet on February 7th and 8th to qualify for State.
Other Top-5 Texas Recruits:
Jack Armour, Notre Dame- Armour did not make our recruit ranking for this year’s class, but he has had a breakout season, dropping to 1:43.34 in the 200 IM and 51.86 in the 100 breaststroke to become the 2nd ranking recruit in Texas. He won both of these events at the District 9-5A meet, going 1:54.94 in the 200 IM and 55.17 in the 100 breast Bucky Gettys, Texas A&M- Gettys was an Honorable Mention on our class of 2025 rankings for his distance freestyle skills. He swam the 200 and 500 freestyles at the District 20-6A meet. He finished 2nd in the 200 at 1:42.01 and 4:39.36 in the 500. Alejandro Michelena, Texas A&M- Michelena is a butterfly specialist who made our BOTR list in the 200 butterfly. He chose not to swim butterfly, and instead swam the 50 (20.42) and 100 freestyles (44.33), easily winning both. John Simmons, Texas A&M- Simmons did not appear on any of our 2025 rankings, but he has also had a very good senior season. At the District 21-6A meet, he was yet another 200 freestyler, coming in at 1:36.38 (actually faster than Williamson’s time) to win. He also won the 100 back in a new personal best of 46.99High-Placing 2024 State Finishers:
Tyler Grafmiller, Uncommitted 2025: Grafmiller tied for 2nd at the 2024 6A state mee tin the 50 free. At the District 21-6A meet, he swam the 50 free in 20.71 and the 100 free in 45.36 to take the win in both. Raphael Wang, Duke 2025: Wang was one of our BOTR recruits for 2025 thanks to his breaststroke skill. He finished 2nd in the 100 breast at last year’s meet. This year he swam the 100 breast and the 200 IM. In the 100 breast he went 55.27 for the win, and he won the 200 IM in 1:49.95. Riccardo Osio, USC 2025: Osio finished 2nd in the 100 fly. This year, he swam the 100 fly and 50 free at the District 4-6A meet for Keller. He won both of the events, swimming 21.60 in the 50 free and 49.82 in the 100 fly.Women’s Recap:
Grace Rabb is the top girl’s recruit out of Texas, coming in at number six on our 2025 rankings. Rabb recently made the move to Texas, making this her first Texas high school season. She swims at Dripping Springs High School in District just outside of Austin, Texas. At her district meet, she swam the 200 IM (1:59.27) and the 100 back (53.88). Neither of these were best times for Rabb, who will be joining the University of Florida in the fall.
Other Top-5 Texas 2025 Recruits:
Avery Collins, Texas- Collins was one of our BOTR recruits for the class, thanks to her breaststroke and IM prowess. She swims for Keller High School, and at the District 4-6A championships she swam the 100 breast (1:02.50) and the 200 IM (2:04.04). She finished 1st in the 200 IM, and third in the 100 breast. The other swimmers who beat her were both Keller seniors as well. Ella McWhorter, who is committed to Texas A&M, won the event in 1:01.94, and Ellen Garritson, Aransas commit, placed 2nd in 1:02.30. Keller’s 400 freestyle relay was DQd, meaning they will not get a chance to defend their 3rd place finish from last year. Montse Spielmann, Michigan- Another BOTR recruit, Montse Spielmann is the 3rd ranked recruit out of Texas. At the District 28-6A Championships, Spielmann won the 200 free (1:49.58) and the 100 fly (53.94). This is the same lineup she swam at last year’s state meet, and will give the opportunity to defend her 100 fly state title from last year. KK Leblanc, Ohio State- Leblanc is another BOTR recruit, making her way onto the sprint freestyle portion of our list. She swims for Friendswood High School in District 18-5A. She swam the 100 and 200 freestyle events, coming in at 49.86 in the 100 and 1:49.04 in the 200, easily winning both. Ella Mongenel, Texas- Mongenel did not make our 2025 recruit rankings, but she has dropped quite a bit of time this season, particularly in her sprint freestyle events. She swam at the District 24-5A meet for Cedar Park High School, and she competed in the 50 (23.48) and 100 free events, winning both (51.70)High-Placing 2024 State Finishers:
Natalie Schneider, Texas A&M 2026- Schneider is another Keller High School swimmer, and she finished 2nd in the 50 free at last year’s state meet as a sophomore. At her District 4-6A meet, she swam the 50 free, finishing 2nd in 23.86 and the 100 free, coming in 3rd at 51.79. Marin Clem, Georgia 2025- Clem made our BOTR rankings as a sprint freestyler. At last year’s state meet, she finished 3rd in the 50 free and she won the 100 free. This year, she swam both of these events again at the District 4-6A meet, swimming 23.08 in the 50 and 51.21 in the 100.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Maximus Williamson Opts for 100/200 Free for Texas High School Championship Season
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