Quote of the Day

If I have seen further than others, it is by

standing upon the shoulders of giants.

via Biography

Sir Isaac Newton

Five Years Ago

It's been five years since Bobby and I were backpacking in some of the worst of conditions.

Day 12 - 2/18 - Windy and cold hike to Carter gap shelter. Saw only Longhorn all day. Thick ice on trees. 2" in places. Very cold windy night. Wind chills had to be well below zero.

Day 13 - 2/19 - More misery. Fuel barely working. Almost impossible to keep water bottles thawed. More dangerous hiking in ice and snow. We wanted to take bypass around Albert mountain but were not sure and couldn't afford to get lost. So, up and over we went. Throwing poles up past rocks and grabbing roots, trees, and more rocks to get up. Throw in ice and snow and we were lucky to avoid slips and falls. View was great but we were cold and hustled down. Made Long Branch shelter. One of the newer on trail. We saw no other hikers Was nice winds died down but temps plunged. Probably below zero.

Day 14 - 2/20 - Packed up early and left with frozen water bottles. Skipped breakfast. A few miles in snow got deeper. Drifted over a foot in many places. Slipped and slid our way to Wallace gap only to find a steep climb out of there. Very steep and snowy. When we finally made Winding Stair gap we were able to get a ride almost immediately. Guy is from Canada and said he couldn't believe he was seeing two guys come out of the woods on a day like this. Said it got below zero at his place last night so we had to be colder up at 4,500 feet! Said area had lost power in storms. He was heading to town for supplies to fix broken pipes. Said he'll have a heck of a story to tell his girlfriend. Took us right to microtel. Great hiker rates and well located. Put pack, tent, and boots in tub to thaw while we went next door to shoney's for first meal of day. Excellent!

Quote of the Day

I'm kind of a paranoiac in reverse.  I suspect

people of plotting to make me happy.

Jerome David "J.D." Salinger

Quote of the Day

Never do anything against conscience

even if the state demands it.

Albert Einstein

This-n-That

Stop wasting your time here!  Instead, waste it at Dana Abbott's Boards&Buoys

The Legends of Texas Clinic (April 2-5) info is here

2020 Texas Swimming & Diving HOF class is here.  Tickets to the Legends Dinner can be purchased here.

2020 State Meet Results

5A

6A

Weakly Demotivator

Quote of the Day

Unthinking respect for authority

is the greatest enemy of truth.

Albert Einstein

Quote of the Day

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Mary Jessamyn West

2020 Official Call-Ups

UIL site has automatic and call-up lists here

Call-Ups

Hundreds have viewed each.  Still no corrections.  Please let me know if you spot errors.

Only tie-breaker I found was for 5A Boys 50 free.  Koelzer (Foster) went :21.72 in prelims.

Unofficial 5A Call-Ups

Unofficial 6A Call-Ups

5A Call-Up Draft Only

Missed Solomon in girl back.  Thanks, John!

Please look over and get me corrections ASAP:

GMR

              1:47.61            El Paso (1)

              1:52.34            Liberty (3)

              1:52.48            Lovejoy (3)

              1:52.68            Shadow Creek (7)

              1:52.83            Johnson (5)

              1:52.85            Champion (7)

              1:53.29            Kingwood Park (6)

              1:54.12            Cedar Park (5)

BMR

              1:37.71            Foster (7)

              1:37.76            Nacogdoches (5)

              1:37.81            Champion (7)

              1:38.13            Reedy (3)

              1:39.17            Cedar Park (5)

              1:39.44            Highland Park (3)

              1:40.35            Memorial (3)

              1:40.41            Friendswood (6)

G200

              1:55.02            Givens, Friendswood (6)

              1:55.05            Worley, Pflugerville (5)

              1:55.76            Carrillo, Rouse (5)

              1:55.89            Oushalkas, Liberty (3)

              1:56.01            Carter, Dripping Springs (5)

              1:57.63            Criscitiello, A&M Cons. (5)

              1:57.65            Shipps, Cedar Park (5)

