It's February...and that means the smell of chlorine is in the air.

UIL State Swim Meets

High school swim teams from across the state of Texas have been competing in district and regional meets hoping to punch their tickets to the UIL Swim Meets in San Antonio (4A and below) and Austin (5A and 6A).

The state meet in Austin is coming up on February 23-24, but the 4A meet in the Alamo City just wrapped up. The swim teams from Hudson and Pineywoods Community Academy earned their spots at that meet.

Both teams had great send-offs at their respective schools

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Here's a look at the state results for Hudson and Pineywoods Community Academy.

Girls 200 Medley Relay

  • 12. Hudson 2:07.78 (Kaylie Snider, Kasie Lopez, Lauren Hansen, Natalie Lara)

Girls 200 Individual Medley

  • 5. Kasie Lopez  2:19.78

Boys 200 Individual Medley

  • 4. Bryan Campbell - PCA, 2:04.09

Girls 50 Freestyle

  • 15. Kaylee Snider - Hudson, 27.14

Girls 100 Butterfly

  • 16. Lauren Hansen - Hudson, 1:10.12

Boys 100 Butterfly

  • 5. Bryan Campbell - PCA, 53.64

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay

  • 15. Hudson, 1:59.17 (Kaylee Snider, Natalie Lara, Mariana Olalde, Lauren Hansen)

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay

  • 15. PCA, 1:42.46 (Landon Campbell, Payton Martin, Myles McGee, Bryan Campbell)

Girls 100 Breaststroke

  • 3. Kasie Lopez - Hudson, 1:10.91

Boys 100 Breaststroke

  • 12. Landon Campbell - PCA, 1:07.00

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay

  • 12. Hudson, 4:!5.14 (Kaylie Snider, Lauren Hansen, Mariana Olalde, Kasie Lopez)

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay

  • 14. PCA, 3:47.25 (Bryan Campbell, Myles McGee, Payton Martin, Landon Campbell)

Final Team Standings

The Hudson girls placed 13th in the state of Texas in Class 4A, while the boys from Pineywoods Community Academy placed 15th in the state.

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