Jesuit Swimming & Diving hosted its annual Ranger Relays on September 27, 2025. While a storied meet that has been running for years, this year presented a first as it was held at Jesuit’s home pool, the David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center. In previous years, the meet was held at either SMU’s Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center or the Garland ISD Natatorium. Despite the change of scenery, the Rangers still showed out, putting up multiple best times.
“The energy was electric, esPECIALLY the moment we took the win.” -jonah tavares ’26, senior captain
For this meet, Jesuit combined with Ursuline Academy. Additionally, the team was split between Red and Blue teams. Blue consisted of the Varsity team while Red consisted of JV, with some Varsity swimmers. The Blue team was locked in a fight all meet, battling Southlake Carroll in preliminary relay rounds and Plano Senior in the Shootout.
Relay Preliminaries
The Rangers opened up the meet in resounding fashion, with a win in the 200 Medley Relay. The Red team, consisting of George Weaver ’26, Teddy Matthews ’26, Ian Reichert ’29, and Charlie Plummer ’28 took ninth with a time of 1:56.08. The Blue squad was locked in a tight three-way battle with Southlake Carroll and Plano Senior. The squad of Jonah Ruhl ’27, Grant Wilton ’27, Luke Lary ’26, and Sebastian Suwanda ’26 combined for a time of 1:39.04 to win the event.
Following this event, a string of unusual relays was up next. First, the 200 Butterfly Relay was swum. The Blue team of Sam Kennington ’26, Jackson Addison-Jordan ’26, Jihaad Houston ’26, and Drew Shippey ’27 took second with a time of 1:38.93. The Red team consisting of Tyler Ezetendu ’28, Gus Henderson ’29, Lucas Coloso ’28, and Bobby Blum ’29 took ninth with a time of 1:56.53. Up next was the 400 Medley Relay, the twist being each swimmer swims a 100 Individual Medley. The Blue squad’s team of Michael Tobin ’27, Peter Hasik ’27, Javi Ruiz ’28, and JP McCosker ’28 claimed fifth with a time of 4:02.87. Unfortuantely, the Red team was disqualified due to a stroke infraction. Afterwards was the 200 Breaststroke Relay. The Rangers’ Blue team once again took fifth. The relay, consisting of the “Three Michael-teers,” Michael Sanmiguel ’27, Michael Zhang ’29, Michael Schwabe ’27, along with Grant Wilton, combined for a time of 2:05.54. The Red team of Teddy Matthews, Andrew Cook ’27, Mark Murrell ’29, and Noah Jaimez ’28 placed tenth with a time of 2:22.78.
The meet returned to a pair of traditional relays. The Jesuit Blue team of Sam Kennington, Sebastian Suwanda, Jackson Addison-Jordan, and Luke Lary bested Southlake Carroll’s squad by seven one-hundredths to take the win in the 200 Freestyle Relay. The Red team featuring Parker Wale ’26, Lucas Maitland ’29, Jake Pittman ’29, and Zach Couvillon ’28 placed 16th with a time of 2:04.84. The 400 Medley Relay followed this. While commonplace at club meets, this event is not normally featured in the high school lineup. The Ranger’s Blue team of Jonah Ruhl, Grant Wilton, Drew Shippey, and Jackson Addison-Jordan took second with a time of 3:39.22.
The last two events of the meet were the 200 Backstroke Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay. The Blue team, which consisted of Peter Hasik, Michael Tobin, Noah Ruhl ’28, and JP McCosker placed fourth with a time of 1:49.19. The Red team had its best finished of the day with a ninth-place finish in a time of 1:58.43. The final event of the meet once again saw a clash between the Dragons and the Rangers; unfortunately, it would be the Dragons who would take this one. The Dragons’ team of William Zhang, Ethan Jetty, Kobe Dickheiser, and Aaron Dong won the event in a time of 3:12.26. The Rangers’ squad of Luke Lary, Sebastian Suwanda, Sam Kennington, and Jonah Ruhl placed second with a time of 3:13.75.
50 Freestyle Shootout
At the conclusion of the relay portion, points were added up. This determined the start of the next phase of the meet: the 50 Freestyle Shootout. The Shootout works as follows:
• Teams are sorted into A and B Finals based on total points accumulated during the relay portion.
• Each team puts forward seven different swimmers.
• Teams alternate between four boys and three girls, moving boy/girl by heat (Jesuit combined with Ursuline for the Shootout).
• During the first heat of guys, the last-place swimmer’s team is eliminated from contention in the Shootout. This repeats until two teams are left at the end.
• The winner of the final race is the winner of the 50 Freestyle Shootout and the meet.
Up first was the Shootout B-Final. Among the teams in the B-Final were both Southlake Carroll squads. Normally, a team would combine their boys and girls. Southlake Carroll did not bring their girls team, forcing them to swim only in the first heat of the B-Final Shootout. Because neither Carroll team featured girls, both teams were eliminated by default after the first round. Bryan Adams would win the B-Final Shootout.
The A-Final, which determines the winner of the meet, once again came down to the wire. After careful deliberation, Jesuit’s Coach Moyse and Ursuline’s Coach Des decided the team representing the Ranger-Bears would be Sebastian Suwanda, Kaya Hutchinson, Sam Kennington, Bella Dewhirst, Jonah Ruhl, Natalie Estrada, and Luke Lary.
Suwanda was up first for the Rangers. The senior shot off the blocks and never looked back, winning the heat in 22.19. After an unexpected berth to the A-Final, Bishop Lynch was eliminated from contention. Up next for the Ranger-Bears was Freshman Kaya Hutchinson. Hutchinson touched the wall in fourth place with a time of 27.04 to keep the Ranger-Bears in the Shootout. Coppell would be eliminated this round. The Shootout shifted back to the gentlemen with Jesuit’s Sam Kennington up next. Kennington easily won his race, touching the wall in a time of 21.93. Eliminated from contention was Plano East. Ursuline’s Bella Dewhirst was the next up for “Jersuline.”
“Just don’t wanna be last,” Director of Sports Information Brian Henry said on the livestream. Dewhirst was sure to follow his advice, finishing fourth in a time of 26.42 to keep the Blue & Red in the hunt. Junior Jonah Ruhl was up next. Ruhl won his heat in a pool-record time of 21.53. Plano Senior would barely out touch top-seeded Allen to advance into the top three.
The top three was set: Plano Senior, J.J. Pearce, and Jesuit-Ursuline. Ursuline Senior Natalie Estrada represented the Ranger-Bear squad in this race. Estrada sprinted to a comfortable win with a time of 25.19. Estrada’s swim put the Ranger-Bears back in the Finals for a second year in a row.
The Finals would feature Jesuit/Ursuline against Plano Senior High School. The Wildcats came into the Shootout seeded fifth, unexpectedly advancing to the Finals. Swimming for Plano Senior was Quinn Shilliday. The Rangers put forth Senior Luke Lary; Lary would get his moment of redemption. Last year, Lary lost the Shootout in the Finals to Southlake Carroll’s William Zhang. This year, Lary was out for revenge. As both swimmers dove in, they were neck and neck down at the turn. Both teams were screaming loudly, cheering for their teammates. For a moment it looked like Shilliday had a chance at Lary, but the Jesuit senior took away all hope the Wildcats had at an upset with a last second burst into the wall. Lary secured Jesuit’s first Ranger Relays title since 2016 in a time of 22.15.
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