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kingwood school heads to world championship of martial arts
For the first time in more than nine years, the World Championship of Martial Arts is returning to the United States. The largest martial arts tournament in the world will be held in Orlando, Fla., at Disney World’s new sports complex Nov. 8 through Nov. 18.
Kingwood Top Kick Karate has once again placed a significant number of competitors on the team. Twelve martial artists from the school will represent themselves as members of the USA National Team.
The 2008 team is made up of nine returning members of the 2007 National Team and three new members. The returning members are headed up by team captain Brandon Colona, a junior at Kingwood High School. Brian Bennett, Kathy Carroll and Jennifer McGregor are all adults and business executives or community leaders and are once again returning as seasoned veterans of the team. “The maturity and consistency that they provide to this team is invaluable,” said Master Peavey.
Kingwood Top Kick Karate has won more medals in Chinese Wushu than any school in the world at the world championship over the past several years. Meghan and Ben Polansky, two other members of the team, are both currently ranked number one in the world.
“To be number one in the world it takes literally thousands of hours of training,” Ben Polansky said. “All our Chinese Wushu team members spend every afternoon in the summer training while others are out playing. ”
The 2007 Kingwood Top Kick Karate team won 23 medals for the United States in Karlsruhe, Germany. Three new members, Muska Jahan, Hadia Jahan and Torie Blakelock, won spots this year at the National Team Trials in Louisville, Ky.
Each member of this year’s team will compete in several divisions including hard style katas, Korean style katas, Chinese style katas, musical weapons/katas and fighting.
Each one of the Kingwood Top Kick Karate students has won a spot in fighting. The school is known as one of the best fighting programs in the country and each year places a significant number of fighters on the USA National Team.
swimming records fall as kingwood tops atascocita
Kingwood High School’s swimming and diving team beat Atascocita Oct. 30 at a dual meet which combined both teams’ varsity and JV squads.
The story of the meet was the four record-breaking performances by Kingwood freshmen. Brian Li, Reed Dalton, Hayden Polenz and Jordan Jones swam the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 44.10 seconds, nearly two seconds better than a 20-year freshman boys relay record.
The foursome repeated the act in the 200 free, swimming 1:32.40 to break a school record set five years ago.
In the girls 200-free, freshmen Jamie Friderichs, Cami Luhrs, Rachael Lu and Jillian Vitarius broke the Kingwood girls freshman record by 1.5 seconds. Vitarius added to that later in the meet by setting a freshman girls record in the 100 backstroke.
Although it was only the second meet of the season for the varsity, many Kingwood swimmers won individual events with personal-best times.
Michelle Gean took first in the girls 200 free by knocking four seconds off of her personal-best time. Austin Wilson won the boys 200 free, dropping two seconds off of his personal best.
In the 50 free, Friderichs and Dannye Osburn both cut time to go under the 25-second mark – finishing first and second, respectively, for the varsity.
Osburn’s best race was yet to come. She won the 100 free by clipping four seconds off her season’s best time with JV swimmer Carlly Nevill following her in sixth place.
Merritt Krawczyk cut two seconds off of her personal-best time to win the 100-butterfly - adding to another first in the 200 individual medley earlier in the meet. Kacie Cheairs had the best 100 fly for the JV girls.
Although it was the longest race of the meet, the boys 500 free came down to the finish. After five minutes in the water, Mustang sophomore Will Oswald won the event by just two-tenths of a second. By comparison, Kim Summers easily won the 500 free for the girls.
Kingwood junior Ryan Glander decisively won the boys 100-yard backstroke – five seconds ahead of the next competitor. The top JV boy in the event was Kaz Litwinowicz. Taylor Kneisley was first in the boys 100 breaststroke, cutting nearly two seconds off his seed time.
For the girls, Danielle Meara was first in the 100 breaststroke. The best JV swimmers in the event were Julie Cooper and Joseph Bergmeister, both of whom took fourth.
Kingwood’s Loren Figueroa continued her domination of girls diving. She took first in the 1-meter diving event by 73 points over the next closest competitor.
Atascocita outlasts kingwood park in swimming and diving
Atascocita recently notched two victories against Kingwood Park in swimming and diving.
The boys team beat the Panthers 189-123 in a dual meet. The Eagles were led by Collin Kaden, who won the 200-yard intramural relay and the 100-yard breaststroke, and Kevin Light, who won the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle.
Also capturing victories were Joe Trevino in the 200 free and Patrick Pash in the 500 free. Jarrod Beatty won the diving event by setting a school record.
The Eagles swept the relays with Trevino, Pash, Kaden and Light winning the 200 medley relay, while Ashton Emerson, Tommy Morris, Mashall Johnston and Light won the 200 free. Trevino, Emerson, Pash and Kaden won the 400 free as well.
On the girls side, the Lady Eagles beat Kingwood Park 160-152. Atascocita was led by Madison Butt’s victories in the 50 and 100 free, Bailey Longhofer’s wins in the 200 and 500 free and Alex Hoffpaur’s wins in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly.
Jessica Bills won the diving for the Lady Eagles, setting a new team record. Shannon Floyd placed second in diving, setting a new Atascocita freshman record.
