Our Swim and Dive teams had an outstanding weekend of swimming at the UIL 5A State Championships. The Girl's Team placed 3rd in the State! The Boy's Team WON the meet and brought home Walnut Grove's first ever State Title! Our athletes made history this weekend and had a lot of fun together. The memories created this weekend will last a lifetime.

State Medalists:

Morgan Farlow: State Champion - 200 Individual Medley & 500 Freestyle

Grayden Barker: State Champion - 100 Butterfly & 500 Freestyle

Nathaniel Washburn: 3rd Place - 500 Freestyle

Ella Glass, Paige Pala, Mychal Morabito, Morgan Farlow: 2nd Place - 200 Medley Relay

Mychal Morabito, Amy Pala, Morgan Farlow, Ella Glass: 3rd Place - 400 Freestyle Relay

State Finalists:

Carter Ranc: 200 Individual Medley (9th), 100 Backstroke (10th), 200 Freestyle Relay (4th), 400 Freestyle Relay (5th)

Will McWard: 50 Freestyle(9th), 100 Butterfly (15th), 200 Freestyle Relay (4th), 400 Freestyle Relay (5th)

Joey Kerkman: 200 Freestyle (9th), 500 Freestyle (5th), 200 Freestyle Relay (4th), 400 Freestyle Relay (5th)

Justin Bunker: 1m Diving (8th)

Ella Glass: 50 Freestyle (6th), 100 Backstroke (7th)

Mychal Morabito: 200 Individual Medley (7th), 100 Butterfly (14th)

Paige Pala: 100 Breaststroke (6th), 200 Freestyle Relay (15th)

Makenzie Stewart: 200 Freestyle Relay (15th)

Anna Weinheimer: 200 Freestyle Relay (15th)

Amy Pala: 200 Freestyle Relay (15th)

State Preliminary Competitors:

Amy Pala: 200 Freestyle (19th), 100 Butterfly (20th)

Anthony Aguilar: 200 Medley Relay (23rd)

Yousuff Aliev: 200 Medley Relay (23rd)

Bo Feng: 200 Medley Relay (23rd)

Max King: 200 Medley Relay (23rd)

Braden Vach: 1m Diving (21st)

Additional State Qualifiers:

Jake Bakian, Benji Ginalick, Bodhi Dewitt, John Paul Reid Duran, Jaquelyn Bezanilla, Olivia Cook (also represented Grove Media), Alexis Ginalick, and Isabella Uber

We are so thrilled for our student-athletes. They are THE STANDARD!