The Mount Pleasant High School Swim Team opened its season on Saturday, October 5th at the Pineywoods Community Academy Meet in Lufkin. The meet featured ten schools and a total of 168 swimmers. Individual results were as follows:

Boys 200 medley Relay: the team of Ryan Sharp, Jacob Elliott, Jack Welborn, and Sam Sloan—6th place
Girls 200 Free Relay: the team of Katie Ochoa, Hannah Harvill, Reese Ball, and MaKayla Houchin—4th place
Boys 200 Free Relay: the team of Caleb Ball, Sloan, Elliott, and Sharp—4th place
Boys 50 Freestyle: Sharp—1st place, Sloan—9th place, Welborn—11th place
Girls 100 Butterfly: Houchin—2nd place
Boys 100 Butterfly: Sharp—2nd place
Girls 100 Freestyle: Ochoa—7th place, Harvill—10th place, R. Ball—16th place
Boys 100 Freestyle: C. Ball—10th place, Elliott—11th place
Girls 100 Breaststroke: Houchin—8th place, Harvill—9th place, R. Ball—13th place
Boys 100 Breaststroke: Elliott—12th place, C. Ball—15th place, Sloan—15th place
Girls 100 Backstroke: Ochoa—5th place

The MPHS Swim team is coached by Kristi Houchin. They will compete again at the Grace Community School Invitational on Saturday, October 26th in Tyler.

Photos:
Front row L to R: MaKayla Houchin, Reese Ball, Hannah Harvill, Katie Ochoa
Back row L to R: Jack Welborn, Caleb Ball, Jacob Elliott, Ryan Sharp, Sam Sloan