Diver qualifies for State Meet, Swimmers set school records
February 11, 2023
Cy Springs aquatic members have been making waves all year and all of CFISD is taking notice.
Junior Caden Feith is the latest success story. He is headed to the State Meet in diving after placing third at the Regional Meet. He advanced after becoming the district champion for the second year in a row.
Our Varsity swimmers also had stellar performances at Regionals setting multiple school records to reach finals and then again in the finals. Senior Nathan Salgado led the way by breaking four school records by himself in his 100 Butterfly and his 200 Freestyle. Salgado ended his high school career with a 5th place finish in 100 Fly in 50.96 and a 7th place in the 200 Free in 1:43.47.
The 400 freestyle relay team also set a new school record in the finals with a 10th place finish. While the 200 freestyle relay placed 14th at Regionals. Qualifying members of the relays were Roberto Olivera, Nathan Salgado, Dillan Salgado and Aaron Salas.
Dillan Salgado also qualified for finals and broke a school record at Regionals in the 500 Free with a 4:48:99 time for 12th place. Kaylor Hadley placed 11th in the 500 Free with a personal best. She was the only Varsity girl that made it to finals and she is only in 9th grade.
At the District meet every swimmer that swam advanced to Regionals in at least one event.
The boys team placed third overall and the girls placed sixth. The girls 400 free relay, 200 free relay as well as the boys medley relay also advanced to Regionals. The teams combined for 15 top ten finishes at District and Nathan Salgado won the district championship in the 100 Fly.
Coach Gober is super proud of his team and is also excited because in his five years of coaching at Cy Springs he has never gone to State and this year he gets to go with Caden.
All of this success comes after both our girls and boys water polo teams qualified for playoffs in Water Polo in their inaugural season as a UIL sport.
The following athletes played key roles in the success and shared some insight on their careers.
Diving- Caden Feith 11th grade
Started Diving- Last year on the 1st day of school
Loves-Diving because it is not stressful
and the adrenaline that comes with making a new dive
Best Dive- 5152 front 2½ spikes with 1 full twist
Hardest Dive- are the back ones, for example the back ½ flip
Goal-Get a scholarship from Colorado or New Mexico
Quote- “Practice how you compete, compete how you practice”
Water Polo- Dillan Salgado 10th grade
Stat-Scored 75 goals in the season with 4 penalties
Goal -To make it to the 2nd round of playoffs
Position- Starter on left wing
Hates-Going against people bigger than him
Loves- The adrenaline.
Hardest Thing to Learn – How to turn people
Hardest game-Conroe
Hardest player he went against-Zavion from Cy-Ranch
Water Polo-Halie Ritzwater 12th grade
Stat-Scored 85 goals in the season with 15 penalties
Goal- to get 100 goals when she scores
Future Goal- Play in college but in a club
Hardest Thing to Learn- How to turn people
Loves-Spending time with her team
Hates- Swimming in the beginning of practice
Position- Starter Set
Hardest Game- Cy Creek
Most aggressive player- Langham’s pointer
Most aggressive positions- Are usually set and point
Swimming- Nathan Salgado 12th grade
Started Swimming- age of 10
Best Stroke- Butterfly- which is considered one of the hardest strokes because it is hard to learn and requires some serious strength
His Hardest Stroke-Breast even though it is considered one of the easiest strokes to learn he struggles with it
Loves- When people admire him when he does something big for swimming for example setting records. His first record was during freshman year during TISCA, he says that was his best swimming meet because of that reason.
Biggest Struggles- Shoulder pain and being sleep deprived
Future Goal- Swimming in college at the University of Wisconsin
Fun Fact-He does not like getting in the cold water, but despite that he is one of the fastest swimmers in the district
Quote-¨Swimming is playing tag with the water”