Lions Sports Update 12/17
Swimming
This past Friday and Saturday our Varsity Swim Team sent 13 athletes to compete in the 5 A TISCA Invitational, swimming against teams from North Texas. All our swimmers performed at a high level on Friday in the Preliminaries and all of them qualified for the Finals on Saturday. After a great showing and incredible swims, our guys won the entire meet, accumulating 427 points. There were 31 boys teams scoring, and the second place team scored 240 points. Here are some details:
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This past Friday and Saturday our Varsity Swim Team sent 13 athletes to compete in the 5 A TISCA Invitational, swimming against teams from North Texas. All our swimmers performed at a high level on Friday in the Preliminaries and all of them qualified for the Finals on Saturday. After a great showing and incredible swims, our guys won the entire meet, accumulating 427 points. There were 31 boys teams scoring, and the second place team scored 240 points. Here are some details:
- 200 Medley Relay “A” – Ben Hurst ’18, Jacob Hum ’17, Ethan Pittson ’18, and Kevin Kim ’16 – 2nd place
- 200 Medley Relay “B” – Andrew Lin ’17, Ed Ro ’18, Alan Jiang ’18, and Matthew Yang ’17 – 7th place
- 200 Free – Ward Rushton ’16 – 9th
- 200 IM – Jacob Hum – 3rd; Ed Ro – 8th; Ethan Pittson – 14th
- 50 Free – Eric Li ’16 – 1st with NEW SCHOOL RECORD – 21.20
- 50 Free – Kevin Kim – 2nd; Ben Hurst – 6th; Kevin Wu ’16 – 9th
- 100 Fly – Ethan Pittson – 13th; Alan Jiang – 16th
- 100 Free – Kevin Kim – 1st
- 100 Free – Ward Rushton – 3rd; Ben Hurst – 6th; Matthew Yang – 7th; Kevin Wu – 9th
- 500 Free – Alan Jiang – 5th
- 200 Free Relay “A” – Kevin Wu, Ward Rushton, Jacob Hum, and Eric Li – 1st; NEW MEET RECORD; 1:27.94
- 200 Free Relay “B” – Matthew Yang, Ethan Pittson, Ed Ro, and Ben Hurst – 4th
- 100 Back – Matthew Yang – 8th
- 100 Breast stroke – Jacob Hum – 1st; NEW MEET RECORD; 59.02
- 100 Breast stroke – Eric Li – 3rd; Ed Ro – 4th
- 400 Free Relay “A” – Kevin Wu, Ward Ruston, Kevin Kim, and Eric Li – 1st; NEW MEET RECORD AND NEW SCHOOL RECORD; 3:12.74
- 400 Free Relay “B” – Easton Honaker ’17, Philip Montgomery ’16, Alan Jiang, and Andrew Lin – 12th
Basketball
The Varsity Basketball team competed in two games last week. On Tuesday, the Anglican Church Grammar School from Brisbane, Australia made a special appearance in Hicks Gym. This year marks the 3rd bi-annual visit “Churchie” has made to St. Mark’s. Twenty-seven players stayed two nights with St. Mark’s host families and spent time taking in the sights around the metroplex. On the court, Churchie proved to be quite a unique matchup. The pace of the game was very fast, and the halftime score looked like many of our end-of-game scores, 47-41. In the second half, however, the Lions ended the game with a 87-67 victory. On Friday night, the Lions traveled to Faith Family. St. Mark’s relinquished a late lead and lost in overtime. This week, St. Mark’s plays three games – Tuesday at Irving Nimitz (7:30pm), Friday at Highland Park (4:00pm), and Saturday at Decatur (1:00pm).
The Varsity Basketball team competed in two games last week. On Tuesday, the Anglican Church Grammar School from Brisbane, Australia made a special appearance in Hicks Gym. This year marks the 3rd bi-annual visit “Churchie” has made to St. Mark’s. Twenty-seven players stayed two nights with St. Mark’s host families and spent time taking in the sights around the metroplex. On the court, Churchie proved to be quite a unique matchup. The pace of the game was very fast, and the halftime score looked like many of our end-of-game scores, 47-41. In the second half, however, the Lions ended the game with a 87-67 victory. On Friday night, the Lions traveled to Faith Family. St. Mark’s relinquished a late lead and lost in overtime. This week, St. Mark’s plays three games – Tuesday at Irving Nimitz (7:30pm), Friday at Highland Park (4:00pm), and Saturday at Decatur (1:00pm).
