Successful Summer Propels Jesuit Swimming and Diving into the New School Year

Jesuit Swimming and Diving’s athletes posted a successful summer these past few months. While most of the team swims strictly for Jesuit, about one-fourth of the team also does club swimming. The summer season is different than high school in that, while high school is done in Short Course Yards (SCY), the summer is swum in Long Course Meters (LCM). Long Course Meters is what you typically see at the Olympics. During the club season, Jesuit swimmers achieved multiple best times, along with achieving multiple milestones. 

NISCA All Americans

On June 24, the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) released its All-American list. The All-American list consists of the top 100 times achieved at a high school meet this year. This year, four Rangers made the All-American list. The full list can be found below.

200 Free – William Savarese; 54th

200 IM (Individual Medley) – William Savarese; 28th

500 Free – William Savarese; 10th

400 Free Relay – Jonah Ruhl, Luke Lary, Sebastian Suwanda, William Savarese; 88th

TISCA All-State

In addition to the All-American list released by NISCA, the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (TISCA) releases its All-State list annually. William Savarese ’24 landed on the list three times: in the 200 Free, 500 Free, and 200 IM. In the 200 IM and 500 Free, Savarese landed on the 1st Team, finishing 4th and 3rd, respectively. He also landed on the 2nd Team in the 200 Free, finishing 9th.

Jesuit also landed a couple of relays on the TISCA All-State 2nd Team. The Ranger’s 200 Medley Relay Squad, consisting of Jonah Ruhl ’27, Savarese, Luke Lary ’26, and Sam Kennington ’26, finished 16th with a 1:34.67. They tied with San Antonio Reagan’s Relay. Jesuit’s 400 Free Relay, consisting of Ruhl, Lary, Sebastian Suwanda ’26, and Savarese also landed on the All-State 2nd Team, finishing 12th with a 3:05.98. Both relay times were set at the Region 2-6A Championships, and both stand as school records.

RACE A/BB Prelims/Finals Invite

To kick off the Summer portion of the Long Course Season, three Rangers attended the RACE A/BB Prelims/Finals meet from June 7-9, representing the Dallas Mustangs and City of Richardson (COR) Swim Team. Drew Shippey ’27 had a very stellar meet, with best times in five out of six events. He kicked off the meet by qualifying for the Speedo Sectionals Championships in the 200 Fly with a seven second drop to a time of 2:17.27. The next day, he got yet another cut for this meet in the 100 Fly, finishing with a time of 1:00.48. Alongside these two major swims, he dropped about five tenths in his 200 IM (2:23.03), a second and a half in his 200 Free (2:12.40) and four tenths in his 50 Free (26.73).

Two other Jesuit standouts who swam at this meet include: JP McCosker ’27 and Grant Wilton ’27. McCosker, who also swims for the Dallas Mustangs, managed to swim strong and drop from his Preliminary swims in Finals. He swam his 200 Free and finished with a time of 2:19.44, four seconds faster than his Prelims swim and was only less than a second off of his 50 Free PB with a 29.81 (four tenths faster than his Prelims swim). Wilton, who swims for COR, swam a best time by two seconds in the 200 IM (2:32.72) and dropped a whopping six seconds in his 800 Free, going a 9:55.51. Keep an eye out for these three.

2024 United States Olympic Team Trials

Jesuit was represented by two athletes at this year’s Olympic Team Trials, which took place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. William Savarese ’24 competed in just one event: the 400 IM. He finished 66th of 84 athletes, with a time of 4:28.80. The second athlete to represent Jesuit was Colin Feehery, who competed in three events. In the 100 Breast, he finished 80th with a time of 1:03.51. He finished with a 1:52.93 in the 200 Free, placing 54th. His third event was the 200 IM, where he finished 86th with a time of 2:05.86. This upcoming school year, Feehery will serve as the Assistant to the Sports Information Director, as well as the Assistant Water Polo Coach and Assistant Swimming Coach.

COM Conoco Phillips West Texas Invite

Three Jesuit swimmers attended the 2024 COM Conoco Phillips West Texas Invite at the FMH Natatorium in Midland, Texas. Luke Lary ’26, Michael Tobin ’27, and Jonah Ruhl ’27 all swim for Academy of Texas Aquatic Champions (ATAC), whom they represented at the meet. 

Tobin would achieve best times in three events: the 100 Back, the 50 Free, and the 100 Free. He would drop .95 seconds in his 100 Back, six tenths in his 50 Free, and almost eight tenths in his 100 Free. Lary also had a good meet, starting it off with a three second drop in the 100 Back (1:06.28). He followed that up with over a full second drop in his 100 Free, finishing Finals with a time of 56.08. Jonah Ruhl also had some personal bests. Starting the meet off with a 1:01.63 100 Back, the rising sophomore shaved three tenths off his personal best. Another major drop came in the 100 Free, where he dropped a half-second off his personal best, going a 54.85.

Dallas Mustangs Senior Circuit

The team first came together for the Dallas Mustangs Senior Circuit Meet, held at Southern Methodist University’s Barr-McMillion Natatorium on June 21-23. Jonah Ruhl ’27 would drop in one event while Luke Lary ’26 would drop in three. Ruhl dropped two and a half seconds off his 400 IM, improving to a 4:42.00. Lary’s best drop came in the 200 Free, where he improved to a 2:03.92. Rising sophomore Drew Shippey ’27 also dropped in two events: 100 Free and 400 IM. He dropped a half second in his 100 Free, going a 58.50. In the 400 IM, he shaved off almost six seconds, going a 5:02.70.

