Jesuit Swimming and Diving dominated the UIL District 7-6A Championships that were held on January 31st at the Alfred J. Loos Aquatic Center. The Rangers scored 253 points to finish ahead of JJ Pearce (111), Richardson (61), Lake Highlands (46), Irving (18), Irving Macarthur (18), and Berkner (18). As a result of this dominant performance, Jesuit will send almost its entire 22-man squad to the Region 2-6A Championships, which will be held on February 7-8th at Lewisville ISD’s Westside Aquatic Center. In addition, Head Coach Doug Moyse took home District Coach of the Meet Honors.
District Champions
200 Medley Relay
Women: JJ Pearce (Olivia Grossman, Lily Ruth Scott, Grace Belknap, Khaila Murugan)
Men: Jesuit Dallas (Flyn Hughes, Grant Wilton, Drew Shippey, Jackson Addison-Jordan)
This event by far gave the Rangers the most concern heading into the meet. Coming into the meet, JJ Pearce was seeded only a second behind the Rangers. However, the Rangers won the event by five seconds, going a time of 1:40.29. Flyn Hughes would split a 25.76 on the backstroke. Grant Wilton would follow with a 28.57 breastroke split. He would hand it off to fellow sophomore Drew Shippey, who would go a 23.81 on his butterfly leg. Anchoring the relay was Jackson Addison-Jordan. He would split a 22.15 on his freestyle leg.
200 Freestyle
Women: Abagail Reimer, Richardson
Men: Sebastian Suwanda, Jesuit Dallas
This was only the first of many events in which Jesuit would get all four swimmers into the Region meet. Junior Sebastian Suwanda would win the district title in a time of 1:46.50. Sophomores JP McCsoker (1:50.56) and Peter Hasik (1:58.20) finished third and fourth, respectively. Freshmen Noah Ruhl would slide in at sixth, touching the wall in a time of 2:04.93.
200 Individual Medley
Women: Grace Belknap, JJ Pearce
Men: Chase Dai, Richardson
Sophomore stand out Jonah Ruhl made his districts debut in this event with a second-place finish in a time of 1:59.69. Fellow sophomore Drew Shippey was three one-hundredths behind Ruhl, touching at a time of 1:59.72. Michael Tobin would finish fourth with a 2:10.69, and George Weaver would finish sixth with a time of 2:17.41, securing an entry into the region meet.
50 Freestyle
Women: Khaila Murugan, JJ Pearce
Men: Sam Kennington, Jesuit Dallas
A trio of juniors swept the podium for the Rangers. Kennington would get his first district title of the afternoon in a 22.17. Jackson Addison-Jordan claimed second, touching the wall at time of 22.56 while Luke Lary swam a 22.57 to claim third. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the meet, senior Luke Wiley came in sixth in a time of 24.13, claiming his spot on the regional team.
1-meter diving
Women: Keann Guthrie, Lake Highlands
Men: Michael Evans, JJ Pearce
Jesuit got a pair of freshmen into the region meet. Kobus Brewton finished second with a score of 222.60. Koby Broad would come in third, finishing with an 11-dive score of 212.55.
100 Butterfly
Women: Grace Belknap, JJ Pearce
Men: Drew Shippey, Jesuit Dallas
For the second straight event, Jesuit would sweep the podium. Sophomore Drew Shippey claimed his second district championship of the meet with a time of 51.60. Senior Flyn Hughes came in second with a 53.10. Luke Lary, fresh off the 50 freestyle, came in third with a 53.16. Senior Michael Hasenfratz would punch his ticket to the region meet with a fifth-place finish, touching in a time of 57.70.
“this meet showed a young but very talented team on the rise. you could feel it, you could see there’s more to come.” -drew shippey ’27
100 Freestyle
Women: Lily Ruth Scott, JJ Pearce
Men: Sam Kennington, Jesuit Dallas
For the third straight event, all Rangers stood on the podium. Kennington (48.30) acquired his second win of the meet, while Jonah Ruhl (48.42) took second. Jackson Addison-Jordan, who finished sixth at last year’s districts in this event, took third this year in a time of 49.59.
500 Freestyle
Women: Rhiannon Harris, JJ Pearce
Men: Sebastian Suwanda, Jesuit Dallas
Suwanda claimed his second district championship, winning the event in a time of 4:51.11. The other two regional qualifiers in this event for the Rangers were sophomores Grant Wilton (4:58.10) and JP McCosker (5:02.01).
200 Freestyle Relay
Women: Richardson Pearce (Lily Ruth Scott, Olivia Grossman, Livi Johnston, Khaila Murugan)
Men: Jesuit Dallas (Sam Kennington, Sebastian Suwanda, Luke Lary, Jonah Ruhl)
Jesuit took its second relay win of the meet with a time of 1:30.23. Jonah Ruhl led off in a 22.93. He handed it off to Sebastian Suwanda, who split a 22.64. Lary was third, splitting a 22.94, and Sam Kennington anchored in a 21.72.
100 Backstroke
Women: Olivia Grossman, JJ Pearce
Men: Flyn Hughes, Jesuit Dallas
For the fourth time in the afternoon, the Rangers swept the podium. Senior Flyn Hughes captured the district title in a 56.01. Michael Tobin followed in a time of 59.77. Senior Nash Feighny secured a regional qualification with a third-place finish with a time of 1:00.98. George Weaver secured another regional qualification with a time of 1:07.07.
100 Breastroke
Women: Abagail Reimer, Richardson
Men: Chase Dai, Richardson
Multiple first-time district swimmers qualified for the region meet in this event. Grant Wilton, having already punched his ticket in the 200-medley relay and 500 freestyle, secured another regional qualification with a time of 1:02.62. Freshmen Porter Pope came in third with a time of 1:05.25, dropping a whopping six-and-a-half seconds off his best time. Senior Oliver Miller took fourth with a time of 1:06.55. Rounding out the Rangers’ finishers was Michael Sanmiguel, who finished fifth with a time of 1:06.67.
400 Freestyle Relay
Women: JJ Pearce (Rhiannon Harris, Grace Belknap, Georgia Rick, Livi Johnston)
Men: Jesuit Dallas (Sam Kennington, Sebastian Suwanda, Luke Lary, Jonah Ruhl)
Jesuit dominated this event, winning by a whopping ten seconds. Kennington led off in a 49.15. Suwanda followed in a 51.29. Luke Lary swam third with a time of 50.27, and Jonah Ruhl anchored with a split of 50.66.
Jesuit Swimming and Diving 2025 Regional Team
Jackson Addison-Jordan
Kobus Brewton
Koby Broad
Nash Feighny
Michael Hasenfratz
Peter Hasik
Flyn Hughes
Sam Kennington
Luke Lary
JP McCosker
Oliver Miller
Porter Pope
Jonah Ruhl
Noah Ruhl
Michael Sanmiguel
Drew Shippey
Sebastian Suwanda
Michael Tobin
George Weaver
Luke Wiley
Grant Wilton
Looking Ahead
The Rangers have just two meets left on the season. Up next, it’s the Region 2-6A Championships held at the Westside Aquatic Center in Lewisville, Texas. There, Jesuit will face many heavyweight foes including Flower Mound and Coppell. The diving portion of the meet is set for 5:00pm on February 6th. The Swimming portion will commence with the preliminaries on February 7th at 10:20am and will conclude with the finals on February 8th at 10:00am. After that, qualifiers will advance to the UIL 6A State Swimming and Diving Championship, to be held at University of Texas’s Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin.
