FORT BEND ISD (February 17, 2026) – The following Fort Bend ISD student athletes qualified to advance to the State Swimming & Diving Meet at The University of Texas in Austin on February 20-21. 

This is the highest level of competition in their sport.

Region V-5A State Qualifiers

Kempner High School

• Boys 200 Medley Relay – Cyrus Walker, Tom Nguyen, Tyler Thurman, Jackson Vogel
• Girls 200 Freestyle – Holley Finley
• Boys 100 Freestyle – Tyler Thurman
• Boys 200 Backstroke – Tyler Thurman

Region V-6A State Qualifiers

Austin High School

• Girls 200 Medley Relay – Kim Kulow, Blakely Skelton, Chloe Thompson, Maia Brewster
• Girls 50 Freestyle – Kim Kulow
• Girls 100 Butterfly – Kim Kulow
• Girls 200 Freestyle Relay – Kim Kulow, Chloe Thompson, Blakely Skelton, Avery Bibb
• Girls 100 Breaststroke – Chloe Thompson

Clements High School

• Boys 200 Medley Relay – Ethan Chen, Kenny Zhou, Andrew Nguyen, Michael Wang
• Boys 100 Butterfly – Ethan Chen 
• Boys 100 Backstroke – Ethan Chen

Clements High School/Dulles High School

• Boys 200 Freestyle – Ethan Valerio (DHS), Kenny Zhou (CHS), Andrew Nguyen (CHS)
• Boys 500 Freestyle – Ethan Valerio (DHS), Kenny Zhou (CHS)

Dulles High School

• Girls 200 Freestyle – Winnie Liu 
• Girls 100 Freestyle – Winnie Liu 

Travis High School

• Boys 50 Freestyle – Cade Nilsson
• Boys 100 Freestyle – Cade Nilsson  
• Boys 200 Freestyle Relay – Cade Nilsson, Reece Yarrish, John VanDagna, Arsh Maredia

The championship will be held at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center at The University of Texas. The 5A Conference begins on February 20 at 9:30 a.m.; the 6A Conference starts at 3:30 p.m.