Rising Junior Sebastian Suwanda had himself a breakthrough meet, dropping in all six of his events. His two best swims came in 100 and 200 Free. In the 100, he shaved four tenths off his best time in the Preliminaries, going a 54.91. That evening, he dropped another eight tenths in Finals, to improve his time to a 54.08. In his 200 Free, he would go 1:58.68 in the finals, coming within a second of qualifying for the 2024 Futures Championships in Minneapolis, MN.

A couple of Jesuit alumni swam at the meet. Recent Jesuit grad William Savarese ’24 dropped in two events: the 100 and 200 Breast. In the 100, the Michigan-signee dropped .12 off his personal best en-route to a third-place finish. He also dropped one and a half seconds on his 200, improving from a 2:20.74 to a 2:19.43. Leonardo Pelaez ’23 was the other Jesuit alum at the meet. Pelaez, who currently swims at the University of Indiana, had his best swim in the 800 Free. In that event, he dropped a whopping ten seconds, improving his best time to an 8:16.15. 

RACE Summer Maui Madness

A couple of Jesuit swimmers attended the Maui Madness Meet, held July 12-13 at the Rockwall Aquatic Center. The meet, unlike the other ones of the season, was swam in Short Course Yards. William Hutchins, a rising sophomore, dropped almost two seconds in his 100 Free, going from a 1:01.10 to a 59.19. Rising junior Jackson Jordan-Addison dropped in three events this meet. He dropped seven tenths of a second in both in 50 and 100 Free, going a 23.16 and 51.58, respectively. His biggest drop came in the 200 Free, where he dropped two seconds, going a 1:58.02. 

Perhaps the biggest performance of the meet came from incoming sophomore JP McCosker. McCosker dropped in four of his five events. His first drop came in the 50 Free, where he dropped 1.12 seconds to improve to a 24.98. His second drop came in the 500 Free, where he dropped 1.44 seconds to improve to a 5:16.65. After his 500, it was a quick turnaround to the 200 Back, however he still dropped over four-and-a-half seconds, improving to a 2:17.40. In his final swim of the meet, he went a 54.57 in his 100 Free, dropping 1.21 seconds.

Metro TYR American Long Course Championships

The championship meet for most of Jesuit’s swimmers was the Metro TYR American Long Course Championships. The meet was held July 24 to the 27 at the Garland ISD Natatorium in Garland, Texas. It was a stellar meet for both Jonah Ruhl ’27 and Luke Lary ’26, as both swimmers put up multiple best times. Ruhl’s 200 Back was one of his strongest performances of the meet, in which he dropped 4.24 seconds to improve his best to a 2:10.08. However, his best swim came in the 400 IM, where he dropped three seconds en-route to qualifying for the Futures Championships. Lary started the meet off strong, opening it with a two second drop in his 200 Free, improving to a 2:01.00. He kept his momentum rolling through the second day, shaving two seconds off his 100 Back, going a 1:04.26. His best though was his 50 Free, not only shaving almost a second off his best time but also getting his Futures qualification time. 

The Rangers who represented City of Richardson (COR) Swim Team during the meet also had stellar performances. Grant Wilton ’27 continued to show his development in the distance events, dropping ten seconds in his 800 Free to improve to a 9:44.81. A couple of Jesuit alumni had themselves stellar meets. James Savarese ’22, who is entering his junior season at Ouachita Baptist University, dropped in multiple events. Savarese dropped two seconds in his 100 Free, to improve to a 53.31. He also dropped in his 50 Free, improving to a 24.62. William Savarese ’24, the younger brother of James, also had himself a good meet. His first drop came in the 100 Fly, where his dropped half a second to improve to a 57.57. He also dropped in the 200 Back, going a 2:09.16. William Savarese will continue his swimming career this fall at the University of Michigan. 

Three Rangers at this meet swim for the Dallas Mustangs Swim Team. All three dropped some time. Drew Shippey ’27 dropped in his 100 Back, going a 1.06.06. Rising junior Sebastian Suwanda dropped in one event, the 50 Free. He dropped three tenths to improve to a 25.46. Jackson Jordan-Addison, a rising junior who emerged onto the scene after his performance at the District 7-6A Championships, dopped in two events. He dropped his 200 Free from a 2:21.52 to a 2:16.14. In addition, he dropped his 100 Free from a 1:00.08 to a 58.68.

2024-2025 Captains

Most recently, Jesuit Swimming and Diving announced their team captains for this upcoming season: 

Michael Hasenfratz ’25

Flyn Hughes ’25

Oliver Miller ’25

Sam Carley ’25

Fabian Mares ’25

“‘am honored to be given the oppurtunity to lead this team and i can’t wait for an amazing and successful season” -flyn hughes ’25, senior captain

2024-2025 Swimming and Diving Schedule

September 24: vs. Bishop Lynch (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center)

September 28: Ranger Relays (SMU Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center)

October 22: Intrasquad (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center)

November 7: vs. Highland Park (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center)

November 15: North Zone TISCA (LISD Westside Aquatic Center)

December 3: vs. Greenhill, Cistercian, Parish (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center) – Senior Night

December 20: 2nd Annual Alumni Meet (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center)

January 10-11: Jesuit Invitational – vs. Strake Jesuit, Wakeland, Heritage (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center)

January 16: District 8-6A JV Championships (David A. Segal Family Aquatic Center)

January 25: District 8-6A Championships (Alfred J. Loos Natatorium)

February 6-7: Region 2-6A Championships (LISD Westside Aquatic Center)

February 21-22: UIL 6A State Championships (Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center)

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