              1:58.03            Carroll, Alamo Heights (7)

B200

              1:43.18            Henry, Dripping Springs (5)

              1:44.21            Larsen, A&M Cons. (5)

              1:45.74            Martinez, Fredericksburg (7)

              1:45.91            Tidwell, Grand Oaks (6)

              1:46.07            Hunninghake, Rouse (5)

              1:46.18            Sparks, Grapevine (3)

              1:46.67            Gibson, Grapevine (3)

              1:46.73            Hester, McCallum (5)

GIM

              2:08.49            Culberson, Magnolia (6)

              2:09.36            Tramp, Pfulgerville (5)

              2:10.97            Blake, Georgetown (5)

              2:11.69            Morris, Wakeland (3)

              2:11.92            Lynch, McCallum (5)

              2:13.13            Karas, Dripping Springs (5)

              2:13.76            Becker, Friendswood (6)

              2:13.96            Ballantyne, Centennial (3)

BIM

              1:54.93            Bann, Rouse (5)

              1:56.06            Schaefer, Pflugerville (5)

              1:56.62            Mitsynskyy, Heritage (3)

              1:57.74            Tenkhoff, Wakeland (3)

              1:58.32            Bennett, Kingwood Park (6)

              1:58.81            Lamberg, Marble Falls (5)

              1:59.05            Murray, Grand Oaks (6)

              1:59.86            Ikbal, The Colony (3)

G50

          :23.78                  Myers, Johnson (5)

          :24.38                  Place, Tomball (6)

          :24.57                  Smith, Coronado (1)

          :24.63                  Riley, A&M Cons. (5)

          :24.67                  Gonzalez, Sharyland (8)

          :24.69                  Ayo, Magnolia West (6)

          :24.75                  Dykehouse, Gregory-Portland (8)

          :24.84                  Huang, Highland Park (3)

B50

          :21.12                  Montgomery, Terry (7)

          :21.24                  Sandidge, Champion (7)

          :21.69                  Harman, Cleburne (2)

          :21.72                  Flaherty, Kingwood Park (6)

          :21.74                  Kneese, Fredericksburg (7)

          :21.84                  O’Brien, Memorial (3)

          :21.99                  Miled, Frisco (3)

          :22.07                  Koelzer, Foster (7)

GFly

          :57.58                  Turner, Magnolia (6)

          :58.15                  Nelson, Friendswood (6)

          :58.80                  Karas, Dripping Springs (5)

          :59.00                  Langdon, Glenn (5)

          :59.17                  Trujillo, Foster (7)

          :59.23                  Wilson, Pflugerville (5)

          :59.32                  Baylor, McCallum (5)

          :59.37                  Siddapureddy, Johnson (5)

BFly

          :51.36                  Pineiro, Georgetown (5)

          :51.99                  Whitaker, Lake Creek (6)

          :52.01                  Gilbert, Wakeland (3)

          :52.37                  Luzuriaga, Heritage (3)

          :52.44                  Berry, HOKS (6)

          :52.58                  Ripp, Kingwood Park (6)

          :52.80                  Zaina, Foster (7)

          :52.80                  Chan, Alamo Heights (7)

G100

          :53.56                  Carter, Dripping Springs (5)

          :53.92                  Gonzalez, Sharyland (8)

          :54.01                  Ayo, Magnolia West (6)

          :54.06                  Fraga, Eastwood (1)

          :54.08                  Robertson, Andrews (1)

          :54.19                  Grigar, East Bernard (7)

          :54.28                  Edmonds, Hallettsville (7)

          :54.35                  Monroe, Amarillo (1)

               

B100

          :46.60                  Bilke, Heritage (2)

          :46.79                  Guerrero, Veterans Memorial (8)

          :47.39                  Zelasko, Kingwood Park (6)

          :47.46                  Raimondo, Champion (7)

          :47.63                  Montgomery, Terry (7)

          :47.87                  Miled, Frisco (3)

          :47.92                  Bladon, Wakeland (3)

          :47.95                  Nickel, Reedy (3)