The team of Butt, Floyd, Hoffpauir and Longhofer won the 200 free relay. With the meet tied going into the final relay the same quartet captured the win and secured the victory for the Lady Eagles.
kingwood school heads to world championship of martial arts
For the first time in more than nine years, the World Championship of Martial Arts is returning to the United States. The largest martial arts tournament in the world will be held in Orlando, Fla., at Disney World’s new sports complex Nov. 8 through Nov. 18.
Kingwood Top Kick Karate has once again placed a significant number of competitors on the team. Twelve martial artists from the school will represent themselves as members of the USA National Team.
The 2008 team is made up of nine returning members of the 2007 National Team and three new members. The returning members are headed up by team captain Brandon Colona, a junior at Kingwood High School. Brian Bennett, Kathy Carroll and Jennifer McGregor are all adults and business executives or community leaders and are once again returning as seasoned veterans of the team. “The maturity and consistency that they provide to this team is invaluable,” said Master Peavey.
Kingwood Top Kick Karate has won more medals in Chinese Wushu than any school in the world at the world championship over the past several years. Meghan and Ben Polansky, two other members of the team, are both currently ranked number one in the world.
“To be number one in the world it takes literally thousands of hours of training,” Ben Polansky said. “All our Chinese Wushu team members spend every afternoon in the summer training while others are out playing. ”
The 2007 Kingwood Top Kick Karate team won 23 medals for the United States in Karlsruhe, Germany. Three new members, Muska Jahan, Hadia Jahan and Torie Blakelock, won spots this year at the National Team Trials in Louisville, Ky.
Each member of this year’s team will compete in several divisions including hard style katas, Korean style katas, Chinese style katas, musical weapons/katas and fighting.
Each one of the Kingwood Top Kick Karate students has won a spot in fighting. The school is known as one of the best fighting programs in the country and each year places a significant number of fighters on the USA National Team.
swimming records fall as kingwood tops atascocita
Kingwood High School’s swimming and diving team beat Atascocita Oct. 30 at a dual meet which combined both teams’ varsity and JV squads.
The story of the meet was the four record-breaking performances by Kingwood freshmen. Brian Li, Reed Dalton, Hayden Polenz and Jordan Jones swam the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 44.10 seconds, nearly two seconds better than a 20-year freshman boys relay record.
The foursome repeated the act in the 200 free, swimming 1:32.40 to break a school record set five years ago.
In the girls 200-free, freshmen Jamie Friderichs, Cami Luhrs, Rachael Lu and Jillian Vitarius broke the Kingwood girls freshman record by 1.5 seconds. Vitarius added to that later in the meet by setting a freshman girls record in the 100 backstroke.
Although it was only the second meet of the season for the varsity, many Kingwood swimmers won individual events with personal-best times.
Michelle Gean took first in the girls 200 free by knocking four seconds off of her personal-best time. Austin Wilson won the boys 200 free, dropping two seconds off of his personal best.
In the 50 free, Friderichs and Dannye Osburn both cut time to go under the 25-second mark – finishing first and second, respectively, for the varsity.
Osburn’s best race was yet to come. She won the 100 free by clipping four seconds off her season’s best time with JV swimmer Carlly Nevill following her in sixth place.
Merritt Krawczyk cut two seconds off of her personal-best time to win the 100-butterfly - adding to another first in the 200 individual medley earlier in the meet. Kacie Cheairs had the best 100 fly for the JV girls.
Although it was the longest race of the meet, the boys 500 free came down to the finish. After five minutes in the water, Mustang sophomore Will Oswald won the event by just two-tenths of a second. By comparison, Kim Summers easily won the 500 free for the girls.
Kingwood junior Ryan Glander decisively won the boys 100-yard backstroke – five seconds ahead of the next competitor. The top JV boy in the event was Kaz Litwinowicz. Taylor Kneisley was first in the boys 100 breaststroke, cutting nearly two seconds off his seed time.
For the girls, Danielle Meara was first in the 100 breaststroke. The best JV swimmers in the event were Julie Cooper and Joseph Bergmeister, both of whom took fourth.
Kingwood’s Loren Figueroa continued her domination of girls diving. She took first in the 1-meter diving event by 73 points over the next closest competitor.
Atascocita outlasts kingwood park in swimming and diving
Atascocita recently notched two victories against Kingwood Park in swimming and diving.
The boys team beat the Panthers 189-123 in a dual meet. The Eagles were led by Collin Kaden, who won the 200-yard intramural relay and the 100-yard breaststroke, and Kevin Light, who won the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle.
Also capturing victories were Joe Trevino in the 200 free and Patrick Pash in the 500 free. Jarrod Beatty won the diving event by setting a school record.
The Eagles swept the relays with Trevino, Pash, Kaden and Light winning the 200 medley relay, while Ashton Emerson, Tommy Morris, Mashall Johnston and Light won the 200 free. Trevino, Emerson, Pash and Kaden won the 400 free as well.
On the girls side, the Lady Eagles beat Kingwood Park 160-152. Atascocita was led by Madison Butt’s victories in the 50 and 100 free, Bailey Longhofer’s wins in the 200 and 500 free and Alex Hoffpaur’s wins in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly.
Jessica Bills won the diving for the Lady Eagles, setting a new team record. Shannon Floyd placed second in diving, setting a new Atascocita freshman record.
The team of Butt, Floyd, Hoffpauir and Longhofer won the 200 free relay. With the meet tied going into the final relay the same quartet captured the win and secured the victory for the Lady Eagles.
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