Soccer
The Varsity Soccer team hosted Casady (OKC) last Friday night in a non-counter game. The match was competitive with both teams creating several scoring opportunities that required crucial saves from the goalkeepers at both ends. Although possession vacillated thoughout, each team produced extended periods of possession but solid defense in the second half ensured that neither team would earn the game winner. On Monday night, the Lions played Ft. Worth Country Day in another SPC non-counter. The team started well, dictating the speed of play from the opening kickoff that lead to a second minute goal by Nolan Jenevein ’17. Sam Eichenwald ’16 tended the net confidently while Cam Lam ’16, Corday Cruz ’17, Teddy Koudelka ’17, Grant Brooks ’17, and Will Diamond ’16 tightened their defense to deny FWCD and scoring opportunities. The first half ended with the Lion’s crowning moment of the match: an adept combination play that saw several players work the ball quickly up the right flank producing a left-footed goal on the far right post by Kabeer Singh ’18 when he finished Alex Sanchez ‘16 crossed from Graham Gillespie ’16 well-weighted through ball. Shortly into the second half, Arjun Singh’18 at a run which resulted in a foul. Alex Sanchez deftly slotted his penalty kick past the Country Day keeper. Twenty minutes form full time, Daniel Chavez ’17 assisted Charlie O’Brien ’16 whose decisive strike finished the evenings scoring. Lions 4 – FWCD 0. The team plays again on Thursday at Greenhill (7:00 p.m.).
The Varsity Soccer team hosted Casady (OKC) last Friday night in a non-counter game. The match was competitive with both teams creating several scoring opportunities that required crucial saves from the goalkeepers at both ends. Although possession vacillated thoughout, each team produced extended periods of possession but solid defense in the second half ensured that neither team would earn the game winner. On Monday night, the Lions played Ft. Worth Country Day in another SPC non-counter. The team started well, dictating the speed of play from the opening kickoff that lead to a second minute goal by Nolan Jenevein ’17. Sam Eichenwald ’16 tended the net confidently while Cam Lam ’16, Corday Cruz ’17, Teddy Koudelka ’17, Grant Brooks ’17, and Will Diamond ’16 tightened their defense to deny FWCD and scoring opportunities. The first half ended with the Lion’s crowning moment of the match: an adept combination play that saw several players work the ball quickly up the right flank producing a left-footed goal on the far right post by Kabeer Singh ’18 when he finished Alex Sanchez ‘16 crossed from Graham Gillespie ’16 well-weighted through ball. Shortly into the second half, Arjun Singh’18 at a run which resulted in a foul. Alex Sanchez deftly slotted his penalty kick past the Country Day keeper. Twenty minutes form full time, Daniel Chavez ’17 assisted Charlie O’Brien ’16 whose decisive strike finished the evenings scoring. Lions 4 – FWCD 0. The team plays again on Thursday at Greenhill (7:00 p.m.).
Wrestling
The Varsity Wrestling team hosted the Lone Star Pool Tournament this Saturday. With 11 very capable schools competing, the Lions finished in 5th place. Individual finishers were: Tucker Ribman ’18 (1st @ 126 lbs), Will Wood ’18 (2nd @ 106 lbs), Bryce Blinn ’17 (3rd @ 160 lbs), Eli Ware ’17 (4th @ 152 lbs), Orlin Zare (5th @ 170 lbs), Zachary Gilstrap’18 (6th @ 220 lbs), Rob Crow ’17 (7th @ 132 lbs), and Sam Sanchez ’18 (8th @ 145 lbs).
The Varsity Wrestling team hosted the Lone Star Pool Tournament this Saturday. With 11 very capable schools competing, the Lions finished in 5th place. Individual finishers were: Tucker Ribman ’18 (1st @ 126 lbs), Will Wood ’18 (2nd @ 106 lbs), Bryce Blinn ’17 (3rd @ 160 lbs), Eli Ware ’17 (4th @ 152 lbs), Orlin Zare (5th @ 170 lbs), Zachary Gilstrap’18 (6th @ 220 lbs), Rob Crow ’17 (7th @ 132 lbs), and Sam Sanchez ’18 (8th @ 145 lbs).
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Dallas, Texas 75230
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214-346-8000
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St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
