El Campo swimming back in action against Victoria

L-N Photos by Kris Bagley Water 'Birds El Campo swimmers took to the water Thursday against Victoria Memorial. Matthew Hamman (above) rips through the boys 100-yard freestyle. Blythe Nava (above, right) presses through the girls 100-yard butterfly.

El Campo swimming is under way and the Ricebirds hit the water Thursday to take on the Victoria Memorial Vipers at the El Campo Aquatic Center.

Partly due to several sports deep in their respective seasons, Victoria's swim team outnumbered El Campo, but still the Ricebirds had a strong meet.

Several members of the El Campo swim team earned top finishes while the crowd at the ECAC cheered on both teams.

El Campo finished second in both boys and girls overall team standings, but several EC swimmers earned high individual times throughout the night.

Following is a list of El Campo's results, the girls team first, in order of Thursday's events.

Girls

Final Team Scores 1. Victoria Memorial, 127; 2. El Campo, 90

200-Yard Medley Relay

1. El Campo (Randi McClure, Hailey O'Briant, Blythe Nava, Meredith Bard), 2:13.20; 3. El Campo (Sarah Rowland, Maci Lilie, Kristi Galow, Megan Treadwell), 2:48.49.

200-Yard Freestyle 2. Galow, 2:41.58; 4. Lilie, 3:38.16.

50-Yard Freestyle

1. Bard, 27.54; 3. Nava, 28.28; 4. McClure, 29.00; 6. Rowland, 34.79.

100-Yard Butterfly 2. Nava, 1:13.44.

100-Yard Freestyle

2. McClure, 1:03.90; 3. O'Briant, 1:04.00; 5. Rowland, 1:23.56. 200-Yard Freestyle Relay

1. El Campo (Bard, McClure, O'Briant, Nava), 1:54.68; 4. El Campo (Rowland, Lilie, Treadwell, Galow), 1:21.32.

100-Yard Backstroke

1. Bard, 1:15.58; 3. Galow, 1:22.87.

100-Yard Breaststroke 3. O'Briant, 1:27.67.

Boys Final Team Scores

1. Victoria Memorial, 125; 2. El Campo, 16

50-Yard Freestyle

3. Matthew Hamman, 28.12; 4. Colton Cornelius, 29.61.

100-Yard Freestyle

4. Hamman, 1:05.30; 5. Cornelius, 1:15.04.