Edwards named All-Greater Houston swimmer of year

Q&A with Cypress Creek senior Jonathan Edwards

After taking home the gold in four events at the state swim meet last month, the All-Greater Houston boys swimmer of the year took a big sigh of relief. With plans to attend Stanford next year, Edwards' swimming career is far from over.

Q: What is next for you?

A: I am going to Stanford and majoring in mechanical engineering. I would like to make it to the Olympics, but I don't know if I will be at that level. It has been a goal of mine for a long time, though.

Q: How did you decide on Stanford?

A: I had four top schools on my list, and they were all really different. But once I went on my visit to Stanford, I knew that it was where I wanted to go.

Q: What is your best memory from this season?

A: At state, after finishing my events and knowing I won, I was able to just sit there, and I felt like I accomplished something. It's hard to explain, but there was a lot of relief. It was a nice moment.

Q: Growing up, who was your favorite swimmer?

A: I never really paid attention, actually. I grew up without cable, so when my friends would talk about swimmers, I never knew who they were talking about.

Q: How did you get into swimming?

I have older sisters, and they were all swimmers, so it just happened naturally.

ALL-GREATER HOUSTON 

4A

Boys 200-yard medley relay

Brooks Powell, Garrett Stewart, Matt Munoz, Hank Holcomb — Kingwood Park

Boys 50-yard freestyle

Brooks Powell, Kingwood Park

Boys 100-yard butterfly

Brooks Powell, Kingwood Park

Boys 100-yard backstroke

Garrett Stewart, Kingwood Park

5A

Girls 200-yard medley relay

Jillian Vitarius, Madeline Hazle, Leah Pfitzer, Jamie Friderichs — Kingwood

Boys 200-yard medley relay

Jacob Wallace, Keith Murphy, Nate Bean, Jonathan Edwards — Cypress Creek

Boys 200-yard freestyle

Jonathan Edwards, Cypress Creek

Girls 50-yard freestyle

Maddie Locus, Dulles

Girls 1-meter diving

Kelly Markle, The Woodlands

Boys 100-yard butterfly

Tripp Cooper, The Woodlands

Girls 100-yard freestyle

Maddie Locus, Dulles

Girls 500-yard freestyle

Kelsey Leneave, Conroe

Boys 500-yard freestyle

Jordan Jones, Kingwood

Boys 200-yard freestyle relay

Cannon J. Clifton, Knox Hitt, Gabriel Garcia, Tripp Cooper — The Woodlands

Girls 100-yard backstroke

Jillian Vitarius, Kingwood

Boys 100-yard backstroke

Jonathan Edwards, Cypress Creek

Boys 100-yard breaststroke

Jordan Jones, Kingwood

Girls 400 freestyle relay

Jillian Vitarius, Shannen Wehrman, Katheryn Nolen, Jamie Friderichs — Kingwood

Boys 400 freestyle relay

Tyler Rice, Ryan Layne, Keith Murphy, Jonathan Edwards — Cypress Creek

TAPPS

Div. I GIRLS

200-yard freestyle

Ashley Alspaugh, St. Pius

50-yard freestyle

Jaimie Miller, Duschene

100-yard freestyle

Jaimie Miller, Duschene

100-yard backstroke

Ashley Alspaugh, St. Pius

100-yard breaststroke

Van-Ahn Hoang, St. Agnes

400-yard freestyle relay

Emma Partridge, Dawn Virginillo, Kendall Williams, Jaimie Miller — Duschene

200-yard medley relay

Emmanuelle Quitzau, Katie Hillyer, Andrea Moreno, Liz Hirs — Awty

Div. II Girls

200-yard freestyle

Anna Patterson, Concordia Lutheran

50-yard freestyle

Courtney Connelly, Pope John Paul XXIII

200-yard freestyle relay

Margaret Hartman, Claudia Mills, Grace Pfeffer, Katherina Kimmel — Second Baptist

100-yard backstroke

Courtney Connelly, Pope John Paul XXIII

400-yard freestyle relay

Melissa Blott, Emmanuelle Quitzau, Liz Hirs, Andrea Morena — Awty

Div. II Boys

200-yard medley relay

Collin Whalen, John Van Anglen, Jason Blades, Jerry Leung — Second Baptist

50-yard freestyle

Alex Naumann, Lutheran South

100-yard freestyle

Alex Naumann, Lutheran South

200-yard freestyle relay

Sander Barsingerhorn, Ross Gordon, Thomas King, Tyler Goulding — Awty

100-yard backstroke

John Van Anglen, Second Baptist

400-yard freestyle relay

Collin Whalen, John Van Anglen, Ryan Pool, Ben Pfeffer — Second Baptist