G500

              5:04.54            Jones, Lovejoy (3)

              5:09.41            Stewart, Marble Falls (5)

              5:10.21            Carrillo, Rouse (5)

              5:12.44            Morgan, Reedy (3)

              5:14.41            Woods, Brenham (5)

              5:15.06            Henderson, Reedy (3)

              5:16.64            Marshall, Centennial (3)

              5:17.75            Carroll, Alamo Heights (7)

B500

              4:36.54            Henry, Dripping Springs (5)

              4:43.52            Paculba, Creekview (3)

              4:46.95            Tidwell, Grand Oaks (6)

              4:48.27            Mitsynskyy, Heritage (3)

              4:49.49            McCusker, Rouse (5)

              4:49.84            Wadley, East View (5)

              4:50.18            Martinez, Fredericksburg (7)

              4:51.13            Nester, Alamo Heights (7)

G2FR

              1:40.23            Friendswood (6)

              1:40.75            Champion (7)

              1:40.95            Highland Park (3)

              1:41.23            Lovejoy (3)

              1:41.75            Eastwood (1)

              1:41.79            Lubbock (1)

              1:41.80            Cedar Park (5)

              1:42.02            Dripping Springs (5)

               

B2FR

              1:29.44            Alamo Heights (7)

              1:29.61            Lovejoy (3)

              1:29.92            Cedar Park (5)

              1:29.96            Pflugerville (5)

              1:30.09            Reedy (3)

              1:30.13            Fulshear (7)

              1:30.15            Heritage (3)

              1:30.56            Rouse (5)

GBack

          :59.24                  Russo, Independence (3)

              1:00.11            Niles, Foster (7)

              1:00.23            Eppright, Lubbock (1)

              1:00.46            Linning, Andrews (1)

              1:00.78            Siddapureddy, Johnson (5)

              1:00.79            Mueller, Hays Johnson (5)

              1:00.79            Solomon, Kingwood Park (6)
              1:00.88            Edmonds, Hallettsville (7)

BBack

          :50.68                  Black, Angleton (7)

          :51.63                  Black, Angleton (7)

          :52.62                  Schaefer, Pflugerville (5)

          :52.75                  Zaina, Foster (7)

          :52.89                  Kneese, Fredericksburg (7)

          :53.09                  Murray, Grand Oaks (6)

          :53.10                  Nickel, Reedy (3)

          :53.35                  Holmgreen, Granbury (2)

GBreast

              1:05.43            Kanary, Hays Johnson (5)

              1:05.51            Koltz, Cedar Park (5)

              1:07.53            Ashbaugh, Marble Falls (5)

              1:07.81            Singletary, Johnson (5)

              1:07.83            Valles, El Paso (1)

              1:08.02            Becker, Friendswood (6)

              1:08.14            Criscitiello, A&M Cons. (5)

              1:08.30            Culberson, Magnolia (6)

BBreast

          :57.39                  Wu, Cedar Park (5)

          :58.48                  Zaplatar, McCallum (5)

          :59.11                  Alarcon, Georgetown (5)

          :59.70                  Wood, Pineywoods (5)

          :59.91                  Mok, Lebanon Trail (3)

              1:00.30            Ko, Independence (3)

              1:00.35            Carone, Reedy (3)

              1:00.38            Luttrell, Cedar Park (5)

G4FR

              3:36.18            Montgomery (6)

              3:40.21            El Paso (1)

              3:40.93            Dripping Springs (5)

              3:42.61            Eastwood (1)

              3:42.95            Fulshear (7)

              3:43.19            Andrews (1)

              3:44.05            Pflugerville (5)

              3:44.27            Kingwood Park (6)

B4FR

              3:14.37            Grapevine (3)

              3:14.68            Frisco (3)

              3:15.28            Memorial (3)

              3:16.77            Pflugerville (5)

              3:17.34            Fredericksburg (7)

              3:17.71            Nacogdoches (5)

              3:18.79            Dripping Springs (5)

              3:19.06            Champion (7)